NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 2 Look at the image given below and answer the following — In-text Questions
Book page 22 Updated on2026-09-19
Q1.
Name the states that Godavari flows through.
Answer
The map on page 22 names five states: Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.
Follow her with your finger from the top-left of the map down to the sea.
Maharashtra — she is born here, in the Brahmagiri Hills at Trimbakeshwar.
Telangana — she flows east across this state. The Sriram Sagar Project and the Kawal Tiger Reserve are marked here.
Chhattisgarh and Odisha — these two are on the northern side of her basin. The Indravati and the Sabari come down from here and join her.
Andhra Pradesh — her last state. The Polavaram Dam and the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary are marked here, and here she meets the Bay of Bengal.
A simple sketch of the Godavari's journey, drawn from the labels on the map on page 22.
Why she goes east and not west: She is born in the Western Ghats, which are a high wall of hills close to the west coast. From there the land slopes gently down towards the east, all the way to the Bay of Bengal. Water always runs downhill, so she must travel east right across the country.
Q2.
Name a dam and a wildlife sanctuary along the length of Godavari.
Answer
A dam: the Polavaram Dam.A wildlife sanctuary: the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.
The map marks more than one of each, so any of these is a correct answer.
Marked on the map
What it is
Where
Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP)
A dam that stores the Godavari's water
Telangana
Polavaram Dam
A dam near the end of her journey
Andhra Pradesh
Kawal Tiger Reserve
A protected forest for tigers
Telangana
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
A protected mangrove area at her delta
Andhra Pradesh
Pench National Park
A protected forest in her basin
Maharashtra – Madhya Pradesh side
Why both are built on the same river: A dam is built to hold her water so people can use it in dry months. A sanctuary is kept so that the animals and trees that depend on her water have a safe home. One serves people, the other serves wildlife — and both are possible only because the river is there.
Did you know? The Hirakud dam in Odisha, on the Mahanadi, is one of the longest earthen dams in the world — it stretches over 25 kilometres.
Q3.
Which other small rivers join Godavari in its journey?
Answer
Three smaller rivers are named on the map — the Manjira, the Indravati and the Sabari.
A small river that joins a bigger river is called a tributary. The Godavari says it herself on page 21: “The small streams joining are my tributaries.”
Tributary
Where it is shown on the map
What it does
Manjira
On the left, joining from the south-west side
Adds water in the upper part of her journey
Indravati
In the middle, coming down from the Chhattisgarh side
Brings water from the northern hills
Sabari
Lower down, coming from the Odisha side
Joins her before she reaches Andhra Pradesh
Why tributaries matter: The Godavari starts as a thin stream. She could never reach the sea on her own. Every tributary pours its water into her, so she becomes wider, deeper and stronger as she goes. Think of one child walking to school, and more friends joining at every corner until it is a big group.
Try this: Hold your hand out flat with the fingers spread. Your fingers are the tributaries, your wrist is the main river. All the water that falls on your fingers ends up flowing down your wrist.