NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 5 National War Memorial — Let us explore

Book page 161 Updated on2026-09-05

Q1.

Visit the website of the National War Memorial and learn more about it.

Answer

Open the official website (or scan the QR code printed on page 161) with your teacher or a parent, and note down answers to a few fixed questions.

Find out	What you will learn
When and where it was built	Established in February 2019, near India Gate in New Delhi, on about forty acres.
Who built it and why	The Government of India, in honour of our brave soldiers.
What its design means	Four concentric circles — the Amar Chakra with the eternal flame at the centre, then the Veerta Chakra, the Tyag Chakra with the names, and the outermost Rakshak Chakra of trees standing like guards.
The names	More than 25,000 names of soldiers are etched on the granite tablets of the Tyag Chakra — the “Each name etched” of the poem.
The Param Yodha Sthal	Busts of the soldiers who have been awarded the Param Vir Chakra.
What happens there daily	A wreath-laying ceremony and a changing of guard; the eternal flame burns day and night.

Share it like this: write five sentences beginning “The National War Memorial …” and read them to your class. Add one line saying which fact surprised you most.

Q2.

Plan a visit to the National War Memorial with your teacher/parents.

Answer

Plan the visit in three parts — before, during and after.

Stage	What to do
Before	Check the visiting hours and the day of the week it is closed. Take permission from your parents and school. Carry water, caps and a notebook. Read the poem once more so that you know what to look for.
During	Walk quietly through the four circles. Stand for a few seconds before the eternal flame. Read some of the names on the granite tablets. Look at the busts at the Param Yodha Sthal. Ask the guide one question you have prepared. Do not shout, run, litter or touch the walls.
After	Write a report of about a hundred words, or draw the memorial with its four circles. Put up a class display with the poem written in the middle.

If Delhi is too far: plan a visit to a war memorial or a martyrs' column in your own town or district — almost every state has one. Or invite an ex-serviceman from your neighbourhood to speak to the class on 15 August, 26 January or 16 December (Vijay Diwas).

Why this is the last task of the book: The unit began with a passage on Bharat's wise and heroic people, and it ends standing in front of the names of the heroic ones. ‘Culture and Tradition’ is not only art, kites and embroidery — it is also the memory a country keeps of those who defended it.

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