A jackal used to go to the neighbouring village and steal food from there. The villagers realised that someone was stealing their food. They laid a trap for the thief. The next day, when the jackal came to steal the food, he got trapped. With great difficulty, he was able to free himself and ran […]
Once, there were two calves and a baby pig in a farmhouse. The pig was given the best of everything to eat while the two calves were given only grass and hay. One of the calves complained about this to the other. The other calf was wise. He said, “It is dangerous to envy anybody.
Once, a sage sent his students to the forest to gather firewood. One of them was very lazy. He found a tree with no leaves. He thought, ‘I am lucky. It will be easy to break the branches without having to break the leaves first. There is no need to hurry now.’ He decided to
Long ago, people lived much longer than they do today. Once, a king was more than a 1,000 years old. One day, he told the royal barber, “If you see any grey hair on my head, you must tell me immediately!” The barber agreed. When the king was 1,500 years old, the royal barber said,
Once, in a village, a rich man buried his gold in a field to keep it safe from thieves. Years passed by. The rich man died. One day, a poor farmer who owned the field was ploughing it. While ploughing, his plough hit something hard. At first the farmer thought it to be a stone.
Once there was a carpenter. He was working hard. Now, the carpenter was bald. A mosquito seeing the shiny bald head of the carpenter went and sat on his head. It started biting the carpenter’s head. The carpenter got irritated and chased the mosquito away with his hand but the mosquito came back. The carpenter
Once, a merchant was travelling with his caravan. They stopped near a village and camped for the night. Near their camp stood a tree which looked like a mango tree. The merchant saw the tree and said to his servants, “This tree does look like a mango tree but it is a poisonous What Not
Four princes had heard about a Red-Bud tree but not seen it. One day, the eldest prince went into the woods to see it. It was spring and the tree had no leaves or buds. The prince could not understand why it was called a Red-Bud tree. Then, during spring, the next son went to
The Core: The core is the innermost, deepest, and the hottest layer of the Earth. It is believed that this part of the Earth is made up of two layers: an inner core (dark brown) and an outer core (yellow). The inner core is solid and the outer core is super-heated liquid molten lava. This
The crust is the outermost part of the Earth and is also called the lithosphere. The crust of the Earth is divided into two parts: continental crust and oceanic crust. The land part or continents are formed by the continental crust. The continental crust is made up of rocks that consist of primarily silica (Si)
When studied closely, we find that the Earth has a layered structure. It is made up of three main layers: the crust, the mantle and the core. The crust is the outermost part, the mantle is the middle layer and the core is the centremost layer. As we travel towards the core of the Earth,
The Earth is oblate spheroid (bulging at equators and flattening at poles) in shape. However, in the early days it was thought to be a flat piece of land. A major discovery with respect to the circumference and shape of the Earth was done in 25 BC. A Greek mathematician, named Eratosthenes, calculated the circumference
The Earth is a big ball-shaped moving body, mostly made up of rocks. It is the only planet in the solar system which has life. Life on the Earth became possible because of the availability of oxygen, the moderate temperature, the availability of water and the favourable atmosphere. It is the fifth largest planet of
Cenozoic era is the third major era after Precambrian period. The name Cenozoic was derived from the Greek word meaning ‘recent life’. This era is also called the ‘age of mammals’. Time Period: This era started around 70 million years ago, extending to the present time, in which we live. Features:♦ Flowering plants and insects
The Palaeozoic era was followed by the Mesozoic era. It was ‘the era of reptiles’, when dinosaurs ruled the world. It was the time of geologic and biological transition. It is divided into three major periods: Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. Time Period: This era started 225 million years ago and lasted up to 70 million