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6. The first Indian newspaper was published in 18187. Radio broadcast in India started in 19278. The television was started in India in 19599. STD was introduced in 1960E. Answer the following questions :1. What do you understand by communication?Ans. Communication means to express our views and messages in writtenor spoken form.2. Name some means of communication.Ans. Letter, telephone, newspaper, radio, television, computer, etc aremeans of communication.3. How is television useful to us?Ans. A television has an audio-visual system. We can hear as well as watcha recorded programme or live telecast. It is a mean of entertainmentand knowledge both.4. How can we send urgent messages?Ans. We can send urgent messages through telegram, phone, or fax, e-mail, etc.5. What are internet and e-mail?Ans. Internet is a system that connects computers in different parts of theworld and makes it easy to communicate with each other throughe-mail. E-mail takes hardly a minute to send a message.Project/Activity :F. Send a telegram to your grandpa about your visit to him.Ans. Do yourself.G. Collect the stamps and paste them in your scrapbook. Find out whenthey were introduced.Ans. Do yourself.15. Life in the Northern MountainsExerciseA. Fill in the blanks :1. The valleys of Kullu and Kangra are situated in Himachal.2. People of Manipur speak Manipuri language.3. Asom is famous for high quality tea.4. Saffron is grown in Kasmir.B. Write True or False :1. Jammu and Kashmir live in the western Himalayas. True2. Himachal Pradesh is known as the 'Tea State of India'. False3. Darjeeling is famous for its high quality tea. True4. The bamboo dance is the folk dance of Asom. FalseC. Match the following :1. Srinagar (a) Nagaland2. Shimla (b) Jammu and Kashmir3. Gangtok (c) Arunachal Pradesh4. Itanagar (d) Himachal Pradesh5. Kohima (e) Sikkim92Bookman India Enjoy with Social Life [1-5]