Questionbank – Grade4
Environmental studies
Chapter - 8
Building bridges
Name the following
1. The person who studies the ground and decides which place a
bridge has to be built.
2. The person who works out every small detail of the materials
required and in what order the work must be done.
3. The person who draws the design for the bridge based on where it is
going to be built and the load it has to carry.
4. The people who built the bridge under the close supervision of
others.
5. The other name of the sea bridge found in Mumbai that crosses part
of the Arabian Sea.
Fill in the blanks
6. The longest sea bridge in India is the ------
7. The Pamban bridge is a -------
8. The pamban bridge connects ------ and --------
9. The longest bridge in India is the ------- also called the -------
10. The oldest bridge in India is the ---------
Write true or false
11. Trains can run on all bridges
12. Modern bridges are usually made of concrete
13. Relationship bridges bring People together even if they live far away
from each other
14. Specially skilled people are needed to build a bridge.
Answer the following questions
15. Why are bridges necessary?
16.Where are wooden and rope bridges used?
17. What is concrete? why are concrete and steel used in building
bridges?
18.Mention three types of bridge designs.
19. What are a relationship bridges built with?
20. How will you repair a relationship bridge that has been damaged?
Answer key
1. Surveyor
2.Engineer
3.Architect
4.The metal workers and masons
5. Bandra Worli Sea Link
6. Bandra Worli Sea Link
7.Railway Bridge
8. Mandapam and Rameshwaram Island
9.Dhola Sadiya Bridge, Bhupen Hazarika Setu
10.Golden bridge
11. False
12.True
13. True
14.True
15. Bridges are structures that help people and vehicles to cross roads,
rivers,canyons and so on easily and safely.
16. Wooden and rope bridges are found as foot bridges in forest and
mountains.
17. Concrete is made by mixing cement sand and water. Concrete is
very strong and its thus used to build buildings and bridges. Modern
bridges are made of strong materials such as iron steel and concrete so
that they could with stand heavy traffic load.
18. Arch bridge, Suspension bridge and Cantilever bridge.
19. Relationship bridges are built with care, love and understanding.
20. We can repair a relationship bridge with care love and
understanding. We need to forgive and forget. Repairing a relationship
bridge might take some time but we should work on it patiently till the
bridge is prepared.
