Calendars and Timelines (Social Studies): Class 4

Calendars and Timelines (Social Studies) Class 4 study notes, question and answers.

Question: Name the months of the Gregorian calendar.

Question: Write true or false:

• 1. We need a calendar to organise our lives in a better way: True
• Saka calendar is also known as the Christian calendar: False
• The birth year of Jesus was taken as zero. False
• Saka calendar has 365 days in a leap year:
• Gregorian calendar came into use in 1582: True

  Question: Fill in the blanks

  • 1. We mark the important _____, ____ and festivals on a calendar.
  • 2. Gregorian calendar was started by Pope Gregory XIII.
  • 3. Saka Calendar is the official civil calendar used in India.
  • 4. In a leap year, Chaitra has _____ days.
  • 5. BC was replaced by the term Before Common Era (BCE) and AD was replaced by the term Common Era (CE)

  Question: Which calendar was followed before the Gregorian calendar? Who started it and when?

  Question: Where is the Saka calendar used?

  Question: What was the purpose of adopting a national calendar?

  Question: Differentiate between Saka calendar and Gregorian calendar.

  Question: Define timeline.

  Question: Identify the Indian months from the given picture, in which we celebrate the following national festivals:

  • a. Republic Day
  • b. Independence Day
  • c. Gandhi Jayanti