No borders from space
A view from very high up.
Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian on the space station, said the Earth looked like one whole thing. He could see no lines on it anywhere.
↳ Borders exist on maps, not on the ground.
📚 Chapter Learning Kit
Earth — Our Shared Home · Class 5 EVS · Our Wondrous World
English 3 topics 66 leveled MCQs 36 flashcards 6 games Free
Shared by a Veda teacher · Generated with Veda AI · Oct 2026
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Rakesh Sharma
The first Indian up there.
He was the first Indian to see our planet from space. Asked how India looked, he answered that it was the best in the whole world.
↳ His reply is still remembered today.
Too small for streets
What you can really see.
From that height no town or street can be picked out. Only the broad shape of the land and the wide blue of the sea show up.
↳ That blue is why we call it the blue planet.
The rosy starling
Winter visitors.
Every winter, flocks fly to India from southern Russia, Mongolia and nearby lands. They are pink and black, and they arrive in hundreds.
↳ A small bird can travel a very long way.
Good for the fields
Guests who help.
These birds feed on locusts and grasshoppers. Those are the insects that damage crops, so the farmer gains from the visit.
↳ Free help, and a good meal for the bird.
The chilli's journey
How a plant moves.
↳ Before that, pepper made our food hot.
📖 Smart notes
What you'll study, topic by topic
1
The Blue Planet with No Borders
Astronauts see no borders from space. Our lines are drawn by people, while air, water, seeds and birds move freely across the whole of our shared planet.
- Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian on the International Space Station, saw no borders below.
- Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to see our planet from space.
- From space only the broad shapes of land and sea show, not cities or streets.
~28 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
2
Travellers Across the Earth
Birds, plants, animals and foods have crossed the world in both directions. Chilli and marigold came to India; sugar, rice and Indian cows went out from it.
- Rosy starlings fly to India each winter from Russia, Mongolia and nearby lands.
- They eat locusts and grasshoppers, so they help the farmers whose fields they visit.
- Travellers from Portugal brought chilli from South America four or five hundred years ago.
~30 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
3
One Earth, One Family
Yoga, chess and Ayurveda travelled out of India to the world. Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam says the world is one family, and caring for the Earth is caring for each other.
- People in India have done yoga for over three thousand years.
- Travellers, scholars and teachers carried it abroad, and it is now practised almost everywhere.
- In 2014 the United Nations made the twenty-first of June the International Day of Yoga.
~29 min · full explanation, examples & memory tricks in the app
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66 questions laddered from warm-up to topper-level, each with an explanation. A taste:
Looking down from the space station, an astronaut cannot see ____.
Beginner
A the shape of the land far below
B the wide blue sea below
C the borders between countries
D the white of the drifting clouds
Show answer & explanation
the borders between countries
Borders are drawn on maps; they are not on the ground.
Which Indian was first to reach the International Space Station?
Beginner
A Shubhanshu Shukla
B Rakesh Sharma
C A Portuguese trader
D An Arab traveller
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Shubhanshu Shukla
Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla was the first Indian there.
Asked how India looked from space, Rakesh Sharma answered that it was ____.
Intermediate
A far too small to see
B covered by thick clouds
C the best in the whole world
D shaped just like a triangle
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the best in the whole world
His reply has been remembered ever since.
Rohit writes his address and ends it with the name of his country. What is still missing?
Intermediate
A The name of his school
B The colour of his front door
C The number of his classroom
D The planet he lives on
Show answer & explanation
The planet he lives on
A complete address finishes with planet Earth.
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