CLASS - 4 || SUBJECT - SST || LESSON - 2 || CALENDARS AND TIMELINE ||

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LESSON -2

CALENDARS AND TIMELINE

QUESTION AND ANSWERS:-

1.     What does the Gregorian calendar say about leap year?

As regards leap year, The Gregorian calendar says ‘every year that is exactly divisible by four is a leap year.

 

2.     List the name of the months of the Saka calendar?

The months of the saka calendar are:

1.      

Chaitra

2.      

Vaishakha

3.      

Jyeshtha

4.      

Ashadha

5.      

Sharavana

6.      

Bhaadra

7.      

Ashwin

8.      

Kartika

9.      

Agrahayana

10.                         

Pausha

11.                         

Magha

12.                         

Phalguna

 

3.     Comment on the relationship between the Saka and the Gregorian months?

The Saka calendar, the Indian national calendar is used alongside the Gregorian calendar. The dates of the Saka calendar have a permanent correspondence with the dates of the Gregorian calendar. Normally Chaitra month consist of 30 days and starts on March 22 of Gregorian calendar, but the leap year, Chaitra has 31 days and start on March 21. Years in the Saka calendar are counted from 78 AD of the Gregorian calendar.

 

4.     What does AD refers to?

AD stands for Anno Domini, which means in the year of Lord.

 

5.     Comment on the use of BCE and CE?

The historians use BCE and CE instead of BC and AD respectively. BCE refers to Before the Common Era while CE refers to Common Era.

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