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Chapter 1 1_Poonam's Day Out Page 1
CHAPTER 1
POONAM'S DAY OUT
TEXT BASED QUESTIONS
Objective Answer Type Questions
1- Select the best option.

(i) ............... are found on trees.
(a)Buffaloes and goats   
(b) Ducks and parrots 
(c) Monkeys and crows   
(d) Hens and dogs 
(ii) ............... are found in homes.

(a)Owls and snakes   
(b) Squirrels and butterflies 
(c) Eagles and cows   
(d) Rats and cockroaches 
(iii) Poonam found ............... at the pond.

(a)frogs  (b) tortoises 
(c) buffaloes  (d) All of these 
(iv) Which of these animals can fly?

(a)Butterfly  (b) Cat 
(c) Lizard  (d) Fish 
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(v) The ............... makes a braying sound.

(a)dog  (b) donkey 
(c) crow  (d) rat 
(vi) This is the tallest animal. It is a ............... .

(a)zebra  (b) elephant 
(c) gorilla  (d) giraffe 
(vii) This animal makes croaking sound. It is a ............... .

(a)fox  (b) frog 
(c) squirrel  (d) honeybee 
(viii) This is a domestic animal which carries heavy loads for us. It is a/an
............... .
(a)dog  (b) elephant 
(c) cat  (d) bear 
(ix) This animal weaves a web to trap its prey. It is a ............... .

(a)honey bee  (b) spider 
(c) wasp  (d) house fly 
(x) This animal lives in water as well as on land. It is a ............... .

(a)frog  (b) fish 
(c) squirrel  (d) octopus 
2- Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

(i) Birds can both fly and walk. 
(ii) Cockroaches have feet and can crawl. 
(iii) Fish have feet and can swim. 
(iv) Cows use their tails for walking. 
(v) Dogs can walk, run and fly. 
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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

3- Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.
spider, owls, tree, pond, underground, Snake, Bat, Wasp/Bee, Cheetah, Sheep
(i) A pigeon could be seen on the ............... .

(ii) A frog could be found in the ............... .
(iii) The ............... weaves webs on the wall.
(iv) Snakes live ............... .
(v) ............... remain awake the whole night.
(vi) ............... does not have legs and moves by sliding on the ground.
(vii) ............... hangs on a tree upside down.
(viii) ............... is a black and yellow flying insect that stings.
(ix) ............... is the fastest animal.
(x) ............... gives us wool.
4- Match the name of the animal in Column I with the way it moves in Column II
by drawing arrow.
Column I Column II
(i) Crow (a) Walk
(ii) Cockroach (b) Fly
(iii) Fish (c) Crawl
(iv) Cow (d) Swim
5- Answers in one word or one sentence.

(i) Name two animals that have wings.
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(ii) Which animal utters a croaking sound?
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(iii) Name five animals which have four legs and a tail.
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(iv) Which animal does not have legs and moves by sliding on the ground?
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(v) Name any five birds.
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6- Identify which of the following animals you see in or near the pond in the picture
given below by ticking their names. (There are seven)
Squirrel Horse Swan Stork Heron

Dragonfly Tortoise Dog Fish Snake
Buffalo Lion Frog Butterfly Sheep
Duck Goat Grasshopper Snail Sparrow
7- Observe the pictures and fill in the blanks.

(i)
It is a ............... . It lives both on ............... and in ............... .

(ii)
It is a ............... . It is ............... and ............... but always wins the race.
8- Give two examples for each of the following.

(i) Animals that walk .................... ....................
(ii) Animals that crawl .................... ....................
(iii) Animals that fly .................... ....................
(iv) Animals that swim .................... ....................
(v) Animals that live on land. .................... ....................
(vi) Animals that live in water. .................... ....................
(vii) Animals that live underground. .................... ....................
Think, Find and Write
1- Find out and write the names of the birds and animals which are shown below
along with where you will find them-on trees, on the ground, in ponds, in the
house etc. Fill up the table with your answers.
(1) (2) (3) (4)
(5) (6) (7) (8)

(9) (10)
S.No. Name Where you will find them
1. .................... ....................
2. .................... ....................
3. .................... ....................
4. .................... ....................
5. .................... ....................
6. .................... ....................
7. .................... ....................
8. .................... ....................
9. .................... ....................
10. .................... ....................
2- Different animals use their tails for different purposes. Match column A which
contains the names of animals with column B showing the activities they per-
form with their tails.
Column A Column B
(i) Cow (a) Shows affection by wagging it.
(ii) Monkey (b) Swims with its help.
(iii) Dog (c) Hangs himself with the branch of the
tree.
(iv) Kangaroo (d) Balances his body while hopping.
(v) Fish (e) Drives away flies and other insects
from its body with the help of the tail.
3- Write any one common feature between the two animals given below.
(i) Cat and Dog ....................................................................
(ii) Snail and Earthworm ....................................................................
(iii) Elephant and Rabbit ....................................................................
(iv) Monkey and Squirrel ....................................................................
(v) Lion and wolf ....................................................................
4- Circle the odd one out. Give the reason.

(i) elephant, horse, cockroach, cat.
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(ii) horse, dog, cow, wolf.
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(iii) wasp, honeybee, parrot, squirrel.
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(iv) frog, fish, crocodile, tortoise
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5- Answer the following questions :

(i) What are terrestial animals? Give two examples.
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(ii) What are aquatic animals? Give two examples.
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(iii) What are amphibious animals? Give two examples.
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(iv) What are arboreal animals? Give two examples.
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6- Match the following sounds with their animals.
(i) Moo
(ii) Kaon - Kaon
(iii) Cukron - coon
(iv) Dhechun - dhechun
(v) Mein - mein
7- Fill in the blanks.

(i) A .................... weaves webs on the wall.
(ii) An .................... remains awake the whole night.
(iii) Snake lives .................... .
(iv) A frog lives both on .................... and in .................... .
(v) A sparrow could be seen on the .................... .

8- Here are some incomplete pictures of animals. Complete them and write their
names below.
......................... ......................... .........................
9- Find my name in the crossword and put a circle e around it. One example has
been given.
x t y a b l s
m o n k e y p
m r q n x a i
d t f r o g d
j o w l e k e
l i b c h i r
m s n a i l n
g e f q s w y
(i) Banana is what I love eating,

I spend my time jumping and leaping.
(ii) On the walls, webs I weave,
Where insects stick and cannot leave.
(iii) I remain awake the whole night,
And go to sleep in broad daylight.
(iv) Croak, croak, croak is my sound,
In water or on land I am found.
(v) I appear after rainfall,
Have no feet so I crawl.
(vi) Slow and steady is my pace,
I always win when there is a race.

10- With the help of your thumb prints and finger prints draw the following animals.
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Chapter 2 2_The Plant Fairy Page 11
CHAPTER 2
THE PLANT FAIRY

(i) In the garden, Michael touched a
(a)neem tree  (b) jasmine plant 
(c) marigold plant (d) mehendi bush 
(ii) The shape of leaves is

(a)round  (b) triangular 
(c) long  (d) All of these 
(iii) The last game the children played in the camp was
(a)Antakshari    
(b) Chhupanchhupai 
(c) Plant Fairy    
(d) None of these 
(iv) Which plant is known as dhaniya in Hindi?

(a)Basil  (b) Coriander 
(c) Mint  (d) Lemon 
(v) In the game, Didi was sitting on

(a)grass  (b) neem leaves 
(c) a tree trunk  (d) None of these 

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(vi) Children in the lesson were playing .................... in the garden.

(a)Hide and Seek  (b) Football 
(c) Plant Fairy  (d) Antakshari 
(vii) Michael asked his friends to collect .................... .

(a)Stone  (b) Leaves 
(c) Stem  (d) Flowers 
(viii) Which of the following has thick trunk?

(a)Neem  (b) Tulsi 
(c) Mint  (d) Rose 
(ix) Which of the following has uneven leaf margin?

(a)Rose  (b) Guava 
(c) jasmine  (d) Mango 

(i) Didi taught the children how to take rubbing’s of the roots of
a tree. 
(ii) Ammu and Shabnam also wanted to be the Plant fairy. 
(iii) In the garden, Shabnam was touching a marigold plant. 
(iv) On Michael's advice, the children plucked leaves from plants. 
(v) One can make beautiful pictures of animals using dry leaves. 

(i) Didi taught the children to take ............... (print/rubbings) of leaves and
tree trunks.
(ii) The new game the children played with Didi in the garden was called
............... . (Plant fairy/Boy fairy)

(iii) The second person who became the Plant fairy was ............... .(Ammu/
Michael)
(iv) The children collected the leaves that were ............... (growing on trees/
lying on the ground) for Michael.
(v) The leaves had different ............... , ............... and ............... . (ears, devil,
folds/shapes, colours, margins)
(vi) ............... leaves are used as a plate for serving food. (Banyan/Peepal)
(vii) ............... leaves are used for curing and fever. (Basil/Neem)
(viii) ............... leaves have a smooth surface. (Banyan/Peepal)
(ix) ............... leaves have an uneven margin. (Neem/Money plant)
(x) Plants shed their leaves during ............... (Spring/Autumn)
4- Match the item in Column I with something related to it in Column II by draw-

ing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Rubbings (a) Various colours

(ii) Basil (b) Chhuppanchhupai
(iii) Hide and Seek (c) Tulsi
(iv) Leaves (d) Paper

(i) What is the colour of neem leaves?
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(ii) The children touched the trees with which kinds of trunks?
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(iii) From where did Didi tell the children to bring leaves for Michael?
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(iv) Name any five plants whose leaves you can crush and smell.
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6- Given below are the picture of some leaves. Identify the plants from which these
leaves have fallen. Complete the names of the plant below each leaf.
(i) (ii) (iii)
N_E_ M_N_ _E__L
(iv) (v)
P__P_L L_T__
7- Describe in 30-40 words.

(i) How the game of 'Plant fairy' is played?
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(ii) How will you take the rubbing of a leaf of a big tree like the peepal tree?
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8- The leaves of plants have different shapes, colours and margins. These are all
given below in the box. Put them in the correct columns of the table below the
box.
Round, Light green, Straight, Yellow, Uneven, Purple, Like a saw, Green
with white patches, Red, Long, Dark green Triangular, Brown

Shapes Colours Margins
.................... .................... ....................
.................... .................... ....................
.................... .................... ....................
.................... .................... ....................
9- Match the names of parts of a plant in Column I with their descriptions in

Column II.
Column I Column II
(i) Root (a) A part storing seeds
(ii) Leaf (b) Green part preparing food for plant
(iii) Fruit (c) Part which is under the ground
(iv) Flower (d) Part bearing leaves, fruits and flowers
(iv) Stem (d) Colourful part
1- Find out and write the names of the five small plants and five big plants like
trees near your house or in nearby areas. Fill up the table with your answers.
S.No. Small plants Where you S.No. Big plants Where you saw
saw them them
1. .................... .................... 1. .................... ....................
2. .................... .................... 2. .................... ....................
3. .................... .................... 3. .................... ....................
4. .................... .................... 4. .................... ....................
5. .................... .................... 5. .................... ....................

2- Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate words.

climbers, trees, shrubs, creepers, herbs
(i) Short plants with soft and green stems are ............... .
(ii) Plants with weak stems, that grow around some support, are called
............... .
(iii) Medium- sized bushy plants with thin woody stems are ............... .
(iv) Plants with weak stems that cannot stand erect and grow creaping on
ground are ............... .
(v) Big plants with thick trunks are ............... .
3- Match the products given in column A with plants that give it given in column
B.
Column A Column B
(i) (a) Jasmine, Rose, Sandal
Medicines
(ii) (b) Carrot, Radish Spinach
Perfumes
(iii) (c) Neem, Basil, Mint
Oils

(iv) (d) Coconut Mustard,

Soyabean
Fruits
(v) (e) Apple, Mango, Grapes
Vegetables
4- Name the following.

(i) Two big trees you see in your neighbourhood.
............................... ...............................
(ii) Two flowering plants.

............................... ...............................
(iii) Two plants whose leaves are eaten.

............................... ...............................
(iv) Two plants whose stems are eaten.

............................... ...............................
5- A leaf is used in many ways. Read the clues given below. Search for the answers
in the grid and fill them in the space provided.
A B D M O L O
P E O I P K O
S P I N A C H
O X P T L M E
E P I N M A N

D E B A R N N
N B R A O G A
Y U P H E O F
(i) The leaf of this tree is used to make roofs of huts ............... .
(ii) The paste of this leaf is applied on hands during festivals and marriages
...............
(iii) The leaf of this plant is used for decorating the house during festivals and
special occasions ............... .
(iv) The leaf of this plant is eaten by us ............... .
(v) The leaf of this plant is used to prepare chutney ............... .
6- Unjumble the given words to find the parts of a plant reffered in the following
lines.
(i) Part of the plant which remains under the ground. OORT
........................................
(ii) Green part which prepares food for the plant. EFLA
........................................
(iii) Part of the plant which bears seed/seeds. RITUF
........................................
(iv) Colourful and attractive part of the plant. WOLFER
........................................
(v) Part of the plant which supports it. TEMS
........................................
7- Answer the following questions.

(i) Write any two uses of root.
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(ii) Write any two uses of stems.
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(iii) Write any two uses of leaves.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iv) What is a trunk?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(v) Why are leaves called the kitchen of the plant?
_______________________________________________________
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(vi) Why did didi instruct children not to pluck the leaves from the plants?
_______________________________________________________
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(i) ............... is a bush.
(ii) ............... plant has a thin trunk.
(iii) Rose leaf has ............... margin.
(iv) Steam of mint plant is ............... .
(v) ............... plant can be identified by smelling its leaf.

9- Name five plants having.

Thick stem Thin stem
10- Name five main part of the plant.

(i) .........................
(ii) .........................
(iii) .........................
(iv) .........................
(v) .........................
11- Draw the picture of your friend tree below and colour it.
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Chapter 3 3_Water O' Water Page 21
CHAPTER 3
WATER O' WATER

(i) Drinking water should be stored in
(a)an earthen container 
(b) a steel container 
(c) a clean covered container   
(d) any container 
(ii) Water causes great misfortune if there are

(a)waterfalls    
(b) watered fields 
(c) more water in lakes   
(d) floods 
(iii) Water is not required for

(a)making tea  (b) running fans 
(c) kneading dough (d) plants to grow 
(iv) Which activity needs the least water?

(a)Making a cup of tea   
(b) Taking a bath 
(c) To wash a car    
(d) Watering the fields 

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(v) ............... is a place where you can get the most water.
(a)A stream  (b) A pond 
(c) A tank  (d) The sea 
(vi) Which of the following is a main source of water?

(a) (b)
 
(c) (d)
 
(vii) A plant that can survive without water for many days is ............... .
(a)rose  (b) tulsi 
(c) cactus  (d) jasmine 
(viii) Animals that live in water are called ............... animals.

(a)Terrestrial  (b) Aquatic 
(c) Nocturnal  (d) Good 
(ix) ............... is a source of salty water.

(a)Ocean  (b) Well 
(c) Hot spring  (d) River 
(x) Which of the following is a main source of drinking water?

(a)River   
(b) Pond 
(c) Lake   
(d) sea 


(i) We cannot live without water. 
(ii) Bucket should not be used to store water. 
(iii) Very less rain causes floods. 
(iv) Water in nature is found in three forms-solid, liquid and gas. 
(v) We cannot quench our thirst by just drinking water. 
(vi) Water is essential for life. 
(vii) Water exists in all four forms in nature. 
(viii) Rain is the main source of water. 
(ix) Seawater isn't salty. 
(x) Dew and snow are forms of water. 

3- Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.
water, fish, tap, snow, ice, do not need, precious, lighter, Sea, excessive,
water vapour, scarce
(i) ............... and ............... are solid forms of water.

(ii) The swan is an animal which lives in ............... .
(iii) We can get water in our house by opening the ............... .
(iv) For running a race, we ............... water.
(v) ............... are animals which live only in water.
(vi) Ice is ............... than water.
(vii) Drinking water is ............... and ............... .
(viii) ............... water cannot be used for drinking.
(ix) Floods are caused by ............... rain.
(x) ............... is the gaseous form of water.


(i) Name two daily activities which do not need water.
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(ii) Name three daily activities which cannot be done without water.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Name three animals which can live in both water and on land.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Name two sources of water except the tap from where we can get water for
our daily use.
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(v) Name two modes of transport which can be used to travel from one place
to another on water.
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5- Match the name in Column I with the activity related to it in Column II by

drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Glass tumbler (a) Getting water from under the ground
(ii) Bucket (b) Cooling water in the refrigerator
(iii) Bottle (c) Drinking water in it
(iv) Handpump (d) Storing water
6- Identify which of the given containers you will use for the following activities.
(i) On a hot day storing water for drinking ........................................
(ii) Serving water on the dining table ........................................
(iii) Storing drinking water for some days ........................................

(iv) Storing water for bathing ........................................
(v) Drinking tea ........................................
(vi) Serving mango panna ........................................
(vii) Storing cooking oil ........................................
7- Match the pictures of containers with their names in the center by drawing lines.
Cup
Bottle
Steel Tumbler
Can
Jug
Bucket
Glass Tumbler
Pitcher
1- Find out and write three methods of saving water in your daily activities.
Method 1 .....................................................................................................
Method 2 .....................................................................................................
Method 3 .....................................................................................................

2- Fill in the different uses of water.

Uses of water
..................... ..................... .....................
..................... ..................... .....................
3- The following word grid contains natural and man-made sources of water. En-
circle them and write under the correct headings.
T A P S W O P O C E A N Q
A S T R A P O K R R I N R
N I S P T S P R I N G S A
K R O A E E D H V H U T S
L A K E R A V W E L L R H
S I L A F T I A R E D E A
I N K D A M S E A R E A K
A M R U L I M B R A N M M
C A N A L S I L S A A S I
I R S V T U B E W E L L S
H A N D P U M P S P O N D

Natural sources of water Man-made sources of water
4- The following cloud contains the names of five main rivers of India in the jum-
bled form. Identify and write their names in the space provided.
.................... .................... ....................

.................... ....................

(i) Three aquatic plants
.................... .................... ....................
(ii) Three aquatic animals

.................... .................... ....................
(iii) An animal and a plant which can live without water for many days.
.................... .................... ....................

6- Identify the pictures and name them.

(i) Three forms of water.
.................... .................... ....................
(ii) Three ways in which underground water can be drawn out.
.................... .................... ....................
7- Following are the different vessels/containers used to store water.
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
Can you arrange them in the ascending order on the basis of their capacity to
hold water.
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8- Answer the following questions:

(i) What is rain?
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(ii) What are tubewells?
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(iii) Why do plants need water?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why do animals need water?
_______________________________________________________
(v) What is underground water?
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9- In every row put a e around one that is different from the others. Also tell how
it is different.
(i) River, mountain, lake, pond, spring.
(ii) Bathing, washing clothes, swimming, combing hair, kneading dough.
(iii) Fish, duck, monkey, crocodile, tortoise.
(iv) Car, boat, bus, train, bicycle.
10- Take a paper and fold it in the middle. Now unfold it and put some drops of
different colours on it. Fold the paper again and press it. Unfold the paper. Look
what you have made. Paste it here:

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CHAPTER 4
OUR FIRST SCHOOL

(i) My ............... is not a member of my family.
(a)mother  (b) father 
(c) best friend  (d) brother 
(ii) Your father's brother is your

(a)uncle  (b) cousin 
(c) aunt  (d) None of these 
(iii) Our ............... is our first school.

(a)primary school    
(b) play school 
(c) family    
(iv) A child's first learning comes from his ............... .

(a)friends    
(b) family 
(c) teachers    
(d) school 

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(v) My family consists of ............... members.

(a)four    
(b) five 
(c) six    
(d) more than six 

(vi) My ............... is the head of my family.
(a)father/grandfather  
(b) sister 
(c) friend    
(d) neighbour 
(vii) Members of family ............... each other.
(a)love and take care of   
(b) share feelings with 
(b) share responsibilities with  
(d) all of these 

(viii) A child learns ............... from his family.
(a)values    
(b) traditions and customs 
(c) discipline    

(i) The way two persons dress indicates that two persons are of the same
family. 
(ii) All members of a family always look like all the other members. 
(iii) We learn many things from our family much before we learn from anywhere
else. 
(iv) By eating dinner on the dining table, you are helping your family. 

(i) The relation between two members of a family who are married to each
other is ............... .
(ii) Your father's sister is your ............... .
(iii) My mother's brother is my ............... .
(iv) My sister's mother is my ............... .
(v) Uncle's son is your ............... .
(vi) Brother or sister is called ............... .
(vii) We should show ............... to the elders in family.
(viii) We ............... many things from our family members.
(ix) Relatives can be ............... and paternal.
4- Match the name of the relation in Column I with the relationship in Column II
by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Brother (a) Father's mother
(ii) Father (b) Daughter's son
(iii) Grandmother (c) Mother's son
(iv) Grandson (d) Mother's husband

(i) Why is the family our first school?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Mention one way of showing respect to the elders in your family.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Mention one habit which you do not like of any member of your family.
_______________________________________________________

6- Observe the pictures and answer the questions that follow.

(i) Who is in the picture given below? What is she doing?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) How the man and the girl shown in the picture seems to be related to each
other?
_______________________________________________________
1- Name of a few members of your family and their relationship with you. Fill up
the table with your answers.
Name of family member Relationship
........................................ ........................................
........................................ ........................................
........................................ ........................................
........................................ ........................................

2- Match the following relations in the two columns by drawing lines.

Column I Column II
Father Wife
Husband Aunt
Grandfather Sister
Uncle Grandmother
Brother Mother
3- Find some words mentioned in the chapter in the chapter n this word puzzle by
outlining them.
Hint : The words are : Anwari, Brother, Cycling, Daughter, Dhobi, Drying,
Family, Husband, Ironing, Laughing, Mother, Relationship, Respect, Shoes,
Singing, Sister, Washing, Wife.
D H O B I F A M I L Y M
A U Z R R E S P E C T O
U S Y O O L I X Q W V T
G B T T N A S R S D S H
H A C H I U T J H W I E
T N Y E N G E K O A N R
E D C R G H R M E S G P
R E L A T I O N S H I P
F W I F E N D R Y I N G
C B N X Y G Z Q R N G M
F L G A N W A R I G T D

4- Write one good habit you have learned from each of the following elders in your
family.
(i) Your grandfather ........................................
(ii) Your grandmother ........................................
(iii) Your uncle ........................................
(iv) Your aunt ........................................
(v) Your father/mother ........................................
5- Write the type of family shown in the pictures. Tick ^{h the type of family you
have.
................................. .................................
6- How will you address them.

7- Draw your family tree with the help of your parents.
8- Which, according to you, is the correct way of showing respect and regards to
your elders. Tick ({) the right ones and (X) the wrong ones.
(i) Be polite. 
(ii) Visit them frequently. 
(iii) Answer them rudely. 
(iv) Ask for their advice. 
(v) Talk about your traditions and customs to know more about them. 
(vi) Work about the traditions and customs. 
(vii) Listen patiently to, what they share with you. 
9- How do you help your parents at home?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
10- Which qualities are inculcated by a family?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

11- Define a family.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
12- Do you resemble your parents? If yes, in what way? With whom and how?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
13- Does your family follow any particular customs? Describe them.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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CHAPTER 5
CHHOTU'S HOUSE

(i) Lata decorated her house with
(a)rangoli  (b) flower petals 
(c) leaves  (d) All of these 
(ii) Chhotu stores water in a

(a)a mug  (b) a bucket 
(c) a bowl  (d) a drum 
(iii) Chhotu lived in a

(a)brick house  (b) wooden house 
(c) pipe  (d) garage 
(iv) How did Chhotu use the pipe?

(a)A place to cook food   
(b) A place to live in 
(c) A dining room   
(v) Chootu used the area surrounding the pipe for

(a)cooking  (b) walking his dog 
(c) drinking water (d) sleeping 

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(vi) We sleep and take rest here.

(a)Drawing room  (b) Kitchen 
(c) Bedroom  (d) Bathroom 
(vii) We take our bath and wash our clothes here

(a)Drawing room  (b) Kitchen 
(c) Bedroom  (d) Bathroom 
(viii) A clean house is free from ............... .

(a)Water  (b) Sunlight 
(c) Diseases  (d) heat 
(ix) ............... transmits disease causing germs.

(a)A lizard  (b) A squirrel 
(c) A mosquito  (d) A bats 
(x) ............... catches its prey by weaving a web.

(a)A mosquito  (b) A spider 
(c) A lizard  (d) A lice 

(i) Mosquitoes live in our home as uninvited guests. 
(ii) Chootu and Monu sat in the pipe to have tea. 
(iii) When Chhotu first came to Mumbai, he did not have a house. 
(iv) Chhotu's house is divided into two parts. 
(v) The decoration shown in Lata's house is on her window. 
(vi) Only human beings need a house to live in. 
(vii) A house protects us from rain, heat, cold and predators. 
(viii) Garbage should be properly disposed of. 
(ix) We receive our guests in the drawing room. 
(x) Mopping the floor once a week keeps the house clean. 
(xi) We use disinfectants to clean the toilet. 

(i) Rats have poor ............... .
(ii) Lata's house is ............... beautifully.
(iii) Our homes have many kinds of ............... guests.
(iv) Chhotu sleeps ............... the pipe.
4- Match the name of the animal in Column I with something about it in Column
II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Mice (a) Lies peacefully
(ii) Spider (b) March in a row
(iii) Lizard (c) Peck slowly
(iv) Black ants (d) Crawls slowly
(v) Birds (e) Play 'catch-catch'

(i) Why did Chhotu need a house in Mumbai?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What sheltered Chhotu from rain when he first came to Mumbai?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Where does Chhotu hang his clothes to dry?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Where in our house do we usually find birds?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Name any five uninvited guests who live in our houses.
_______________________________________________________

6- Who is in the picture? How did the use the pipe?
____________________________________________________________
7- Circle the odd one out.

(i) Bedroom Stove, Bed, Almirah, Dressing table
(ii) Drawing Room Television, Shower, Sofa, Table
(iii) Kitchen Fridge, Utensils, Bucket, Gas stove
(iv) Bathroom Soap, Tub, Mug, Microwave
8- Identify which of the following animals in the box below will be uninvited guests
in our houses and write their names below the box.
Housefly Horse Dog Cat Pigeon Honeybee Tortoise
Ant Cockroach Scorpion Rat Snake Spider Elephant
Lizard Beetle Mosquito Butterfly Sheep Sparrow
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9- Why do we need shelter?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

10- What are the factors on which the type of house depends?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
11- Match the following.

Column I Column II
(i) Bathroom (a) Bed
(ii) Bedroom (b) Mug
(iii) Kitchen (c) Sofa
(iv) Study room (d) Microwave
(v) Living Room (e) Books
1- Do animals make places to stay, just like we make houses, to protect themselves
and their families? What are they protecting themselves from?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2- Into how many parts or rooms has your house been made? Write what is done
in each part of the house.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

3- Look at the pictures and tick the room of your choice.
 
Tick what all you follow to keep your house clean and cross out what you do not:
(i) Sweep the floor every day. 
(ii) Keep the doors and windows close to keep off sunlight and air. 
(iii) Keep the bathroom floor dry. 
(iv) Arrange and dust my study table and almirah regularly. 
(v) Keep my toys, books and clothes on floor/bed so as to pick them as soon
they are needed. 
(vi) Have wire netting on doors and windows to keep mosquitos out. 
4- A house is made of different things. These things are name in the word grid.
Classify them into things required for a katcha house and a pucca house.
B S T O N E G I F L
A R T O P B R I C K
S T R A W A J Q E D
N A M P O M A P M I
M Y A L O B S N E Y
U M M U D O O T N A
S T R I N O B Y T S
I R O N G A I D R Y

Things needed for Things needed to build a

building a katcha house Pucca house
5- Unscramble the following words and write in the space provided.

(i) Three things needed to clean our house:
ROOMB FACTETNINSID GENTERTED
.................... .................... ....................
(ii) Five things that we use to decorate our house.

LOFEWR NORAGLI NASROT
.................... .................... ....................
PALMS SAYDI
.................... ....................
6- For a healthy living, a good house should have the following qualities. Write
'Yes, if you feel it is a necessary quality or 'No, if you do not feel so.
(i) Multistory 
(ii) Proper Sanitation 
(iii) Pucca house 
(iv) Proper Ventilation 
(v) Big in size 

7- Draw a picture of your house and colour it.
8- Drawing pictures of any two animals that live in our house uninvited. Write
their names below the pictures.
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CHAPTER 6
FOODS WE EAT

(i) Chhutki in Vipul's family is not able to eat
(a)bhutta  (b) chapati 
(c) dal  (d) All of these 
(ii) When Vipul's Dadi was the same age as Vipul is now, she could
(a)eat chapatis   
(b) go to school like Vipul 
(c) run quickly up a hill   
(d) All of these 
(iii) Our food is usually made out of those things that are
(a)cheap    
(b) easily grown there 
(c) packed nicely    
(iv) In Goa, Juni ate fish cooked in

(a)coconut oil  (b) mustard oil 
(c) sesame oil  (d) groundnut oil 

Chapter 6 6_Foods We Eat Page 47
(iii) Besides dosa, ............... is made from rice.

(a)halwa  (b) chapati 
(c) pulao  (d) All of these 

(i) In Hongkong, snakes which can be eaten are called Ling-hu-fen. 
(ii) Thomas eats tapioca, which grows on tall trees. 
(iii) Vipul's Dadi says that after coming to Nagpur, Vipul's mother has forgotten
how to make food in their own way. 
(iv) Chhutki was being fed milk by Vipul's Mami. 

(i) Li chen lives in ............... .
(ii) At home, Juni eats fish cooked in ............... .
(iii) Thomas eats curry made using ............... .
(iv) Chapatis can be made out of ............... or ............... .
(v) Chhutki started crying because she was ............... .
4- Match the item in Column I with things related to it in Column II by drawing

arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Dosa (a) We eat chapati soaked in this
(ii) Dal (b) Chhutki's food
(iii) Bhutta (c) Made from rice
(iv) Milk (d) Made from rice


(i) What does Dadi like to have in her dal?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Write the reason why Vipul's Dadi is not able to climb stairs quickly.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Who else in Li chen's family loves to eat snakes?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Where does juni live?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What two things does Thomas like to eat?
_______________________________________________________
6- Name the persons in Vipul's family who will not be able to eat bhutta. Also give
the reasons why they cannot do so.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

(i) Why do we eat vegetables and fruits?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What is body-building food? Give two examples.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What is energy giving food? Give two examples.
_______________________________________________________

1- There are many reasons why we decide what to eat. Some are given in the text-
book. Write all the reasons including the reasons given in the textbook.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
2- Match the pictures of the food items shown with their names in the center box
by drawing lines.
Burger
Idli
Jalebi
Kheer
Momo
Omelette
Samosa
Watermelon
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3- (i) Name some food items you do not like to eat, although your say that they
are good for you. Give your reasons for not liking to eat them.
_______________________________________________________

(ii) Name some food items that you like to eat, although your parents say that
they are not good for you. Why do your parents say that they are not good
for you?
_______________________________________________________
4- Name of some cereals and pulses are given below in the jumbled form. Unjumble
and write them properly in the table by grouping them.
LSIENTL LIMLETS SEAP HEATW
RABYEL NAEBS TOAS CKICHPAES
CEREALS PULSES
5- We derive our food from plants as well as animals. Circle the food each derived
from plants with green and those derived from animals with red.

6- Complete in the table given below.

Persons Food they can/should Food they should not/
eat cannot eat
A baby
A boy/girl of your age
A man
An old lady
7- Correct the following sentences. Give reason.

(i) Grandmother can climb the stairs quickly.
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Infants can be given chapati to eat.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) People all over India eat food made up of one type of cereal.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Grandmother eat corn cob.
_______________________________________________________
8- Some food items give us energy E, some make us strong S and some keep us
healthy H.
See the following pictures and mark the food items according to the functions
they perform.
Rice Banana Papaya Apple

Mango Chapati Bread Butter
Fish Pulse Egg
9- We not only eat different things but we also use the same things to prepare a
variety of food items. Find out and write what all can be prepared from rice and
wheat.
10- What did you eat yesterday? Write it on the plate shown below.
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Chapter 7 7_Saying Without Speaking Page 53
CHAPTER 7
SAYING WITHOUT SPEAKING

(i) Persons who talk through actions are
(a)deaf  
(b) dumb 
(c) both deaf and dumb 
(ii) In ............... , the hands and face are used to convey feelings.
(a)dancing  (b) singing 
(c) running  (d) walking 
(iii) Deaf and dumb persons understand what another person is saying by
(a)watching them   
(b) listening to them 
(c) speaking to them  
(d) studying their lip-movements 
(iv) If a child's favourite toy has fallen down and broken, he will be
(a)excited  (b) angry 
(c) sad  (d) afraid 

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(v) Deaf and dumb children are taught ............... in schools.

(a)boy language  (b) sign language 
(c) lip language  (d) None of these 

(i) Children who are six month old express themselves by crying. 
(ii) A child who is afraid of dogs will be excited on seeing a big dog. 
(iii) In schools, we can learn many things from each other. 
(iv) Julie's little sister was born just yesterday. She is very angry. 
(v) My deaf sister will never be able to sing well because she cannot hear the
tune. 

3- Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct words from the box given below.
angry, bhavs, face, hands, hear, mudras, speak, do
(i) Most of us can ............... and ............... .

(ii) All of us cannot ............... everything well .
(iii) Small children tell a lot through their ............... and ............... before they
learn to speak.
(iv) In dance, the feelings are conveyed through ............... and ............... .
(v) Yamini's mother is ............... with her because she broke the bottle of
pickle.
4- Match the name in Column I with the feeling on the person's face in Column II
by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Aftaab (a) Angry
(ii) Julie (b) Afraid
(iii) Rehana (c) Excited
(iv) Yamini's mother (d) Sad

(i) In the poem, 'I have a sister, My sister cannot hear', what does the sister
like to do?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) In the poem, how does her mother help her sister at home?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) In the poem, what words spoken by the deaf sister are not understood by
others?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) In the poem, why did her sister make her take off the sunglasses when she
spoke?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Why are we all special in our own ways?
_______________________________________________________
6- Match the pictures of faces in Column I with what they are feeling in Column
II by drawing
Column I Column II
Happy
Excited
Confused

Column I Column II
Surprised
Sad
Afraid
7- How do we find out whether a person is sad, excited, happy or having some other
feeling, even when that person is not speaking?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
8- Explain how the game 'Dumb Charades' is played.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9- How does a dancer express herself/himself?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
10- Is it possible to say something without speaking?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

1- How many sense organs do we have? What are their names and where are these
located on our body and what does each of them sense? Fill in the table given
below with your answer. One has been done for you.
S.No. Name of sense organ Located where What the organ senses
1. Eyes On the face Sees
................................... ................................... ...................................
................................... ................................... ...................................
................................... ................................... ...................................
................................... ................................... ...................................
................................... ................................... ...................................
2- Find out and write

(i) Why is it important for all our sense organs to work properly?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
3- Find out what are dance mudras and bhavs. Explain what they mean to you in
your own words below.
(i) Mudras ...................................................................................................
(ii) Bhavs ...................................................................................................
4- Identify the sense organs being used by the person with the help of given sentences.
(i) Mother senses that the gas is (ii) Ravi came home from
leaking. She rushes into the the market. He is feeling
kitchen to plug the leak. uncomfortable as it was a hot
day.
........................ ........................

(iii) Miss Nidhi passed by me and (iv) Today, the night is well lit by
I turned to see her as she was the moon and stars.
wearing a nice perfume.
........................ ........................
(v) Ravi woke up when the bell of (vi) I like pickle made by my
the nearby temple rang. mother. It is sweet and sour.
........................ ........................
(vii) Aakash could not concentrate (viii) My pet, Bruno has a soft and
on his studies as his neighbours smooth fur.
were playing loud music.
........................ ........................
(ix) The leaf of neem is bitter (x) I liked this painting as the
colours used are vibrant.
........................ ........................
5- See the following table below showing the sign language expressions.

Decode what these signs indicate:

6- You must be wondering what kind of faces these are- they have no eyes, no
nose, no mouth. You have to make these, but only after reading what is written
alongside.
(i) This is Aftaab. His favourite toy has fallen down and broken. He is sad.
How will his face look?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

(ii) This is Julie. Her little sister was born just yesterday. She is very excited.
How will her face look?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iii) This is Yamini's mother. Today, while Yamini was taking out the bottle of
pickle from the kitchen it fell from her hand and broke. Draw the look on
her mother's face.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

(iv) This is Rehana. She is afraid of dogs. While playing, suddenly a dog came
in front of her. How will Rehana's face look?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
7- Match the following:
hear eye
see nose
smell ear
taste tongue
touch skin

8- Match the images with their corresponding feelings:
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CHAPTER 8
FLYING HIGH

(i) The ............... has a pink beak and grey feathers.
(a)peacock  (b) duck 
(c) eagle  (d) pigeon 
(ii) The ............... eats dead animals.

(a)crow  (b) peacock 
(c) vulture  (d) parrot 
(iii) The eagle has a ............... tail.

(a)black   
(b) small and curled 
(c) long and grooved  
(d) yellow and upright 
(iv) The ............... makes a 'Koohu-Koohu' sound.

(a)parrot  (b) cuckoo 
(c) eagle  (d) pigeon 
(iii) The colour of the parrot's beak is

(a)red  (b) green 
(c) yellow  (d) white 

Chapter 8 8_Flying High Page 65

(i) The feathers of birds help them to fly faster. 
(ii) Some birds also eat fish as part of their food. 
(iii) The owl sleeps at night. 
(iv) The mynah moves its head back and forth with a jerk. 
(v) The crow can copy people's voices. 
(vi) Birds have teeth. 
(vii) Hens cannot fly. 
(viii) Hens scratch the ground to search for insects. 

(i) The woodpecker eats insects hidden in ............... .
(ii) The pigeon says ............... all day.
(iii) The ............... dances the best of all the birds.
(iv) The cock has a ............... coloured crest.
(v) The parrot has a curved ............... .
4- Match the name of the bird in Column I with what it does in Column II by
drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Tailor bird (a) Does 'kau-kau' throughout the day
(ii) Crow (b) Files very high in the sky
(iii) Parrot (c) Uses its beak like a needle
(iv) Vulture (d) Starts crying aloud before rain starts


(i) Why could the owl in the jungle not sleep during the day?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) How are different types of beaks useful for birds?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) For what other tasks are feathers useful for birds besides flying?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) What is the main source of food for the eagle?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Where do pigeons usually make their nests?
_______________________________________________________
6- Label the parts of a Bird.

head, wing, eye, beak, abdomen, claws, tail

7- Match the pictures of birds with their names in the centre by drawing lines.
8- What parts of a bird help it to fly and how? (Hint: There are at least three parts
which help it.)
____________________________________________________________
9- Identify and write the names of the birds talked about in the following lines with
the help of given words.
Penguin, Tailor bird, Woodpecker, Cuckoo, Mynah
(i) The bird that lays its eggs in other bird's nest.
_______________________________________________________

(ii) The bird that moves its neck back and forth with a jerk.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) This flightless bird lives in very cold regions.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) This bird stitches leaves together to build its nest.
_______________________________________________________
(v) This bird makes its nest in the tree trunk.
_______________________________________________________
10- Match the birds beaks to their foods they eat.

Column A Column B
(i) (a)
(ii) (b)
(iii) (c)
(iv) (d)

(v) (e)
(vi) (f)
11- Fill in the blanks with the help of given words.

Down, beak, eggs, nest, birds, Sparrows
(i) .................... are the only animals that have feathers.

(ii) .................... feathers keep the bird's body warm.
(iii) .................... can fly short distances and at low height.
(iv) Tailor bird uses its .................... to sew leaves to make its
(v) Birds build their nest to lay .................... .
12- Write Correct/Incorrect against the given sentences. Write the corrected sen-
tences in the space provided.
(i) All the feathers of a bird are of same size and shape.
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Only birds can fly as they have wings.
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Ostrich can fly very fast.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Peacock cry aloud before the rain.
_______________________________________________________
(v) Vulture helps in keeping surroundings clean.
_______________________________________________________

13- Give reasons for the following:

(i) Birds have boat-shaped body.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Ducks have webbed feet.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iii) A woodpecker has a beak like a chisel.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Parrots are kept as pets.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
14- Name the following bird.

(i) On my head I have a crest, All say I dance the best, Of my feathers I am
proud, Before the rain I cry aloud. .................... .
(ii) Long and grooved is my tail, High up in the sky I sail, I pick and eat all
the mice. The .................... is what you call me.
(iii) My feathers are green, My beak's red, Guava and green chilli I'm fed, I love
to copy people's voice, And keep making a lot of noise .................... .

(iv) Black are my feathers and black is my .................... . Kau-kau I do all day
long .................... .
(v) Koohu-koohu is my sound, Everywhere I am found, My sweet voice gives
me fame, .................... is my name.
(vi) Dead animals I do eat, Making places clean and neat, High up in the
.................... I fly, Vulture is what I'm called by.
(vii) My beak is very special, I use it like a needle, Stitching leaves I make my
home, The .................... bird is how I'm known.
(viii) My beak is pink, feathers grey, Guter Ghoo I go on all day, In houses I
make my home, A .................... is how I'm known.
(ix) In trunk of trees holes I make, Hidden insects I intake, Tuk-tuk-tuk I work
all day. The .................... is what people say.
15- Collect feathers which you find lying around. Study their shape, size, colour and
discuss about it. Make she picture of a bird and paste the feathers on it. Write
its name.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

1- Find out and write three body parts which help birds to find their food and eat
it. Give examples of the shape of these body parts for three different birds and
explain how they help.
____________________________________________________________
2- This bird is the National Bird of India. Find out and write its name and also
explain why it is called as the national bird.
____________________________________________________________
3- Why are some birds seen only in winters and not in summers? Find out and
write why it is so and also where do they go in summers.
____________________________________________________________
4- After visiting a park, garden or forested area where there are many birds, write
the names of the birds you saw there which you recognised, where they wee
found and what they were doing, by filling in the table below.
Name of bird Where it was found (on What it was doing (eating
a tree/ on the ground/ its food/sitting/flying/
flying/in water/in its nest walking/feeding its babies/
and so on) talking with other birds
and so on)
.................................. ........................................ ........................................
.................................. ........................................ ........................................
.................................. ........................................ ........................................
.................................. ........................................ ........................................
.................................. ........................................ ........................................
.................................. ........................................ ........................................

5- Find some words mentioned in the chapter in this word puzzle by finding them
from the clues given below.
Clues
Across Down
3. Famous for its sweet voice 1. Makes holes in trunks of trees
5. Makes its nest in houses 2. Eats rats
8. Birds use these for flying 3. Has black feathers and black body
9. Birds use this for biting their food 4. Eats dead animals
5. Eats guavas and green chillies
6. What the owl does all day
7. Has a crest on its head and dances

beautifully
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Page 74 9_It's Raining Chapter 9
CHAPTER 9
IT'S RAINING

(i) Appu drank ............... till he was happy.
(a)milk  (b) juice 
(c) water  (d) None of these 
(ii) In the poem 'Clouds', the clouds are described as looking like
(a)a rainbow. 
(b) two elephants. 
(c) magical people.   
(d) a pair of swans. 
(iii) This poem says that the clouds sometimes stay

(a)for weeks.  (b) for months. 
(c) for years  (d) for days. 
(iv) From where did Appu get water in his trunk?

(a)From a tap    
(b) From the river 
(c) From the forest   

Chapter 9 9_It's Raining Page 75
(v) When hail falls on glass, it makes a sound like

(a)a ding dong bell. 
(b) knocking. 
(c) ringing chimes.   

(i) Appu likes mangoes. 
(ii) Appu poured water on the banana trees with his trunk. 
(iii) Banana trees need water to grow properly. 
(iv) We sometimes see a rainbow after it rains. 
(v) Clouds can be grey, white or black in colour. 

(i) Appu knew that the banana trees needed water because they were ...............
.
(ii) Appu gets ............... from the banana trees.
(iii) Appu bathed his body by pouring water on it by using his ............... .
(iv) Plants need ............... for living.
(v) When it rains, plants get a ............... look.
4- Match Column I with Column II to make complete sentences by drawing arrows.

Column I Column II
(i) Appu's trunk (a) sometimes come and go very quickly
(ii) Banana trees (b) stores water
(iii) Clouds (c) floats on water
(iv) Paper boat (d) give bananas

5- Match the pictures in Column I with what they are showing in Column II by
drawing lines.
Column I Column II
Appu watering the banana

trees
Appu looking at drooping

banana trees
Appu bathing
6- Answer in one word or one sentence.

(i) Why did Appu pour water on the banana trees?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What happened to the banana trees when they got water?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What promise did Appu make to the banana trees?
_______________________________________________________

(iv) From where do plants mostly get water?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Why is a rainbow wonderful?
_______________________________________________________
7- What animal forms do the clouds take, as given in the poem, 'Clouds'.
____________________________________________________________
8- Describe what the clouds do, as given in the poem.

____________________________________________________________
1- Find out and write how water is useful for plant and animal life.
____________________________________________________________
2- Find out and write how clouds are formed. They are part of the 'water cycle'.
What are the other parts of this cycle?
____________________________________________________________
3- Find out and write what problems are faced by people

(i) when it rains too much?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) when it rains too little?
_______________________________________________________

4- Colour the rainbow and answer the following questions:
(i) When do you see a rainbow in the sky?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What are the colours of the rainbow?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iii) How is a rainbow formed?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Do you think there are rainbows on the moon?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

5- The following pictures show some activities. Tick the activities that you enjoy
doing on a rainy day and cross the others.
(i) Walking in the rain with an umbrella or
wearing raincoat.
(ii) Enjoy drinking hot tea and eating snacks

at home.
(iii) Eating burger while roaming outside in

the rain.
(iv) Flying kite.
(v) Painting outdoors.
(vi) Stay indoor and watching the rain from

the window.
(vii) Play with friends in the rain.

6- Read the clues given below to complete the crossword.
Across :
(i) It is carried over head to get protected from rain.
(ii) It is small pool of water formed after the rain.
(iii) Rain for a short duration of time.
Down :
(iv) It brings rain.
(v) It is worn to avoid getting wet in the rain.
(vi) It is a band of colours seen after the rain.
7- Make a colourful paper boat and paste it here.

8- Have you had any problems during rains? Have you seen anyone else having any
problems due to rains? Draw a picture of your experience in the rain.
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CHAPTER 10
WHAT IS COOKING

(i) A chapati is made out of
(a)rice  (b) wheat 
(c) flour  (d) gram 
(ii) A ............... is eaten raw (it is not cooked).

(a)pulao  (b) samosa. 
(c) omelette.  (d) salad. 
(iii) ............... is a liquid cooking fuel.

(a)Coal  (b) Kerosene 
(c) Gas  (d) All of these 
(iv) Which of these cooking fuels is most environment-friendly?

(a)Gas    
(b) Sunlight 
(c) Cowdung cakes 
(d) Electricity 
(v) Cakes are baked in

(a)an oven  (b) a tawa 
(c) a frying pan  (d) None of these 

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(i) All food can be cooked in a pressure cooker. 
(ii) All utensils are made of aluminium. 
(iii) Making lemon water requires sugar. 
(iv) For making chapatis, we must knead the dough. 
(v) Cooking food in a pressure cooker saves fuel. 
(vi) A cooking vessel can be made of wood. 
(vii) Fruits and vegetables should be washed after cutting. 
(viii) Cooking makes the food easy to digest. 
(ix) Idli and Dhokla are prepared by frying. 
(x) Glass utensils can be used to cook food in a microwave oven. 

(i) The first step in making a delicious snack with moong seeds is ...............
the seeds overnight in water.
(ii) A chapati is cooked in four stages and the first stage is taking out ...............
in a utensil.
(iii) Onion is a vegetable which can be eaten both raw and ............... .
(iv) Pooris are made by ............... them in a karahi.
(v) ............... are used for cooking.
(vi) ............... makes food taste good.
(vii) peas can be eaten only when ............... .
(viii) Utensils are made up of ............... .
(ix) ............... is the oldest method of cooking food.
(x) We can cook food on ............... .
(xi) Utensils used in microwave ovens are made from ............... .

4- Write the name of the fuel being used in the pictures shown below.
Pictures Fuel being used
(i)
........................................
(ii)
........................................
(iii)
........................................
(iv)
........................................
(v)
........................................
(vi)
........................................

5- Match the method of cooking in Column I with the item that is cooked in Col-
umn II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Baking (a) Chapati
(ii) Boiling (b) Idli
(iii) Frying (c) Bread
(iv) Roasting (d) Tomato soup
(v) Steaming (e) Samosa

(i) Why do many utensils have wooden handles?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Which famous South Indian dish is cooked by steaming?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Name an electrical appliance used in the kitchen.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Which gives more smoke from the flame, a gas stove or a coal chulha?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Name three dishes which can be cooked by boiling.
_______________________________________________________
7- Just like the flowchart given in the textbook for making lemon water, flowcharts
for making delicious sprouts and chapatis (as explained in the book) are given
below with many steps missing. Fill in these blank steps.
(i) Flowchart for making sprouts

(ii) Flowchart for making chapatis
8- Pictures of many eatables are given below. Segregate them appropriately into
different groups given in the table.
GRAPES, TURNIP, POTATO, RADISH, CARROT, APPLE, CABBAGE,

TOMATO, BANANA, EGG, BRINJAL, RICE, CHICKEN, FLOUR, FISH,
CAULIFLOWER, PEAS
Things that can be Things that can be Things that can be eaten
eaten raw eaten cooked both raw and cooked.
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................
......................... ......................... .........................


fuels, plants, raw, Baking, electricity
(i) We get our food from .................... and animals.

(ii) .................... is a method of cooking.
(iii) A Microwave runs on .................... .
(iv) Many fruits can be eaten .................... .
(v) LPG, coal, wood and cow dung are some common examples of ............... .
10- Match the utensils with their uses.

Column A Column B
(i) Ladle (a) They are is used to remove hot pan from
stove.
(ii) Rolling pin (b) It is used for cooking food.
(iii) Tongs (c) It is used for storing food.
(iv) Wok (d) It is used for cooking food faster.
(v) Pot (e) It is used to roll dough to make chapati.
(vi) Sauce pan (f) It is used to stir and serve food.
(vii) Pressure cooker (g) It is used for deep frying anything
11- Given are the five processes for cooking food. Describe the following processes
and write any two food items prepared through these processes.
(i) Boiling
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Frying
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

(iii) Steaming
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Baking
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(v) Roasting
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
12- Look at the picture. Colour the spaces which have dots in them.
What do you see?
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
1- Names of some Indian states are given in the table below. Find out one food
item unique to each state and the raw vegetable, grain or meat items required
to make it. Fill in the information you have found.
Indian state Name of food item Items are required
Kerala ........................................ ........................................
West Bengal ........................................ ........................................
Punjab ........................................ ........................................
Gujarat ........................................ ........................................
Andhra Pradesh ........................................ ........................................
Maharashtra ........................................ ........................................
2- Besides the dishes given in the textbook which can be prepared without cooking,
find out two others which do not required cooking. Also find out what items are
required for making them and write your answers below.
Dish 1 Name .................................... What is required? ....................................
.............................................................................................................................
Dish 2 Name .................................... What is required? ......................................
.............................................................................................................................
3- Various fuels are used for cooking by people. Find out which of them are harmful
for our environment and why. Write below what harm each of these fuels may
cause. Among them, which is the least harmful?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

4- Find some words mentioned in the chapter in this word puzzle by outlining
them. These words are given in the box below.
Hint The words are: Baked, Sequence, Chapati, Coal, cook, Cowdung Cakes,
Kitchen, Electricity, Utensils, Gas, Heat, Dough, Kneading, Roasted, Flour,
Salt, Kerosene Oil, Balls, Lemon Juice, Steamed, Raw, Wood
F L O U R K I T C H E N
H S E Q U E N C E R A W
E L E C T R I C I T Y Z
A Y L E M O N J U I C E
T B A L L S X W C B S V
R O A S T E D R H A T T
C O W D U N G C A K E S
D C O A L E A Q P E A A
O W O O D O S P A D M L
U T E N S I L S T M E T
G C O O K L L K I J D H
H K N E A D I N G D F G
5- You want to give a surprise to your mother on Mother Day/her Birthday by

presenting morning tea along with cucumber sandwiches to her as she wakes up.
Prepare a flow chart how you will proceed to do this.
Preparation of Tea

Preparation of Sandwiches
6- What is used to cook food in your house? Draw a picture and write its name.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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Page 92 11_From Here to There Chapter 11
CHAPTER 11
FROM HERE TO THERE

(i) In the poem, 'The Train', the sound of the train is
(a)chugging    
(b) stop, stop, stop 
(c) chhuk, chhuk, chhuk   
(d) forward, backward 
(ii) In this poem, the train goes past

(a)village wells  (b) a lush green field 
(c) aging farmers  (d) All of these 
(iii) In this poem, the train moves on

(a)roads of iron    
(b) rails 
(c) meadows and hills   
(iv) The girl who went to Delhi during vacations travelled from the railway
station to her uncle's house by
(a)bus  (b) metro train 
(c) taxi  (d) car 

Chapter 11 11_From Here to There Page 93
(v) The boy who went to Shimla during vacations made his Dadi ride on
.......... when she was tired.
(a)a donkey  (b) a bus 
(c) a rickshaw  (d) a horse 
(vi) Which of the following vehicles does not run on fuel?

(a)Bus  (b) Car 
(c) Motor cycle  (d) Bullock cart 
(vii) Which of the following is not a means of public transport?

(a)Double-Decker bus   
(b) Train 
(c) Metro    
(d) Cycle 
(viii) Which among the following is the fastest means of transport?

(a)Train  (b) Bus 
(c) Aeroplane  (d) Yacht 
(ix) Find the odd one out

(a)Ship  (b) Steamer 
(c) Rickshaw  (d) Yacht 
(x) Which of these can run on electricity?

(a)Aeroplane  (b) Train 
(c) Bus  (d) Taxi 

(i) The girl who went to Kerala during vacations used a bus or taxi to reach
her Nani's house. 
(ii) The girl whose Khala lives close to her home always meets her by going on
her bicycle. 

(iii) The boy who went to his Mamaji's village during vacations travelled from
the railway station by tractor. 
(iv) The metro train runs by electricity. 
(v) Trucks have only four wheels. 
(vi) A fire engine is an emergency vehicle. 
(vii) Cities have underground tunnels for metro. 
(viii) Petrol and diesel are clean fuel. 
(ix) Tractor is used in cities to transport goods. 
(x) Cycle-rickshaw does not need fuel to run. 

(i) The ............... is the most useful vehicle for village people.
(ii) The ............... is the fastest way to travel between two big cities.
(iii) Firemen use a fire engine for ............... .
(iv) When you go for a school picnic in a group, you will travel in a ...............
.
(v) Many means of transport carry people as well as ............... .
(vi) Mary wants to visit her relatives who live across a river. ............... .
(vii) During his vacation, Jatin wants to visit an island which is across a sea.
(viii) Lata wants to visit her grandmother who lives in another state. ............. .
(ix) Today is Shivam's birthday. His friend, who lives in the next lane, wants
to meet him. ............... .
(x) Carol wants to go for shopping, with her younger sister, to a market, 2 km
from her house. ............... .

4- Match the means of transport in Column I with what fuel or animal used to
drive it in Column II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Motorcycle (a) Diesel or gas
(ii) Bicycle (b) Petrol
(iii) Metro train (c) Human pedalling
(iv) Truck (d) Horse
(v) Tonga (e) Electricity

(i) How many wheels does a bullock cart have?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Do all trucks have the same number of wheels?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) If you want to go from a city in India to New York in USA, by what means
will you travel?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Name five means of transport which are used to transport goods.
_______________________________________________________
(v) If you have to go from your house to the nearby market, by what means
will you travel?
_______________________________________________________

6- Match the pictures of modes of transport in Column I with their names in Col-
umn II and what they are used for in Column III by drawing lines.
Column I Column II Column III
Ambulance By handicapped persons
Tractor Carrying people
Bus Carrying letters and

parcels
Hand cart Carrying ill persons
Cycle Selling fruits and

vegetables
Postal van For farming

7- Match the following.

(i) Train (a) Petrol
(ii) Truck (b) CNG
(iii) Aeroplane (c) Electricity
(iv) Bus (d) Diesel
(v) Ship (e) Village roads
(vi) Bullock cart (f) Hilly areas
(vii) Cable car (g) Desert
(viii) Camel (h) Waterways
1- Study the picture given below and answer the questions that follow.
(i) Name the means of transportation shown in the picture and also write the
use of each of them.
_______________________________________________________

(ii) Why is the ladder being put near the burning building?
_______________________________________________________
2- Travelling by air (in an aeroplane or a helicopter) is very costly. Find out and
write why it is costly.
____________________________________________________________
3- Some means of travelling pollute the air more than others. Find out the means
which pollute more than the others and why they do so. Write the means and
reasons below.
____________________________________________________________
4- What means of travel are used for travelling in the hills and mountains? Find
out and write them along with the advantages and disadvantages of using them
(write at least three such means with two advantages and two disadvantages of
each).
____________________________________________________________
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Chapter 12 12_Work We Do Page 99
CHAPTER 12
WORK WE DO

(i) The doctor and nurse work
(a)at the construction workplace  
(b) at the bus stand 
(c) in the hospital    
(d) at the tea shop 
(ii) Iqbal Singh

(a)blows his whistle. 
(b) keeps shouting through the day. 
(c) stands in the middle of the crossing.  

(d) All of the above 
(iii) Chinamma helps .......... in his work.

(a)Nanu  (b) Balbir 
(c) Ramulu  (d) Iqbal Singh 
(iv) The teacher was going to Jaggu for

(a)buying vegetables.   
(b) getting her slipper repaired. 
(c) buying flowers.   

Page 100 12_Work We Do Chapter 12
(v) Deepali's father works as a

(a)vegetable seller (b) fruit seller 
(c) tea seller  (d) None of these 

(i) Balbir's brother Satvinder had come from the village. 
(ii) The children are running because they want to reach home quickly. 
(iii) The lady working in the post office buys flowers from Champa
everyday. 
(iv) In the evening, Deepali washes the dishes at other people's homes. 
(v) Deepali likes to listen to songs on the radio while she works.. 

(i) In the afternoon, Deepali brings ............... back home from school.
(ii) Three years back, when Deepali's little brother was born, she had to
............... to take care of him.
(iii) When Saramma's grandmother was a child, she helped ............... to collect
firewood, make cowdung cakes and plaster walls with cowdung.
(iv) Balbir was able to get the daily newspaper at ............... .
(v) The construction workers will be busy the whole day because the ...............
has started again.

(i) Does Deepali go to school?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Upto what class has Deepali studied?
_______________________________________________________

(iii) Why does Saramma not have to do the same tasks that her grandmother
did as a child?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) What activity helps Deepali to relax?
_______________________________________________________
(v) How did jaggu make some money early in the morning?
_______________________________________________________
5- Match the name in Column I with the work of the person in Column II by draw-
ing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Jaggu Bhai (a) Sells flowers
(ii) Champa (b) Do household work for her family
(iii) Ramulu (c) Cuts hair and shaves
(iv) Nanu (d) Repairs shoes and slippers
(v) Deepali (e) Sells fruits
6- Write the occupations (work done by people) in the pictures shown below at the
place given below each picture.

7- Deepali is doing many types of work at home. Fill each she does at home into
the categories shown in the table below.
Kitchen work for the Work relating to her Work relating to herself
family brother and sisters and any other work
...................................... ..................................... .....................................
...................................... ..................................... .....................................
...................................... ..................................... .....................................

soldier, watchman, policeman, comfortable, nurse, barber
(i) Our helpers make our life .................... .

(ii) A .................... is always ready to protect you.
(iii) A .................... cuts our hair and makes us look smarter.
(iv) A .................... keeps a watch on your school or street while we are asleep.
(v) A .................... takes care of patients in the hospital.
(vi) A .................... guards our country and even lays down his life for it.
9- Kirti and her family members have many matters to be settled. Suggest her the
person who can help her.
(i) Grandfather is waiting for newspaper. ....................
(ii) Father has to reach station urgently. ....................
(iii) Kirti's school uniform has to be stitched. ....................
(iv) Pat Bruno is not well. ....................
(v) Mother needs a new haircut. ....................
10- What do we call these buildings places?

(i) We wait for the bus here. ....................
(ii) We go out for dinner with out parents here. ....................
(iii) We go here to worship. ....................
(iv) We get petrol filled in our vehicle here. ....................
(v) We buy fresh fruits and vegetables here. ....................
11- Draw the two hands on each clock to show the time you do the following things.

1- Find out from elderly people in your family or in houses near yours what work
they were doing 25 to 50 years ago, which is not being done now. Also find out
what work has replaced that work now and the reason why this has happened.
Fill up the table given below with this information. One has been done for you
as an example.
Work being done earlier Work that has replaced Reason
but not being done now this
1. Typing handwritten papers Making files on computer Easier to use
........................................ ..................................... ...............................
........................................ ..................................... ...............................
2- What work do your mother and other lady members of your family do at home?
Do you think that they should be paid for it? If so, why?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3- Find out and write the names of any five buildings in your locality and the work
done in each of them.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4- Find some occupations in this word puzzle by outlining them. These occupations
are given in the box below.
Barber, Blacksmith, Carpenter, Cobbler, Doctor, Driver, Electrician,
Farmer, Fruit seller, Mason, Nurse, Painter, Policeman, Potter, Sweeper,
Tea vendor

Z P Y X P F A R M E R W
D O C T O R V T B R Q P
C T N S L U C D L M T A
O T L W I I A I C I A N
B E L E C T R I C I A N
B R J E E S P V K M V T
L H G P M E E E S A E E
E F D E A L N R M S N R
R C B R N L T Z I O D Y
X N U R S E E W T N O V
B A R B E R R T H R R Q
5- See the picture given in NCERT Textbook pg. 78-79 and answer the following
questions:
Look carefully at the picture and write what work is being done by different
people.
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................

6- In the picture on the first page of this lesson, some buildings have been shown.
In the list below put a red e on the names of these buildings. Also, put a green
or yellow e on the names of those buildings that are in your neighbourhood.
Post Office Hospital Temple Telephone booth School
College Government Church Multi-storeyed Dharamshala

office building
Hostel Bus stand Police station Cinema hall Bank
Petrol pump Shop Gurudwara Mosque Railway station
Court
7- Name the helpers given in the picture.

8- Cross the odd one out with respect to the person.

9- Write the match of the people with their working places.

10- Collect pictures of the people of different occupations and stick them. Also write
their occupations.
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CHAPTER 13
SHARING OUR FEELINGS

(i) Ravi bhaiya recognises my family members by .......... as we move.
(a)our voices   
(b) our clothes 
(c) the colour of our clothes  
(d) the sound we make 
(ii) Blind people read books in Braille script by

(a)touching and feeling  
(b) hearing and smelling 
(c) seeing and hearing  

(i) In Braille Script, a row of raised dots are made on a thick paper. 
(ii) Ravi bhaiya made Seema his hockey coach when he came to know that I
was in the team. 
(iii) Ravi bhaiya teaches in a secondary school. 
(iv) Louis Braille belonged to France. 
(v) Ravi bhaiya likes listening to music and taking part in plays. 
(vi) Blind people recongnise others by touch and smell. 

Chapter 13 13_Sharing Our Feelings Page 111
(vii) A person cannot be blind by birth. 

(viii) Paralympics are organised for differently abled people. 
(ix) We should read the newspaper aloud to the people who cannot see and
hear properly. 
(x) Braille Script cannot be written on computers. 

(i) Everyday in the morning, papa reads the newspaper aloud to ............... .
(ii) ............... is a very loving brother.
(iii) Ravi bhaiya has a good sense of humour because he makes us ............... .
(iv) Louis Braille lost his eyesight because a ............... hurt his eyes.
(v) The Braille script is based on ............... points.
4- Match the name in Column I with what that person does in Column II by draw-
ing arrow.
Column I Column II
(i) Seema (a) enjoys listening to Seema's news
(ii) Nani (b) is called bhabhi by Ravi bhaiya
(iii) Ravi bhaiya (c) reads the newspaper aloud to nani
(iv) Papa (d) cannot hear and see properly
(v) Mother (e) sometimes changes the place where Ravi

bhaiya has kept his stick

(i) When we are blindfolded, how can we recognise others?
_______________________________________________________

(ii) Who first thought of Braille books?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What feeling does Ravi bhaiya express when someone tries to help him
when he does not want it?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why do some of Ravi bhaiya's students take books from him?
_______________________________________________________
(v) What problems of old age does nani have?
_______________________________________________________
(vi) Who is the father of Braille Script?
_______________________________________________________
(vii) How do you identify a blind person?
_______________________________________________________
(viii) What is the other word for 'physically challenged' person?
_______________________________________________________
(ix) Whom do you visit, in case of a problem in your eyes?
_______________________________________________________
6- In how many ways can we help Ravi bhaiya and other blind people in their dai-
ly lives? Some ways are mentioned in the chapter also. Read it and then write
them, besides writing your own ideas.
____________________________________________________________
7- Explain how the game of blindfold is played, as given in the chapter.

____________________________________________________________


care, Braille, poor, parents, friends, Old
(i) I like to share my feelings with my .................... and .................... .

(ii) .................... members in the family need our special care and attention.
(iii) With old age, people tend to have .................... hearing and sight.
(iv) We must take good .................... of our eyes.
(v) .................... Script is read by running fingers on raised dots.
9- Tick the acts which you feel show that you care.
Call visit your Take your Ensure that your
grandparents grandparents for grandparents have
regularly. regular medical check- all the necessary
up. things.
Playing loud music Showing your photo Helping a visually

inspite of the album to a visually impaired to cross
discomfort of other impaired. the road.
person.
Offering visually Reading a newspaper

impaired a seat in for visually impaired.
bus.
1- Find out and write

(i) Why do blind people carry a white stick when moving out of their homes?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Why do blind people wear sunglasses all the time?
_______________________________________________________

2- Match the pictures in Column I with they describe in Column II by drawing

lines.
Column I Column II
Blind people crossing a road
Women at a rally
A woman reading a story in Braille
Ravi bhaiya reading a book in Braille
Two blind women pose for the camera
Answering the phone

3- The Braille alphabet shows each letter in the English alphabet as a particular
combination of up to six dots (or raised points for blind people to read), as given
in the picture below.
Draw the dots for each of the following words in the boxes, with one box showing
one letter. In part (v) you have to show the dots for a blind person to know your
name. Add more boxes if your name is longer.
(i) Seema
   
(ii) Ravi
  
(iii) Sharing
     
(iv) Feelings
      
(v) Evs
 
(vi) Mathe-
matics          
(vii) English
     
(viii) Hindi
   

(ix) My name
       
       
Seema, Bhaiya Bhabhi, Braille, France, Newspaper, Loving, Plays, News,
Touch, See, Relationship, Teacher, Blind, Sandpaper, Humour, Stick, Nani,
Back pains, Vegetables, Ravi bhaiya
T E A C H E R Z Y X T W
V N E W S P A P E R O B
H U M O U R V S I T U R
B A C K P A I N S R C A
B H A I Y A B H A B H I
L O V I N G H Q P S N L
I V E G E T A B L E S L
N E W S S T I C K E M E
D L K P L A Y S N A N I
J S A N D P A P E R G F
R E L A T I O N S H I P
F R A N C E D S E E M A
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Chapter 14 14_The Story of Food Page 117
CHAPTER 14
THE STORY OF FOOD

(i) We get most of the food from
(a)plants  (b) animals 
(c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) None of these 
(ii) Spinach is obtained from the ............... of a plant.

(a)fruits  (b) flowers 
(c) roots  (d) leaves 
(iii) Who helps Venu's mother in the household work?

(a)Venu  (b) Venu's father 
(iv) A banana is obtained from the ............... of a plant.

(a)fruits  (b) flowers 
(c) roots  (d) leaves 
(v) Both milk and meat are obtained from

(a)plants  (b) animals 
(vi) Which of the following is a root?

(a)Carrot  (b) Potato 
(c) Onion  (d) Ginger 

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(vii) Which of the following is a stem?

(a)Carrot  (b) Potato 
(c) Radish  (d) Spinach 
(viii) Which of the following food item we get from animals?

(a)Milk  (b) Honey 
(c) Ghee  (d) All of these 

(i) Both Rani's and Venu's mothers cook the food in their homes. 
(ii) Banana is a medicinal plant. 
(iii) Rani's family members eat food together. 
(iv) The ginger we use in our food is got from the fruit of the plant. 
(v) Tomatoes are the fruits of a plant. 

(i) We get sugar from ............... .
(ii) We eat the ............... of a cabbage plant.
(iii) ............... provide us many herbal medicines.
(iv) Lemons are the ............... of a plant.
(v) ............... leaves are good for our teeth and gums.
4- Match the name of food item in Column I with its description in Column II by
drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Honey (a) Medicinal plant
(ii) Potato (b) Root of the plant

(iii) Ajwain (c) Obtained from animal
(iv) Eggs (d) Fruit of the paddy plant
(v) Rice (e) Obtained from bees

(i) Who eats at the last in Venu's family?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What part of its plant is the jack-fruit?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Name the part of the plant which we eat in cauliflower.
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Name five foods which we get from animals.
_______________________________________________________
6- What differences do you observe between Rani's family and Venu's family? Write
the differences in all the household work being done in these families. This can
be understood by seeing the pictures shown in the textbook.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7- Arrange the following activities required for a family to eat a meal and pre-
pare for the next meal by putting the number 1 against the first activity and 6
against the last activity.
Activity Number
Eating food ........................................
Washing utensils ........................................
Getting raw food items from market ........................................

Cooking the food items ........................................
Filling/Bringing water ........................................
Cleaning the place where the family will eat ........................................
____________________________________________________________
8- Match the pictures of Venu's and Rani's families in Column I with what is hap-
pening in them in Column II by drawing lines.
Column I Column II
Rani's mother preparing food.
Rani's father and brother eating

food.
Venu's mother cooks while Venu's

father cleans the home.
Venu's parents relaxing.

9- Draw a green circle around those items that we get from plants and a red circle
around those items that we get from animals.
10- Name the medicinal plant with the help of given words which will give you relief
when
Turmeric, Neem, Basil, Ajwain, Cloves
(i) You get hurt by falling from stairs .........................
(ii) You have a bad stomach ache .........................
(iii) You have severe toothache .........................
(iv) You have cough and cold. .........................
(v) You have some skin irritation. .........................

(i) Why do we eat vegetables and fruits?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

(ii) Who are vegetarians?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Who are non-vegetarians?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
12- Find the words hidden in the grid and answer the following.
P D U C K H A
I C G B C E D
G O O S E N F
O W A F G K I
A I T L S T S
T H E N M O H
B U F F A L O
(i) Animals that give us

milk .................... .................... ....................
(ii) Animals that give us
meat .................... .................... ....................
(iii) Animals that give us
eggs .................... .................... ....................
13- The following are some household works. Tick ({) the work in which you lend a
hand/are planning to do so in the future.
(i) Helping your mother in the kitchen 
(ii) Buying things from the market 
(iii) Filling water as needed 
(iv) Laying the table 

(v) Dusting the furniture 

(vi) Preparing the bed. 
(vii) Putting out clothes for drying 
(viii) Changing the bedsheet 
(ix) Keeping your personal things at a proper place 
14- Name the different types of plants jumbled below:
M B L C E I R ........................................
P R E C E R E ........................................
B H R E ........................................
R B H S U ........................................
E T R E ........................................
15- Identify the pictures given below and write to which types of plant they belong
to:

16- Write two food items we eat associated with the given plant part:
Stem ......................... .........................
Leaves ......................... .........................
Roots ......................... .........................
Flower ......................... .........................
Fruit ......................... .........................
Seeds ......................... .........................
17- Identify the parts of the plant in the riddle.

(i) I fix the plant to the soil. Who am I? .........................
(ii) I bear leaves and flower. Who am I? .........................
(iii) I make seeds for the plant. Who am I? .........................
(iv) I prepare food for the plant. Who am I? .........................
(v) I have sweet taste usually. Who am I? .........................
1- Observe the picture given below and answer the questions related to it.
(i) What household activity is the person doing?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Why is the method of doing this activity not good for the water being
used?
_______________________________________________________

2- Observe the three pictures given below and answer the questions related to them
given below the pictures. If you not know the answer to the (ii) question, ask
your elders and write it.
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3
(i) What are all the persons doing?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Which of these activities should be done first, which second and which
last, if they are done in the same home? Why?
_______________________________________________________
3- Identify the activity being done in the three pictures given below and write it
below each picture.
Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3

4- We get many food items from various parts of plants like fruits, seeds, leaves,
roots, stems, flowers and so on. Find out and write the parts of the plants in
which the following food items are found.
Food item Part of plant in which Food item Part of plant in which
found found
Banana .................................... Spinach ....................................
Carrot .................................... Tea ....................................
Coffee .................................... Tomato ....................................
Onion .................................... Turmeric ....................................
Rice .................................... Wheat ....................................
Carrot, Cauliflower, Cook, Egg, Fish, Jackfruit, Honey, Gram, Onion,
Household, Neem, Meat, Medicine, Coriander, Garlic, Mango, Stomach
ache, Venu, Rani, Turnip, Tooth ache, Salt
M A N G O J T U R N I P
E C O R I A N D E R Z V
D Y X A W C S T V T R E
I Q P M F K A O N I O N
C A U L I F L O W E R U
I N M L S R T T M E A T
N E E M H U K H O N E Y
E J R A N I G A R L I C
C A R R O T H C O O K G
F S T O M A C H A C H E
E G G H O U S E H O L D

6- Paste pictures of different types of plants.
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CHAPTER 15
MAKING POTS

(i) The sparrow in the story is named
(a)Phudwali  (b) Bhanate 
(c) Phudgudi  (d) None of these 
(ii) The clay-pit wanted a ............... to dig the soil.

(a)pot  (b) spade 
(c) trowel  (d) None of these 
(iii) Bhanate wanted to ............... Phudgudi's egg.

(a)break  (b) eat 
(c) swallow  (d) steal 
(iv) A potter needs ............... to make a pot properly.

(a)clay from a clay-pit   
(b) water 
(c) a potter's wheel   
(d) All of these 
(v) Clay pots are made ............... by baking them in a fire.

(a)stronger  (b) softer 
(c) longer  (d) None of these 

Chapter 15 15_Making Pots Page 129

(i) In earlier times, people used to make pots using iron. 
(ii) A potter uses a mould for shaping the pot being made. 
(iii) Phudgudi wanted Bhanate to wash his beak with water before eating her
egg. 
(iv) The river asked Phudgudi to get a pot to fill water. 
(v) The blacksmith wanted Bhanate to return the trowel after using it. 
(vi) A potter makes a pot with a trowel. 
(vii) A potter needs clay and water to make the pots. 
(viii) Pot is baked in sunlight. 
(ix) On baking in the fire, the pot becomes strong. 
(x) We cannot imagine life without pots. 

(i) Pots are completed by being ............... in a kiln or fire.
(ii) To make a bowl from clay, we first ............... to make a big ball.
(iii) A pot can be made from a chapati of ............... .
(iv) ............... laid one egg.
(v) Phudgudi and Bhanate were good ............... .
4- Match the name of food item in Column I with its description in Column II by
drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Phudgudi (a) Return the trowel after use
(ii) Bhanate (b) Get a pot
(iii) Blacksmith (c) Eat the egg

(iv) River (d) Give him some clay
(v) Potter (e) Save the egg

(i) Why could Bhanate not eat Phudgudi's egg even though he had washed
his beak?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Who was clever, Phudgudi or Bhanate? Why?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Why did Bhanate want to wash his beak?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why did Bhanate ask the blacksmith for a trowel?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Name all those who helped Bhanate in his work.
_______________________________________________________
6- Match the pictures of making a bowl from a roll of clay in Column I with what
is being done in each picture in Column II by drawing lines.
Column I Column II
Fix the clay snake to the base

using clay to bind them.
Rotate the snake on the base to

complete the pot.

Roll some clay like a thick chapati

to form the base.
Knead some clay with water.
Roll some clay like a snake.
7- See the picture given below and answer the questions.
(i) What is the potter's assistant doing?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Can the pot be made without what she is doing?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What balls are lying on the left side of the picture?
_______________________________________________________

8- The following is the activity involved in making pots. Arrange them in an order
by putting number from 1 to 7 in the box provided.
(i) While pushing your thumb, pinch up the walls. 
(ii) Turn the piece and pinch to keep the thickness of the walls of the piece
even. 
(iii) Leave this earthen bowl to dry in the sun. 
(iv) Push your thumb into the center of the ball to make a pit. 
(v) Knead some clay with water and make a big ball. 
(vi) When it becomes hard, decorate it. The bowl is formed and you can put
things in it. 
(vii) Gently pat the bottom on a flat surface to create a flat base. 
9- Draw and colour any four things made of clay. Write any one use of each of them
in the space provided.
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
10- Complete the following lines with the help of given words.
clay, cook, store, fire, kneading, hands, scraping, baking, stone
Early man felt the need of pots to .................... and .................... food. He made
pots using .................... and .................... Stone pots were made by ....................

stone. Clay pots were made by .................... the clay and shaping them with their
.................... Later, man discovered that .................... clay pots in ....................
make them stronger.
11- You have read the story of phudgudi and Bhanate in your textbook.
Recall it and answer the following questions briefly:
(i) Why did the crow need a pot?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Why did the crow want to wash its beak?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Who is a blacksmith?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why did the crow go to the blacksmith?
_______________________________________________________
(v) What lesson do you learn from this story?
_______________________________________________________
1- The first and last steps in making a pot are given in the table below. Fill in the
remaining steps.
Step No. What is done in the step
1 Dig clay from a clay-pit.
2 ........................................
3 ........................................
4 ........................................
5 ........................................
6 Decorate the pot with colours.

2- (i) In the picture shown here, what is being made?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Is there any further work to be done before the item is ready for use? If so,
what is to be done?
_______________________________________________________
3- Find out and write why the dough of clay used for making a pot requires to be
shaped on a potter's wheel. What does the potter do to make the pot perfectly
round?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
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Chapter 16 16_Games We Play Page 135
CHAPTER 16
GAMES WE PLAY

(i) Avantika explained to Nandita how to play
(a)marker  (b) gilli danda 
(c) marbles  (d) stappoo 
(ii) Their Chachi's ............... team was best among ten villages.
(a)wrestling  (b) football 
(c) kho kho  (d) kabaddi 
(iii) Their Chacha forgot his meals while.

(a)playing cricket.   
(b) flying kites. 
(c) watching a football match   
(d) playing chess. 
(iv) What did the children play when it started raining?

(a)Carrom  (b) Ludo 
(c) House house  (d) All of these 
(v) What game was the children's Bua playing?

(a)Chess  (b) Snakes and Ladders 
(c) Cards  (d) None of these 

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(i) In chess, each side has a king and queen. 
(ii) Collecting stamps is something you do in your spare time. 
(iii) The game of badminton should always be played outdoors. 
(iv) The game of wrestling requires a court to play. 
(v) The game of hop-scotch requires a ball. 

3- Fill in the blanks by selecting the words from the box given below.
doll, hop-scotch, out, snakes and ladders, TV
(i) Nandita was not able to play the game of ............... properly.
(ii) In hop-scotch, if your feet touches any line, you are ............... of the game.
(iii) Chachi played so many games because she did not watch ............... .
(iv) Rajat wanted to play with a ............... .
(v) The game in which you can land on a snake is ............... .
4- Match the name of food item in Column I with something about it in Column
II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Gilli danda (a) Sticks are used to hti a ball
(ii) Football (b) Has a court with eight boxes
(iii) Stappoo (c) Traditional Indian game
(iv) Hockey (d) Uses a ball to hit stones
(v) Seven tiles (e) Needs a big field to play


(i) Which games did Chachi play in her childhood?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What is the first thing you have to do when playing hop-scotch?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What did Chachi use for making the doll?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Did Rajat get to play with a doll?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Name the games Chacha played in his childhood.
_______________________________________________________
6- Match the pictures in Column I with the names of the games being played in
Column II by drawing lines.
Column I Column II
Ludo
Carrom
Hop-scotch

Chess
7- Look at the following pictures. Identify the games shown and name them. Write
the numbers of players required to play these games.
(i) (ii) (iii)
Name : .................... Name : .................... Name : ....................

No. of players : ....... No. of players : ....... No. of players : .......
(iv) (v)
Name : .................... Name : ....................

No. of players :........ No. of players : .......
8- Encircle the games played with a ball.

Cricket Chess Basketball Golf Flying Kite
Table Tennis Hockey Polo Tug-of-War Volleyball
Badminton Lawn Tennis Hide and Seek Hop Scotch

(i) An indoor game played with a dice ....................
(ii) A game played with a bat and a ball ....................
(iii) Our national game ....................

(iv) Game with which PV Sindhu is ....................

associated.
(v) Term used for 100 runs in cricket ....................
10- Classify the following into indoor and outdoor games.

Chess, Cricket, Carrom, board, Basketball, Badminton, Table,
Tennis, Playing cards, Ludo, Hockey, Football, Golf, Polo
Indoor Games Outdoor Games
1- In their spare time, some people do not play games but are active doing some
activities which interests them. Write name of the activities depicted in the fol-
lowing pictures.

2- Which games are shown below in the pictures? Find out and write the name
below each picture.
3- Find out and write how many players from one side are required to play at one
time in each of the games given below.
Games Number of players
Basketball ....................
Table Tennis ....................
Volleyball ....................
Kabaddi ....................
Kho-kho ....................
Snakes and Ladders ....................

4- Identify the pictures of sportsperson and name the games they associate with.
(i) (ii) (iii)
Name :................... Name :................... Name :...................
Game : ................... Game : ................... Game : ...................
(iv) (v) (vi)
Name :................... Name :................... Name :...................
Game : ................... Game : ................... Game : ...................
5- Different games are played with the ball of different sizes and weights. Name two
games each played with small, medium and large sized balls.
6- Name the followings.

(i) Answer two international games:
.......................... ..........................
(ii) Two games with their origins in India

.......................... ..........................
(iii) Two games which needed nothing but players.

.......................... ..........................
(iv) Four qualities inculcated by playing games.

.......................... ..........................
(v) Two individual games.

.......................... ..........................
7- Besides playing games, we also do activates to relax and enjoyment. List some
of these leisure time activities.
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
.......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................
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Chapter 17 17_Here Comes a Letter Page 143
CHAPTER 17
HERE COMES A LETTER

(i) A letter is written with
(a)pen  (b) paper 
(ii) A letter bears the stamp of the place

(a)from where it starts   
(b) where it is delivered 
(c) Both 'a' and 'b'   
(iii) The colour of the postal van carrying letters is

(a)red  (b) white 
(c) black  (d) any colour 
(iv) Latters are delivered to our homes by a

(a)messenger  (b) helper 
(c) postman  (d) Any of these 
(v) Instead of writing a letter, we can also use a ............... to talk to the
person whom we want to tell something.
(a)TV  (b) telephone 
(c) motorcycle  (d) None of these 

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(vi) Which is the cheapest means of communication?

(a)Aerogram  (b) Postcard 
(c) Envelope  (d) Inland Letter 
(vii) PIN stands for

(a)Postal Information Number  
(b) Personal information Number 
(c) Post Index Number  
(d) Postal Index Number 
(viii) Which of these enables us to send a written message instantly?

(a)Letter  (b) Fax machine 
(c) Telephone  (d) Television 
(ix) Which is the fastest means of communication?

(a)Postcard  (b) Telephone 
(c) E-mail  (d) Inland Letter 
(x) Which of these is used as a mass media?

(a)Phone  (b) Newspaper 
(c) Fax machine  (d) Postcard 

(i) Ahmed lives in Agartala. 
(ii) Reena's letter started in Agartala. 
(iii) Reena's letter travelled by postal van and train. 
(iv) Reena's letter reached Ahmed because she had written Ahmed's correct
address on it. 
(v) Razia wrote a letter to her nani. 
(vi) In earlier days, the messages were delivered by pigeons. 
(vii) E-mails are now replacing letters, as they ae a fast means of
communication 
(viii) Letters are sorted out in the Police Station. 

(ix) We can write a message only on a postcard or inland letter to send it
within the country. 
(x) PIN is a eight digit number code. 
(xi) The postman delivers letters. 
(xii) A letter box is red in colour with black top. 
(xiii) A letter does not require an address for posting. 
(xiv) Letters are sorted at railway station. 
(xv) Letters cannot be delivered in desert and hilly areas. 

(i) Letters are put in a ............... for being sent.
(ii) All letters have ............... on them to indicate how much they cost to send.
(iii) Letters are taken by ............... over long distances.
(iv) Letters are taken by ............... .over short distances.
(v) We can make our own telephone using thread and .............. or ............... .

(i) Who wrote the letter to whom?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Why did Razia's Aapaa give money to the shopkeeper after calling her
nani?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Why did Razia want to write a letter to her nani?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why does a postal employee stamp a letter?
_______________________________________________________

(v) How many days did Reena's letter take to reach Ahmed?
_______________________________________________________
5- Match the names in Column I with something about them in Column II by

drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Reena (a) used for talking over long distances
(ii) Ahmed (b) delivers letters to homes
(iii) Telephone (c) lives in Agartala
(iv) Postman (d) sorts letters for distribution by postman
(v) Postal employee (e) lives in New Delhi
6- Razia wanted to write a letter to her nani, but changed her mind after talking
to her Aapaa. What made her change her mind?
____________________________________________________________
1- See Reena's letter to Ahmed shown here. Find out and write the answers to the
questions given.
(i) What is the picture in the top right with '50' written on it? What is its
meaning?
_______________________________________________________

(ii) At bottom right 'PIN' is shown as a six digit number written by Reena.
What does 'PIN' mean? How does the number help in distribution of
letters?
_______________________________________________________
2- Observe the picture of a telephone given below and answer the questions related
to it.
(i) Some numbers on the telephone are shown at bottom right. What is their
use?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) A screen is showing some information on the top right of the instrument.
What is its use?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) If you want to dial a number outside your state but within India, how
many digits will you have to dial?
_______________________________________________________
3- Observe the picture given below. Why are the three letter boxes coloured differ-
ently (they are blue, green and red from left to right). What does each colour
indicate?
____________________________________________________________

4- Carefully observe the stamps shown below. Find out and write one line about
each; like when they were printed, what are they showing or what day they are
celebrating and so on.
____________________________________________________________
5- Find out and write what the symbols given below mean.
____________________________________________________________

Marconi, ISD (International Subscriber Dialing), Communication, Aerogram,
Electronic
(i) Sending and receiving messages is called .................... .

(ii) The radio was invented by .................... .
(iii) Letters can be sent to other countries through an .................... .
(iv) E-mail means .................... mail.
(v) I use .................... to make a call directly to my friend abroad.
7- Write the full forms of following:

PCO - ..................................................
ISD - ..................................................

STD - ..................................................
Agartala, Matchboxes, Bag, Distribute, Ice-cream cups, Letter box, Ahmed,
Station, Postman, Post office, Name, Sequence, Scissors, Stamps, Razia,
Stretched, Postal van, Telephones, Letter, Reena
Z M P O S T O F F I C E
N A M E S E Q U E N C E
D T L S T L E T T E R Y
I C E C R E A M C U P S
S H T I E P G R R A O T
T B T S T H A E A H S A
R O E S C O R E Z M T T
I X R O H N T N I E A I
B E B R E E A A A D L O
U S O S D S L W V T V N
T R Q P S T A M P S A N
E B A G P O S T M A N M
9- Encircle the odd one out.

(a) (i) IMO (ii) PCO (iii) STD (iv) ISD
(b) (i) Postcard (ii) e-mail (iii) Aerogram (iv) Inland Letter
10- Identify the following as (i) print media and (ii) electronic media.

11- Fill the given crossword with the help of given clues.
Across :
2. It is invented by John Baird.
4. It is put on the right hand corner of an envelope before posting.
5. Message written on paper is put into it before posting.
Down :
1. It is used to send a letter to another country.
3. It is used to send e-mail.
6. Money can be sent through this.
12- Choose the correct options to complete the statements.

(i) In India speed post services were started in the year (1986/1990).
(ii) The headquarters of India Post is situated in (Mumbai/Delhi).
(iii) The first Indian personality to be depicted on a foreign stamp was (Mahatma
Gandhi/C.V. Raman).
(iv) The (Indian flag/National Emblem) was depicted on the first stamp of
Independent India.
(v) Indian Postal Day is observed on (10th October/6th February).
13- The following slides show the procedure of sending an E-mail. Arrange them in
a proper order by writing steps from 1 to 6 in the given box.

14- Collect different types of stamps and paste them.
15- Write your full address on the postcard given below.
16- Telephones are of different types. Draw pictures of telephones you have seen.
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Chapter 18 18_A House Like This! Page 153
CHAPTER 18
A HOUSE LIKE THIS!

(i) Houses in hilly areas are made of
(a)stone or wood  (b) bamboo 
(c) ice  (d) None of these 
(ii) Caravans are

(a)multi-storey houses.   
(b) permanent houses. 
(c) movable houses.   
(d) bungalows. 
(iii) It rains heavily all over this state.

(a)Jharkhand  (b) Madhya Pradesh 
(c) Maharashtra  (d) Assam 
(iv) The villagers of Rajasthan lived in ............... in earlier days.

(a)multi-storey houses   
(b) tents 
(c) caravans    
(d) houses made of mud 

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(v) Igloos are made of

(a)bricks  (b) snow 
(c) mud and straw (d) wood 
(vi) High rise buildings are generally found in

(a)hilly region  (b) cities 
(c) villages  (d) everywhere 
(vii) Tents are made up of

(a)brick  (b) bamboo 
(c) canvas  (d) wood 
(viii) Houseboats are usually seen in

(a)Rajasthan  (b) Kerala 
(c) Kashmir  (d) none of these 
(ix) The distinct feature of a caravan is that it is

(a)cheap  (b) strong 
(c) movable  (d) cool in summers 
(x) Eskioms live in a/an

(a)tent  (b) igloo 
(c) hut  (d) high-rise building 

(i) Kuchcha hourses are very strong. 
(ii) Early man lived in caves. 
(iii) Assam is a state with scarcity of rains. 
(iv) A house protects us from rain and wind. 
(v) Birds live in houses made by humans. 
(vi) Rainfall is abundant in Rajasthan. 

(vii) People from villages and towns come to big cities like Delhi, Mumbai,
Bangalure in search of work. 
(viii) Houses of Manali are made up of plastered walls and thorny bushes. 
(ix) Houses in Assam are made on strong bamboo pillars. 
(x) Dal Lake is situated in Srinagar. 

3- Fill in the blanks by selecting the correct words from the box given below.
Caravan, houseboats, permanent, stilt, weather, cool, diseases, elevator,
tent, sloping
(i) We can see many ............... on the Dal Lake in Kashmir.

(ii) A ............... is a house on wheels.
(iii) A house made from bricks, stones and cement is called a ............... house.
(iv) The roof of a house depends upon the ............... conditions of that area.
(v) ............... houses are found in Assam.
(vi) A ............... is easy to put up and carry.
(vii) Mud houses are ............... .
(viii) We use ............... to go up in a multi-storey building.
(ix) A clean house is free from ............... .
(x) Places with heavy rain/snowfall have houses with ............... roof.
4- Each group of words contains one word that doesn't belong to the group. Write
the odd one out in the space given at the end of each line.
(i) Cement, Plumb line, Trowel, Dustbin, Clay ........................................
(ii) Rain, River, Water, Air, Snow ........................................
(iii) Electrician, Painter, Doctor, Carpenter, ........................................
Mason
(iv) Igloo, Caravan, Flat, Car, Hut ........................................
(v) Trees, Sheds, Flats, Ice, Burrows ........................................


(i) Where can multi-storey buildings be found?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Shikaras can be found in which state of India?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What is a house standing on wooden planks called?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Why do many people in Delhi live in slums?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Why are houses in hills built with sloping roofs?
_______________________________________________________
6- Match the pictures of houses in Column I with their names in Column II by

drawing lines.
Column I Column II
(i) (a) Multi-storey building
(ii) (b) Igloo

(iii) (c) Caravan
(iv) (d) Hut
(v) (e) House in the hills
7- Match the type of houses, given in column A with the place where they are gen-
erally found, given in column B.
Column I Column II
(i) Mud house with thick walls (a) Big cities
(ii) tents made of canvas (b) Rajasthan
(iii) houses made on stilts (c) Manali
(iv) wood/stone houses with sloping (d) Assam
roof
(v) Multi storey buildings (e) Camping
8- Match the type of houses given in column A with the material required to build
them, given in column B.
Column I Column II
(i) Houses in villages (a) iron, brick, cement
(ii) Houses in cities (b) canvas/light nylon material
(iii) Houses in areas getting heavy rainfall (c) straw, bamboo, mud
(iv) House of travellers (d) wood & bamboo

1- A clean and well decorated house is liked by all. Which kind of house would you
like to live in? Fill in the details in the following.
(i) Name four things which will be used to keep the house clean.
_______________________________________________________
(ii) Who all will help to keep your house clean?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Give three reasons why you want the house to be clean and well decorated.
_______________________________________________________
2- Imagine you are getting your own house constructed.

(i) What will be the
(a) materials used for construction of your house?
___________________________________________________
(b) materials used for construction of your house?

___________________________________________________
(ii) Wood will be used in my house for making:
_______________________________________________________
3- Find out and write why we see multi-storey buildings and flats in cities and
towns, but not in villages.
____________________________________________________________
4- Find out and write how people go up to the higher floors in multi-storey build-
ings. Is there more than one method? If so, describe both the methods.
____________________________________________________________
5- Find out and write how (i) a houseboat and (ii) a caravan are different from
normal houses in cities.
____________________________________________________________

6- Write the work of the people mentioned in the picture given below who help us
in the construction of our house.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
7- Draw a colourful picture of any kind of house.

8- Collect or draw pictures of different kinds of houses.
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Chapter 19 19_Our Friends-Animals Page 161
CHAPTER 19
OUR FRIENDS-ANIMALS

(i) Birds reproduce by
(a)giving birth to babies.   
(b) laying eggs. 
(c) by dividing their bodies   
(ii) ............... suck nectar from flowers.

(a)Cats  (b) Earthworms 
(c) Squirrels  (d) Butterflies 
(iii) By which body part do elephants eat and drink?

(a)Teeth  (b) Hands 
(c) Trunk  (d) Nose 
(iv) Which bird has a red colour beak?

(a)Sparrow  (b) Eagle 
(c) Parrot  (d) Crow 
(v) Birds build nests to

(a)socialise  (b) lay eggs 
(c) rear their babies (d) Both 'b' and 'c' 

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(vi) Which animal amongst the following is reared for eggs?

(a)Ostrich  (b) Duck 
(c) Swan  (d) Peacock 
(vii) Who are farmer's friends?

(a)Grasshoppers  (b) Tapeworms 
(c) Earthworms  (d) All of these 
(viii) What amongst these is not obtained from animals?

(a)Honey  (b) Wool 
(c) Coffee  (d) Silk 
(ix) Which of these animals cannot be tamed?

(a)Horse  (b) Elephant 
(c) Zebra  (d) Donkey 
(x) Which of these animals cannot draw a cart?

(a)Horse  (b) Bull 
(c) Camel  (d) Sheep 

(i) A goat can eat grass, chapatis and vegetables. 
(ii) A bird bath can be made by hanging a small earthen pot from a tree. 
(iii) Malini gave water to the injured bird to drink. 
(iv) The birds in the Queen's garden ate the insects, so she did not lose many
mangoes. 
(v) We should overload animals with work. 
(vi) Animals can be tamed easily by beating. 
(vii) We should take good care of our pets. 
(viii) Animals are necessary for our survival. 
(ix) We keep farm animals as they are useful for us. 
(x) Farm animals include animals raised to provide food to us. 
(xi) Farm animals include cows, chickens, goats, ducks, etc. 

(xii) Farm animals don't feel pain or discomfort. 
(xiii) Animals, whether farm or pet, need proper care and prevention from
sufferings. 
(xiv) Animals under human care should not be treated with kindness and
respect. 

3- Fill in the blanks with the correct name of the following birds by selecting them
from the box.
Chicken, Duck, Kiwi, Pigeon, Sparrow
(i) ............... is a bird that cannot fly.

(ii) The ............... is a water bird.
(iii) ............... is a bird that files over short distances.
(iv) ............... is a bird that files at low heights.
(v) ............... is a bird that files over great distances.
4- Match the pictures in Column I with what is being done in each picture in Col-
umn II by drawing lines.
Column I Column II
(i) (a) The sparrow at the bird bath.
(ii) (b) The injured sparrow recovers.

(iii) (c) Chandu is bathing his donkey.
(iv) (d) The sparrow is injured.
5- Match the name of the animals in Column I by the food eaten by them in Col-
umn II.
Column I Column II
(i) Sparrow (a) Fruits and nuts
(ii) Eagle (b) Insects
(iii) Duck (c) Snakes
(iv) Parrot (d) Grains and seeds
(v) Woodpecker (d) Water plants
6- Name two animals who do each of the following.

(i) Carry loads ................... ...................
(ii) Produce milk for people to drink ................... ....................
(iii) Are kept as pets ................... ...................
(iv) Work for the farmer ................... ...................
(v) Produce eggs ................... ...................

7- Why do animals move from one place to another?

____________________________________________________________
8- Raju had a pet dog named Dora. Dora was not well. What should Raju do?
____________________________________________________________
9- Match the columns:

Column I Column II
(i) Plants and animals (a) insects which harm fruits
(ii) Pets should be treated with (b) tease/hurt animals
(iii) Animals also need (c) depend on each other for survival
(iv) Parrots eat (d) food, water and air like us.
(v) We should not (d) love and care
10- Complete the words by filling the missing alphabet.

(i) is called the ship of the desert.
(ii) Cow's is a complete food.
(iii) A hurt/sick animal should be taken to a
(iv) animals are kept at home or on farm.
(v) A can be hung on the branch of a tree for the birds.
11- Why should we not tease animals?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
12- How is bird bath useful?

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

13- List four ways to take care of pet/domestic animal.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
1- Write 'H' for animals that are herbivores (they eat only plants), 'c' for animals
that are carnivores (they eat other animals) and 'O' for animals that are omni-
vores (they eat both plants and animals) beside each animal name given below
(i) Bear  (ii) Tiger 
(iii) Horse  (iv) Lion 
(v) Dog  (vi) Elephant 
(vii) Crow  (viii) Giraffe 
(ix) Cow  (x) Man 
2- Write the names of the plants and animals in the 'Food Chains' given below.

3- Find out and write the names of animals given below.

(i) The biggest mammal ........................................
(ii) The tallest animal ........................................
(iii) One of the loudest shouting mammals ........................................
(iv) Fastest land animal ........................................
(v) Smallest bird ........................................
4- Fill the words mentioned in the chapter in this word puzzle by finding them from
the clues given below. The number of letters in the word are given in brackets
after the clue.
Clues
Across :
(i) Bholi started ............... when the scooter hit her. (8)
(iii) Where Shankar's cat had given birth to kittens. (9)

(v) The injured bird was ............... above the children in the classroom next
day. (8)
(vi) What the injured bird used for drinking water. (4)
(vii) Dog is man's best ............... (6)
(viii) This girl had taken the cat's lost kitten. (6)
(ix) We keep this animal because it gives us honey. (5, 3)
Down :
(i) Name of Meenu's cow. (5)
(ii) Person who looks after your garden. (8)
(iii) Small crawling animal found in many homes. (9)
(iv) He helps Chandu in his work. (6)
(v) What the cat was doing to its kittens while crying. (8)
5- The following are some of the animals. Circle those which can be touched by
you.

6- Find the answers from the word grid and write them in the space provided.
A L G A P E R S C O
V E G E T A R I A N
U C O W L I S T T M
L L A A E T O P E G
T M T B S I U R D O
U H Y A E N A S O O
R R P E G O P Q G S
E O H E N M G H T E
(i) People who do not eat meat are called .................... .

(ii) Two animals reared for milk ...................., .................... .
(iii) Two animals reared for eggs ...................., .................... .
(iv) Two animals kept as pets ...................., .................... .
(v) Two animals responsible for keeping surroundings clean .................... .
7- Identify the following animals as pet, farm and child animals by writing 'P' for
pet, 'F' for farm and 'W' for wild animals.

8- Complete the following table.

Animals What will you How they are
feed them? useful?
......................... .........................
......................... .........................

......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
......................... .........................
9- Who eats what? Match by drawing lines of different colours.

One example is shown.

10- Draw the picture of your favourite pet and write its name.
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Chapter 20 20_Drop by Drop Page 173
CHAPTER 20
DROP BY DROP

(i) All around in Bajju village, we see
(a)water  (b) sand 
(c) grass  (d) forests 
(ii) This year it ............... in Bajju village.

(a)rained slightly    
(b) rained heavily 
(c) did not rain at all   
(iii) Members of Mdho's family get ............... when they walk on the hot sand.
(a)blisters  (b) thirsty 
(c) enjoyment  (d) pain 
(iv) Sonal in Bhavnagar fills water in

(a)her mug.  (b) her bowl. 
(c) her bucket.  (d) None of these. 
(v) Rainwater is collected by some people in Bajju village

(a)from the water train.   
(b) using their camel carts. 

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(c) in earthen pots.   
(d) by making tankas. 

(i) Water should not be running from the tap while we are brushing our
teeth. 
(ii) After washing vegetables with it, we can use this water for bathing. 
(iii) Two bowls of water can fill a whole bucket. 
(iv) We should not waste water because it is precious. 
(v) Madho's wife fetches water for his family. 
(vi) Using a pipe to water the plants in the garden saves water. 
(vii) Having a fifteen-minute shower uses more water than a bath. 
(viii) Dripping taps should be fixed. 
(ix) Most of the water on earth is fresh water. 

(i) Tankas are covered with ............... .
(ii) Water collected in a tanka is used for ............... after it is cleaned.
(iii) Madho's family uses ............... of water every day.
(iv) Madho's father goes in his camel cart to collect water from the ............. .
(v) In Bhavnagar, water is supplied to Sonal's house for only ............... every
day.
(vi) ............... is the main source of water.
(vii) All ............... and ............... need water to survive.
(viii) Rainwater flows down the ............... .
(ix) ............... comes out from springs and water-falls.
(x) ............... makes water safe for drinking.
(xi) Collection of rain water is called ............... .
4- What are the women doing in the picture given aside? Why?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
5- What good work is being shown in these two pictures? How does it help us to
save water?
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
6- Match the words in Column I with information related to that Column II by

drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Madho's mother (a) has a camel cart
(ii) Bajju (b) lives in Bhavnagar

(iii) Sonal (c) village is in Rajasthan

(iv) Madho's father (d) collects water for the family

(i) People living in Rajasthan face shortage of water in which season?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What do you mean by water scarcity?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Why is rain water mostly used for drinking?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Can water used for washing vegetables be used in the toilet afterwards?
_______________________________________________________
(v) Why do we feel shortage of water?
_______________________________________________________
8- Describe how a tanka is made and how it gets rainwater for storing. A picture
is given to guide you.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________


reuse, lakes, underground water, rivers, ponds, drinking, putting, save, collecting
(i) We should .................... and .................... water.

(ii) Water present below the earth's surface is called .................... .
(iii) Rain harvesting means .................... rainwater and .................... it to use.
(iv) Tanka water is used used for .................... also.
(v) We should keep our ...................., .................... and .................... clean.
10- The following are the different ways of collecting and recycling of water used in
different parts of the country. Match the pictures with their respective names.
Column A Column B
(i) (a) Canal
(ii) (b) Johads
(iii) (c) Dam

(iv) (d) Pond
11- Answer the following:

(i) Three sources of water.
......................... ......................... .........................
(ii) Three man-made sources of water on which farmers depend for irrigation.
......................... ......................... .........................
(iii) Three ways to use underground water.

......................... ......................... .........................
(iv) Three ways of purifying water.

......................... ......................... .........................
(v) Two ways to utilise rainwater.

......................... ......................... .........................
1- List all the purposes you know for which water is used by you, your family and
any other uses. Fill up the columns in the table below with this information. In
each column, one use has been given to guide you.
Water is used by you Water is used by your Other uses
family
Brushing teeth Washing the floor of the Watering plants in the
house park
................... ................... ...................
................... ................... ...................

................... ................... ...................
................... ................... ...................
2- Water is being wasted in the two pictures shown below. In each case, explain
what should be done so that water is not wasted.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
3- We want to find out how many drops of water will fill a buckt. Find this out
using the information given below to calculate it.
10 drops fill a 50 spoons fill a 10 bowls will fill 20 mugs will fill a
spoon bowl a mug bucket
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

Bajju, Dirt, Rain, Bucket, Drinking, Tap, Distance, Camel cart, Leaks,
Madho, Pipe, Water, Summer, Rajasthan, Lid, Sieve, Water Scarcity, Sonal,
Tanka, Sand, Train, Village, Pond, Pit, Can, Bhavnagar, Sister
M B U C K E T Z S L L R S
A H S A N D A V U E I A O
D A D C Y I N I M A D J N
H V I A X R K L M K D A A
O N S M T T A L E S R S L
W A T E R S C A R C I T Y
B G A L A I P G W K N H T
A A N C I S I E V E K A A
J R C A N T T T R A I N P
J Q E R M E P O N D N N G
U W A T E R P I P E G P N
5- Every drop counts when we to conserve water. Decode the words given in the
blanks with the help of the secret code and find some interesting ways to save
water.
Secret Code

6- Match the following :

Source of Water Name
(i) (a) Rain

Source of Water Name

(ii) (b) River
(iii) (c) Sea
(iv) (d) Lake
(v) (d) Well
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Chapter 21 21_Families Can be Different Page 183
CHAPTER 21
FAMILIES CAN BE DIFFERENT

(i) Tanya's family has ............... members.
(a)three  (b) four 
(c) five  (d) None of these 
(ii) Krishna and Kaveri live with

(a)their father  (b) their mother 
(c) their parents  (d) their grandfather 
(iii) Habib's abbu enjoys

(a)playing with the grandchildren  
(b) playing cards 
(c) watching television with others  
(iv) What does Sitamma's mother do before dinner?

(a)She returns from office   
(b) She teaches the children 
(c) She cooks the dinner   
(d) She washes the dishes 

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(v) Totaram does not stay with his

(a)mother  (b) dada and dadi 
(c) chachi  (d) All of these 
(vi) Family members often live together in the ............... house.

(a)different  (b) same 
(c) separate  (d) none of these 
(vii) In a joint family ............... is the head of the family.

(a)father  (b) mother 
(c) uncle  (d) grandfather 
(viii) In a nuclear family ............... is the head of the family.

(a)father  (b) mother 
(c) uncle  (d) grandfather 
(ix) Changes in a family can take place because of ............... .

(a)Wedding  (b) Natural calamities 
(c) eating habits  (d) both (a) and (b) 

(i) Sitamma helps Gitamma get ready for school. 
(ii) Both Sara and Habib are working. 
(iii) When Tara returns from school, her mother looks after her. 
(iv) Nagarajan, Samar and Tanya belong to one family. 
(v) Sitamma's taiji lives with her. 
(vi) Members of a family resemble each other. 
(vii) Members of a family live together and care for one another. 
(viii) Family environment has a great influence on a child. 
(ix) All the family members live in different houses. 
(x) Everyone in the family should share responsibilities. 


(i) Kaveri's father works at his ............... everyday.
(ii) Habib's abbu plays cards with ............... .
(iii) Totaram has come to Mumbai for ............... .
(iv) During vacations, Kaveri goes to stay with ............... .
(v) Tanya is Samar's ............... .
4- Match the name of the person in Column I with another person of that family
in Column II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Nagarajan (a) Tauji
(ii) Tara (b) Chacha
(iii) Gitamma (c) Kaveri
(iv) Totaram (d) Gurleen
(v) Krishna (d) Meenakshi

(i) Who has adopted Tara?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) In Totaram's family in Mumbai, who cooks the food?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What is the relationship between Gurleen and Nagarajan?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Where is the food for Sitamma's family cooked?
_______________________________________________________

(v) During vacations, what does Tara's family do?
_______________________________________________________
6- What do Sara and Habib's family do on holidays?

____________________________________________________________
7- Match the pictures in Column I with the names or descriptions in Column II by

drawing lines.
Column I Column II
Habib's family
Kaveri
Samar's family
Totaram

Tara's family
Sitamma
1- Name eleven members of Sitamma's family who live together. Are there any oth-
er members of the family living with them who are not named?
____________________________________________________________
2- Find out and write how the families of Tara and that of Kaveri are different from
the family of Tanya.
____________________________________________________________
3- Find out and write the probable reason why Kaveri's mother does not stay with
them. There may be more than one reason.
____________________________________________________________
4- Write how you will play the 'Tell How Many' game in your class. Also decide the
number to be called the first time if you want the children to form groups so that
at least two children are left out.
____________________________________________________________
5- Just like Sitamma's family tree shown in your textbook, draw the family tree
of Totaram, showing both his family in Mumbai and the family in their village
together in one tree.
____________________________________________________________

6- In each of the pictures given below, a family is shown. Answer the questions re-
lated to each family. If you do not know, ask the elders in your family.
(i) (a) What is the relation between the three family members shown?
___________________________________________________
(b) Why are all of them here?

___________________________________________________
(ii) (a) What is the relation between the four family members shown?
___________________________________________________
(b) Why are all of them here?

___________________________________________________

(iii) (a) How many family members are shown in the picture?
___________________________________________________
(b) What are they doing?

___________________________________________________
7- Draw your family tree in the space provided and answer the questions that fol-
low:
(i) With who do you like to be more in the family? Why?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) With whom do you like share your feelings?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

(iii) What activities are done together in a family?
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Write about the changes in your family in the last one year.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
8- Families are special. In the given pictures, different types of families are shown.
Single parent family (mother) Single parent family (father)
Nuclear family Joint family
Write few lines about your family.

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
9- Put a 'tick' on those sentences which tell the various things that happen in fam-
ilies.
(i) Members of a family often resemble each other. 
(ii) The family members love each other very much. 
(iii) One becomes a part of a family by being born or getting married into that
family. 
(iv) Family members often live together in the same house. 
(v) Elders in the family earn money for the family. 
(vi) Family members stay together even if there is a fight amongst themselves

(vii) In a family, children and the old are taken care of. 
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CHAPTER 22
LEFT-RIGHT

(i) A bus stop is a place where buses
(a)pick up passengers.   
(b) drop passengers. 
(c) stop for some time.   
(d) All of these. 
(ii) A ............... is a place where sick persons are looked after.

(a)shop  (b) school 
(c) hospital  (d) park 
(iii) The Sun rises in the morning from which direction?

(a)East  (b) West 
(c) North  (d) None of these 
(iv) If you are facing the North direction, which direction is to your left?
(a)East  (b) South 
(c) West  (d) None of these 
(v) On your left hand, the index finger is to the ............... of the thumb when
you see the palm.
(a)left  (b) Either left of right 
(c) right  (d) None of these 

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Question nos. 2 and 3 are based on the following map/diagram shown below.
Study the map/diagram carefully and answer the questions.

(i) Ruchira makes two right turns to go inside her school. 
(ii) Ruchira makes three left turns to go inside her school. 
(iii) Ruchira passes the post on her right on the way. 
(iv) Ruchira passes three trees on her way to school. 
(v) Ruchira does not see any shop on her way to school. 

(i) Ruchira passes a ............... before anything else on her way to school.
(ii) When returning home from her school, Ruchira will pass the bus stop on
her ............... .
(iii) When returning home from her school, Ruchira will pass the park on her
...............
(iv) Ruchira passes a ............... on her left just before the well on her way to
school.
(v) Ruchira passes the building of a ..............., ..............., ............... and
............... on her way to school.
4- Answer the following questions.

(i) Name the four main directions.
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What is a map?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) Why are symbols used in maps?
_______________________________________________________
(iv) Write the names of the five fingers of the hand.
_______________________________________________________
(v) How do we recognise a hospital building when we see it?
_______________________________________________________
5- Match the symbols shown in Column I with what they mean as given in the map
in the textbook, in Column II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) (a) Bus stop
(ii) (b) Gate of park
(iii) (c) Hospital
(iv) (d) House
(v) (e) Post office

(vi) (f) Ruchira's home
(vii) (g) Ruchira's School
(viii) (h) Shop
(ix) (i) Tree
(x) (j) Well
6- If you are asked to guide Ruchira to return home from her school, write the
directions in which direction she has to turn at which landmark, so that she
reaches home without losing her way.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

north, Atlas, sketch, compass, south
(i) A .................... is a rough drawing.

(ii) A .................... helps us to find directions.
(iii) .................... is a book of maps.
(iv) All maps have .................... direction at the bottom.
(v) The needle of compass always points to the .................... direction.

8- Rehan is standing facing the morning sun. Help him to know the direction.
(i) The direction in front of Rehan is .................... .
(ii) The direction behind him is .................... .
(iii) The direction to his left is .................... .
(iv) The direction to his right is .................... .
9- Match the following columns:

Column I Column II
(i) (a) Zebra crossing
(ii) (b) No U turn
(iii) (c) School ahead
(iv) (d) No parking
(v) (e) No entry

1- A map of part of a city in a foreign country is shown below. Find out and write
the meanings of the words mentioned in the map.
(i) Parking .....................................................................................................
(ii) One way traffic .........................................................................................
(iii) Westbound/Eastbound .............................................................................
(iv) Exit 2B .....................................................................................................
2- The map shown in Q 2 above is giving directions to reach some place.

(i) Can you find out the name of the place? (Hint: It is given on the map).
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________
(ii) If you were driving from the top right corner of the map on the road
marked 'Westbound', write the directions to be followed to reach the place
given in part (i. Mention all the directions of turns.
_______________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

3- Our traffic police gives directions to people driving by using their hands. Three
pictures of signals given by a traffic policeman are shown below. Find out and
write what each symbol means.
____________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
4- Observe the picture given below and answer the following questions.
(i) What is the colour of each light (top, middle and bottom)?
_______________________________________________________
(ii) What should a car driver do when the top light is lighted?
_______________________________________________________
(iii) What does it mean if the middle light keeps on blinking, but the other
lights are off?
_______________________________________________________

5- Which other signs can you see in your neighbourhood?

Draw them and write what they indicate.
Sign What they indicate
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................
................................................................................

6- This is a picture with Ruchira in the centre. In this picture, draw-

(i) An animal on Ruchira's right. (ii) A tree in front of Ruchira.
(iii) A book behind Ruchira. (iv) A chair on Ruchira's left.
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Chapter 23 23_A Beautiful Cloth Page 201
CHAPTER 23
A BEAUTIFUL CLOTH

(i) A dupatta is a long piece of ............... cloth.
(a)stitched  (b) unstitched 
(c) woollen  (d) None of these 
(ii) A cloth like a dupatta can also be worn as a

(a)lungi  (b) turban 
(c) chunni  (d) All of these 
(iii) All pieces of cloth have ............... running along their length and breadth.
(a)threads  (b) strings 
(c) embroidery  (d) None of these 
(iv) Sajida was thinking about the ............... in her dream.

(a)shawl  (b) saree 
(c) dupatta  (d) None of these 
(v) What did Sajida's sister give her?

(a)A cloth  (b) A chaddar 
(c) A dupatta  (d) None of these 

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(i) Sajida's dupatta had ............... stuck on it.
(ii) Sajida played with the dupatta after ................ .
(iii) Sajida's dupatta was made up of ................ .
(iv) Sajida's dupatta could also have been worn as a ................ or ................ .
(v) ................ can also be woven like a cloth.
3- Explain the method of weaving together two different coloured pieces of cloth
just like the example of the paper given in the textbook. To start you off, the
first step has been written for you. Now write the other steps, using the first
words as clues given in each step.
(i) Take two square pieces of cloth of different colours.
(ii) Mark .........................................................................................................
(iii) Cut ...........................................................................................................
(iv) Place .........................................................................................................
(v) Weave .......................................................................................................
(vi) Paste .........................................................................................................
4- Circle the clothes you wear in summer with a blue colour and those in winters
with red colour.


Jammu and Kashmir, rough, length, breadth, sack, embroidery, Turban
(i) .................... is an unstitched garment worn on head by men in India.

(ii) Thread work done on a cloth is called .................... .
(iii) Pashmina shawl belongs to the state of .................... .
(iv) In a piece of cloth, thread can be seen running along its .................... and
.................... .
(v) .................... is made of jute and has a .................... texture.
6- Arrange the following processes in correct order by putting numbers in the boxes.

7- Identify and write the types of printing given in the space provided.

8- Match the different traditional dresses worn by the people of their respective
states.
Column A Column B
(i) (a) Haryana
(ii) (b) Tamil Nadu
(iii) (c) Maharashtra
(iv) (d) Assam
(v) (e) Punjab

1- Observe the picture given below and answer the questions related to it.
(i) What is this man doing?
_________________________
_________________________
He is using some kind of machine. What is

(ii) this machine called and what is required to
run it?
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
_________________________
2- Some clothes are given in the box below. Find out which of them are stitched
and which are unstitched. Accordingly write their names in the correct column
in the table given below the box.
Tehmad, Shirt, Towel, Patka, Dupatta, Kameez, Turban, Socks, Gloves,
Chunni, Frock, Skirt, Lehenga, Pyjama, Handkerchief, Dhoti, Lungi, Muffler,
Odhni, Saree, Shawl, Trousers, Jeans, Scarf, Tie, Turban, Bedsheet, Shorts,
Stitched Unstitched Stitched Unstitched

........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................
........................... ........................... ........................... ...........................

3- Match the names of Indian states in Column I with the typical dress worn by
their people in Column II by drawing arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Maharashtra (a) Women wear phiran and salwar
(ii) Punjab (b) Men wear dhoti-kurta
(iii) Rajasthan (c) Women wear salwar, kameez and

dupatta
(iv) West Bengal (d) Women wear long sarees like dhoti
(v) Jammu & Kashmir (e) Men wear churidar pyjama, kurta
with turban on head
4- Find out and write the names of various fabrics, natural or synthetic, used in
making clothes and various furnishings used by us. Each of these fabrics give
a different feel. Write them in the table given below either in the 'Natural' or
'Synthetic' groups. One fabric in each group has been written to start you off.
Natural Synthetic
Silk Nylon
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
5- Find the names of clothes worn in India in this word puzzle by outlining them.
These names are given in the box below.
Chunni, Dhoti, Dupatta, Frock, Kameez, Lehenga, Lungi, Odhni, Patka,
Pyjama, Saree, Scarf, Shawl, Skirt, Shirt, Turban, Trousers, Tie

Q S K I R T S A R E E
T H A L A H E N G A D
R A M U F F L E R Z H
O W E N D R Y X W V O
U L E G U O D H N I T
S T Z I P C H U N N I
E T I E A K S C A R F
R P P A T K A N M L K
S H I R T K A N M L K
S H I R T P Y J A M A
T U R B A N J H G D C
6- Make a paper mat using two different colour papers and paste it.

7- Cut a cauliflower or ladyfinger. Apply colour on the cut face and make prints on
a piece of paper or cloth to make your own designs.
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CHAPTER 24
WEB OF LIFE

(i) The web of life includes
(a)living beings  (b) non-living things 
(ii) Which of these is not related to driving a car properly?

(a)Knowing how to drive   
(b) Knowing the rules of the road 
(c) Having a lot of money   
(d) Having a valid driving license 
(iii) The item not related to bricks is

(a)clay  (b) sand 
(c) water  (d) kiln 
(iv) The item not related to producing heat for cooking is

(a)gas  (b) sunlight 
(c) torch  (d) electricity 
(v) ............... are not related to birds.

(a)lnsects  (b) Nests 
(c) Eggs  (d) None of these 

Chapter 24 24_Web of LIfe Page 211

(i) Soil is related to insects. 
(ii) Water is not related to man. 
(iii) Letters are related to train. 
(iv) We are related to house. 
(v) House is not related to sun. 

3- Write the names of five natural things and five man-made things by filling in
the table below.
Natural Man-made
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
.............................. ..............................
4- Match the names in Column I with their characteristics in Column II by drawing

arrows.
Column I Column II
(i) Soil (a) Natural
(ii) Bird (b) Man-made
(iii) Telephone (c) Living
(iv) Water (d) Rain

5- Match the pictures with their names and whether they are living or non-living
by drawing lines. One has been done for you.
6- Water, bricks, wood, glass ans clay are related to us because we live in a house.
Show their relation to us in the form of a chain by filling in these words in the
chain diagram with blank boxes given below.
7- In the pictures given in Q.6, there are some items which are called non-living,
but they have many living organisms living in them, Which items are these and
why?
____________________________________________________________

8- Write three things needed by the living beings from nature.

(i) Plant : .................... .................... ....................
(ii) Bird : .................... .................... ....................
(iii) Man : .................... .................... ....................
(iv) Lion : .................... .................... ....................
9- Give three examples for each of the following:

(i) Sources of water
......................... ......................... .........................
(ii) Things we get from nature for food.

......................... ......................... .........................
(iii) Sources of fibre in nature.

......................... ......................... .........................
10- Circle the things that need energy from the sun in order to grow.

11- Complete the following food chains.

(i) Plants " ......................... " Frog
(ii) Plants " ......................... " Jackal
(iii) ......................... " Jackal " .........................
12- Match the importance of soil with its appropriate picture.

Column A Column B
(i) sustain plant and animal life
Soil
(ii) Medium for plant growth
Earthworm
(iii) Provides home to different
organisms
Rocks
(iv) Forms a part of construction
material
Ecosystem

13- How do you depend on the soil?

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14- How do you depend on the sun?

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1- Based on the chart given below, answer the questions.
Write what things the living things are able to do, giving two examples of each.
All examples must be different.
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2- List all the related items to do the following jobs. One has been done to guide
you for the others (everybody will not have the same answers for these jobs).
Example : Shopping : Shopping bag, Money, List of items to buy, Shop where to
buy, Guarantee card, Cash memo/Receipt, Vehicle to use and so on.
(i) Cooking ......................................................................................
(ii) Going to school ......................................................................................
(iii) Building a house ......................................................................................
(iv) Playing cricket ......................................................................................
(v) Doing homework ......................................................................................
3- A typical food web (i.e. related plants/animals) is shown below. Observe it care-
fully and write what is the food of what (Hint : the arrows give you some idea).
e.g. the owl eats the rat.
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4- Draw your picture in the blank space. Now join the picture with lines to all those
which you feel are needed for you to live.
5- Paste pictures of three living and three non-living things.
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Chapter 1 1_Poonam's Day Out Page 1

POONAM'S DAY OUT

TEXT BASED QUESTIONS

Objective Answer Type Questions

1- Select the best option.

(b) Ducks and parrots 

(c) Monkeys and crows   

(d) Hens and dogs 

(ii) ............... are found in homes.

(b) Squirrels and butterflies 

(c) Eagles and cows   

(d) Rats and cockroaches 

(iii) Poonam found ............... at the pond.

(c) buffaloes  (d) All of these 

(iv) Which of these animals can fly?

(c) Lizard  (d) Fish 

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(v) The ............... makes a braying sound.

(c) crow  (d) rat 

(vi) This is the tallest animal. It is a ............... .

(c) gorilla  (d) giraffe 

(vii) This animal makes croaking sound. It is a ............... .

(c) squirrel  (d) honeybee 

(c) cat  (d) bear 

(ix) This animal weaves a web to trap its prey. It is a ............... .

(c) wasp  (d) house fly 

(x) This animal lives in water as well as on land. It is a ............... .

(c) squirrel  (d) octopus 

2- Write 'T' for True and 'F' for False statements.

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LANGUAGE BASED QUESTIONS

(i) A pigeon could be seen on the ............... .

(i) Crow (a) Walk

(ii) Cockroach (b) Fly

(iii) Fish (c) Crawl

(iv) Cow (d) Swim

5- Answers in one word or one sentence.

(ii) Which animal utters a croaking sound?

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(v) Name any five birds.

Squirrel Horse Swan Stork Heron

7- Observe the pictures and fill in the blanks.

It is a ............... . It lives both on ............... and in ............... .

It is a ............... . It is ............... and ............... but always wins the race.

8- Give two examples for each of the following.

(ii) Animals that crawl .................... ....................

(iii) Animals that fly .................... ....................

(iv) Animals that swim .................... ....................

(v) Animals that live on land. .................... ....................

(vi) Animals that live in water. .................... ....................

(vii) Animals that live underground. .................... ....................

Think, Find and Write

(1) (2) (3) (4)

(5) (6) (7) (8)

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S.No. Name Where you will find them

10. .................... ....................

4- Circle the odd one out. Give the reason.

(ii) horse, dog, cow, wolf.

(iii) wasp, honeybee, parrot, squirrel.

(iv) frog, fish, crocodile, tortoise

5- Answer the following questions :