Chapter – 4

1) How did you run the cleanliness campaign in your school?

Explain
Answer:

o We should not spread food in lunch time in our school.

o We should not spit here and there.
o We should not throw garbage here and there.

2) What should we do so that cleanliness becomes our habit?

Answer:

o We should not spread food in lunch time in our school

o We should not spit here and there.
o We should not throw garbage here and there.
3) What did Gandhiji do to make his visitors aware of
cleanliness in his ashram.
Answer:

Visitor was first given the task of cleaning of toilet.

4) Write your views on “Clean India campaign”?

Answer:

o This campaign was launched on 2 Oct at RajGhat

o This campaign was launched by our PM Narendra Modi.
o This campaign cleans the street, road
 5) Prepare a list of three such things included in your
household garbage which can be recycled.
Answer:

o Making a duster………..……. from old cloths

o Making paper …………………. from old newspaper.
o Making dustbin ………………. from old cardboard

6) A Cleanliness campaign is being conducted in your school

by the students of class V. Prepare a project for this
campaign.

Answer:
o Form different groups of students
o We will do:
o cleaning the school garbage.
o Painting the classroom.
 7) Taking inspiration from the clean India campaign what
changes did you make in your habits.
Answer:

o We should not spread food in lunch time in our school

o We should not spit here and there.
o We should not throw garbage here and there.

8) What was the first task assigned to people who visited

Gandhiji’s Ashram.
Answer:

Visitor was first given the task of cleaning of toilet.

9) Mention one task which you would undertake if you were

made the person responsible to conduct the clean India
campaign.
Answer:
➢ We should not spread food in lunch time in our school
Chapter – 5

1) Name any five indoor and five outdoor games?

Answer:

Indoor Games:
o Carrom
o Table - tennis
o Snakes and ladders
o Ludo
o Chess
Outdoor Games:
o Foot ball
o Cricket
o Hockey
o Kabaddi
o Tennis
 2) Write about the exercise and physical stunts shown in your
village fairs?

Answer:
o Long Jump
o High jump
o Kho – Kho
o Kabaddi
o Wrestling

3) What are the advantages of Yoga? Write them down

Answer:
o It makes us physically and mentally strong
o It makes our body strong, healthy, and beautiful.
 4) What tasks can be performed by blowing? write them
down.
Answer:
➢ We can blow balloon
➢ We can put off fire
➢ We can play flute.

5) ….. “Bhakti Sharma”….. In swimming and ….. “Sachin and

Virat” ….. in cricket are famous sports persons.

6) Prepare a list of yogasanas which can be performed by

students.

Answer:
o Tada-sana
o Padma-sana
o Pavana-mukta-sana
o Surya-Namaskar
Chapter-6

1) Tell about favourable conditions needed for

germination of seeds.

Answer:
o Water
o Oxygen
o Proper temperature
o light

2) Name any one plant which grows without seed and

make its diagram.
Answer:
Potato, Patthar chatta
 3) What is dispersal of seeds.
Answer:
➢ Seeds are dispersed away by:
o Wind
o Water
o Birds and animals - by getting stuck in their beak

4) How do human being disperse seeds?

Answer:
o When human sit near the tree, the seeds stick to his
clothes.
o Then, they are carried to other places.
5) Name five plants which came from foreign countries
into India.
Answer:
Tea China
Coffee Africa
Lady finger Africa
Pea Europe
Cauli-flower Europe

6) Mention the name of any three food items which you

eat, and which are not mentioned in the chapter. Also
tell which part of these plants do you ear in the form of
food.
Answer:
o Potato - Stem
o Spinach – leaves
o Cabbage - leaves
7) What is the health benefit of consuming sprouted grain?
Mention any one such benefit.
Answer:
Sprouted grains increase the vitamins and protein.

8) Make a list of plants which have been brought into India

from other countries.
Answer:
Tea China
Coffee Africa
Lady finger Africa
Pea Europe
Cauli-flower Europe
9) If you were given an option to grow a plant in your
house, which plant would be your choice and why?
Answer:
Rose plant - because its flowers are beautiful.

10) Name any one item which can be sprouted.

Answer:
o Gram seeds
o Moong seeds
Chapter -7

1) What do you understand by food chain? Give an example

Answer:
The feeding relationship among tree, plant, animals is
called Food Chain.
o Herbi-vorous animal (Rabbit) get their food from tree
and plants.
o Carni-vorous animal (fox, lion) get their food from
other smaller animals.

Plants -> Rabbit -> Fox -> Lion

2) What do you understand by a sanctuary and a park.

Answer:
Sanctuary Park
A sanctuary is made to A national park is made to
protect animals. protect both plants and
animals.
Human activity is allowed Human activity is not
(collecting fruit /honey) allowed
 3) Write down about Chipko Andolan
Answer:
➢ In the Garhwal area of Uttarakhand, contractors
started cutting trees for their business.
➢ So, the people of the region protested it.
➢ They stuck themselves with trees to save them.

This is called the Chipko Movement.

4) Make a list of advantage of tree

Answer:
o Trees and plants give us
✓ fruits, flowers,
✓ cereals, vegetables,
✓ wood, medicines
✓ oxygen and rainfall.
 5) How did the Bishnoi community protect tree? Describe.
Answer:
➢ Amrita devi hugged a tree and said “you can cut the tree
after killing me”.
➢ Other people of village also hugged the trees.
➢ Amrita devi and 363 other people sacrificed their life to
save trees.

6) Desert National part is situated in?

Jaisalmer

7) Make a list of any three bird sanctuaries situated in

Rajasthan

Answer:

Keo-la-deo Ghana National Bharatpur

Park

Darrah bird sanctuary Kota

Tal chappar Churu

Chapter -8

Write down the special qualities of the following animal

/birds/insects in the table given

Name of Way of
the obtaining Walk/swim/fly
organism food
Bird Picking Fly
Peacock
Picking Fly

Fish Swallow Swim

Lizard Swallow Walk
Sucking
of
Butterfly Fly
flower’s
honey
Mosquito Bite Fly
Dog Bite Walk
 1) Look at the picture below. Identify these animals and write
down one unique characteristic feature of each one of
them in your notebook.
Answer:

Rabbit Runs very fast

Elephant Biggest animal

Parrot Can fly

Fish Can swim in water

2) How does a bat fly during the night without colliding with
anything?
Answer:
bat produces a sound.
which reflects when it hits any object in front of it.
hearing the echo, a bat can fly during the night.
 3) Prepare a list of works performed by ants and name them
on the nature of their work.
Answer:
Work done by ants of Name on the
their work basis
Laying eggs Queen ant
Taking care of the eggs Worker ant
To safeguard the eggs and
Soldier ant
their home

4) Which of these things can be identified through smell.

a. Water
b. Air
c. Sun
d. flower
Answer:
Flower
5) Which of these possesses eyes different from those of
human being
a. Housefly
b. Mosquito
c. Both a) and b)
d. None of these

Answer:
o Housefly
o Mosquito

6) Give one reason, why should we arrange food for other

living beings.
Answer:
For maintaining Eco-logical balance.
7) Which animal has a strong sense of smell
a. Ant
b. Crow
c. Elephant
d. Dog

Answer:
Dog

8) Who flies in the night using echo-location.

a. Bat
b. Squirrel
c. Snake
d. Fox

Answer: Bat
Chapter – 9

1) Well, baoris and …….. Hand pump …… are the sources of

drinking water.

2) Water in houses comes from water taps and ……tube well

……

3) A well is round (cylindrical) and a baori is ……………. Square

….

4) Water is cleaned (purified) by straining, boiling and

……..chemical …….
5) Look at the picture given below and write the steps
involved in rainwater collection process.

Answers:

o Rainfall on the roof of the house.

o Water flows down the roof by pipelines
o Water is cleaned with filters in pipe.
o Water is collected in the water tank

6) Wells and Baoris are our important water resources. True

or False?

Answer: True
 7) Look at the pictures given below and list various methods
of water purification.

Answer:

o Boil the water

o Mixing chemicals in water
o Filter water by a clean cloth
o Filter water by a RO machine
8) Look at the picture of Mahi Dam given below and write
any three questions to obtain additional information about
this dam.

Answer:

(i) What is Dam

(ii) What is the use of Mahi dam
(iii) where is Mahi dam situated?
 9) Look at the picture of a baori given below and write any
three questions to obtain more information about it.

Answer:

(i) What is bawadi

(ii) What is the use of bawadi
(iii) Why are stairs built in this bawadi?
10) Look at the picture of a well given below and write
three questions to obtain more information about it.

1) What is well
2) What is the use of well
3) Why is rope put in the well.
Chapter – 10

1) Water flows downwards, how can you use this feature of

water?

Answer:
This water is used for
o drinking purpose,
o generating hydro-electricity
o and irrigation.

2) What are the ways of getting water from a well

Answer:
Water is taken out from the wells using
o Ropes and buckets
o Rahat and motor pumps
 3) If the water level of a well goes down, how can we get
water using ratchet?

Answer:
the level of rahat should be made equal to the level of water.

4) What are the means of irrigation?

Answer:
✓ Tube-wells
✓ motor set
✓ pump set
✓ Rahat
✓ Wells
✓ Canals
✓ Bawadis
 5) Look at the picture of a ratchet given below and write
three questions to obtain more information about it.

Answer:

1. What is Rahat
2. What is the use of Rahat
3. Where is Rahat attached.
 6) Look at the picture of a sprinkler given below and write
three questions to get more information about it.

Answer:

1) What is sprinkler
2) What is the use of sprinkler
3) Where is sprinkler attached.
 7) Look at the picture given below and mention the steps
involved in ratchet irrigation system.

Answer:
1) A Rahat is a wheel-like structure
2) Many buckets are attached over it
3) Oxen are used to operate the Rahat.
4) the wheel rotates. the water falls in drain

8) Name any three crops which require less water for growth.

Answer:
o Peas
o Gram
o Onion
Chapter – 11

1) Write the name of any two aquatic animals.

Answer:
o Fish
o tortoise.
o Snake

2) Write the names of any two aquatic plants.

Answer:
o Lotus
o Jal-kumbhi.
o Water-Lily
o Kumudani
o Algae
 3) Have a look at any pond or baori around you and make a
list with the help of your teacher of aquatic animals and
plants which are found in it.

Answer:

aquatic animals.

o Fish
o tortoise.
o Snake

aquatic plants.
o Lotus
o Jal-kumbhi.
o Water-Lily
o Kumudani
o Algae

4) Water flows from downside towards upside. True or False?

Answer: False
 5) Mosquitoes are born in stagnant water. True or False?

Answer: True

6) Out of the following plants, prepare separate lists for

plants found in wate and plants found on land.
Plants found in water Plants found on land
Lotus Mango
Jalkumbhi Rose
Water Lily Marigold
Kumudani Chameli
Algae Champa

7) Sunflower is a plant which grows on……… land….

8) Polar bears have thick fur which saves them from extreme
…. cold….