Secondary School (English Medium) (5 to 8) कक्षा ५ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for Environmental Studies

Have you read or heard any news about ‘pulse polio’? What?

Do you know of anyone who has polio?

What do you think - what all is a part of you that you got from your mother’s side?

Find out from the other groups which things floated and which sank in the water?

After doing the experiment, fill in the blanks.

The empty plastic bottle ______ on water. The bottle filled with water ______ because ______ 

Find out from the other groups which things floated and which sank in the water?

After doing the experiment, fill in the blanks.

The aluminium foil ______ when it was spread out. When pressed tightly into a ball it ______. This may have happened because ______ 

On Sunday Ayesha’s cousin, brother Hamid came to her house to play. As soon as he came he asked his aunt to make his favourite shakkarpara (a sweet dish). Ammi said, “Let me come back from the market, then I will make some for you. Why don’t you help me? Take two glasses of water and put a bowl of sugar in it. Mix it till it dissolves.” Hamid thought, “Let me finish this work fast. Then I will watch TV”.

Suggest some ways to Hamid for quickly dissolving sugar.

Did all the farmers in Dhanu’s village have their own land?

During what time of the year did Dhanu’s family get work in the village? During what time did they not have work?

Do you know of any families like Dhanu’s, who have to leave their villages for months in search of work?

One day Ayesha’s mother put some water to boil on the stove for making tea. She got busy with something and forgot about it. When she remembered and came to check, she found very little water left in the pan.

Why did Chittibabu and Chinnababu keep their mango jelly in the sun?

One day Ayesha’s mother put some water to boil on the stove for making tea. She got busy with something and forgot about it. When she remembered and came to check, she found very little water left in the pan. 

At your house, what things are made by drying in the sun? 

If people in Dhanu's village did not leave the village in search of work, what difficulties would they face in their own village?

In Dhanu’s village, there can be no farming when there is no rain. Do you think farming can be done even without rainwater? How?

Dhanu’s family and many others from the village go far away for work but some people stay back in the village. Why does this happen?

When Dhanu and other children leave the village for six months, what happens in the village school?

What arrangements are made at your home for old and unwell family members when everyone goes to work?

Why does Mami wish that Dhanu should go to school for the whole year and study?

What happens when you are not able to go to school for a long time?

Dhanu has to go with his village people to other places. Can there be some arrangements during that time so that Dhanu continues his studies? What kind?

Do you know of any jobs/work for which people have to stay away from their families for many months? Look for examples from this book and write.