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प्रश्न

- Have you ever seen a board like this put up anywhere?
- Do people pluck flowers even when this board is there?
- Why do you think they do this?
- Should they do this?
- What would happen if everybody plucked flowers?
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उत्तर
- Yes, I have seen such a board put up in public parks and gardens.
- No, usually people do not pluck flowers if this type of board is there.
- Some people obey the rules while some do not.
- No, it’s against the rule and people should not pluck flowers.
- There would be no flowers to make the world of gardens and parks beautiful.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Draw your own design in your notebook and colour it as well.
Here are some pictures of flowers. Mark a (✓) on the flowers which you recognise. Write their names too if you know.

You must have seen buds on the plants. If there are any flower-bearing plants growing near your school or home, look carefully at their buds.

Can you tell how many days will a bud take to bloom into a flower? Let us try and find out.
- Choose a bud that is growing on a plant and look at it every day. Write the name of the plant.
- When you first saw this bud, the date was _________. Now when the bud has bloomed into a flower, the date is _______. How many days did the bud take to become a flower?
- Ask your friends the names of the different flowers that they have seen. How much time did it take their buds to become flowers?
- Also, observe how many days the same flower took to dry.
What are the different ways we use flowers in our daily life?
Do you know that flowers can be eaten as well? Many flowers are cooked as vegetables.
Are flowers cooked in your home as a dry vegetable, a gravy dish or as a chutney? Find out which flowers are used for these.
Are any special flowers used on certain occasions/festivals by your elders? Make a list of different occasions and the flowers used at each.
| Occasion/Festivals | Name of flower |
Have you ever seen anyone selling flowers anywhere? If there are any flower-sellers nearby ask them these questions and write -
- What are the different flowers that they sell? Ask them the names of three flowers.
- Where do they bring these flowers from?
- Why do people buy flowers?
- In what forms do flower-sellers sell their flowers? Look at these pictures. Tick against those forms that you have seen.

Any other form that you have seen - - Have you seen flowers offered at many religious places?
- What do we do when they dry up?
- How will you use them?
Some flowers are used in different forms - like rose and marigold are used in garlands and as loose petals too.
- Find out the prices of these different forms.
One flower ______ One garland ______ One bouquet ______ - Has the flower-seller learnt to make bouquets or a net of flowers from anybody? From whom?
- Would they like the other members of their family to do this work? Why?
