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

We still do not have any electricty at many places in our country. Even at places which do have electricity, imagine what would happen if there was no electricity for one week. What are the things that would be difficult to manage without it?

Look carefully at the map of Golconda. On the map, arrows show all four directions.

• If you are peeping inside from Bodli Darwaza, in which direction from you is Katora Hauz?
• If someone is entering from Banjara Darwaza, in which direction from her is Katora Hauz?
• In which direction will you walk from Bala Hisar to reach Moti Mahal?
• How many gates can you see on the outer walls of the fort?
• Count how many palaces are there in the fort?
• What arrangements for water can you see inside the fort? For example, wells, tanks, step-wells.

Have you recently read or heard about any country attacking or going to war with another country?

Find out what was the reason for this war.

What kind of weapons were used in this war?

What kind of destruction was caused because of this?

Have you seen anything made of bronze? What?
Tribal people have been using bronze to make many things for thousands of years. One wonders how they took out copper and tin from the deep mines, melted these metals, and turned them into beautiful things!

Find out from your elders about some of the things made from bronze that were, or are still used in your house. From its colour try to identify which one of them is made from copper, which is from brass, and which is from bronze.

The picture shown here is made after seeing a very old painting of those times. Can you think why bullocks have been used here?

Now imagine, how would this garland of pots lift water from the well?

Do you now get some idea about how the tanks could have been filled by lifting water from the wells?

Where else have you seen such wheels attached to each other. For example, in the gear of a cycle or somewhere else?

Look around and find out how water is pumped up from the ground to higher places?

How is water pumped up using electricity? How is water lifted without electricity?

What is the Sultan doing in the palace? What kind of clothes is he wearing? What dishes are being offered to him? But why does he seem so worried? And in what language is he talking?

Imagine the rooms in the palace - the beautiful carpets and curtains, the fountains on the terrace…and the sweet smell of roses and chameli - where is this coming from?

What are the different kinds of factories you can see? How many people are working there? What are they doing? What are they wearing? How long do you think they work?

Look there! See how finely those craftsmen are carving the stones using a chisel and hammer? Can you see the stone dust in the air. Do you think this stone dust would harm them in some way?

What kinds of pots have you seen around you?

Try to find out from your grandparents about the other kinds of pots and pans they used in their time?