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

Talk with people who do the cleaning job around your house and school.

• What kind of difficulties do they face in doing this work?

If you were asked to do any five jobs shown in this picture, which would you choose? Why?

Which five jobs would you not choose? Why?

In Khedi village what did children learn?

What do you learn from your elders?

Jatrya learnt so many things in Khedi. How many of those would be useful for him in Mumbai?

Do you hear the sounds of birds every day? Which ones?

Can you imitate the sound of any bird? Show how.

What are some of the sounds that you hear every day, but the people of Khedi may not be hearing?

Have you experienced silence? When and where?

Many people in Jatrya’s village did not agree to move away from their land and forest. Why? They had to leave even though they didn’t want to. Why?

In Khedi, how many people were there in Jatrya’s family? When he thought about his family who all came to his mind?

Who all come to your mind when you think about your family?

Have you heard of people who don’t want to be moved from their old place? Talk about them.

Do you know some people who have never been to school? Do you also know of any place where there is no school?

Think of the kinds of difficulties people have to face where a dam is being built.

Draw a picture of Khedi village and a picture of Jatrya's dream village. Discuss the differences between them. Also, look at the pictures your friends have drawn.

Was Sinduri like the village of Jatrya’s dreams?

What difference did he find between Sinduri and his dream village?

Have you ever been to anyone’s house as an ‘unwanted guest’? How did you feel?