Class-5 EVS, Chapter-22, On the Move Again, Additional Exercises with Solutions/ NCERT
Chapter-22
On the Move Again
Choose the correct answer:
1- Father’s
brother is called:
(a) mama
(b) kaka
(c) baba
2- When do
people migrate from Dhanu’s village:
(a) After Diwali
(b) After Christmas
(c)
After Dussehra
3- Carvan of
families lives in hut made of:
(a) Dry sugarcane and its leaves
(b) Dry coconut leaves
(c) Tin shades
Match the column:
A
|
B
|
Aai
|
Sweet
rotis made from jaggery and gram
|
Wife of
mother’s brother
|
Agent
who lends money and gives work
|
Wife of
father’s brother
|
Mother
|
Puranpoli
|
Mami
|
Mukadam
|
Kaki
|
Ans-
A
|
B
|
Aai
|
Mother
|
Wife of
mother’s brother
|
Mami
|
Wife of
father’s brother
|
Kaki
|
Puranpoli
|
Sweet
rotis made from jaggery and gram
|
Mukadam
|
Agent
who lends money and gives work
|
Fill in the blanks:
(1)
Puranpoli is a sweet roti made from jaggery and gram.
(2) Families
like Dhanu’s work on lands of big farmers from rainy season till Dussehra.
(3) Mukadam
was an agent for sugarcane factories.
(4) Father’s
brother is called kaka.
(5) A receipt
is a note to say how much sugarcane
they have given.
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State whether the following
statements are true or false:
(1) The
caravan of families settles near the sugarcane fields and sugar factories. (True)
(2) The
women get up early in the morning and go to cut sugarcanes in the fields.
(False)
(3) The
women and children tie the bundles of sugarcane. (True)
(4) Dhanu
does not go to factory with his father. (False)
(5)
Sometimes, Dhanu and his father spend nights outside the factory on bullock
carts. (True)
Answer these questions:
Q.1 Did all
the farmer’s in Dhanu’s village have their own land?
Ans- No, all
the farmer’s in Dhanu’s family do not have their own land. They work on lands
of big farmers.
Q.2 During
what time of the year did Dhanu’s family get work in the village? During what
time did they not have work?
Ans- From
rainy season till Dussehra, Dhanu’s family get work in the village. They do not
have work for rest six months.
Q.3 How does
mukadam, help Dhanu’s family?
Ans- Mukadam
helps Dhanu’s family to find work in sugarcane fields.
Q.4 If people
in Dhanu’s village did not leave the village in search of work, what
difficulties would they face in their own village?
Ans- If
people in Dhanu’s village did not leave the village in search of work, they
will not have any work for next six months. They will not have money for their
livelihood.
Q.5 In
Dhanu’s village, there can be no farming when there is no rain. Do you think
farming can be done even without rain water? How?
Ans- In
Dhanu’s village, there can be no farming when there is no rain. Farming can be
done by irrigation through canals, wells and other water reservoirs.
Q.6 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?
Ans. If
people in Dhanu’s village did not leave the village in search of work, but some
people stay back in the village as they are old or sick.
Q.7 When
Dhanu and other children leave the village for six months, what happens in the
village school?
Ans- When
Dhanu and other children leave the village for six months, attendance in
village school is very low.
Q.8 Why does
Mami wish that Dhanu should go to school for the whole year and study?
Ans- Mami wishes that Dhanu should go to school
for the whole year and study because she wants him to study and become somebody
in life.
Q.9 What
happens when you are not able to go to school for a long time?
Ans- I have to do a lot of pending work to do when
I am not able to go to school for a long time.
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