Class-5 EVS Chapter-4 Mangoes Round the Year/ NCERT exercises with solutions

Chapter-4

Mangoes Round the Year

Match the given Food items with the simple methods by which these could be kept fresh for 1-2 days.

Food items	Methods
Milk	Wrap in a damp cloth.
Cooked rice	Boil it.
Green coriander (Dhania)	Keep it in a dry open place.
Onion, garlic	Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water.

Ans-

Food items	Methods
Milk	Boil it.
Cooked rice	Put in a bowl and keep the bowl in a container with some water.
Green coriander (Dhania)	Wrap in a damp cloth.
Onion, garlic	Keep it in a dry open place.

Fill up the blanks with the correct alternatives:

1-   We may become………. By eating spoilt food. (sick/healthy)

2-   We should carefully watch …………date before buying packaged food. (packed on/best before)

3-   A spoilt bread develops grey coloured…………on it. (vitamins/fungus)

4-   Papad, chutney, badiyan and sauce are the examples of ……..food. (preserved/ spoilt)

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State whether these statements are True or False:

1-   Foods are preserved, so that we can enjoy them trroughout the year. (True)

2-   Different kinds of food items spoil due to different reasons. (True)

3-   It is not useful to read and note the information given on the packets of food. (False)

4-   A bread which has developed mould or fungus can be consumed. (False)

Look in your kitchen and write down names of food items that

(a) can get spoilt in 2-3 days Bread  Halwa   Puri

(b) can be kept for a week     Mathari  Laddu Potato Chips   

(c) would not spoil till one month Chikki, Khakhra, Roasted peanuts

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Answer these questions:

Que- When food gets spoilt in your house, what do you do with it?

Ans- When food gets spoilt in our house, we use it for making compost in garden.

Que- Why did Biji returned the bread packet?

Ans- Biji returned the bread packet because it was old.

Que- How did she find that the bread had got spoilt?

Ans- By reading the ‘Best Before’ date, Biji found that the bread had got spoilt.

Que- What can we know from what is written on the packet?

Ans- We can know about the following things from what is written on the packet:

1-   Net weight

2-   Batch no.

3-   Date of packing

4-   Best before date

5-   Nutritional infromation

6-   Max. Retail Price

7-   Manufacturer etc.

Que-When you buy anything from the market, what do you look for on the packet?

Ans-When we buy anything from the market, we look for net weight, best before date and max. retail price etc. on the packet.

Que-Why is sugar and jaggery mixed into the mango pulp and dried in the sun?

Ans- Sugar and jaggery is mixed into the mango pulp and dried in the sun to preserve it in the from of aam papad.

Que- Why are glass jars and bottles are dried well in the sun before filling them with pickles?

Ans- Glass jars and bottles are dried well in the sun before filling them with pickles so that they are free from moisture.

Que- Write some ways to eat mangoes round the year.

Ans-We make different items like pickle, aam papad, chutney, chikky, etc. to To eat mangoes round the year.

List of all the different types of pickles that you know about.

Different types of pickles are listed below:

1-   Mango pickle

2-   Lemon pickle

3-   Gooseberry pickle

4-   Ginger pickle

5-   Carrot pickle etc.

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