Class-5 EVS Chapter-6 Every Drop Counts, Additional Exercises with Solutions / NCERT


Chapter-6
Every Drop Counts


Match the columns:
                                 
       A
B
Water storage in olden days
used for travelling
Rain water harvesting
bavadi (baoli)
Rain water goes to
water conservation
Stepwells are called as
lakes and stepwells
Packaged drinking water is
drains, pipes, pits and soill

Ans-
       A
B
Water storage in olden days
lakes and stepwells

Rain water harvesting
water conservation

Rain water goes to
drains, pipes, pits and soill
Stepwells are called as
bavadi (baoli)
Packaged drinking water is
used for travelling

Fill up the blanks with suitable words:

(live, earth, electric motors, bill, bore wells)

1-  We have to pay the bill to jal board of municipal corporation for the supplies water used by us.
2-  Everyone has the right to live and getting enough water.
3-  Water on the earth is for one and all.
4-  Some people draw out water from the ground by deep bore wells.
5-  Water is being pumped up from under the ground, with the help of electric motors.

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Answer these questions:

Q. What is Ghadsisar?
Ans- Ghadsisar is a group of nine lakes built by king Ghadsi of Jaisalmer about 650 years ago.

Q. Who was Al-Biruni? How are his writings helpful to us?
Ans- Al-Biruni was a traveler from Uzbekistan more than a thousand years ago. His writings are helpful to us in knowing about the water conservation techniques in ancient India.

Q. Write two ways of water storage in olden days.
Ans- Two ways of water storage in olden days are:
1-  Making lakes
2-  Step wells

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Q. What is a stepwell (bavadi)?
Ans- Step well is a multi-storied well in which water is reached by descending a set of steps.

Q. How did your grandmother used to get water for the house?
Ans- My grandmother used to get water from a nearby well for the house.

Q. From where do you get water for the house?
Ans- We get water from the municipal water supply tap in our house.

Q. What kind of travel arrangements were made for travelers in olden days?
Ans- In olden days travelers used to carry mashak (leather bag) and piaus were also built.

Q. Now a days, what do people do about water when they travel?
Ans- Now a days, people carry water bottles or buy packaged drinking water when they travel.


Q. Some people put a pump directly in the Jal Board pipeline. What problems would other people face due to this?
Ans- Some people put a pump directly in the Jal Board pipeline. Other people do not get enough water due to this.

                                                                  

List different ways in which people manage their water needs.

People manage their water needs in following different ways:
1-  Water supply from jab board in houses all day long.
2-  From jal board water tankes.
3-  From wells
4-  Collecting the supplied water in tanks.
5-  From hand pumps
6-  Motoring up from borewell.
7-  Water from nearby canal.


Map work

Locate Uzbekistan in the world map.


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