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Class 4 The World Around Us — Growing up with nature

Follow a natural dye from a handful of flowers to a coloured cloth, say how a village builds, stores and doctors itself out of what grows nearby, and match three festivals to the living things they honour.

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  1. 1.Grain is stored in both of these. Tap the one whose inside is lined green with neem leaves to keep insects away.

    Write the number of the part.

    12

  2. 2.Why is the Palash called the flame of forest?

    • a) It grows back quickly after a forest fire
    • b) Its flowers make the whole forest look reddish-orange from a distance
    • c) Its wood burns for longer than other firewood
    • d) Its leaves feel warm to the touch in summer

  3. 3.The grandmother's painting on the wall used a dye she had mixed herself. What was it made of?

    • a) Clay and honey
    • b) Rice flour and water
    • c) Turmeric and oil
    • d) Charcoal and milk

  4. 4.What is Gond art?

    • a) Weaving coloured grass into mats for the floor
    • b) Carving figures into the trunks of living trees
    • c) Shaping animals out of river clay and drying them
    • d) Painting on walls in natural colours, showing trees, animals, birds and humans

  5. 5.The Palash goes by different names around the country. What is it called in Gujarat?

  6. 6.What are Sacred Groves?

    • a) Small patches of forest protected by local communities, where trees and wildlife are preserved
    • b) Forests planted by the government along riverbanks
    • c) Old trees that have been declared too old to cut
    • d) Gardens of medicinal plants grown beside temples

  7. 7.What do the Jenu Kurubas do when they collect honey from beehives?

    • a) They leave a share of the honey behind in the hive
    • b) They mark the tree so nobody takes from it again that year
    • c) They sing songs to apologise to the bees
    • d) They collect at night, when the bees are asleep

  8. 8.Put the steps of making a natural dye in order, starting with 'Collect flowers, leaves, barks and roots that have colouring properties'.

    • Soak the cloth in the dye overnight
    • Strain the liquid to remove the plant material, leaving the dye
    • Collect flowers, leaves, barks and roots that have colouring properties
    • Squeeze it out and dry it the next morning
    • Boil them in water for half an hour to an hour, with a plate over the container

Answer key — Class 4 The World Around Us — Growing up with nature

  1. 1. 1 — The earthen pot
  2. 2. b) Its flowers make the whole forest look reddish-orange from a distance
  3. 3. b) Rice flour and water
  4. 4. d) Painting on walls in natural colours, showing trees, animals, birds and humans
  5. 5. kesuda
  6. 6. a) Small patches of forest protected by local communities, where trees and wildlife are preserved
  7. 7. c) They sing songs to apologise to the bees
  8. 8. 1. Collect flowers, leaves, barks and roots that have colouring properties 2. Boil them in water for half an hour to an hour, with a plate over the container 3. Strain the liquid to remove the plant material, leaving the dye 4. Soak the cloth in the dye overnight 5. Squeeze it out and dry it the next morning