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Class 4 The World Around Us — Living together

Say what a community shares and who keeps it running, work out who offered what to mend a park, and place three customs of working together in the states they come from.

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Before you start

The park on the morning after, with the three things the neighbours mended.

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  1. 1. The benches
  2. 2. The street light
  3. 3. The new saplings

Nobody mended the park by themselves. Four neighbours each took one job, and each of them took the job they already had the wood, the tools or the plants for. Working out who took which is the first question in the practice.

  1. 1.After the feast, the banana leaves went into a pit. What does the chapter say buried leaves turn into?

    • a) Ash
    • b) Rubber
    • c) Clay
    • d) Manure

  2. 2.Why do people plant trees on Van Mahotsav?

    • a) To decorate the park for one week
    • b) To make firewood for the winter
    • c) To mark the boundary of each village
    • d) To protect the environment and make the earth greener

  3. 3.Three buildings a locality needs. Tap the one people go to for treatment when they are ill.

    Write the number of the part.

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  4. 4.In Kanker, the community built a bridge over the Chinar river. What did they build it with, and how long did it take?

    • a) Bamboo and stones, in two days
    • b) Wood and rope, in two weeks
    • c) Bricks and sand, in two years
    • d) Steel and cement, in two months

  5. 5.The villagers formed groups for cleaning, planting saplings, watering and cooking. What did the park look like at the end of the day?

    • a) A fenced garden nobody was allowed into
    • b) Newly planted saplings, clean paths and painted walls
    • c) A pond dug in the middle of the grass
    • d) A new playground with swings and slides

  6. 6.Van Mahotsav runs from the 1st to the 7th of one month, in the rainy season. Which month is it?

  7. 7.The park needed work, and each person took one job. Match the person to what they took on.

    • Sameer
    • Babita
    • Noor
    • Fixes the benches
    • Repairs the street light
    • Brings saplings from a nursery

  8. 8.Why did Kanker need that bridge?

    • a) In the rainy season the river overflowed, making it hard to reach schools and hospitals
    • b) The village wanted a shorter road to the railway station
    • c) The old bridge had been washed away in a storm
    • d) Cars were not allowed on the older road

Answer key — Class 4 The World Around Us — Living together

  1. 1. d) Manure
  2. 2. d) To protect the environment and make the earth greener
  3. 3. 2 — The health centre
  4. 4. a) Bamboo and stones, in two days
  5. 5. b) Newly planted saplings, clean paths and painted walls
  6. 6. july
  7. 7. Sameer → Fixes the benches; Babita → Repairs the street light; Noor → Brings saplings from a nursery
  8. 8. a) In the rainy season the river overflowed, making it hard to reach schools and hospitals