SOMETHING TO KNOW
A. Tick (✔) the correct option:
1. What is the food speciality of West Bengal?
(a) Dal-batti-churma
(b) Fish & Rice ✔
(c) Gostaba
Answer – (b) Fish & Rice✔
2. The staple diet of Punjab is-—
(a) Chappatis ✔
(b) Rice
(c) Corn
Answer – (a) Chappatis✔
3. The vegetable that can be eaten cooked as well as raw is-
(a) Carrot ✔
(b) Jackfruit
(c) Brinjal
Answer – (a) Carrot✔
4. The spice that is commonly eaten fresh is-
(a) Pepper
(b) Ginger ✔
(c) Clove
Answer – (b) Ginger✔
B. Fill in the blanks:
Help Box –(pickles, plants, dried, climate, animals)
1. Food habits of people depend on climate and crops grown in that area.
2. We get milk from animals.
3. People of Rajasthan use a great variety of pickles.
4. Most spices are dried and used.
5. We get most food items from plants.
C. Match the following:
1. Kolkata (d) rasogulla
2. Ganesh Chaturthi (e) modak
3. Punjab (a) sarson-ka-saag
4. Tamil Nadu (b) dosa
5. Kashmir (c) gostaba
D. Answer the following questions:
1. Why are the food habits of people changing?
Answer – The food habit of the people are changing because they are moving from one state to another for living, business and education purpose.
2. Name three food items that we get from plants.
Answer – Three food items we get from plants are –
Vegetables
Fruits
Pulses
3. List two factors that influence the food habits of people.
Answer – Two factors that influence the food habits of people are –
Climate
Crops and pulses grown in that area.
4. Name three food items that we get from animals.
Answer – Three food items that we get from animals are –
Meat
Milk
Egg
5. Why is it important not to waste food, water and electricity? Write two points for each.
Answer – It important not to waste food, water and electricity because of the following reasons –
Many people in our country cannot afford food.
Farmer have done lot of hard work to cultivate it.
Value Based Questions:
Renu is not playing with the other children on the swings. She is standing in a amit corner and not talking to anyone. Her friends want to know the reason of her sadness. But she does not want to tell them that no one in her family had eaten anything since morning. Her father does not have a permanent job. He is a daily wager. He has not been able to find any work for the last one week. He does not have money to buy food.
(a) How can you help children like Renu?
Answer – We can you help children like Renu by providing them some food to eat.
(b) What type of help can your parents provide for Renu’s family?
Answer – My parents can help Renu’s family by:
We can give them some food and money.
My father can help her father by finding him a suitable permanent job.
(c) Narrate an incident where you have helped someone. How did it make you feel?
Answer – One day in school my friend had not brought her tiffin. So, I gave some food from my tiffin to him. It made me feel happy to see him happy.
Map Skill
On a political map of India, colour and label-
Punjab
West Bengal
Jammu & Kashmir
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
SOMETHING TO DO
1. List three methods by which you can avoid wastage of food, water and paper at home.
Answer – Food – We will store it correctly, we will plan our meal and we can also give the spare food to the needy one.
Water – We will turn off the tap when it is not used. We can also cut water uses in unproductive work like cleaning of vehicles. We must take shorter showers.
Paper – We can use reusable and washable cloth napkins. We can buy used books, or borrow books instead of purchasing new ones to save papers. We must think before printing and we should promote paperless notes.
2. Organise a special lunch party where each child brings some special dish of his state/community/family.
Answer – This activity will be done under the supervision of class teacher.
3. Plan a menu for your family keeping in mind the needs of children as well as the grown up people.
Answer – Starter, Chapatti, Rice, Dal, Curry, Kheer, Sweets and Ice-cream
4. Riddle:
Guess the name of the state:
(a) You are eating puranpoli. You are in
Answer – Maharashtra
(b) You are drinking thukpa. You are in
Answer – Sikkim
(c) You are eating dhokla. You are in
Answer – Gujrat
(d) You are eating aviyal. You are in
Answer – Kerala
5. List four steps that can ensure healthy eating habits in your family.
(a) Establish good eating values.
(b) Choose healthy foods
(c) Make sure to eat together.
(d) Reduce your intake of salt.