SOMETHING TO KNOW
A. Tick (✔) the correct option:
1. The occupation that requires special training-
(a) Scientist ✔
(b) Fruit vendor
(c) Milkman
Answer – (a) Scientist✔
2. The cities with a metro facility in India are-
(a) Jaipur & Amritsar
(b) Jammu & Agra
(c) Delhi & Kolkata ✔
Answer – (c) Delhi & Kolkata✔
3. The person who repairs leaking taps is a-
(a) Doctor
(b) Gardener
(c) Plumber ✔
Answer – (c) Plumber✔
4. The main occupation of people living in villages is-
(a) Teaching
(b) Farming ✔
(c) Acting
Answer – (b) Farming✔
B. Fill in the blanks:
Help Box – (seeds, machines, occupation, quickly, child)
1. The memory of lullaby stays with the child forever!
2. Children learn everything very quickly.
3. A farmer’s child watches his father and learns to sow the seeds.
4. Any work done to earn money is called an occupation.
5. An engineer makes machines bridges, buildings, etc.
C. Match the following:
1. Doctor (b) medicine
2. Engineer (a) machine
3. Pilot (e) aeroplane
4. Potter (d) clay
5. Tailor (c) needle
D. Answer the following questions:
1. What is an occupation?
Answer – Any work done to earn money is called an occupations.
2. Name four occupations that require formal training.
Answer – The four occupations required formal training are
Pilot
Teacher
Doctor
Scientist
3. Name two household chores that you learnt from your mother or father.
Answer – I learnt dusting from my father and I learnt peeling of vegetables from my mother.
4. Why is it important to respect all occupations?
Answer – It’s important to respect all occupations because every job is important and contributes to society in some way.
5. What lesson do you learn from Mr. Sreedharan and his team?
Answer – We honesty, punctuality and discipline from Mr. Sreedharam and his team.
Value Based Questions:
Respect means caring for feelings, thoughts and jobs of other people.
1. List three ways in which you can show respect to people who make your life comfortable at home, in the school or in the neighbourhood.
Answer – Three way in which you can show respect to people are –
By obeying their order and advice.
By helping them in work.
By caring them in need.
2. What qualities do you need to appreciate the services provided by others?
Answer – The qualities we need to appreciate the services provided by others are:
Kindness
Dedication towards work.
Respecting elders
3. Respect for self and others is important. Give two reasons in support of the comment.
Answer – When we get respect, it develops confidence and we feel happy, when we give respect it develops good mutual bond.
SOMETHING TO DO
1. Complete the names of occupation linked with:
(a) Crops and farms.
Answer – Farmer
(b) Tape and sewing machine.
Answer – Tailor
(c) Saw, nails and wood.
Answer – Carpenter
(d) Taps and pipes.
Answer – Plumber
(e) Bricks and cement.
Answer – Mason
(f) Pen, book, blackboard.
Answer – Teacher
2. Along with a doctor, many other people work in a hospital. Name some of them.
(a) Nurse
(b) Therapist
(c) Pharmacist
(d) Radiographer
3. Many civic amenities are necessary to make our life comfortable. Name two occupations related with the following civic amenities-
(a) Electricity –
Answer – Electrical engineer and Electrician
(b) Water
Answer – Aquatic veterinarian and Plumber
(c) Roads
Answer – Civil Engineer and Highway engineers
(d) Bridges
Answer – Bridge engineers and Structural Engineer
(e) Market
Answer – Shopkeeper and Marketing executive
(f) School
Answer – Teacher and Librarian