Class 5, Chapter 2: A Snake Charmer's Story (Question Answer)

Q. 1. Ans in one or two  words:-

a. The  treasure of kalbeliyas –

Ans, Snakes.

b. People who catch the snakes and make them dance-

Ans. Kalbelias, saperas.

c. The important part of snake charmer’s  life-

Ans. Snakes.

d. Snake charmers keep snakes in-

Ans. Bamboo basket.

e. Poisonous teeth of snakes are called-

Ans. Fangs.

f. Name the person who made the law against cruelty of animals-

Ans. Menka Gandhi.

Q. 2. Name any two animals:-

a. That used as source of food -Hen, goats.

b. That used to carrying  loads—Horse, donkey.

c. That give us eggs—Hen, duck.

d. That give us milk—Cow, buffalo.

e. That help in farming—Bullocks, camel.

Q. 3. Name the four types of poisonous snakes that found in India?

Ans. Cobra, afai, duboiya, krait.

Q. 4. Like snake charmers which other people depend on animals for their livelihood?

Ans. Madari, nandiwala, circus holders, farmers etc.

Q. 5. Who are kalbelias?

Ans. People who make snake dance by playing been are called kalbelias.

Q. 6. Who are saperas?

Ans. People who move village to village carrying snakes in bamboo basket are called saperas.

Q.7. What is kalbelia dance?

Ans. Kalbelia dance has similar movement to snake dance?

Q.8. Why are snakes called farmer’s friends?

Ans. Because snakes eat rats in the fields. If they do not eat rats then rats will eat all the crops . so the snakes are called farmer’s  friends.

Q.9. How could snake charmers  help people in the village when doctors and hospital were far away?

Ans. Snake charmers give medicine to people in the village when they biten by snakes.

Q.10. Why has government made a law that no one catch the wild animals?

Ans. Because some people catch and kill wild animals to sell their body parts at a high cost.

Q. 11.Why are snakes called treasure of snake charmers?

Ans. Because snake charmers get their livelihood from snakes.

Q.12. What things did young snake charmers learn about snakes from their parents?

Ans. They learnt playing been, catching snakes, removing fangs and closing poison tubes and making medicine from plants.

Q. 13. Draw the pictures of four types of poisonous snakes?

Q. 14. Draw the picture of snake charmer and been?

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