Class 5, Chapter 6: Every Drop Counts (Question Answer)

 

EVS-CLASS V CHAPTER 6 (EVERY DROP COUNTS)

Q.1. Who made Ghadsisar?

Ans. The king of Jaisalmer.

Q.2. How many lakes are connected to Ghadsisar?

Ans. Nine lakes.

Q.3. What do you mean by sar?

Ans. Sar means lake.

Q.4. From which country Al-Biruni related?

Ans. Uzbekistan.

Q.5. From where people get water in olden days?

Ans. From rain, lakes, and rivers.

Q.6. What are chabutaras?

Ans. A raised platform around the lake is called chabutara.

Q.7. How many years ago the king of Jaisalmer made Ghadsisar?

Ans. About 650 years ago.

Q.8. Who was the king of Jaisalmer?

Ans. King Ghadsi.

Q.9. On which day the water day celebrated?

Ans. On 22 march every year.

Q.10. Write any two:-

   1. Lakes-Sambhar, bular .

   2. Rivers-Ganga, Yamuna.

   3. Sea- Dead sea, Red sea.

  4. Ocean- Indian ocean, Pacific ocean.

Q.11. To whom the ghadsisar belongs?

Ans. Ghadsisar belongs to all people of that area and every one take care to clean it.

Q.12. Why were step-wells, piaus, and talabs build in olden days?

Ans. In olden days people thought it is a good deed to provide water for thirsty travellers, so they made these.

Q. 13. What did Al- Biruni wrote about the skill of making talabs?

Ans. Al-Biruni was traveller from Uzbekistan he wrote that people of India are more skilled to making talabs and lakes than his country.

Q.14. Why did people come to ghats of Ghadsisar?

Ans. People come to celebrate the festivals and programs of music and dances.

Q.15. What is step-well? Why it is called so?

Ans. Step-well is a well which have steps. People go to take water by steps and come out by steps also, So it called step-well.

Q. 16. Write various sources from where people get water?

Ans. People get water from tap, hand pumps, wells, ponds, rivers, lakes, talabs and step-wells.

Q.17. What is rain water harvesting?

Ans. Rain water stored in a underground tank for future, this process is called rain water harvesting.

Q.18. Write any two customs related to water?

Ans.1 After getting married when new bride comes to her new village she worship the         well.

    2. When rivers and lakes fill with water people gather to celebrate the festival.

Q .19. Write any two causes of shortage of water?

Ans. 1 cutting of trees  2. Less rain,   3. Wastage of water.

Q.20. Why are wells go down now a days?

Ans. Because people draw out water from under the ground by electric motor.

Q.21. Draw the picture of any four pots that you use to store water in your house?

 Q.22. Draw the picture of rain water harvesting plant given of page no. 53 of textbook.

                                                     

 

 

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