Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 15 Different Types of Houses Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 15 Different Types of Houses
EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Different Types of Houses Textbook Questions and Answers
Textbook Page No. 96
Question 1.
Where can we find the houses with sloping roofs?
Answer:
Such type of houses is seen in hilly areas. In these areas rainfall and snowfall is plenty. Such houses are seen in Shimla and Manali.
Question 2.
In which areas are igloos built?
Answer:
These are built in areas where snow is available all the time. These are seen in polar regions of earth.
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Question 3.
What do you call to the houses which float on water?
Answer:
Such houses are known as boat houses.
Question 4.
Which kind of people use tents to live?
Answer:
Army men, mountaineers or those who take part in some camp, use tent houses.
Activity 1
Make a name plate of your house on a drawing book/sheet and also mention the type of the house.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Textbook Page No. 99
Activity 2
Make a list of the materials used in building your house. Ask your elders for help.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Textbook Page No. 100
Question 1.
Fill in the blanks :
(sloping, panels, Name-plates, temporary, trees.)
(ii) are used to find the houses.
(ii) In hilly areas, houses of roofs are built.
(iii) Tents are houses.
(iv) Tree houses are built on
(v) Wood is now replaced with iron for making
Answer:
(i) Name-plates,
(ii) sloping,
(iii) temporary,
(iv) trees,
(v) panels.
Question 2.
Tick (✓) the correct and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) Brick houses are made of mud and soil.
(ii) Caravans are moving houses.
(iii) Igloos are made of snow.
(iv) Brick houses are built in deserts.
(v) Tree houses are built over water.
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✗
(v) ✗
Question 3.
Match the Columns :
A – B
(i) Polar regions – (a) Multistorey buildings
(ii) Lakes – (b) Straw roofs
(iii) Metropolitan cities – (c) Igloo
(iv) Desert – (d) Bamboo houses
(v) Assam – (e) House boat
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (e),
(iii) (a),
(iv) (b),
(v) (d).
Question 4.
Use tick (✓) for the correct answers :
(i) What do we call the houses built in multistorey buildings?
(a) Caravan
(b) Flats
(c) Plots
Answer:
(b) Flats (✓)
(ii) Who uses tents?
(a) Soliders
(b) Doctors
(c) Eskimos
Answer:
(a) Soldiers (✓)
(iii) Boat houses are mostly seen in
(a) Rajasthan
(b) Chandigarh
(c) Srinagar
Answer:
(c) Srinagar (✓)
(iv) In what kind of houses do Eskimos live?
(a) Igloo
(b) Caravan
(c) Tree houses
Answer:
(a) Igloo (✓)
(v) Which is the latest material among the followings houses? to make
(a) Wood
(b) Stone
(c) Aluminium
Answer:
(c) Aluminium (✓)
Textbook Page No. 101
Question 5.
Which material is used to make mud houses?
Answer:
Soil, mud, dung, wood, husk.
Question 6.
Which material is used to make brick houses?
Answer:
Bricks, cement, sand, stones, wood, iron rods etc.
Question 7.
Where do the people live in metropolitan cities?
Answer:
In metropolitan cities, the people live in multistorey buildings (Flats).
Question 8.
What do we call the houses made of snow?
Answer:
These are called as Igloo.
Question 9.
Where are the tree houses built?
Answer:
These are built in forests and are built over the trees.
Question 10.
What is the basis for different kinds of houses?
Answer:
The basis for different kinds of houses are economic conditions, climatic conditions, physical conditions, availability of material.
Question 11.
Why do people of Assam make bamboo houses?
Answer:
Bamboos are found in large quantity in Assam. This region also faces heavy rainfall and floods. Therefore, the people of Assam make bamboo houses.
Question 12.
Write about the modern materials used to construct houses.
Answer:
Aluminium, Iron, Glass, P.V.C sheets and fibre sheets, large blocks of cement in place of bricks etc.
PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Different Types of Houses Important Questions and Answers
1. Tick the correct option :
(i) Correct statement is :
(a) Less people live in multi-storeyed buildings ( )
(b) Boat houses are mainly found in Punjab ( )
(c) Houses is hilly area have slopy roofs ( )
(d) All correct. ( )
Answer:
(c) Houses is hilly area have slopy roofs
(ii) is not a permanent house.
(a) Pucca house ( )
(b) flat ( )
(c) tent ( )
(d) none. ( )
Answer:
(c) tent
2. Answer in one/two lines :
Question 1.
Which skin is used by eskimos on the floor to sit?
Answer:
They use skin of Reindeer.
Question 2.
What is melting point of ice?
Answer:
It is 0°C.
Question 3.
Who stays in boat house?
Answer:
Tourists stay in boat houses.
Question 4.
Which material is used to make tent?
Answer:
Tent is made up of strong canvas cloth.
Question 5.
Houses built on road sides using tarpaulin, wood, husk etc. are known as. (From Board M.Question P.)
Answer:
These are known as huts.
3. Fill in the blanks :
(i) In Pucca house there is ………………….. on the roof.
(ii) Roof of Kutcha room is made up of …………………..
(iii) People who live in ………………….. are called Eskimos.
(iv) ………………….. are those materials from which heat cannot pass.
(v) In ………………….. area roofs are made from slate stone.
Answer:
(i) lintel,
(ii) bamboos,
(iii) Igloo,
(iv) Non-conductors,
(v) hilly.
4. True/False :
(i) Boat houses are found in lakes of Kerala.
(ii) More people can live in multis¬toreyed buildings.
(iii) Huts are made up of mud and straw,
(iv) Eskimos use skin of reindeer on the floor to sit.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T,
(iv) T.
5. Match the following column :
(A) – (B)
(i) Kutcha houses – (a) hilly area
(ii) flats – (b) snow house
(iii) Igloo – (c) in lakes
(iv) slopy roofs – (d) cities
(v) boat house – (e) Rajasthan.
Answer:
(i) (e),
(ii) (d),
(iii) (b),
(iv) (a),
(v) (c).
6. Mind Map :
Answer:
7. Answer in five/six lines :
Question 1.
Why are there kutcha houses in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Kutcha houses are cooler than Pucca houses. There is less rain in deserts therefore there is less chance of falling the houses due to rain or flood. Therefore kutcha houses are found in Rajasthan.
Question 2.
Write the name of the pictures :
Answer:
Tree house, Karvan, Tent House, Boat House.