Punjab State Board PSEB 5th Class EVS Book Solutions Chapter 16 Community and Comfort Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.
PSEB Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 16 Community and Comfort
EVS Guide for Class 5 PSEB Community and Comfort Textbook Questions and Answers
Textbook Page No. 103
Question 1.
Describe an incident when your neighbours helped you in a particular situation or you helped them.
Answer:
An old lady lives alone in our neighbourhood. All the people in street call her Nani (grandmother). One day she had fallen ill. My parents called the doctor, who checked the old lady and gave treatment to her. My parents stayed with her in her house and took care of her. They prepared meals for her, gave* her fruits, and prepared tea for her. In two days she became fit to do her daily jobs.
Question 2.
What are the benefits of staying in a society?
Answer:
People stay together in a society and help each other in case of any problem or danger. It is also secure to live together.
Question 3.
Among your neighbours which family do you like the most and why?
Answer:
A couple lived in our neighbourhood, they both are teachers in a school. They help each and every person. They are soft-spoken. They help the poor by giving them money. They teach all the children of the society free of cost. They give food to beggars.
Question 4.
Name the community places in your locality and for what purpose are these used? (for e.g. Dharmsala, religious place, marriage palaces etc.)
Answer:
There is a Marriage palace in our village. People use it for functions related to marriages and other related functions.
Textbook Page No. 107
Activity 1
Ask your parents, if they have faced any natural disaster and then who helped them.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Textbook Page No. 108
Question 5.
Fill in the blanks :
(alone, heat and cold, Kutcha, Ambulance, Diseases)
(i) Man cannot live
(ii) houses can fall during rainy season.
(iii) is used to shift patients to hospital.
(iv) spread after floods.
(v) Houses protect us from
Answer:
(i) alone,
(ii) Kutcha,
(iii) Ambulance,
(iv) Diseases,
(v) heat and cold.
Question 6.
Tick (✓) the right and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(i) We do not feel secure in community.
(ii) Community buildings are constructed for social functions.
(iii) Neighbours help us when we are in need.
(iv) Honey bees live in colonies,
Answer:
(i) ✗
(ii) ✓
(iii) ✓
(iv) ✓
Question 7.
What problems are faced by people during floods?
Answer:
Kutcha houses fall down. Cattles die, crops get destroyed. There is a scarcity of medicines. People have to live in tents or at higher places till water receds.
Question 8.
Why do men make houses to stay?
Answer:
House provides security and safety to man. It saves him from rain, hot and cold weather. Man is a social animal. He likes to stay together with other people. He lives in house in towns, villages, cities etc.
Question 9.
Which insects live in colonies?
Answer:
Ants, termites, honey bees, wasps etc.
Question 10.
What is an ambulance?
Answer:
It is vehical similar to van. It runs on petrol. First aid facility and some simple medical facilities are available in it. It is used to carry patients and accident victims to hospitals.
PSEB 5th Class EVS Guide Community and Comfort Important Questions and Answers
1. Tick the correct option :
(i) Man is a animal.
(a) social ( )
(b) not an ( )
(c) cruel ( )
(d) None. ( )
Answer:
(b) not an
(ii) Choose the correct statement.
(a) Living together is safe ( )
(b) Worker bees collect nectar from different flowers ( )
(c) Crops are destroyed when there is flood. ( )
(d) All correct. ( )
Answer:
(d) All correct.
(iii) If a child is ill, he should be given treatment from:
(a) postman ( )
(b) teacher ( )
(c) cobbler ( )
(d) doctor. ( )
Answer:
(d) doctor.
2. Answer in one/two lines :
Question 1.
Why did not Amandeep come to school?
Answer:
Because his grandfather expired.
Question 2.
How many kinds of bees are there?
Answer:
There are three kinds of bees.
3. Fill in the blanks :
(i) Amandeep did not come to school because his grandfather ………………….
(ii) Man is a …………………. animal.
(iii) Living among your own people is ………………….
(iv) …………………. bee and drones are only for reproduction.
(v) Insects like honey bees live in ………………….
Answer:
(i) expired,
(ii) social,
(iii) beneficial,
(iv) queen,
(v) colonies.
4. True/False :
(i) Termites live in colonies.
(ii) Living together is beneficial.
(iii) A bee sacrifices its life to protect its hive.
Answer:
(i) T,
(ii) T,
(iii) T.
5. Match the following column.:
(A) – (B)
(i) Hospital – (a) Destruction of Building
(ii) Natural Calmity (b) Safety
(iii) Earthquake (c) Ambulance
(iv) House (d) Flood.
Answer:
(i) (c),
(ii) (d),
(iii) (a),
(iv) (b).
6. Mind Map
Answer:
7. Answer in five/six lines :
Question 1.
What do you know about Honey bees?
Answer:
Honey bees live in colonies. These are of three types – queen bee, some male drones and workers. Worker bees do different type of works. They collect nectar from flowers, make hives and cover it with wax. Queen bee and drones are only there for reproduction. In case of danger, worker bees sting the enemyand may sacrifice their life.
Question 2.
Name the community places in your locality and for what purpose are they used?
| Community places | Purpose for which used |
Answer:
| Community places | Purpose for which used |
| Hospital | For treating patients |
| School | Children study |
| Bus stand | For moving to other places |
| Park | Children play |