NCERT WITH KVS

  Question 1: How many daughters did the royal couple have? Answer: The royal couple of Siam had nine daughters who were named after the months of the year. Question 2: Why were they named after the months of the year? Answer: The princesses were named after the months of the year because the Queen of Siam found it difficult to remember so many names. Hence, the King decided to name the princesses as per the months of the calendar year. Question 3: The King had a peculiar habit. What was it? Why is it called peculiar? Answer: The King had a peculiar habit of giving gifts instead of receiving gifts on his birthday. In one such year, on his birthday, he gave each of his daughters a green parrot in a golden cage. As a matter of fact, people receive gifts instead of giving away gifts on their birthday. But the King followed an opposite tradition, and due to this reason, his habit was peculiar. Question 4: (i) What was Princess September’s reaction to the loss of her parrot? (ii) What was h

  Question 1: What did Hafeez Contractor have nightmares about? Answer: Hafeez Contractor would often get continuous nightmares about appearing for a Mathematics examination where he did not know anything. Question 2: What did the Principal say to him, which influenced him deeply? Answer: The Principal told Hafeez that his mother used to work extremely hard to bring him up and paid all his fees on time, despite his father’s absence. Further, he also mentioned that Hafeez was a good student. He could score good grades with a little effort towards his studies. He motivated the young boy to rise to the occasion and study hard and also sideline his sports activities for the time being. Question 3: “… that year I did not step out onto the field.” What was he busy doing that year? Answer: Being an active sportsman, Hafeez was the senior champion in school for many years and he always loved playing games, especially cricket. But when his Principal influenced him to study for his SSC dedicated

                                    THE SELFISH GIANT Question 1: Why is the Giant called selfish? Answer: The Giant is called selfish because he prohibited the children from playing in his garden. He built a high wall all around it and put up a notice-board in it stating that all trespassers will be prosecuted. Question 2: On one occasion the children said: “How happy we are here!” Later they said: “How happy we were there!” What are they referring to in both the cases? Answer: In the first case, the children expressed their happiness while playing in the Giant’s garden. They would go to play in the garden after returning from school and had a wonderful time playing around the garden. In the second instance, the children were referring to the Giant’s garden after the Giant stopped them by building a high wall around the garden, and they could no longer enter it. They talked with each other about how they would enjoy playing around the garden where trees bore beautiful flowers and fru

  Question 1:  Vela stood on the platform, but he felt “as if he was still on a moving train”. Why? Answer:  Vela had run away from his home to Chennai by catching the Kanyakumari Express. He travelled in a train for the first time, and as he got off the train and stood on the platform, he felt his legs were shaky and wobbly. Besides, he was very hungry and stressed and felt as though he was still on a moving train. Question 2:  What made him feel miserable? Answer:  Vela felt exhausted and miserable as he laid down his head on his knees because he had run away from his village two days ago due to the torture inflicted upon him by his drunkard father. He had not eaten anything in the past two days except for some peanuts and a piece of jaggery. He felt lost and hopeless when he arrived in the big city. Question 3:  (i) Vela travelled without a ticket. Why? (ii) How did he escape the ticket collector’s attention? Answer:  ( i ) Vela left his village because he was annoyed with his drunk

  QUESTION 1: What tasks, do you think, were assigned to                          the dog and the ox? ANSWER :  Different tasks were assigned to different                             animals. The dog was assigned to fetch and                         carry sticks since he was carrying a stick in                         his  mouth. The ox was assigned to plough the                     field as there was a yoke on his neck.   QUESTION 2: Why did the camel live in the middle of the                           desert? ANSWER : Of all the animals, the camel was the laziest                         animal as he did not want to work and help                           man. Hence, he lived in the middle of a                                 howling desert because he did not want to                           work. He ate sticks, thorns and prickles and                         whenever anybody came to speak to him he                         just said “Humph!” and nothing more. QUESTION : What made

                 Why Do We Need a Parliament Question 1 Why do you think the nationalist movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote? Solution: The national movement supported the idea that all adults have a right to vote because of the following reasons: Every responsible citizen should participate in the government. Law-making and decision-making should also be shared by the adults of the country. Question 2. In this 2004, map of Parliamentary constituencies, roughly identify the constituencies in your State. What is the name of the MP from your constituency? How many MPs does your state have? Why are certain constituencies colour green while others are colour blue? Answer: Question 3. You have read in Chapter 1 that the ‘Parliamentary form of government’ that exists in India has three tiers. This includes the Parliament (Central Government) and the various State Legislatures (state governments). Fill in the following table with information on the various represe

                                      Understanding Secularism 1. List the different types of religious practices that you find in your neighborhood . This could be different forms of prayer, worship of different gods, sacred sites, different kinds of religious music and singing, etc. Does this indicate freedom of religious practice? Answer:  The different types of religious practices that we can see in our neighborhood  are as follows: A Sikh person worships in Gurudwara to Guru Nanak using Guru Grant  Sahib A Muslim worships in a mosque, and their sacred book is the Quran. A Christian worships Jesus Christ in a Church, and their religious book is the Holy Bible. A Hindu worships in a Temple to the idols of Gods and Goddess. This shows that the people in India have the freedom to practise the religion of their choice and yet live together in peace and harmony. 2. Will the government intervene if some religious group says that their religion allows them to practise infanticide? Give re