NCERT Solutions Class 3 Environmental Studies Chapter 5 Chhotus House

NCERT Solutions for Class 3 EVS for Chapter 5 Chhotus House

1. Study the picture carefully and answer the following questions:

(a) What did Chotu think when he looked at the pipe?

Answer. (a)When he looked at the pipe, Chhotu thought that pipe is the safest place to live. Pipe can save him from strong winds, rain and cold.

(b) How did Chhout use the pipe?

Answer. (b)Chhotu used the pipe to sleep.

(c) Into which parts did Chhotu divide the pipe and its surrounding area?

Answer. (c)Chhotu divided the pipe and its surrounding area into:

(i) A part used to sleep or sleeping portion.

(ii) A part used to cook food or cooking portion.

(iii) A part for drying clothes.

(iv) A part used for storing water.

(v) A part where guests can sit or guest room.

(d) In which part of this house will Chhotu like to spend most of his time?

Answer. (d)Chhotu would like to spend most of his time at the part where guests can come and sit.

(e) Why do you think Chhotu invited Monu to live with him in the pipe?

Answer. (e)Chhotu invited Monu to live with him in the pipe because

(i) Monu has no place to live.

(ii) Monu can live easily in the pipe.

(iii) Chhotu was living alone in the pipe. He used to get bored. Monu can talk and play with him.

2. Who all live with you in your house?

Answer. My family members live with me in my house.

Suggestions: Mother, Father, Sister

Brother, Grandfather, Grandmother.

3. How much time in a day do you spend in each part of your house?

Answer. Reading room – 4 hours

Bedroom – 8 hours

Drawing room – 1 hour

Kitchen – 1 hour

4. Is there any part of your house where one particular member of your family spends more time?

Answer. Yes, mother spends more time in kitchen.

5. Is there any part of your house where a particular family member never goes or goes for a short time?

Answer. Yes, father goes in the kitchen only for a short time.

7. How do you keep our house clean?

Answer. (i) By dusting the objects kept in our house.

(ii) By cleaning house with the help of broomsticks.

(iii) By keeping all the objects at their respective place.

8. Who all help to keep your house clean?

Answer. Mother, sister and brother help to keep the house clean.

9. Where do you throw the garbage of your house?

Answer. We throw the garbage in the dustbin.

10. Is the area around your house clean?

Answer. Yes, the area around our house is clean.

11. Is there any special way in which you decorate your house? When and how?

Answer. Yes, we decorate our house in Diwali. We decorate our house with lights, candles, flowers etc.

12. Name the things with which you decorate you house.

Answer. We decorate our house with flowers, painting flowerpots and caricatures.