NCERT Solution for Class 5 Wonderful Waste Questions and answers
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Question: 1 What were the preparations in the palace for?
Answer: The preparations in the place for grand dinner feast.
Question: 2 Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?
Answer: The Maharaja went into the kitchen in the afternoon because, he had to check and survey what dishes had been prepared for the fest.
Question: 3 What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable
scraps?
Answer: The cook thought that these vegetables scraps were waste so he planned to throw them away.
Question: 4 Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish.
Circle the ingredients of in the box below.
Answer:
Question: 5 State whether the following are True or False.
(i) The king had ordered a dinner in the palace.
Answer: Ture.
(ii) No one had heard of or tasted avial before.
Answer: Ture.
(iii) The cook had planned to make another dish using
the vegetable scraps.
Answer: Ture.
Question: 6 1. A recipe is a list of directions to prepare a dish.
The following sentences are not in order for preparing
avial. Number them in the correct order.
Answer:
Question: 2 Given in the box are some things that children do after
they reach home from school.
Choose five things that you do when you reach home
from school. Write them in order.
| pack school bag put away school bag have lunch read a story book chat with mummy about school sleep for a while wash up do the home work watch TV go to play change out of school uniform |
Answer:
First, I put away school bag, and change out of school uniform.
Then, I wash up and have lunch.
Next, I chat with mummy about school.
After that, I watch Tv.
Finally, I go to play.
Let’s Talk
The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the
cook to use the vegetable scraps instead of
throwing them away.
Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
Answer: Fruits and vegetables scraps, fruit seeds, empty boxes, poly bags and pouches, waste paper, empty pens, fast food wrappers, leftover food, etc.
Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
Answer: we can make a photo frame from cardboard boxes, flowers to decorate the room from plastic polythene and pouches, and fertilizer from fruit and vegetables peels etc.
Put up your findings on the class board.
Answer: Do it in your school with help of your teachers.