NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Unit 1 Chapter 2 Wonderful Waste!
Question 1.
What were the preparations in the palace for?
महल में किसकी तैयारियाँ हो रही थीं?
Answer:
There were the preparations for a grand feast in the palace.
Question 2.
Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?
तीसरे पहर महाराजा रसोईघर में क्यों गया?
Answer:
The Maharaja went into the kitchen in the afternoon to make a survey of the dishes being prepared for the dinner.
Question 3.
What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps?
रसोइए ने सब्जियों के बचे-खुचे टुकड़ों के साथ क्या करने को सोचा था?
Answer:
The cook had planned to throw away the vegetable scraps.
Question 4.
Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish. Circle the ingredients of avial in the box below.
संघटक वे चीजें होती हैं जो किसी पकवान को तैयार करने में प्रयोग की जाती हैं। नीचे दिए गए बॉक्स में एविअल के संघटकों पर घेरा डालिए।
| chillies | groundnut | wood | vegetable scraps |
| coconut | roasted peanuts | curd | pot |
| garlic | broken bangles | basket | curry leaves |
Answer:
Question 5.
State whether the following are True or False. बताइए कि निम्नलिखित सही हैं या गलत।।
(i) The king had ordered a dinner in the palace.
(ii) No one had heard of or toasted avial before.
(iii) The cook had planned to make another dish using the vegetable scraps.
Answer:
(i) True
(ii) True
(iii) False
Let’s Write
Question 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.
नुस्खा पकवान बनाने हेतु निर्देशों की सूची होती है। निम्नलिखित वाक्य एविअल बनाने के क्रम में नहीं हैं। उन पर सही क्रम से संख्या डालें।
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.
बॉक्स में जो चीजें दी गई हैं उन्हें बच्चे स्कूल से घर पहुँचने पर करते हैं।
उन पाँच चीजों को चुनिए जो आप स्कूल से घर पहुँचने पर करते हैं। उन्हें क्रम में लिखिए।
| 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 homework watch TV go to play change out of school uniform |
Answer:
First, I put away school bag.
Then, I change out of school uniform.
Next, I wash up.
After that, I have lunch.
Finally, I sleep for a while.
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.
- Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful.
- Put up your findings on the class board.
Answer:
- At home—vegetable scraps, leftover foods
- At school—scraps of paper, leftover foods,
- Do it yourself.
Word Building
Pair Work
Question 1.
1. Some words have more than one meaning.
कुछ शब्दों के एक से ज्यादा अर्थ होते हैं।
For example, point-
Meanings : noun – a dot in print or writing, full stop, decimal, the number you score in a game
verb – to show or call attention to something
Look up the following words in the dictionary. They may have more than one meaning. List these meanings.
निम्न शब्दों को शब्दकोष में देखिए। उनके एक से अधिक अर्थ हो सकते हैं। उन अर्थों की सूची तैयार कीजिए।
Answer:
| ground | noun | surface of the earth, base, an area which is used for a specific purpose. |
| verb | past tense of grind, crush into grains or powder. | |
| survey | noun | a general look at, examination of something, investigation. |
| verb | examine, look carefully, take a general view of | |
| scrap | noun | a fragment, waste material |
| verb | discard as useless | |
| sternly | adverb | strictly, severely |
| tempting | adjective | alluring, inducing. |
Question 2.
Make new words by adding/dropping a few letters from the root words. Some are done for you.
मूल शब्दों में कुछ अक्षरों को जोड़कर या उसमें से कुछ अक्षरों को हटाकर नए शब्द बनाइए।
● Do any of these words use all of four endings?
क्या इनमें से किसी शब्द का प्रयोग सभी चारों रूपों में होता है?
Answer:
● Yes, these words are tasty and clean.
Find Out
Question 1.
ame a food that is made in your home
(i) for a feast/festival
(ii) when you are unwell
(iii) everyday.
Share the information with your friends.
उस भोजन का नाम लिखिए जो आपके घर में बनाया जाता है।
(i) दावत/त्योहार के अवसर पर
(ii) जब आप बीमार होते हैं
(iii) प्रतिदिन
इस सूचना को अपने मित्रों को बताइए।
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 2.
Avial is a dish made in Kerala,
Do you have a similar dish in your state made from a mix of many vegetables?
- What is it called?
- Note down the ingredients used to make it.
- Write down the recipe.
- Present attractively and display on the class board. You can draw and stick pictures too.
एविअल एक पकवान है जो केरल में बनाया जाता है।
क्या आपके राज्य में भी कई सब्जियों को मिलाकर कोई पकवान बनाया जाता है?
- इसे क्या कहा जाता है? …………………
- उसे बनाने के लिए किन संघटकों का उपयोग किया जाता है?
- बनाने की विधि लिखिए।
- उसे आकर्षक ढंग से अपने कक्षा के बोर्ड पर लगाइए। आप उसका चित्र बना सकते हैं या चिपका सकते हैं।
Answer:
Do it yourself.
