question answers chapter 10

D.C. MODEL SR. SEC. SCHOOL

CLASS 5

SUBJECT - EVS

CHAPTER 10 (WALLS TELL STORIES)

Q1. Why were bastions made in fort walls?

Ans: - They were made to ensure security of the fort.

Q2. Why were big holes made in them?

Ans: - Big holes were made in them to increase the viewing area.
Soldiers could look through these holes and could be alert.

Q3. What difference would be there if you were to look from a straight wall or a bastion at a height? How would the soldiers find peeping from the holes in the bastions useful while attacking?

Ans: -

Bastions	Straight walls
(i)                  Bastions have a better vantage.	Straight walls do not have vantage.
(ii)                These ensure better security and the safety of the soldiers.	Straight walls do not have any such feature.

Q4. How would the fountains have worked?

Ans: - Fountains would have got water supply from a large reservoir.

Q5. What arrangements would have been made in the building for air and light?

Ans: - Large windows, doors and ventilators allowed natural sunlight to enter the building. This also allowed a lot of fresh air to come in.

Q6. Look carefully at the picture of the beautiful craving on the wall. What kind of tools has been used for such craving?

Ans: - These cravings would have been made using chisel and hammer which were made of iron.

Q7. We still do not have any electricity at many places in our country. Imagine what would have happen, if there were no electricity for one week in your city. What are the things that would be difficult to manage without it?

Ans: - If there were no electricity in our city, there would be a scarcity of water.

We would not be able to use T.V., computers, fans and even mobile phones.

Work in offices and schools would be difficult.

The life would become very slow.

Q8. Where is East –West?
At the place you are, where does the sun rise? Where does it set? Where are you standing? Find out what all is there to your east? What all is there to your west? And find out what place are your north and south?

Ans: - The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

I am standing in my classroom. From here the main gate of the school is in the east and the playground in the west. In the north there are other classrooms and in the south there is parking of my school.

Q9. If you were peeping inside from Bodli Darwaja, in which direction from her is Katora Hauj?

Ans: - Katora Hauj is in the north of Bodli Darwaja.

Q10. If someone is entering from Banjara Darwaja, in which direction from her is Katora Hauj?

Ans: - In the west direction.

Q11. In which direction will you walk from Bala Hissar to reach Moti Mahal?

Ans: - We will walk in the east direction.

Q12. How many gates can you see on the outer wall of the fort?

Ans: - There are nine gates.

Q13. Count how many palaces are there in the fort?

Ans: - Three (3) palaces.

Q14. What arrangements for water can you see inside the fort? For example wells, tanks and step wells.

Ans: - Five baolis and three hauz have been made for water.

Q15. How far is Makai Darwaja from Fateh Darwaja?

Ans: - About 1000 meters.

Q16. Have you recently read or heard about any country attacking or going to war with another country?

Ans: - Yes, recently the United States has attacked Syria.

Q17. Find out what was the reason for the war?

Ans: - The United States wanted to check the terrorist activities of the country.

Q18. What kind of weapons were used in the war?

Ans: - The United States did the chemical attack on the Syrians.

Q19. What kind of destruction was caused because of this?

Ans: - Many people were killed and many were injured. There was also a big loss of property.

Q20. The big gun that Sreedhar saw was made of bronze. Have you seen anything made of bronze? What?

Ans: - Yes, I have seen many utensils, idols, medals and decorative objects made of bronze.

Q21. Find out from your elders about some of the things made from bronze that were, and still are used in your house. From its colour identify which one of them is made from copper, which from brass and which from bronze?

Ans: - There are many utensils, idols and decorative objects that were used and still are used in our house.

 The colour of copper is reddish brown.

The colour of brass is yellow white.

The colour of bronze is shiny grey black. 

Q22. The picture shown here is made after seeing a very old painting of those times. Can you think why bullocks have been used?

Ans: - Bullocks have been used to draw water from the well.

Q23. Use your hand movements to show in which direction in the drum attached on the rod moves when the bullock move?

Ans : - The drum will move anticlockwise.

Q24. In which direction would the ‘toothed wheel’ move?

Ans: - It will move in clock wise movement.

Q25. Now imagine, how would this garland of pots lift water from the well?

Ans: - The bullocks move the drum.

The drum turns the ‘toothed wheel’.

From this wheel the garland of pots is connected through a rod.

So as the ‘toothed wheel’ moves, it rotates the garland wheel also.

Thus the water is lifted from the well.

Q26. Do you now get some idea about how the tanks could have been filled by lifting water from the well?

Ans:-Yes, I have understood that the water was filled in the tanks by using bullocks to run the toothed wheels attached to the garland of pots to draw water from the well.

Q27. Where else have you seen such wheels attached to each other? For example, in the gear of cycle or somewhere else.

Ans: - I have seen these wheels attached to old mechanical watches, clocks and generators etc.

Q28. Look around and find out how water is pumped up from the ground to higher places?

Ans: - Electric water pumps are used to pump up water from the ground to the higher places.

Q29. How is water pumped up by using electricity? How is water lifted without electricity?

Ans: - The electric machines absorb underground water through tube wells and pump it up.

If there is no electricity, the water can be lifted up by using buckets and ropes, setting up windmills and by hand pumps. 

Q30. What is the Sultan doing in the palace? What kind of clothes is he wearing? What dishes are being offered to him? But why does he seem so worried? And in what language is he talking?

Ans: - The Sultan is holding a meeting with his ministers.
He is wearing traditional dress and lots of jewellery. The Mughal food with drinks and sweet dishes are being offered to him. He seems to be worried about the possible attack from the enemy kingdom. He is talking in Persian.

Q31. Imagine the room in the palace—the beautiful carpets and curtains, the fountains on the terrace and the sweet smell of roses and chameli—where is this coming from?

Ans: - The palace is looking grand. The rooms are decorated with carpets and curtains. Fountains are running on the terrace. Sweet smell of roses and chameli is coming from the garden.

Q32. What are the different kinds of factories you can see?  How many people are working there?
What are they doing? What are they wearing? How long do you think they work?

Ans: - I can see the factories of clothes, utensils, idols, decorative items and arms.
Nearly 20 people are working there in each factory.
They are making goods.
They are wearing worn out and tight clothes.
I think they would from the early morning till late night.

Q33. Look there! See finely those craftsmen are carving the stones using a chisel and hammer? Can you see the stone dust in air? Do you think this stone dust would harm them in the same way?

Ans: - No, this stone dust would not cause them any harm because they have covered their nose and mouth with a cloth.

Q34. What kind of pots have seen around you?

Ans: - I have seen pots made of steel, iron, brass, glass, fiber, aluminum and plastic.

Q35. Try to find out from your grandparents about the other kind of pots and pans they used in their times?

Ans: - They used pots and pans made of clay, iron, and copper.

Q36.  Have you ever been to some museum or heard about it? What all the things are there in a museum?

Ans: - Yes, I have visited a museum in golden temple.

Antiques of historical importance are kept there, for example - old weapons, paintings, dresses of warriors, etc.

Q37. Is there any old buildings and monuments near your house which people come to see? If yes name it.

Ans: - Yes, there is the Saragarhi Gurudwara near my house.

It commemorates the sacrifice of 21 sikh soldiers who lost their lives at Saragarhi at Baluchistan.

On 21^st September, every year, people gather here to pay tributes to these heroes.

 Q38. Have you ever gone to see an old monument? Which was that? Did you feel it told you a story? What could you know about those times from it?

Ans: - Yes, I went to Agra to see the Taj Mahal. It told me the story of the ruler Shahjahan and his wife Mumtaj. On seeing that building I could know about the culture, architecture and sculpture of the ancient times.

Q39. How old was it? How would you know?

Ans: - It is about 350 years old.
It was mentioned on the inscription of walls there.

Q40. What was it made of?

Ans: - It was made of white marble.

Q41. What color was it? 

Ans: - It was of white colour.

 Q42. Who used to live there in olden days?

Ans: - Nobody lived there in olden days. Only the dead bodies of the king and the queen are buried there.

Q43. What kind of activities took place there?

Ans: - After the death of the king Shahjahan and his wife Mumtaj, they were buried there. Taj Mahal is a tomb where the graves of the king and the queen are based.

Q44. What kind of work are people doing?

Ans: - They are lying bricks, carrying goods and water for construction.

Q45. How many men and women are working?

Ans: - Thirty six men and four women are working.

Q46. See, how they are taking the huge pillar up along the slop. Is it easier to lift a heavy thing straight up or along a slope?

Ans: - It is easier to lift up a heavy thing along a slope.

Q47. Sangeeta thinks it is easier to keep old things in a museum. How would you convince her that it is important to have a museum?

Ans: - I would tell her that the antiques tell us about the ancient times. We came to know about the people, cultures their food and about the old wars and the arms used for these. Antiques are kept in the museum. Hence museums are needed to know about our past history.

Q48. Why do you think, chapter is named ‘Walls Tell Stories’?

Ans: - The chapter is about historical structures which had been witnesses to their times. They tell a lot about the people, art, culture, craft, technology and events of the historic period. Hence the name ‘Walls Tell Stories’ is appropriate for this chapter.