NCERT Solutions for Class 5 EVS (Looking Around) Chapter 13 A Shelter so High!

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Class : 5th
Subject : Environmental Studies
Chapter : 13
Chapter Name : A Shelter So High!

Q1 Check In your map. Which states would one pass through while travelling from Mumbai to
Kashmir?

Answer. The states through which one would pass through while travelling from Mumbai to Kashmir
are: Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

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Q2 Gaurav Jani passed through several states while going from Mumbai to Delhi. Find the capital cities
of these states. Was there any other big town on his way?

Answer. The states through which Gaurav Jani passed through, while going from Mumbai to Delhi along
with the capitals are as follows:
Maharashtra — Mumbai
Gujarat — Gandhi Nagar
Rajasthan — Jaipur
Haryana — Chandigarh
Many big towns would have been these in his way such as Ahmedabad, Udaipur, and Ajmer etc.

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Q3 Is Manali a plain or a hilly area ? In which state Is It?

Answer. Manali is a hilly area. It is in Himachal Pradesh.

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Q1 Have you ever stayed In a tent? Where? What was it like?

Answer. Yes, I stayed in a tent in mountains of Manali. It was very adventurous and exciting experience.

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Q2 Imagine that you were to alone in a small tent for two days and could take with you only 10 things.
Make a list of these ten things.

Answer. If that would happen then I take these 10 things along with me-cloths, sweater, blanked, torch,
packaged food items, water, thick woolen, shoes, camera and canvas for preparing tent

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Q3 What are the different types of houses that you have seen? Tell your friends about it. Make drawing
too.

Answer. I have seen different of houses in different areas like

(i) Houses made up of wood, which are found in hilly areas.
(ii) Houses made up of wood, which are found in hilly areas.
(iii) Houses made up of cement, bricks, glass etc. that are fraud in cities.

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Q1 During winters, Tashi and his family live on the ground noor. Why would they be doing so?

Answer. As there were no windows on the ground floor hence, the ground floor was protected from the
cold Winds. Thus, in order to protect them, from the icy cold winds of the Winter season , they live on
the ground floor.

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Q2 What is the roof of your house like? What all is the roof used for?

Answer. The roof of my house is made up of bricks and cement. This roof is used for drying clothes
preparing potato chips, papad badis, aam papad etc. It is also used sleeping in summers, getting sunlight
in winters.

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Q1 At what height is the place where you live?

Answer. I am living in Delhi. This place is situated at a height of 216 meters above the sea land.

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Q2 Why did Gaurav Jani say — This place Is so high that It Is difficult to breather normally?

Answer. At high attitudes, that is, as we go up the mountains, the level of oxygen in the air become less.
As a result the breathing becoming more difficult one has to rapidly draw more oxygen with Thus,
Gaurav Jani said this place is so high that is difficult to breathe normally.

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Q3 Have you ever been to a hilly place? Where?

Answer. Yes, I have been to a hilly place few years back. It was in Manali.

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Q4 At what height was It? Did you have any difficulty in breathing there?

Answer. Manali is about 2050 meters above the sea level. Yes, breathing was a little difficult in Manali.

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Q5 Which is the highest place you have been to?

Answer. I have been to Rohtangpas. It is about 4111 meters above the sea level.

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Q1 You read that in Changthang the temperature drops below 0°C. Look at newspapers on the TV to

find cities in India or abroad where the temperature drops below 0°C. In which months do you expect to
see this?

Answer. The other cities in India where the temperature drops below 0°C. Srinagar, Ladhak, Shimla etc.
Places outside India having temperature 0°C. are Minnesota, Etowah etc. This kind of temperature.

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Q1 The houses in different part of Jammu and Kashmir are made to suit the climate and the needs of the
people there. Are there different types of houses In the place where you have? If yes, think about the
reasons.

Answer. Yes, there are different types of houses in the place I live. Some of them are made up of cement,
bricks, glass, steel. These are strong and built in such a way so that these can with stand different
adverse conditions like heavy rains and storms. Apart from these, some houses are nude up of mud,
grass etc. These are small huts which cannot with stand the heavy rains and storms. The reason for
making these kinds of huts as the people cannot even earn to eat enough. How can they afford big and
strong houses?

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Q2 Think of your own house. Is there something special in it like a roof as it rains a lot, or a courtyard
where you can when it is hot or where things are kept in the sun (for drying, etc.)? Make a drawing.

Answer. Yes, my house has sloping roof for protection against sunlight and rain a courtyard also where
we can sleep in summer or things are kept in the sun.

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Q3 What are the materials used for making your house? It is mud, brick, stone,
wood or cement?

Answer. The materials used for making my houses are mud, brick, stone, wood, cement glass etc.

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Q1 Look at this picture. Can you see any houses In the picture? These houses are
made of stone and mud. Nobody lives here In winter. In summer, the Bakarwal people have here when
they bring their goats to higher lands for grazing.

Answer. I can see some shapes which look like houses.

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Q2 Can you guess the similarities and differences in the life of people and the the of Changpas.

Answer. Both the Bakarwal's and the Changpa's live in the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir. Both of
them move from one place to another, and keep on wandering. Both of them are dependent on animals
like goat, yak, sheep, etc. They earn their livelihood by selling the wool obtained from these animals.
But the main difference betwæl the two is where the Bakarwal 's graze any type of goats and sheep and

at any place, the Changpa 's graze only special type of goats, at very high and colder place. This is at
higher and colder places, these goats develop more and softer hair from which the famous pashmina
wool is obtained and thus they stay at high mountains even under excessively low temperatures.

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Q1 Describe how these shelters suit the needs of the people who live there.

Answer. The shelters of the people living on the mountains of Jammu and Kashmir are basically in the
of a tent called as Rebo. These can be packed up and easily and quickly. These are made up of yak hair
that are very strong am] warm and protect them from icy cold winds within a short period of time. Since
these people keep on wandering on high mountains according to the climatic conditions and to graze
their animals, therefore such shelters are very much suited to the needs of the people. Some houses are
made up of wood which provide protection from the cold weather are in the form of boat by which they
can more from place.

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Q2 How are these different from the house you live in?

Answer. The houses in Jammu and Kashmir are mainly made up of wood, tent etc. These are light
weighted and mobile i.e. can carried from place to place. But our houses are made up of bricks, cement,
steel, glass. These are very strong and nwbile I.e. cannot be shifted from one place. These are
permanent.

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