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Class : 3rd
Subject : Environmental-Studies
Chapter : 11
Chapter Name : From Here To There
Q1 (i)How did you like the poem ?
(ii) Have you ever travelled in a train? When?
(iii) Can a train move anywhere ? Why ?
(iv) What is meant by ‘roads of iron’ ?
Answer. (i) I liked the poem very much.
(ii) Yes, I have travelled in a train many times. Last time when I was going to visit my maternal uncle at
Allahabad, I travelled in a train.
(iii) No, a train can not move anywhere. It roves only on the iron rails.
(iv) ‘Roads of iron’ means railway tracks on which trains run. They are made of iron.
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Q2 What places did the train pass by? Make a list.
Answer. Meadows, Hills, Temples, Mills, Village wells, Potato fields.
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Q3 Which vehicles have you travelled in ? Write their names in your notebook.
Answer. I have travelled in car, bus, metro rail, train, and also in a bullock cart.
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Q4 Which all vehicles did the children travel in?
Answer. Children travelled in all kinds of vehicles. They are—bus, metro rail, car, boat, horse, bicycle,
rickshaw and bullock cart.
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Q5 How would you choose to go from your house to the places written below? Write
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Q6 Write in front of each picture what the vehicle is used for. In the spaces provided, draw the pictures of
some other vehicles. Write their names and what they are used for. Are all these vehicles used for our
travel?
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Q7 Names of some vehicles are given in the centre of a wheel. Join these on one side to the number of
wheels each vehicle has and on the other, join them to what is used to run them.
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Q1 If anybody makes a ‘chhuk-chhuk’ sound you know at once that it is being made for a train. From the
sounds given below can you tell which vehicle it is ? One example is given.
Chhuk-ChhukTrainPeen-Peen__________Pon-Pon __________
Tup-Tup__________Gharr-Gharr __________ Tring-Tring__________
Answer.
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Q2 These are the sounds of single vehicles. How does it sound when many vehicles run together on the
road making different noises ? Isn’t there a lot of noise?
(ii)Where have you heard the maximum noise ?
(iii)Do you like so much noise ? Why?
Answer. (i)Yes, there is lot of noise on the road.
(ii)On a busy road during peak traffic.
(iii)I do not like so much noise because it disturbs me. It also damages our hearing capacity.
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Q3 What all can you see in the picture?
Answer. A building has caught fire. Fire truck is seen in front of building. Firemen are trying to put off
fire. I can also see an ambulance and a police van.
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Q4 Which vehicles can you see in the picture?
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Answer. 1.An ambulance
2.A police van
3.Fire brigade van.
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Q5 What are these vehicles usually used for ?
Answer. A police van is used to provide security to the people. A fire engine has attached hose pipes and
ladder for putting out fire and rescuing people. An ambulance takes the sick and injured people to the
hospital. It also provides first-aid to the injured people.
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