Maharashtra State Board Class 5 EVS Solutions Part 1 Chapter 5 Family Values
5th Std EVS 1 Digest Chapter 5 Family Values Textbook Questions and Answers
1. Fill in the blanks with the correct answers from the options given below:
Question (a)
Honesty is our ……………….
(a) policy
(b) strength
(c) unity
Answer:
(b) strength
Question (b)
Everyone needs ………………. in public life.
(a) seperation
(b) recognition
(c) co-operation
Answer:
(c) co-operation
Question (c)
…………………… has a significance in our country.
(a) Tolerance
(b) Honesty
(c) Truthfulness
Answer:
(a) Tolerance
Question (d)
By developing a sense of equality everyone gets to ………………..
(a) learn
(b) play
(c) study
Answer:
(a) learn
2. Answer in one sentence:
Question (a)
Who should make decisions regarding changes in our environment?
Answer:
The government should make decisions regarding changes in our environment.
Question (b)
What is toerance?
Answer:
Respecting opinions which are different from our own is called tolerance or broadmindedness.
Question (c)
What is gender equality?
Answer:
Considering boys and girls to be equal without discrimination is called gender equality.
Question (d)
What are the common needs of men and women?
Answer:
Food, clothing, shelter, health and education are the common needs of men and women.
3. Answer in short:
Question (a)
How do you take part in the decision-making process in the family?
Answer:
To make any decision in the family
1. Talk to each other before making decisions about anything in the house.
2. Consult each other and make decisions that everyone agrees with.
Question (b)
How do we develop a sense of tolerance?
Answer:
1. Sometimes, there are disagreements between friends.
2. We must try to understand the point of view of others without insisting that our view is correct.
3. We must listen to other persons.
4. In this way, we learn to be tolerant.
Environmental Studies Part 1 Standard 5th Solutions Chapter 5 Family Values Additional Important Questions and Answers
Fill in the blanks with the correct answers from the options given below:
Match the following:
‘A’ | ‘B’ |
1. Use public transport | (a) Common need |
2. Respecting opinions | (b) Preserve diversity |
3. Food | (c) Buy a ticket |
4. Tolerant attitude | (d) Tolerance |
‘A’ | ‘B’ |
1. Use public transport | (c) Buy a ticket |
2. Respecting opinions | (d) Tolerance |
3. Food | (a) Common need |
4. Tolerant attitude | (b) Preserve diversity
Question 2
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Say whether the following statements are true or false: |
Answer in one sentence:
Question 1
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Which qualities make our community life harmonious and peaceful?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Tolerance and cooperation makes our community life harmonious and peaceful.
Question 2
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What happens when all citizens are honest in their public life?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
If all citizens are honest in their public life, then we will get better public services and facilities.
Question 3
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It is necessary for everyone to be tolerant.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. Tolerance has a special significance in our country. 2. People from various religions, creeds, cultures and following different customs live here. 3. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to be tolerant.
Answer in short:
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How can we be a part of the decision making process of our country?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. The government we elect makes decisions regarding public matters. 2. If we feel that a decision made by the government is wrong, we can register our opinion. 3. In this way, we can be a part of the decision-making process.
Question 2
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What happens when everyone has a role in decision making?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. Each person gets the opportunity to say what they think. 2. By asking everyone’s opinion, the subject is thoroughly discussed from every aspect. 3. We feel we are an important part of the family when we see that our opinions are valued.
Question 3
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How can we learn to be honest?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. Sometimes we make mistakes. 2. When we realise that we have made a mistake, we should talk about it openly with our friends and family. 3. By doing this, we learn to be honest and find a way to correct our mistake.
Question 4
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Men and women should get equal opportunity. Explain.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
1. Food, clothing, shelter, health and education are the common needs of men and women. 2. For the purpose of equality, each of these needs must be fulfilled. 3. Men and women have equal right to these facilities such as these and by developing this sense of equality, everyone gets to learn and make progress. 4. Therefore men and women must get equal opportunities of progress.
Write short notes on:
Question 1
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Effects of honesty:
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The effects of honesty are as follows :
What is the solution?
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We meet a boy who has lost his way.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) Ask for his address and guide him home. OR (b) Ask for his parents’ telephone number and try to contact them. OR (c) If he is unable to give address or telephone number then take him to the nearest police station for assistance.
Question 2
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While on a trip, we realise that our friend has forgotten her tiffin at home.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
We will share our tiffin with our friend without any hesitation.
Question 3
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Some people are stuck in the lift of a building.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
We will ask for help from the building people and call the watchman to rescue13 the people stuck in the lift.
Question 4
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In some homes, boys’ uniforms, textbook and bags are bought first. Purchase for girls are put off.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
This shows the family shows discrimination between boys and girls. We must counsel the parents to treat boys and girls equally.
Question 5
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When his team lost a Kabaddi match, Raju began to cry. Dinesh said, “Why are you crying like a girl?”
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
This shows Dinesh thinks that only girls cry which is wrong, he should be told that happy and sad feelings are expressed by both girls and boys.
Question 6
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Vandana likes the bat and ball a lot. However, she is given dolls and toy stoves and utensils to play ‘house’.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Vandana should express her desire to her parents that she likes cricket and cricket is a game which both boys and girls like.
Question 7
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Sarika helps her mother with the cooking and household chores. Her brother is never asked to do the same. Ans. Sarika’s parents should encourage Sarika’s brother also to do the household chores, with this he will learn the dignity14 of labour and learn to co-operate in household affairs. He will learn not to differentiate between ‘girl’s work’ and ‘boys work’. |
Can you tell?
Question 1. Which of the children show honest behaviour? (a) Afreen borrowed a pencil from Meenu. After she finished using it, she returned it. (b) Shama fell from her bicycle. However, she told her mother, “Neha pushed me off the bicycle.” (c) Mary took the bag she found in a rickshaw to a police station.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Afreen and Mary have shown honest behaviour.
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