RBSE Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Understanding Our Relations

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Understanding Our Relations Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 5 EVS Solutions Chapter 1 Understanding Our Relations

RBSE Class 5 EVS Understanding Our Relations Textbook Questions and Answers

RBSE Class 5th Evs Chapter 1 Question Answer Question 1. 
Draw the following table in your notebook and complete it-

Family members	They live with you or some where else write the name of the place
1. Grandfather (Dadaji)
2. Grandmother (Dadiji)
3. Elder uncle (Tauji)
4. Elder aunt (Taiji)
5. Father
6. Mother
7. Younger uncle (Chachaji)
8. Younger aunt (Chachiji)

  Answer:

Family members	They live with you or some where else write the name of the place
1. Grandfather (Dadaji)	He doesn’t live with us. He lives in the village.
2. Grandmother (Dadiji)	She does’t live with us. She lives in the village.
3. Elder uncle (Tauji)	He doesn’t live with us. He lives in Jaipur.
4. Elder aunt (Taiji)	She doesn’t live with us. She lives in Jaipur.
5. Father	He lives with us in Udaipur only.
6. Mother	She lives with us in Udaipur only.
7. Younger uncle (Chachaji)	He doesn’t live with us. He lives in the village.
8. Younger aunt (Chachiji)	She doesn’t live with us. She lives in the village.

Explore and write down the answer of the following :

RBSE Class 5 Evs Chapter 1 Question 1. 
Who lives in your neighborhood?
Answer: 
Ram Prasad Sharma, Shri Hakim Singh, Muhammad Ayub Khan, Shri Devesh Gupta live in the our neighbourhood along with their families.

Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Understanding Our Relations Question 2. 
How many of them are nuclear families?
Answer: 
Among them, three families are nuclear families.

Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Understanding Our Relations Question Answer Question 3. 
How many members are there in those families? How do they divide the work among them?
Answer: 
In those families, there are eleven members. In those families, fathers earn money by doing some job or business, and mothers do household works, and children go to their schools.

Understanding Relations Class 5 Questions And Answers Question 4. 
How many joint families are there in your neighborhood?
Answer: 
There is only one joint family in our neighborhood.

RBSE Class 5 Evs Chapter 1 Question Answer Question 5. 
How many members are there in that family? How do they divide the work among them?
Answer: 
There are 15 members in that family. The oldest members of the family are grandparents who look after the children. They have three sons. Two of them are in service, and one of them runs a sweatshop. The women of the family do the household works by dividing chores among themselves. The children go to their schools.

Understanding Our Relations Question 6. 
If Sanjana’s family had been nuclear family, then who would have taken care of her mother?
Answer: 
If Sanjana’s family has been a nuclear family, then Sanjana and her father would have taken care of Sanjana’s mother.

Think and answer the following :

EVS Class 5 Chapter 1 Question 1
What answer Salma’s father must have given to her?
Answer: 
Salma’s father must have Answer:ered here, “Your grandparents, and uncle-aunt do agricultural work. So they can’t stay with us. For your good education and my own service, we have come to the city. In the village, the resources of education, health and employment are less, so we have to come to the city. In the village, I will not get a job, so we will have to stay in the city on.

Points for discussion :

Question 1. 
What are the reasons for the formation of nuclear families?
Answer: 
Small houses, differences of the habits of family members, lack of mutual cooperation among the family members, movement in search of an employment or higher education, desire of more liberty and modernization, etc., are the reasons for formation of nuclear families.

Understanding Our Relations Class 5 Question 2. 
What is the difference between a nuclear family and a joint family?
Answer: 
In a joint family, number of members is more and several small families live together. While in a nuclear family, number of members is less. In a nuclear family, there are only parents and children.

Understanding Relations Class 5 Question 3. 
In due course of time, what are the changes in the ways of celebration of festivals?
Answer: 
In due course of time, many changes have taken place in the ways of celebration of festivals. Just as earlier people used to light earthen lamps on the occasion of Diwali, but now they use candles and other electrical items. The same way, people used to celebrate the festival of Holi with full enthusiasm for more than a month, but now it is celebrated just for a few days. Now, there is lack of unity in the society. Make a table in your notebook and write down, when do you visit your relatives’ homes, e.g. if there is some necessary work or on festivals or never etc. 

Relatives	Do you live with them?	When do you visit their home?
1. Nanaji-Naniji
2. Dadaji-Dadiji
3. Chthaji-Chachiji
4. Buaj i-Phuphaji
5. Mausaji-Mausiji

Answer: 

Relatives	Do you live with them?	When do you visit their home?
1. Nanaji-Naniji (Maternal grandparents)	No	On some festivals, during summer vacation or in case of necessary work.
2. Dadaji-Dadiji (Paternal grand- Darents)	Yes	We live together.
3. Chachaji- Chachiji (Uncle-Aunt)	No	When there is some necessary work.
4. Buaji-Phuphaji	No	When there is some necessary work.
5. Mausaji-Mauslji (Uncle-Aunt)	No	When there is some necessary work.

Think and answer These :

Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Questions And Answers Question 1. 
If you live in a nuclear family and your mother goes out of the station for 2-3 days, then how do you feel?
Answer: 
When our mother goes out of the station, we don’t feel good. We fed emptiness and we miss our mother very much.

Question 2. 
For taking care of those children whose parents are not alive, the government has established schools/orphanages/hostels. Have a discussion With your teacher about the same.
Answer: 
For orphan children, government runs schools/ashrams/hostels, etc. Government also provides financial and other aids to those non-government organizations which work for the welfare of orphans were:

Explore and answer: These 

Question 1. 
Your physical characteristics resemble which member of your family, write down in your notebook.

Physical Characteristics	Resemblance with
1. Face
2. Eyes
3. Nose
4. Hair
5. Ears
6. Complexion

Answer:

Physical Characteristics	Resemblance with
1. Face	Father
2. Eyes	Mother
3. Nose	Chachaji (uncle)
4. Hair	Mamji (Maternal Uncle)
5. Ears	Father
6. Complexion	Sister

Explore and Answer:

Class 5th EVS Chapter 1 Question Answer Question 1. 
Your habits resemble the habits of which member of your family? Write down in your notebook.

Habits	Resemblance with family member
1. Writing
2. Eating
3. Talking
4. Walking
5. Mannerism

Answer:

Habits	Resemblance with family member
1. Writing	Father
2. Eating	Brother
3. Talking	Mother
4. Walking	Father
5. Mannerism	Grandfather (Dadaji)

Points for Discussion

Understanding Relations Question 1. 
How does a cow recognize its calf?
Answer: 
A cow recognizes its calf by smelling and licking it.

RBSE Solutions For Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Question 2. 
How does your mother recognize you in a crowd?
Answer: 
My mother recognizes me in a crowd by seeing me.

Learn, Understood and Now Tell Write the correct answer:

Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Question 1. 
The transfer of characteristics from one generation to another is known as 
Answer: 
genetics.

Class 5 EVS Book Chapter 1 Question 2. 
Write the names of any two scientists who worked in the field of genetics. 
Answer:

1. Gregor John Mendel.
2. Dr. Hargovind Khurana.

RBSE Class 5th EVS Chapter 1 Question Answer In English Question 3.
From where do we get the genetic characteristics:
(a) From grandparents (paternal)
(b) From grandparents (maternal)
(c) From parents
(d) From all of the above
Answer: 
(d) From all of the above

Class 5 EVS Chapter 1 Question Answer Question 4. 
What is your relation with your mother’s sister?
Answer: 
Mausi (maternal aunt).

EVS Class 5 Chapter 1 Question Answer Question 5. 
What is the difference between a nuclear family and a joint family?
Answer: 
In a joint family, several small fami-lies live together, so its number of members is more. In a nuclear family, there is only one fam-ily, so the number of its members remains lim-ited to 4 or 5.

RBSE Class 5 EVS Understanding Our Relations Important Questions and Answers

Objective Type Questions

1. Choose the right option-
(i) In a nuclear family, children are brought up by:
(a) parents
(b) grandparents
(c) maternal grandparents
(d) all
Answer:
(a) parents

(ii) Sanj ana and her sister Pinky went with their mother in whose marriage-
(a) Bua (Paternal aunt)
(b) Mama (Maternal uncle)
(c) Mausi (Maternal aunt)
(d) Chacha (Paternal uncle)
Answer:
(b) Mama (Maternal uncle)

(iii) The relationship of your mother’s brother, with you, is :
(a) nephew/niece (Bhanja/Bhanji)
(b) nephew/niece (Bhatija/Bhatiji)
(c) grandson/granddaughter
(d) son/daughter
Answer:
(a) nephew/niece (Bhanja/Bhanji)

2. Fill in the blanks-

(a) My father’s sister is my ..............
(b) In a nuclear family there are only. ............. for bringing up their children.
(c) In cities the .............. are small in which have capacity for less members
(d) .............. of children resemble their parents, paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents.

Answer: 
(a) Buaji (Paternal aunt) 
(b) parents 
(c) house
(d) characteristics

Question 3.

Match column A with column B :

Column (A)	Column (B)
(i) nuclear family	More members Less
(ii) joint family	members Bua
(iii) Mother’s sister	(paternal aunt)
(iv) Father’s sister	Mausi (maternal aunt)
(v) Mother’s mother	Dadi (grandmother)  Nani
(vi) Father’s mother	(maternal grandmother)

Answer:

Column (A)	Column (B)
(i) nuclear family	Less members More
(ii) joint family	members Mausi
(iii) Mother’s sister	(maternal aunt)  Bua
(iv) Father’s sister	(paternal aunt)
(v) Mother’s mother	Nani  (maternal grand mother)
(vi) Father’s mother	Dadi (grandmother)

Question 4. 

State True/False

(i) Grandmother and aunt (Taiji) are taking care of Sanjana’s mother.
(ii) Sanjana lives in a nuclear family.
(iii) Our physical features, resemble our other family members.
(iv) Twins are alike in all attributes.
(v) Every living being inherits characters from his parents or ancestors.
Answer: 
(i) True 
(ii) False 
(iii) True 
(iv) False 
(v) True.

Very Short answer type Questions

Question 1. 
Why was Sanjana sad?
Answer: 
Sanjana was sad because her mother was ill.

Question 2. 
Who was taking care of Sanjana’s mother?
Answer: 
Sanjana’s grandmother and elder aunt (Taiji) were taking care of Sanjana’s mother.

Question 3. 
Is Sanjana’s family a joint family or a nuclear family?
Answer: 
Sanjana’s family is a joint family.

Question 4. 
Who is in Salman's family?
Answer: 
Mother, father and a little sister are in Salman's family. 

Question 5. 
Who live in a joint family?
Answer: 
Grandfather, grandmother, elder uncle (Tauji), elder aunt (Taiji), uncle (Chachaji), aunt (Chachiji), buaji, father, mother, and children live together in a joint family.

Question 6. 
Who live in a nuclear family?
Answer: 
Parents and their children.

Question 7. 
In a nuclear family, children are brought up by whom?
Answer: 
By parents.

Question 8. 
Why have families started migrating to cities?
Answer: 
In search of livelihood or to get higher education.

Question 9. 
What is the transfer of characteristics from generation to generation called?
Answer: 
It is called inheritance.

Question 10. 
Who is called the ‘Father of Genetics?
Answer: 
Gregor John Mendel.

Question 11. 
Who formulated the Laws of Inheritance?
 Answer:
Gregor John Mendel.

Question 12.
On which plant, Gregor John Mendel did experiment?
Answer:
On pea-plant. 

Question 13.
Which prize was given to Dr Hargoind Khurana?
Answer:
Nobel Prize. 

Question 14.
For which work (discovery) Dr Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Noble Prize?
Answer:
Dr. Hargovind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work regarding inheritance of new characteristics.

Short/Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
Make a family tree with the help of your family members.
Answer: 
Gokul Chand
↓
Surendra
↓
Jitendra
↓
Deepak

Question 2. 
What are the main reasons of for-mation of nuclear family?
Answer: 
Main reasons of formation of nuclear  family are :

1. Small houses 
2. people’s profession/business/job, or higher education, so they are migrat¬ing to cities 
3. more family members 
4. changes in habits and behaviour of family members 
5. economic condition of family
6. higher desire of liberty in family members.

Question 3. 
What is the meaning of adoption?
Answer: 
When legal protection is given to any relative’s child or any other child, it is called adoption.

Question 4. 
What is a hostel?
Answer: 
A hostel is a place where many students stay together. All the arrangements of sleeping, living, fooding, etc. are made there only. And they go to the nearby school.

Question 5. 
What is the meaning of hereditary characters?
Answer: 
Such physical characteristics that are inherited in the children from their parents, paternal grandparents, and maternal grandparents, are called hereditary characters.

Question 6. 
Who was Dr. Hargovind Khurana?
Answer: 
Dr. Hargovind Khurana was a Indian scientist who had writen many research papers regarding the determination of the inheritance of new characteristics. For his excellent work, he was awarded the Nobel prize.

Look and Answer:

1. Look at the picture given below and tell, who is the scientists in the picture.

(a) John Mendal
(b) Dr. Hargovind Khurana
(c) Kalpana Chawla
(d) Rakesh Sharma 
Answer: 
(b) Dr. Hargovind Khurana