RBSE Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 20 Farming Brings Prosperity

Rajasthan Board RBSE Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 20 Farming Brings Prosperity of Houses Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

RBSE Class 5 EVS Solutions Chapter 20 Farming Brings Prosperity

RBSE Class 5 EVS Farming Brings Prosperity Textbook Questions and Answers

Explore and Write the Answers of the following:

Question 1. 
In Chagnaram’s farm, the crops of moth, green gram, pearl millet, sesame seeds, etc. are sown. Which crops are sown in your surrounding area?
Answer: 
In our surrounding area, wheat, gram, mustard, pearl millet, sesame seeds, sorghum, cluster beans etc. crops are sown.

 

Question 2. 
From where were the seeds brought, to sow the crops?
Answer: 
To sow the crop, the seeds were brought either from market or from the cooperative society. 

Explore and Write the Answer of the following :

Question 1. 
What is the use of animals in agriculture?
Answer: 
Plowing of the fields is done with the help of animals.

Question 2. 
Which implements are used in agriculture?
Answer: 
The implements used in agriculture are hoe, trowel (wead scrapper), etc.

Question 3. 
What changes are there, in the present practices and implements of agriculture?
Answer: 
Nowadays, tractors (machines) are used in agricultural practices, instead of animals, and now modem tools like cultivator harrow, thresher, etc., are used.

Explore and Write the Answer of the following:

Question 1. 
What do you understand by organic fertilizers?
Answer: 
A fertilizer that is derived from ani¬mal or vegetable matter, is called organic fertil¬izer.

Question 2. 
Which types of fertilizers are used in the farms in your surrounding area?
Answer: 
In the farms in our surrounding area, the fertilizers which are used, include-cow-dung manure, compost fertilizer, organic fertilizer, urea, D.A.P., N.P.A. etc.

Question 3. 
Which fertilizers, the farmers can use, instead of chemical fertilizers?
Answer: 
The farmers can use cow-dung manure, indigenous fertilizer, and organic fertilizers

Explore :

Question 1.
What measures are taken to store the food grains throughout the year, at your home?
Answer: 
To store the food grains throughout the year at our home, we use very huge contain¬ers made of iron sheets. We put the leaves of neem tree or medicine in those containers, and make them air light.

Explore and Write the Answer of the following Questions :

Question 1. 
Which medicines are used to protect the crops from diseases?
Answer: 
To protect the crops from diseases, we use medicines such as gamaxin powder, D.D.T. etc.

Question 2. 
If there is less production of crops in any farmer’s field, then find out the reasons for the same.
Answer: 
There can be several reasons for less production of crops in any farmer’s field, such as no rainfall at all, low rainfall, heavy rainfall, infection in crops, untimely sowing of seeds, harm done to the crops by animals, hail storm, fog, low-quality seeds, etc.

Explore and Write the Answer of the following :

Question 1. 
Presently people rear many types of animals such as a cow, buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, horse etc. Draw the table given below in your copy and fill it-

Nameõf the animal	Benefits obtained from the animal and its use
Cow	Milk, curd, cow dung. Used in making fertilizers and cooking food.
Buffalo
Goat
Sheep
Camel
Horse

Answer:

Nameõf the animal	Benefits obtained from the animal
Cow	Milk, curd, cow dung. Used in making faertilizers and cooking food.
Buffalo	Milk, curd, butter milk, ghee, dung. Used in making fertiliz ers and cooking food.
Goat	Milk, meat
Sheep	Meat,wool
Camel	Means of transportation, hair
Horse	Means of transportation, horse race

Discuss and Write the Answers of the following :

Question 1. 
Which animals are reared in your nearby area?
Answer: 
In our nearby area, cow, buffalo, goat, sheep, camel, horse etc., animals are reared.

Question 2. 
In ancient time, what would have been the reason for animal rearing?
Answer: 
In ancient time, the reasons for rearing animals would have been to obtain meat, helpful in agriculture, for transfer ortation, to obtain milk, etc. 

Explore and Write the Answers of the following :

Question 1. 
Visit any cowshed in your nearby area and find out what sort of arrangements are done for the dairy products?
Answer: 
In a cowshed, in our nearby area, arrangements are done for proper shelter and fodder for hundreds of cows altogether. There is proper arrangement for cleanliness. Tanks of drinking water for the cows, are filled with the help of a motor. Machines are used for obtaining milk from the cows. Proper quantity of green fodder, husk, and straw is given to the cows. Every day, they are carried to the grazing fields. There is separate arrangement for shelter and care of calves top. In the cowshed, a veterinary doctor is available all the time to take care of the cows and calves.

Question 2. 
What do the animal-rearers do, when the animals get diseased?
Answer: 
When the animals get diseased, the animal-rearers go and see a veterinary doctor. If needed, they take the animals to the veterinary hospital, where they are treated properly,

Think and Answer the Following :

Question 1
Which types of occupations are done through animal rearing, in your nearby area?
Answer: 
In our nearby area, the occupations done through animal rearing are agriculture, dairy business, horse race, wool production, meat production, transfer rotation of goods and passengers, etc.

Learnt, Understord and Now Tell

Question 1. 
From where do we get the seeds of the crops of sowing in the farms?
Answer: 
We get seeds of the crops for sowing in the farms from the cooperative society or the markets. Some people use the remaining seeds of the last year.

Question 2.
Which animals are reared at home?
Answer: 
We rear, goats, sheep, camel, cow, buffalo, horse etc., at our home.

Question 3. 
Which chemical fertilizers are used to increase the productivity of the soil of the farms?
Answer: 
We use fertilizers such as urea, D.A.P., Zinc phosphate, N.P.A. etc:, to increase die productivity of the soil of the farms.

Question 4. 
Why should we not use plastic bags? 
Answer: 
We should not use plastic bags due to the following reasons-

1. Fertility of land (soil) is spoilt by used platic bags.
2. These plastic bags choke the drains which stop the flow of water.
3. The plastic bags lying here and there, are eaten up by animals, due to which they fall ill, and die.
4. Eatables kept in plastic bags are very harmful for our health.
5. They increase pollution.

RBSE Class 5 EVS Farming Brings Prosperity Important Questions and Answers

Objective Type Questions

Question 1. 
Choose the right option-
(i) Chagnaram sowed the seeds of pearl- millet and cluster beans from where did he bring the seeds?
(a) from the market
(b) from Rambabu
(c) from block center
(d) from the cooperative society
Answer:
(a) from the market

(ii) Chemical fertilizer is ................
(a) Organic fertilizer
(b) Indigenous manure
(c) Urea
(d) Compost manure
Answer:
(c) Urea

(iii) At the time of harvesting, which festival is celebrated in Kerala?
(a) Makar Sakranti 
(b) Pongal
(c) Onam 
(d) Diwali
Answer:
(c) Onam 

(iv) Where is Pongal celebrated on the occasion of Makar Sakranti?
(a) Kerala 
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer:
(d) Tamil Nadu

Question 2. 
Fill in the blanks-
(a) ................ seeds are brought from cooperative society.
(b) Agricultural implements are manufactured in the villages by carpenters and ................  
(c) Changnaram has sown the seeds in the farm ploughing it through ................   
(d) To obtain maximum crop yield ................ is used. 
(e) If ................ it timely, then the crop yield in the farms is high.
Answer:
(a) Sesame 
(b) blacksmith 
(c) tractor 
(d) fertilizer 
(e) rains.

Question 3. 
Match Column A and Column B :

Column A	Column B
Kerala	Mastitis
Tamil Nadu	Kartik Pumima
Cattle fair of Pushkar	Pongal
Animal diseases	Onam

Answer:

Column A	Column B
Kerala	Onam
Tamil Nadu	Pongal
Cattle fair of Pushkar	Kartik
Animal diseases	Punima Mastitis

Question 4. 
State True/False-
(i) Different products are obtained from animals.
(ii) In agriculture, Rahat is used for irriga¬tion, tractor for ploughing field, thresher for separation of grains.
(iii) Chemical fertilizer is prepared by animal matter/dung.
(iv) There should be moisture at the place of storage of grains.
(v) Animal matter/dung is used as fertilizers.
Answer:
(i) Time 
(ii) Time 
(iii) False 
(iv) False
(v) True.

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
To whom Chagnaram wrote the letter?
Answer: 
To his maternal uncle (mamaji).

Question 2. 
What has Chagnaram sown in Pipal farm?
Answer: 
Green gram (moong), and moth seeds.

Question 3. 
From where did Chagnaram bring the seeds of green gram and moth?
Answer: 
These seeds were conserved since last year.

Question 4. 
From where did Chagnaram bring the seasame seeds?
Answer: 
From the cooperative society. 

Very Short Answer Type Questions

Question 5. 
Where did chagnaram gets the seeds of Guar and sesame?
Answer: 
Market.

Question 6. 
Where is Chagnaram living on his farm?
Answer:
Chagnaram is living in his “dhani” (a small house) on the farm only.
 
Question 7. 
Agricultural implements are manufactured in villages with whose help?
Answer: 
With the help of carpenters and blacksmiths.

Question 8. 
How did Chagnaram plough his farm?
Answer: 
With the help of a tractor.

Question 9. 
Nowadays, how is agricultural work done, instread of men and animals?
Answer: 
With the help of machines.

Question 10. 
What is used to obtain the maximum crop yield?
Answer: 
Fertilizers.

Question 11. 
Give any two examples of chemical fertilizers.
Answer: 
1. Urea 2. D.A.R

Question 12. 
When is the Cattle fair organized in Pushkar?
Answer: 
On Kartik Pumima.

Question 13. 
In which state the festival of Onam is celebrated?
Answer: 
Kerala.

Question 14. 
Which festival is celebrated in Tamil Nadu on Makar Sakranti?
Answer: 
Pongal.

Question 15. 
Name any three diseases found in animals.
Answer: 

1. Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), 
2. Mastitis, 
3. Lupus.

Short/Long Answer Type Questions

Question 1. 
What has Chagnaram written in the letter about the crop?
Answer: 
Chagnaram has written that now the crop appears to be good. We have also done the weeding of the farms.

Question 2. 
What has Chagnaram written about the security of the crop?
Answer: 
Chagnaram has written in the letter about the security of the crop that these days we are living in our “Dhani” (a small house) on the farm only. We have also placed a scarecrow in the farm, which looks like a man from a distance. The animals and birds get scared of it and go away.

Question 3. 
What health problems may be caused by the use of chemical fertilizers without proper precautions? 
Answer: 
The use of chemical fertilizers without proper precautions may cause health problems like headache, skin disease, stomach-related problems, restlessness, etc.

Question 4. 
What harm can be caused by excessive use of chemical fertilizers?
Answer: 
Due to excessive use of chemical fertilizers, there is a gradual decrease in the productivity of the land, and crops get dried. Therefore, we should make maximum use of only organic and indegenous fertilizers.

Question 5. 
Explain the process of preparation manure.
Answer: 
Dig a large pit. Now keep putting the dried leaves shed from the trees, branches; the peelings of vegetables and fruits and water from time to time in that pit. If you find animal dung then put it also in the pit. After some time, these things decompose. You can use this mixture as manure for the plants.

Question 6. 
How do farmers do the storage of food grains? 
Answer: 
The food grains from the fields are packed in sacks and taken to secure places using tractors, bullock carts or through any other means of transfer ortion. It can be a room in the house or a cold storage room. During the storage, it should be ensured that there is no moisture on the ground, and no epidemic-causing organisms.

Question 7. 
What is the effect of rain on the crops?
Answer: 
If it rains timely, then the crop yield in the farms is high. Sometimes, it doesn’t rain timely or due to very heavy rainfall, or no rainfall at all, the crop spoils. It has very adverse effect on the earnings of the farmers. Many times, the crop yield is very low, or crops are infected and hence destroyed.

Question 8. 
When is the festival of Onam celebrated in Kerala?
Answer: 
In Kerala, Onam is celebrated on the occasion of the ripening of crops of tea, ginger, cardamon, black peper and wheat, as well as for the on set of the pleasent season.

Question 9. 
What arrangement is made for cattle rearing?
Answer: 
In cattle rearing care in taken about providing clean and well-ventilated shelter, proper and nutritious food, medical check-up/ treatment etc., to the animals. When the animals become ill, there is an adverse effect on their working efficiency, productivity, etc.

Question 10. 
What is the effect of plastic bags on animals?
Answer: 
Nowadays, some people throw the food items, leftover and wrappers etc., in plastic bags. Animals eat those bags. These plastic bags collect in their stomach due to which their intestines block and they die.

Question 11. 
What is dairy business?
Answer: 
Rearing of the cattle, and selling of their milk is known as the dairy business.

Question 12. 
What occupations do the horse rearers undertake?
Answer: 
People who rear horses, undertake many occupations like riding a horse cart, participating in horse racing, arranging horses for sports, arranging horses for grooms in marriages etc.

Communication Skill (Expression/ Discussion)

Question 1. 
Name any three animals found in your nearby area, and also mention the products obtained from them.
Answer:

Animal	Product
1. Cow	Milk, dung
2. Sheep	Milk, wool, meat, etc.
3. Goat	Milk, meat, etc.

Communication Skills-

Question 2. 
All the students of your class have gone to see the cowshed. What question will you ask the cowherd? Write any five questions.
Answer: 

1. How many cows do you have 
2. What do you feed the cows 
3. Where does the grass come from, 
4. How much milk is produced 
5. Where does the milk sell.

Question 3. 
What questions will you ask the person who keeps the hours to get information related to the maintenance of the horse, food and drink and it use and business etc? Write any five questions.
Answer: 

1. How many horses are there in your percussion
2. How many peoples in their care.
3. What is done in their care.
4. When and where do you use these horses?
5. What is the income derived from their use.

Question 4. 
What questions will you ask the person who keep the camel to get information related to the maintenance of the camel food, and drink and their use and business etc? Write any five questions.
Answer: 

1. How many camel do you have.
2. How many persons in their care.
3. What is done in their care.
4. When and where do you use these camels?
5. What is the income drived from their uses.