CHAPTER -13 Class 3 EVS Sharing our feelings
1. What kinds of problems do people have in old age?
Ans. (i) They could not see properly.
(ii) They could not hear properly.
(iii) They could not eat properly.
(iv) They have pain in their knees and other joints.
2. How does Ravi bhaiya come to know so many things without seeing?
Ans. Ravi bhaiya comes to know so many things by feelings.
3. Have you ever needed a stick? When?
Ans. No.
4. Can you think when you may need a stick?
Ans. (i) When we get fracture.
(ii) When we have to climb a rock or a mountain.
5. How do we help those people who cannot see?
Ans. (i) By helping them to cross the road.
(ii) By offering them seat in buses.
(iii) By helping them in climbing upstairs.
(iv) By saying them interesting stories.
6. Is there any member in your family who cannot see, speak or hear? Do you know any such person? How do people help them with their work?
Ans. No.
7. Blindfold any one child in the group. One by one, the other children come to him or her quietly. The child who is blindfolded has to guess who the other child is, by touching him or her. Take care to make any sound. Do you know why?
Ans. This is so because children was recognize one another by the voice.
8. (a) How many children could recognize the others by touching?
Ans. (a) Two.
(b) How many children could recognize the other children by only hearing them?
Ans. (b) Four.
(c) Which was easier of the two?
Ans. (c) It was easier to recognize by hearing.
9. How many things can you recognize by only touching?
Ans. Clothes, glass, metals, wood etc
CHAPTER -14 Class 3 EVS The Story of food
1. What kind of work are people doing in both the families?
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2. Do all the people in your family eat together? If not, why?
Ans. No. Each member have different works.
3. Who eats last in the family.
Ans. Mother.
4. Who does not help in cooking food in the family and why?
Ans. Myself and my father. I read books and my father releases.
5. In the table, some of the work done in the house has been mentioned. Find out who does them in your house and who does them in your friend’s house. You can add some other work to the list also.
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6. Who does more work in the house?
Ans. Your house mother. Your friend’s house mother.
7. Where does what we eat come from? The names of some food items are given below. Add some more in the list.
Ans. Honey Turmeric Fish Rice
Corn Milk Lemon Cabbage
Egg Meat Banana Cheese
Tomato Onion Apple Curd
8. When you are sick, do you take any medicine which we get from plants? What do you take when you:
Ans. Get hurt: We take turmeric with milk.
Have a stomach ache: We take saunth and ajwain with water.
Have cough and cold: Have tulsi, ginger, laung etc.
Have a toothache: We apply clove oil on the teeth.
CHAPTER -16 Class 3 EVS Games we play
1. Write the names of all the games mentioned in the lesson in the table below. Make a 
in front of those games played indoors. Against the outdoor games make a 
. Don’t forget to write the number of players needed for the game. If some other things are also needed to play the game, then write their names as well.
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2. Do you play some games with your family members? Which games and with whom?
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3. How many games do you know which we play with a ball? Write their names.
Ans. Cricket, Hockey, Table tennis, Lawn tennis, Football.
4. Have you heard of Sania Mirza? She also plays a ball game. Find out which one and write’s its name.
Ans. Yes, Sania Mirza plays lawn tennis.
5. Which game do you most like the most?
Ans. Cricket.
6. Find out from the elders in your family or in the neighbourhood: Which games did they play when they were children?
Ans. When the elders in my family were children they used to play – Gilli-danda, Ludo, Football, Hide and Seek etc.
7. Match the riddles with the pictures. Write the name of the game in the given space.
Ans. If you land on a snake, do not frown. In this game you go up and down Snake and Ladder.
It has no wings but it can fly, High high up in the sky Kite.
Fours and sixes if you can get. A century is sure I can bet Cricket.
Small and coloured are these glass balls, to win the game you have to aim with them all
Marbles.
On the board are squares black and white. There’s the king, the queen and the knight Chess.
King, queen, ace and jack fifty-two of them make a pack Cards.
8. Besides playing, what else do you do?
Ans. Reading, go to School, Watching TV, help mother in work, Dancing and Writing.
CHAPTER -17 Class 3 EVS Here comes a letter
1. Given below is the journey of a letter shown through pictures. The pictures are not in a sequence. Arrange these to get the correct sequence.
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2. Which letters have stamp on them?
Ans. All.
3. Are the stamps similar? What are the differences?
Ans. The picture and design of all postage stamps are different.
4. Have you seen the stamp of Post Office on these letters?
Ans. No.
5. Reena’s letter reached Delhi by train. How do you think letters reached distant places when there were no trains?
Ans. When there were no trains:
(i) Pigeons took and delivered the letters to the destination.
(ii) People took and delivered the letters to the destination.
6. What is this? What are Razia and her Aapaa saying to each other about letter?
Ans. Razia told her Aapaa that see learnt about the journey of a letter and wanted to write a letter to Nani. He Aapaa replied that she known how to write a letter and was going to make a phone call.
7. Where all have you seen telephones?
Ans. We have all telephone at:
(a) Telephone booth
(b) School
(c) Home
8. With whom do you talk on the telephone?
Ans. We talk to our friends and relatives on phone.
9. Which of the two days do you like more writing a letter or making a phone call? Why?
Ans. Talking on the phone.
10. We wrote a letter. We also made a phone call. What are the similarities and differences between a letter and a phone call.
Ans. Similarities:
(i) Both are used for carrying forward the messages.
(ii) Both can be used anywhere in the world.
Differences:
(i) We can hear the voice of other person on phone but not in case of letter.
(ii) Letters take some time to reach the destination. On phone, we can talk instantly to the other person.
(iii) Phone in costlier than letter.
CHAPTER -18 Class 3 EVS A House like this
1. Why are the houses made on bamboo pillars where Bhupen live?
Ans. It rains heavily where Bhupen lives, therefore, the houses were made on bamboo pillars.
2. What kind of roofs do these houses have? Why are they made like this?
Ans. The roofs to these houses have slope. This causes water to flow downwards.
3. How does one enter these houses?
Ans. One enter these houses with the help of a ladder.
4. At night the ladder is removed from these houses. Can you tell why?
Ans. The ladder is removed from these houses at night to avoid harmful animals from entering the house.
5. In which area is Chameli’s house?
Ans. Chameli’s house is a hilly area Manali.
6. What is the similarity in the roof of Chameli and Bhupen’s house?
Ans. The roofs of Chameli’s and Bhupen’s house have slopes.
7. How do roofs help in their areas?
Ans. Such roofs allow snow and rain to flow downwards.
8. How do people go up in multi-storyed buildings?
Ans. People go up through elevators in multi-storyed buildings.
9. How is a houseboat different from other houses?
Ans. House boat floats over water whereas other houses are made up on a floor.
10. Would you like to live in such a house? Why?
Ans. Yes, we will enjoy both living and boating in such houses.
11. Look at the picture and match.
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12. Put a 
on the names of things which your house is made of.
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CHAPTER -20 Class 3 EVS Drop by Drop
1. From where do the people in Madho’s village fetch water from drinking?
Ans. From tanks.
2. Who fetches water in Madho’s house?
Ans. Madho’s father.
3. Water collected in the tank is mostly used for drinking. Why?
Ans. As this water is covered.
4. Is rain water collected in your house as well? If yes, how?
Ans. No.
5. Can there by any other method of collecting water?
Ans. Discuss in the class.
Sonal is determined to take water from the tap. Whenever she gets a chance she fills her bucket even if it is just drop by drop. Let us find out how many drops will fill a bowl or a mug.
6. Do activities as shown in the picture and write answer in the boxes.
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7. Have you seen how we got so much water drop by drop! Just think if a tap leaks even drop by drop, how much water would be wasted! These pictures show you something similar. Can you think of some other ways of saving water. Write your suggestions below.
Ans. (i) Don’t leave tap open.
(ii) Do not bath in running tap.
(iii) Recycle water if possible.
(iv) Check any leakage immediately.
(v) Do not spoil water.
(vi) Avoid wastage of water.
8. Can we use the water that has been used for one purpose for something else?
Ans. Yes, we can use the water once used. For example, water after bathing can we used to bathe the animals.
CHAPTER -22 Class 3 EVS Left Right
1. This is a picture with Ruchira in the centre. In this picture, draw-
· A book behind Ruchira.
· An animal on Ruchira’s right.
· A chair on Ruchira’s left.
· A tree in front of ruchira.
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2. Guide Ruchira from home to school?
Find the school in the picture. Also find the way from Ruchira’s home to her school. Now, with a coloured pencil trace the way from Ruchira’s home to her school.
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3. Which places will Ruchira find on her way from home to school? Write their names.
Ans. House, Handpump, Tree, Well, Bus stop, Post office, Hospital, Shop and Park.
4. Which of these places will she find on her right and which places on her left?
Ans.
On her left | On her right |
Tree | Hand Pump |
Well | House |
Post Office | Bus stop |
Hospital | |
Shop | |
Tree |
5. How many times will Ruchira have to take a turn on her way from home to school?
Ans. Six times.
6. Can you tell why these symbols are used?
Ans. These symbols are used to recognize a particular place ‘+’ sign shows that there is a hospital.
7. Which other signs can you see in your neighbourhood? Draw them write what they indicate.
Ans.
Cross road ahead.
Men at work
School ahead
Railway Crossing
No U-Turn
No Horn
8. A list of symbols used in the map is given. Look carefully and write:
(a) How many houses are there in the map?
Ans. Four.
(b) How many shops are there in the map?
Ans. One.
(c) How many trees are there in the map?
Ans. Five.
(d) How many pumps are there in the map?
Ans. One.
(e) Is the school closer to the post office or to the hospital?
Ans. Postoffice.
(f) What is near the bus stop?
Ans. Handpump.
(g) Without the list of symbols could you have read the map.
Ans. No.
