RBSE Solutions for Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 24 A Visit to Mountains

RBSE Solutions for Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 24 A Visit to Mountains

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 24 A Visit to Mountains

Text Book Questions

Think and give answers of the following (Page No. 136)

Question 1.
Have you ever tried to climb a mountain?
Answer:
No, I have not tried to climb a mountain.

Question 2.
What is the difference between walking on a road and climbing a mountain?
Answer:
Climbing a mountain is more difficult than walking on a road, because without carrying an oxygen cylinder it is difficult to breath. Sometimes, landslides take place and undulation relief creates difficulty in climbing a mountain.

Points for discussion (Page No. 136)

Question 1.
You must have tried to reach any temple situated on a mountain in a nearby area. Who were the other people along with you at that time? What were the instructions given to you by them, narrate your experiences?
Answer:
Yes, we tried to reach a temple on a mountain. My parents, brother, sister-in-law, uncle and aunt etc. were along with me.

• We should climb a mountain very slowly, otherwise breathing trouble can happen.
• Due to undulating relief, utmost caution is required.
• Our body temperature increases while climbing the mountain. Hence we should drink water at regular intervals.
• Monkeys are found in plenty in these regions. So, we should climb with our elders.

Think and write the answers of the following (Page No. 136)

Question 1.
Why do we feel breathless while climbing the mountains?
Answer:
Climbing a mountain is extremely difficult and risky. Due to its steep slopes we have to cany- oxygen cylinder to breathe properly. Difficulty in breathing occurs due to low pressure at high altitude.

Question 2.
Have you ever made a trip to any mountain? If yes, then discuss and write your experiences.
Answer:
Yes, I have made a trip to a mountain. Difficulty in breathing occurs due to low pressure at high altitude. Monkeys are found in plenty in the mountains. So, we should climb with our elders. We should climb a mountain very slowly, otherwise breathing trouble can happen. Steep slopes, extreme cold weather and icy winds are found here continuously. But, the natural beauty of the mountainous region is very good. Different types of vegetation are found here. Many small springs and fountains are also found here.

Think and answer the following (Page No. 137)

Question 1.
What difficulties do the mountaineers face while climbing?
Answer:
Mountaineers face different types of difficulties while climbing such as steep slopes, extreme cold weather and icy winds, difficulty in breathing due to low pressure at high altitude.

Question 2.
How the arrangements of food would have been made for these people?
Answer:
Mountaineers always carry food cans, water bottles, raw food etc. with them. They make gas fire by stones and collect timber for cooking food on their own.

Explore and write the answer of the following (Page No. 137)

Question 1.
Why do the people wear black glasses while climbing a mountain?
Answer:
Mountains are always covered with white snow. When sunrays fall on them, it radiates and directly come to the eyes. These rays are very harmful for the eyes and hence the mountaineers wear black glasses while climbing mountains.

Question 2.
What do the mountaineers wear on hands while climbing a mountain?
Answer:
Mountaineers wear special hand gloves to protect them from snow and icy winds.

Question 3.
Why do people take pointed stick with them while climbing mountain?
Answer:
Mountaineers take pointed stick with them to climb comfortably and it also saves them from slipping.

Question 4.
What is the use of pointed nails in the mountaineering shoes?
Answer:
The pointed nails attached under the shoes protect them from slipping on the slopes.

Explore and give answers of the following (Page No. 139)

Question 1.
Who was the eldest woman mountaineer to join the Mt Everest campaign?
Answer:
Premlata Agarwal (48 years).

Question 2.
Who was the youngest woman to get victory over the Mt Everest?
Answer:
Santosh Yadav (20 years)

Explore and write the answers of the following (Page No. 140)

Question 1.
What is a landslide?
Answer:
The process of moving, sliding or falling of soil and rocks downwards from slopes is called landslide.

Think and give answer of the following (Page No. 141)

Question 1.
What are the harmful effects of the increasing trash on the mountains?
Answer:
Many mountaineers take plastic articles with them while trying to climb the mountains and leave those articles there only. Due to this, there is a continuous increase in the trash on the mountains. These trash is causing harm to the environment there.

Question 2.
What equipment do the mountai-neers carry?
Answer:
Mountaineers carry oxygen cylinder, food cans, water bottles, ropes, hooks, plastic sheets, shoes, diary, towel, torch, soap, jacket, glucose, jaggery, grams, sleeping bags and other essential things.

Points for discussion (Page No. 141)

Question 1.
Assume that you have been selected for mountaineering. What preparations would you make for it, such as materials, practice etc.?
Answer:
(i) We should carry oxygen cylinder, Food cans, water bottles, ropes, hooks, plastic sheets, shoes, diary, towel, torch, soap, jacket, glucose, jaggery, grams, sleeping bags and other essential things, when we go for mountaineering.

(ii) We should get our blood pressure checked, practice walking and take knowledge about the difficulties which might come in the mountainous areas.

Question 2.
If you have visited any tourist place, then write your experience about the trash there. What suggestions will you give to prevent the scattering of trash?
Answer:
I went to Mathura. Trash was scattered all over. I felt ill and breathing problems due to the bad odour from the trash. .
Suggestions to prevent the scattering of trash :

(a) We should spread consciousness among local people to maintain cleanliness.
(b) Local people should be asked to gather trash and put in the dustbins only.
(c) To spread the awareness about recycling of trash among localities.
(d) To keep the city clean with the help of municipal corporation.

Learnt, understood and now tell (Page No. 142)

Question 1.
What type of difficulties a person has to face during mountaineering?
Answer:
Climbing a mountain is extremely difficult and risky. Many people lose their lives while climbing a mountain, due to its steep slopes, extreme cold weather, icy winds and difficulty in breathing due to low pressure at high altitudes. Sometimes landslides also takes place.

Question 2.
What essential qualities a mountaineer should have?
Answer:
Discipline, capability to take risk, patience and tolerance are the qualities essential for a mountaineer.

Question 3.
Write the names of few mountain peaks- of the world.
Answer:
Few important mountain peaks of the world are Mt Everest, Mt McKinley, Kanchenjunga, Mt Elbrus, Godwin Austin, Mt Aconcagua etc.

Question 4.
Why does a mountaineer require an oxygen cylinder?
Answer:
In the mountainous regions, difficulty in breathing occurs due to low pressure at high altitudes. So, the mountaineers have to carry an oxygen cylinder with them to breathe properly.

Other Important Questions

Objective Type Questions :

Question 1.
He discovered that Mt Everest is the highest mountain peak in the world.
(a) Edmund Hillary
(b) Tenzing Sherpa
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) Sir George Everest
Answer:
(d) Sir George Everest

Question 2.
The first Indian woman who climbed Mt McKinley of Alaska.
(a) Premlata Agarwal
(b) SantoshYadav
(c) Bachendri Pal
(d) None of these
Answer:
(a) Premlata Agarwal

Question 3.
Santosh Yadav is a renowned mountain climber because
(a) She was the first and youngest woman in the world who climbed the Mt Everest.
(b) She was the first Indian woman who climbed Mt McKinley.
(c) She was the first woman who climbed the Mt Everest.
(d) She was the first lady to reach Mt Everest.
Answer:
(a) She was the first and youngest woman in the world who climbed the Mt Everest.

Question 4.
Bachendri Pal was born in
(a) Haryana
(b) Uttarakhand
(c) Jharkhand
(d) None of these
Answer:
(b) Uttarakhand

Question 5.
Premlata Agarwal is remembered with honour, because she was (Board Paper)
(a) A mountaineer
(b) An astronaut
(c) A rail driver
(d) A doctor
Answer:
(a) A mountaineer

Fill in the blanks :

1 ………. was the first lady who reached the Mt Everest.
2 ………..was the first Indian lady who climbed Mt McKinley.
3 ……… was the youngest and first lady (20 years) who climbed the Mt Everest.
4 ………. is the highest mountain peak of the world.
Answer:
1. (Bachendri Pal)
2. (Premlata Agarwal)
3. (SantoshYadav)
4. (Mt Everest)

State True or False :

Question 1.
The world’s highest peak is Mt Everest.
Answer:
True

Question 2.
Mt Everest was named after Sir George Everest’s name only.
Answer:
True

Question 3.
The mountaineers should not carry an oxygen cylinder with them.
Answer:
False

Question 4.
Mountaineers should have the capability to take risks and have patience and tolerance.
Answer:
True

Very Short Answer Type Questions :

Question 1.
Which is the world’s highest peak?
Answer:
Mt Everest.

Question 2.
Who discovered Mt Everest and when?
Answer:
Sir George Everest discovered Mt Everest in the year 1841.

Question 3.
Who were the first persons to reach the world’s highest peak, the Mt Everest?
Answer:
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa in 1953.

Question 4.
Edmund Hillary belonged to which country?
Answer:
New Zealand.

Question 5.
Which country did Tenzing Sherpa belong to?
Answer:
Nepal.

Question 6.
Who became the first woman to climb the Mt Everest?
Answer:
Bachendri Pal.

Question 7.
Write the location of Mt Everest.
Answer:
Mt Everest lies on the border of Nepal and Tibet.

Question 8.
Where and when was Premlata Agarwal born?
Answer:
Premlata Agarwal was bom in Jugatlai, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) in 1963.

Question 9.
Where did Santosh Yadav take education?
Answer:
Maharani College, Jaipur.

Question 10.
At what age Santosh Yadav became the youngest woman to climb the Mt Everest?
Answer:
At the age of 20 years.

Question 11.
How much time did Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa take to reach Mt. Everest?
Answer:
2 months.

Short Answer Type questions

Question 1.
How did the Mt Everest, the world’s highest mountain peak, get its name?
Answer:
The world’s highest peak is Mt Everest. Sir George Everest discovered in 1841, that it is the highest mountain peak in the world. This peak was named Mt Everest after Sir George Everest’s name only.

Question 2.
Why is the environment of Mt Everest being harmed?
Answer:
Many mountaineers take plastic articles with them while trying to climb Mt Everest and leave those articles there only. Due to this, there is a continuous increase in the trash on the mountains. Similarly, trash on Everest is increasing, which in turn is causing harm to the environment of that place.

Question 3.
Who are mountaineers?
Answer:
Mountaineers are those people who have hobby, eagerness and profession to climb mountains. Discipline, capability to take risk, patience and tolerance are the qualities essential for a mountaineer.

Question 4.
Why is it risky to reach the top of Mt Everest?
Answer:
Climbing a mountain is extremely difficult and risky. Many people lose their lives while climbing to reach the peak of Mt Everest, due to its steep slopes, extreme cold weather, icy winds and difficulty in breathing due to low pressure at high altitudes.

Question 5.
Write about the mountaineer Santosh Yadav.
Answer:
Santosh Yadav was born in the village of Joniyaw as situated in the district Rewari in Haryana state. She studied at Maharani college in Jaipur. At the age of 20 years, she became the youngest woman to climb the Mt Everest. In addition to she was the first woman of the world to climb the Mt Everest successfully from the Kangshung side. She achieved success in climbing the Mt Everest.

Essay Type Questions :

Question 1.
Write a note on mountaineer Premlata Agarwal.
Answer:
(i) Mountaineer Premlata Agarwal was born in Jugatlai, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand).

(ii) She started mountaineering at the age of 35 years, with the guide and encouragement from Bachendri Pal. She became a member of an international team of the Everest expedition, started under the supervision of the Asian Trekking Company of Nepal.

(iii) She achieved the honour of reaching the Mt Everest peak at the age of 48 years (20th May 2011).

(iv) At the age of 50, she got a new achievement by getting victory over the Mt McKinley in Alaska of North America. She was the first Indian woman to climb this mountain.

Question 2.
Write a note on Mt Everest.
Answer:
World’s highest peak is Mt Everest which lies on the border of Nepal and Tibet. It’s height is near about 8848 mts. Sir George Everest discovered that it is the highest mountain peak in the world. This peak was named Mt Everest after Sir George Everest’s name only. Climbing a mountain.is extremely difficult and risky.

Many people lose their lives while climbmg to reach the peak of Mt Everest, due to its steep slopes, extreme cold weather, .icy winds and difficulty in breathing due to low pressure at high altitudes. Two courageous persons Edmund Hillary of New7 Zealand (1953) and Tenzing Sherpa of Nepal Were the first persons to reach the world’s highest peak, the Mt Everest.

They took 2 months to reach there. By this journey, they searched near about 16 ways to reach Mt Everest. Bachendri Pal became the first woman, who climbed the Mt Everest on 23rd May, 1984.

Question 3.
Write a note on the adventurous mission of Bachendri Pal.
Answer:
Bachendri Pal was born in Nakori village in Uttarakhand state.

(i) She was a girl of courage and determination right from her childhood. At the age of 12 years, in a picnic, Bachendri climbed a mountain (13125 feet) just while playing.

(ii) After getting the training from the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, she participated in the mountaineering expedition of Gangotri mountain (21900 feet) and Rudugera mountain (19091 feet).

(iii) Because of her courage and enthusiasm, she was selected for the Everest Expedition team of 84 members. While climbing Everest (1984), there was a heavy landslide. Bachendri was badly hurt on the back of her head. All the ‘team members were also injured and they returned. But she did not give up. Due to her courage and strong determination, she became the first woman to climb the Mt Everest on 23rd May 1984.

Question 4
Write the names of 3 apparatus carried by the mountaineers while climbing up snow covered mountains. Write the reasons of carrying them. (Model Paper)
Answer:
(i) Name of apparatus : Black glasses. Reason for carrying: For protecting the eyes from the harmful rays of the Sun.

(ii) Name of apparatus : Oxygen cylinder. Reason for carrying : To avoid the trouble of breathing.

(iii) Name of apparatus : Spearhead shoes. Reason for carrying : To avoid sliding on the ice.

Question 5.
Name 3 Indian mountaineer women and write the names of the victorious peaks by them.
Answer:
(i) Premlata Agarwal – (a) Mt Everest, (b) Mt McKinley
(ii) Santosh Yadav – (a) Mt Everest
(iii) Bachendri Pal – (a) Mt Everest

Question 6.
Match the following (A to B)
Answer:

Question 7.
Write the names of 3 mountaineers and tell the special work done by them.
Answer:
(i) Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Sherpa- Two courageous persons Edmund Hillary (New Zealand) and Tenzing Sherpa (Nepal) were the first persons to reach the world’s highest peak, the Mt Everest.

(ii) Santosh Yadav- At the age of 20 years, Santosh Yadav became the first youngest woman of the world to climb the Mt Everest successfully.

(iii) Bachendri Pal- Bachendri Pal (Uttarakhand) was the first Indian woman who climbed the Mt Everest.