RBSE Solutions for Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 7 Magnificence of Trees
RBSE Solutions for Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 7 Magnificence of Trees
Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 5 Environmental Studies Chapter 7 Magnificence of Trees
Text Book Questions
Think and answer the following questions (Page No. 41)
Question 1.
Which plants or trees are worshipped in your surroundings?
Answer:
Peepal, tulsi, amla, banana, banyan tree etc.
Question 2.
Find out which tree is declared as the state tree.
Answer:
Khejari is declared as the state tree of Rajasthan.
Question 3.
What efforts are being made by the people to save the trees?
Answer:
To save the trees, people worship the trees on different occasions. Many areas are reserved for protection of the trees as well as awareness is spread among the people regarding the significance of trees. People have sacrificed their lives to save the trees by different movements.
Question 4.
In your surroundings, on which occasions, there is a tradition to plant the trees?
Answer:
In our surrounding, on the day of New Year, on the day of Vanmahotsab and on the festivals of the great persons, there is a tradition to plant trees.
Think and answer the following questions (Page No. 42)
Question 1.
What is the land conservation in your surrounding known as?
Answer:
The land conserved in our surrounding is known as Oran land.
Question 2.
Since ancient times, what type of public awareness was there in the village to save the trees from being cut?
Answer:
The community awareness in Rajasthan to save the environment is ages old. The land area near the villages is conserved by naming it after any regional god, goddess, saint or a great person. The grazing lands, grasslands and orans are conserved in the rural areas.
Question 3.
What efforts have been made by the government of Rajasthan to conserve the grasslands, grazing lands and orans?
Answer:
Due to the laws made by the government and the concern of the local people towards environment conservation, the grazing land, the grass lands and the orans are conserved in the rural areas. In Rajasthan, the forests in different regions are conserved through various customs and traditions.
Points for discussion (Page No. 43)
Question 1.
What is a forest?
Answer:
Forest is a large area where maximum number of plants, trees and different animals live together.
Question 2.
What will happen if the number of trees is reduced in the forests?
Answer:
If the number of trees are reduced in the forests, then the supply of fruits, flowers, cereals, vegetables, wood, medicines and oxygen will decrease.
Question 3.
What else is there in a forest, except the trees?
Answer:
Except trees, wild animals are also found in the forests.
Question 4.
Do you plant trees in your school?
Answer:
Yes, we plant trees in our school.
Question 5.
How do you and your friends take care of the plants?
Answer:
By giving water, manure and pesticides regularly, we save our plants.
Question 6.
Take a map of Rajasthan and make a chart of national parks and sanctuaries where they are located.
Answer:
Different parks and sanctuaries in Rajasthan
- Ranthambhore National Park, Tiger reserve, Swaimadhopur
- Keoladeo National Park and Ghana Bird sanctuary in Bharatpur
- National Desert Park in Jaisalmer and Barmer
- Sariska National Park in Alwar.
Food chain (Page No. 44)
Question 1.
List the names of animals that eat the foods mentioned in the table.
Answer:
| Food | Name of the animal that eats it |
| 1. Plants | Rabbit |
| 2. Deer | Lion |
| 3. Hen | Fox |
| 4. Seed | Hen |
| 5. Rat | Cat |
Question 2.
Look at the following figures and tell who eats whom.
Answer:
Urass – insects
Insect – Frog
Frog – snake
Snake – vulture
Vulture – None
Think and write the answer (Page No. 45)
Question 1.
What does a parrot eat?
Answer:
A parrot eats green chilli, guava and seeds.
Question 2.
What does a cow eat?
Answer:
A cow eats grass and fodder.
Question 3.
What does a squirrel eat?
Answer:
A squirrel eats cereals, grains and fruits. Learnt, understood and now teli (Page No. 45)
Question 1.
What do you understand by food chain?
Answer:
The relation on the basis of the diet of trees-plants and leading organisms is called food chain.
E.g. locust eats grass, frog eats locust, a snake eats the frog and in the end an eagle eats the snake.
Question 2.
What do you understand by sanctuary?
Answer:
A reserved area where several animals and plants stay together is called a sanctuary.
Question 3.
Write about the Chipko movement.
Answer:
Chipko movement- In the Garhwal area of Uttarakhand, contractors started cutting trees for their business. So, the people of the region protested it. They stuck themselves with trees to save them. This is called the Chipko Movement.
Question 4.
Make a list of benefits which we get from the trees.
Answer:
(i) Trees and plants give us fruits, flowers, cereals, vegetables, wood, medicines and oxygen.
(ii) Trees and plants bring rainfall.
(iii) It supplies food and fodder for animals.
(iv) It keeps the balance of environment as well as nature.
Other Important Questions
Objective Type Questions
Question 1.
Who started the Chipko movement in Khej rali village?
(a) Amrita Devi in Bishnoi community
(b) Sunderlal Bahuguna
(c) Isha
(d) Aryan
Answer:
(a) Amrita Devi in Bishnoi community
Question 2.
Keoladeo National Park is situated in
(a) Sawai Madhopur
(b) Alwar
(c) Bharatpur
(d) Banner
Answer:
(c) Bharatpur
Question 3.
How many people were included in Amrita
Devi Bishnoi sacrifice in Chipko movement?
(a) 369
(b) 363
(c) 360
(d) 400
Answer:
(b) 363
Question 4.
Sariska National Park is situated in
(a) Jaipur
(b) Bharatpur
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Alwar
Answer:
(d) Alwar
Question 5.
Observe the picture below and tell what it eats?
Answer:
Fill in the blanks :
1. The king of Jodhpur instructed to stop cutting the trees of ………. (khejari / rose)
2. On Dasamatavrat, we worship the trees of ……….. (peepal / tulsi)
3. In the food chain, ………. animal eats the first one. (first / second)
4. Asa food, rabbit takes ………… (animal / plant)
5. Carnivorous animals eat ……….. animals as food. (big / small)
Answer:
1. (khejari)
2. (peepal)
3. (second)
4. (plant).
5. (small).
Write True or False
Question 1.
We get oxygen from trees.
Answer:
True
Question 2.
We do not get medicines from trees.
Answer:
True
Question 3.
363 people were sacrificed in khejari movement.
Answer:
False
Question 4.
Forest is beneficial for maintaining balance of environment.
Answer:
True
Very Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
Who protects the forests?
Answer:
Government.
Question 2.
What should be done to maintain the environmental balance?
Answer:
For maintaining the environmental balance, we should protect the wild animals and conserve the forests.
Question 3.
Why did the soldiers of Jodhpur wanted to cut the khejari trees?
Answer:
For the construction of king’s palace.
Question 4.
Where did the soldiers go to cut the trees as per instruction of the king?
Answer:
Village of Khejarali.
Question 5.
People of which community lived in Khejarali village?
Answer:
Bishnoi community.
Question 6.
How many people were sacrificed in the khejarali movement?
Answer:
363 people.
Question 7.
Where is the National Desert Park of Rajasthan situated? .
Answer:
Jaisalmer and Barmer.
Question 8.
Where is Ranthambhore National Park and tiger reserve situated?
Answer:
Sawai Madhopur.
Question 9.
Who took the leadership in Chipko movement in Rajasthan?
Answer:
Amrita Devi Bishnoi.
Question 10.
What do we get from the trees?
Answer:
Trees give us fruits, flowers, cereals, vegetables, wood, medicines and oxygen.
Question 11.
What do the herbivorous eat?
Answer:
They eat plants.
Question 12.
What do the carnivorous eat?
Answer:
They eat small animals.
Short Answer Type Questions :
Question 1.
Write the name of parks and sanctuaries of Rajasthan, districtwise?
Answer:
(a) Ranthambhore National Park, Tiger reserve, Sawai Madhopur.
(b) Keoladeo National Park and Ghana Bird sanctuary in Bharatpur
(c) National Desert Park in Jaisalmer and Banner
(d) Sariska National Park in Ahvar.
Question 2.
What will be the effect on environment in absence of the tigers?
Answer:
The herbivorous animals (rabbit, deer etc.) in the jungle get their food from plants and trees and the carnivorous animals (tiger, lion etc.) feed on other animals. So, without tigers, it will not be possible to complete the food chain in the environment. As a result, the food chain will be broken.
Question 3.
What is oran?
Answer:
The community awareness in Rajasthan to save the environment is ages old. The land. area near the villages is conserved by naming it after any regional god. goddess, saint or a great person. These lands are called orAnswer:
Question 4.
Who is Amrita Devi?
Answer:
Amrita Devi was a lady of Khejarali village of Bishnoi community who sacrificed her life along with 3 63 people to save the khejari trees.
Essay Type Question
Question 1.
“Conservation of trees is a tradition of culture of ancient Rajasthan”—Explain.
Answer:
Rajasthan took a leading role to maintain the environmental balance from earlier days. So, conservation of trees is the traditional culture of Rajasthan.
(i) The community awareness in Rajasthan to save the environment is ages old. The land area near the villages is conserved by naming it after any regional god, goddess, saint or a great person.
(ii) The concern of the local people towards environment conservation, the grazing land, the grass lands and the orans are conserved in the rural areas.
(iii) Many variety of trees are worshipped on different occasions like amla tree on Amla Navami, sacred peepal tree on Dasha Mata vrat. We worship trees to give a message and make efforts to save them.
(iv) The king’s soldiers cut the khejari trees along with their villagers. Total 363 people including Amrita Devi Bishnoi sacrificed their lives to save the Khejari trees. They sacrificed because trees and plants give us fruits, flowers, cereals, vegetables, wood, medicines and oxygen. People took an inspiration from this incident and started the Chipko movement.
Question 2.
Describe the incident of sacrifice made to protect trees in Rajasthan.
Answer:
Once upon a time, the king of Jodhpur required wood for the construction of his palace. So, he ordered his men to cut the khejari trees. The people belonging to the Bishnoi community living there protested against it. As they started cutting the trees, Amrita Devi Bishnoi embraced the khejari trees and said – “first you cut me, then only you will be able to cut these trees”. Similarly, other villagers also supported her and did the same.
The king’s soldiers cut the khejari trees along with the villagers. Total 363 people including Amrita Devi Bishnoi sacrificed their lives to save the khejari trees. In history, there is no other incidence like this, where people sacrificed their lives to save the trees.
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