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Q1 | A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text? |
Ans: | A camel can do survive without water for many days together because they sweat very less. Camels have high body temperature so they don't need to sweat and therefore, can retain the water they drink for long period of time. |
Q2 | How do the smaller desert animals fulfil their need for water? |
Ans: | The small desert animals fulfill their requirement for water by burrowing underground during the hot days and come out at night for feeding. Some of them eat other animal and the water they need from the moisture in the meat, other eat seeds and plants and get the water that they need from plant juices. |
Q3 | In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night. Why? |
Ans: | In desert lands, moisture is absent during the day. The moisture present in the air acts as blanket that protects the earth's surface from the harmful UV rays of the sun but the moisture in the air is absent in desert. Therefore, the moisture land gets heat up very rapidly during the day due to the sun's rays and cools down rapidly at night. |
“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?
When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?
1. The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. The italicised phrase means
(i) highly exaggerated.
(ii) too remarkable to be true.
(iii) not based on facts.
Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.
What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true?
Why did he buy a young goat?
Why did Grandfather want Timothy to be put in another enclosure?
Name some other creatures that live in anthills.
Describe the stranger who came to the pet shop. What did he want?
Why did Abbu Khan’s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?
When Timothy was about six months old, a change came over him. The phrase in italics means that
(i) Timothy had grown to his full size.
(ii) Timothy grew more friendly.
(iii) Timothy grew less friendly, in fact more dangerous
Kari was like a baby. What are the main points of comparison?
How long does it take for a grub to become a complete ant?
Why did Chandni refuse to join the group of wild goats?
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following.
(i) Soapy did not want to go to prison.
(ii) Soapy had been to prison several times.
(iii) It was not possible for Soapy to survive in the city through the winter.
(iv) Soapy hated to answer questions of a personal nature.
In what ways is an ant’s life peaceful?
_The queen ant has a pair of wings, which she casts off before she begins to lay eggs.
_Eggs hatch and become grubs, grubs change into cocoons, and cocoons break to bring forth complete ants.
_The life of an ordinary ant in the anthill is a book which many of us seldom open.
Abbu Khan pushed Chandni into a small hut. This shows that he
(i) was cruel.
(ii) loved her and wanted to save her life.
(iii) was selfish.