Chapter 17: Clothes - our Necessity

USE YOUR BRAIN POWER ! [PAGE 83]

Use your brain power ! | Q 1 | Page 83 Rohan and Sania have many clothes, but they do not wear many of them. Now they are wondering what they should do with all these clothes. Help them to solve their problem.

SOLUTION Rohan and Sania can solve their problem as follows : 1. Rohan and Santa do not wear many of the clothes they have. They can give these clothes to poor people from their locality. 2. They can give some clothes to the poor children in the orphanages. 3. Some of the clothes can be given to NGOs helping needy people. 4. Some of the clothes can be used for dusting and cleaning the house.

EXERCISES [PAGE 88]

Exercises | Q 1 | Page 88 Write the names of those objects in the list below that you would like to own. 1. Water bottle 2. Ball 3. Marbles 4. Laptop 5. Flowerpot 6. Mobile phone 7. Bicycle 8. Scooter 9. Photo frame 10. Tiffin box Which of these objects will you use yourself?

SOLUTION The names of those objects in the given list that I would like to own : 1. Water bottle 2. Ball 3. Bicycle 4. Tiffin box. I am going to use all these objects myself. Exercises | Q 2 | Page 88 Make a note of the clothes you would choose to wear on a ‘traditional day’. SOLUTION I will choose to wear the following clothes on a traditional day : 1. Dhoti 2. Kurta 3. Pheta 4. Uparne.

Exercises | Q 3 | Page 88 The names of some States are given in the table below. Write the names of the fabric or garments they are famous for.

State Fabric/Garment Maharashtra Gujarat Punjab Odisha West Bengal

SOLUTION

State Fabric/Garment

Maharashtra Navvari saree, , dhoti, kurta, pheta, caps, uparane, etc. Gujarat Ghagra, choli, odhani, Patola saree, Bandhani silk saree, kafani, etc.

Punjab Kurta, pajama, salwar, kameez, Patiala silk saree, I turban, phulkari shawls, etc. Odisha Sambalpuri saree, Bomkai saree, Katki saree, kurta, gamocha, etc. West Bengal Dhoti-Punjabi, silk saree, Baluchari silk saree, Kantha saree, etc.

Karnataka Valkalam silk saree, Chiffon saree, Kota silk saree, I Patola silk saree, silk saree, Dhoti, Kurta. Lungi. etc.