NCERT Class 4 Environmental Studies Chapter 20 Eating Together

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Eating Together

Chapter: 20

WRITE IN YOUR NOTEBOOK

1. Do you like to eat with others?

Ans: Yes, I enjoy eating with others.

2. On what occasions do you eat together with your friends?

Ans: I enjoy eating with my friends during special occasions like birthdays, Diwali, and Holi.

3. Have you ever had a party in your class? When? What did you do to arrange a party?

Ans: Yes, we have had many parties in our class, including one on Republic Day. We arranged a cook, gathered ingredients for preparing food, organized classes etc.

4. What did you and your classmates bring to the party?

Ans: My classmates and I brought sweets, fruits, and balloons to the party.

5. What did you eat?

Ans: We enjoyed some snacks, including cakes and pastries. 

6. Who were the people you invited for your party?

Ans: The families of all the teachers and the parents of the students were invited to the party.

7. Were there some people who work in your school, whom you could not invite? Who were these people?

Ans: Everyone who works at my school was invited to the party.

8. Did you wear any special dress for the party?

Ans: Yes, we all dressed up in party outfits.

9. What are the things that you can do to make the party more fun for everyone? Discuss.

Ans: We played games, we sang songs and danced. 

1. Where is the festival of Bihu celebrated?

Ans: Bihu is a harvest festival celebrated in Assam.

2. Which are the festivals you celebrate together with other families?

Ans: We celebrate many festivals together with other families, such as Diwali, Holi, Bihu, and Pongal. These festivals bring everyone together for prayers, cultural activities, and grand feasts.

3. Does everyone cook and eat together at such festivals? What are some of the special dishes that are cooked? How are they cooked?

Ans: Yes, during festivals, families and communities often cook and eat together. Some special dishes prepared during festivals include sweets like ladoo and jalebi, savory items like puri and sabji, and traditional rice dishes like pulao and biryani. These are cooked using fresh ingredients, spices, and traditional cooking methods, often in large vessels over a fire or stove.

4. Are some special vessels used for cooking these items? What are they?

Ans: Yes, special vessels are used for cooking during festivals. Some of these include large kadhai (deep frying pan), handi (clay pot), patila (large metal pot), and tandoor (clay oven) for making different dishes.

5. Which is the biggest vessel that is used? Can you draw a picture of it? Can you guess how many people can eat the food that is cooked in it at one time?

Ans: A large kadhai is the biggest vessel used for preparing vegetables. It can cook enough food to serve more than 100 people at a time.

1. Can you guess how many people must have eaten together at the village feast?

Ans: At a village feast, hundreds of people often eat together. 

2. Have you ever seen the Bihu dance? Did you like it?

Ans: Yes, I have seen the Bihu dance. I really liked it because of its energetic moves, colorful traditional attire.

3. Find out from the students in your class, the festivals that they celebrate and the special food that they eat on these days. Who cooks the special food for festivals?

Ans: My classmates celebrate various festivals like Diwali, Holi, Chhath Puja, Christmas, Pongal, and Bihu. On these occasions, they eat special foods such as laddoos, kheer, biryani, sweets, puri-sabji, and pitha. The special food is usually cooked by mothers, grandmothers.

4. Do you wear clothes of some special colours at some festivals? Make a picture of these clothes in your notebook.

Ans: Yes, we wear special outfits for certain festivals.

5. Are there special songs that are sung at different festivals in your place? Learn some of these songs and sing them in the class.

Ans: Students, do yourself.

6. Learn some special festival dances. Perform these with your friends in your school assembly.

Ans: Yes, I will learn some special festival dances.

7. When you meet friends of your own age do you do anything special – like play a game, chat or watch a movie? What else do you do?

Ans: When I meet my friends, we do many fun activities like playing games, chatting, watching movies, and listening to music. 

1. Write about the food given in your school. If you do not get food in school, ask a friend or someone else who gets food in school.

(a) What time is the meal served?

Ans: The mid-day meal is served around 12:30 PM during the lunch break.

(b) What do you get in the meal at school?

Ans: The meal usually includes rice, dal, vegetables, roti, and sometimes a sweet dish like kheer or fruit.

(c) Do you like the mid-day meal that you get?

Ans: Yes, I like the mid-day meal because it is fresh, warm, and nutritious.

(d) Is the food that you get enough for you?

Ans: Yes, the food is enough.

2. Do you bring your own plate, or do you get it in school?

Ans: The school provides plates.

(a) Who serves the food?

Ans: The food is served by school staff and helpers.

(b) Do your teachers eat with you?

Ans: Some teachers eat with us, while others prefer eating separately.

(c) Is the week’s menu put up on the school board?

Ans: Yes, the weekly menu is displayed on the school board.

(d) What will you get on Wednesday and Friday?

Ans: On Wednesday, we get roti, sabji, and dal.

On Friday, we get rice, chana dal, and a banana.

(e) If you got a chance to change the menu for the meal in your school, what would you like to change? What would you like to eat? Make your own menu.

Ans: 

3. If you do not get food in the school, find out why?

Ans: If food is not provided in the school, it could be due to a lack of resources or government policies.

4. Where will you lodge your complaint about the mid-day meal?

Ans: Complaints about the mid-day meal can be lodged with the school authorities, the headmaster/principal.

5. Find out the toll free phone number, the website or e-mail address to make a complaint. 

Ans: Toll free phone number is 1800-345-6208.

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