Question 1. Where can we find the houses with sloping roofs?
Answer: This kind of houses are mostly seen in areas facing heavy rainfall and snowfall. Water flows down the roofs of these houses. We can commonly see such houses in Shimla and Manali.
Question 2. In which areas are igloos built?
Answer: They are built in the areas which remain covered with snow throughout the year . Polar regions of the earth are extremely cold and people living in those places built snow houses.
Question 3. What do you call to the houses which float on water?
Answer: The houses which float on water are boat houses.
Question 4. Which kind of people use tents to live?
Answer: Soldiers, mountaineers , participants in camps and circus people live in tent houses.
Question 1. Fill in the blanks :
(sloping, panels, Name-plates, temporary, trees.)
(a) Name-plates are used to find the houses.
(b) In hilly areas, houses of sloping roofs are built.
(c) Tents are temporary houses.
(d) Tree houses are built on trees.
(e) Wood is now replaced with iron for making panels.
Question 2. Tick (✓) the correct and cross (✗) the wrong sentences :
(a) Brick houses are made of mud and soil. (×)
(b) Caravans are moving houses.(✓)
(c) Igloos are made of snow.(✓)
(d) Brick houses are built in deserts.(✓)
(e) Tree houses are built over water.(✓)
Question 3. Match the Columns :
A – B
(a) Polar regions – Igloo
(b) Lakes – House boat
(iii) Metropolitan cities –Multistorey buildings
(iv) Desert – Straw roofs
(v) Assam – Bamboo houses
Question 4. Use tick (✓) for the correct answers :
(a) What do we call the houses built in multistorey buildings?
(a) Caravan (b) Flats (✓) (c) Plots
(b) Who uses tents?
(a) Soliders (✓) (b) Doctors (c) Eskimos
(c) Boat houses are mostly seen in
(a) Rajasthan (b) Chandigarh (c) Srinagar(✓)
(d) In what kind of houses do Eskimos live?
(a) Igloo (✓) (b) Caravan (c) Tree houses
(e) Which is the latest material among the followings to make houses?
(a) Wood (b) Stone (c) Aluminium (✓)
Question 5. Which material is used to make mud houses?
Answer: Soil, mud, dung, wood and husk are used to make mud houses.
Question 6. Which material is used to make brick houses?
Answer: Bricks, cement, sand, stones, wood, iron rods etc. are used to make brick houses.
Question 7. Where do the people live in metropolitan cities?
Answer: In metropolitan cities, the people live in multistorey buildings (Flats).
Question 8. What do we call the houses made of snow?
Answer: The houses made of snow are called Igloo.
Question 9. Where are the tree houses built?
Answer: This type of houses are built in forests . They are built over the trees.
Question 10. What is the basis for different kinds of houses ?
Answer: The basis for different kinds of houses are economic conditions, climatic conditions, physical conditions and availability of material.
Question 11. Why do people of Assam make bamboo houses?
Answer: Bamboos are found in large quantity in Assam. This region also faces heavy rainfall and floods. Therefore, the people of Assam make bamboo houses.
Question 12. Write about the modern materials used to construct houses.
Answer: Aluminium, iron, glass, P.V.C. sheets and fibre sheets, large blocks of cement in place of bricks etc. are used as modern materials to construct houses.
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