NCERT Solutions for Chapter 18 No Place for Us Class 5 EVS
Short Notes for Class 5 EVS Chapter 18 No Place for Us
'No place for us' is a lesson about a family living in Mumbai without a home. There is a struggle to make ends meet for them. A dam construction forced the family to move from the village they lived in for centuries to Mumbai where they now live. Humanity is absent from the city. Everyone is busy and nobody helps. A number of reasons motivate people to move. Education and work are common reasons. As students learn about the various reasons for migration, they will be able to understand why people migrate. This will also shed light on both the negative and positive impacts of this process. In many countries, migration is a very common procedure. Your sister or brother might study in another city. The purpose of migration is this. Additionally, you will learn about the reasons people make this decision. Your siblings might move to another city or country to pursue higher education because your city lacks any reputable colleges. It is possible that they may move for a better job elsewhere. Where will we discuss migration's negative and positive effects?
Chapter Name | No Place for Us NCERT Solutions |
Class | CBSE Class 5 |
Textbook Name | EVS |
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Page No 166:
Question Think and Tell:
Question 1: Jatrya felt alone, even in a crowd of people. Have you ever felt like this?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own experience. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 2: Imagine how it feels to leave one's own place and go far away to live in a new place?
Answer:
To leave one's own place is a very difficult task. When people move to new place, a lot of problems arise in setting up everything again. They have to make their new house or live at rent and search new work for earning livelihood. Other people living around them are also unknown to them. So, they do not have that much interaction with neighbours as they used to have in their own place. They feel alone. even in the crowd of people. Disclaimer: This is a sample answer. The answer is based upon one's own imagination. Hence, it can vary from one student to another.
Question 3: Why do you think families like that of Jatrya's are coming to big cities?
Answer:
Families like that of Jatrya's are coming to big cities in search of better livelihood. Big cities are more developed. They provide better education, employment and medical facilities. Some people are forced to get displaced from their own places due to new developmental policies or some natural calamities.
Question 4: Have you seen any children (in your school or neighbourhood) who also go to work?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own knowledge and dwelling place. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 5: What kind of work do they do? Why do they have to work?
Answer:
They carry someone's luggage, pick up waste to sell it to the junk seller and often work in the dhabas. They work to earn money for the livelihood of themselves and their families. In some cases, they are forced to do work by some people.
Page No 167:
Question Tell:
Question 1: In Khedi village what all did children learn?
Answer:
In Khedi village, children learned to dance, play flute and dhol, make pots of clay and bamboo, recognise birds and imitate their sounds, to do farming, to collect things from forest and to catch fish from river.
Question 2: What do you learn from your elders?
Answer:
We learn how to live and do different kinds of works from our elders. We also learn many good habits from our elders. These include respecting and helping each other in good and bad times.
Question 3: Jatrya learnt so many things in Khedi. How many of those would be useful for him in Mumbai?
Answer:
Jatrya would catch fishes from the sea in Mumbai, may dance or play flute, dhol in any big or small show.
Question 4: Do you hear the sounds of birds every day? Which ones?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own experience. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 5: Can you imitate the sound of any bird? Show how.
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon some abilities of students. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 6: What are some of the sounds that you hear every day, but the people of Khedi may not be hearing?
Answer:
People of Khedi village may not be hearing sounds of crowd, traffic, high volume music in the parties etc.
Question 7: Have you experienced silence? When and where?
Answer:
Yes, I have experienced silence in religious places like Temples, Mosques, Gurudwaras and Churches. Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own experience. Hence, it can vary from one student to another.
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Question Discuss and Tell:
Question 1: Many people in Jatrya's village did not agree to move away from their land and forest. Why? They had to leave even though they didn't want to. Why?
Answer:
People in Jatrya's village did not agree to leave their land and forests, on which their forefathers had lived for centuries. They had an attachment with the place on which they had been living since their birth. They had everything available there which they wanted to lead a life. They had to leave even though they didn't want to because a dam was going to be built on the river and for that villages on the banks had to be removed and Khedi was one of them.
Question 2: In Khedi, how many people were there in Jatrya's family? When he thought about his family who all came to his mind?
Answer:
Jatrya had only his parents living with him in Khedi. Thus, there were only three members. When he thought about his family, his wife and children came to his mind.
Question 3:Who all come to your mind when you think about your family?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon the imagination of the students. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 4: Have you heard of people who don't want to be moved from their old place? Talk about them.
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's knowledge about the people he/she deals with. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 5: Do you know some people who have never been to school? Do you also know of any place where there is no school?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's knowledge about the people he/she deals with. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question Imagine:
Question 1: Think of the kinds of difficulties people have to face where a dam is being built.
Answer:
It is difficult for people to build dams because of the many difficulties involved. People and their families are forced to leave their homes because of the conflict. Houses, farms, and agricultural fields are destroyed, and families are forced to relocate to new areas.
Question 2: Draw a picture of Khedi village and a picture of Jatrya's dream village. Discuss the differences between them. Also look at the pictures your friends have drawn.
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own imagination. Considering this, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Page No 171:
Question Write:
Question 1: Was Sinduri like the village of Jatrya's dreams?
Answer:
No, Sinduri was totally different from the village of Jatrya's dreams.
Question 2:What difference did he find between Sinduri and his dream village? . Have you ever been to anyone's house as an 'unwanted guest"? How did you feel?
Answer:
Jatrya dreamt of a perfectly new house in the new village with all the facilities. These included electricity for fans and lights, tap water, school for his children, and buses for traveling to cities. But Sinduri village had few houses having hot tin sheds and only one room given to each family. The hospitals were without doctors. The schools were with teachers who did not behave well with the children of Khedi village. There was electricity, but only for some time in a day. There were taps but no water. Land was not good for farming and Jatrya had to pay money for everything such as food, medicines, firewood, fodder for animals and electricity bills. People of Sinduri village did not like the people of Khedi village and called them unwanted guests.
Question 3: Have you ever been to anyone's house as an 'unwanted guest"? How did you feel?
Answer:
In my life, I have never been an 'unwanted guest' at anyone's home. It would be unfair to treat unwanted guests and they would feel lonely as a result.
Question 4: What all does your family do, when you have guests at home for a few days?
Answer:
My family always welcomes guests. We take care of their comfort. My mother prepares special food for them. We behave kindly with them. Disclaimer: The answer to this question is based upon one's own experience. Hence, this can vary from one student to another.
Page No 172:
Question Think:
Question 1: What had Jatryabhai thought while moving to Mumbai? Did he find Mumbai as he had imagined?
Answer:
Sinduri village's problems made Jatrya feel unwanted. In light of this, he decided to leave Sinduri. Having no option but to move to Mumbai, he thought he could return to Khedi. Despite his expectations, he found Mumbai difficult to live in.
Question 2: What kind of school do you think Jatrya's children would be going to in Mumbai?
Answer:
Mumbai's government schools will educate Jatrya's children.
Page No 173:
Question Find Out and Write:
. Do you know of any family that has come to your town after having moved out of their place? Talk to them and find out:
(i) From where have they come? Why did they have to come here?
(ii) What kind of place did they live in there? How do they find this new place compared to the old one?
(iii) Is their language and way of living any different from that of the people here? In what ways?
(iv) Learn some words from their language and write them in your notebook.
(v) Do they know how to make some things that you cannot make? What?
Answer:
Disclaimer: The answer to the questions in this section is based upon one's interaction with the people living in his or her surroundings. Considering the sustenance of this process, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question 1: Have you ever read or heard of a city slum being removed? How do you feel about this?
Answer:
In the news it was reported that slums were being removed from an area of the Yamuna River in Delhi. It was very sad to see people living in slums without shelter and food.
Question 2: People also shift from one place to another when they get transferred in their jobs? How do they feel then?
Answer:
People who get transferred in their jobs, do not face so much difficulties as the people who are displaced. They usually get houses to live as quarters and other facilities also. They are not called as unwanted guests. However, they face difficulties while changing the schools and colleges of their children. Also, they face some problems adjusting in their new environment.
Question Debate:
. Some people say that "The city people do not create garbage. Cities are dirty because of the slums." How do you feel about this? Discuss and debate between yourselves.
Answer:
. Disclaimer: The answer to the questions in this section is based upon one's thoughts and imagination. Keeping this in mind, the answer to the same has not been provided.
Question What We Have Learnt:
. Like Jatrya's family, thousands of families come to stay in big cities for many different reasons. Do you think their life may be better in a big city from what it was before? Imagine how they feel in a big city. Answer:
. Disclaimer: The answer to the questions in this section is based upon one's thoughts and imagination. Considering the sustenance of this process, the answer to the same has not been provided.