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NCERT Solutions: Bamboo Curry |
Q1: What were the preparations in the palace for?
Ans: There were preparations for a grand feast in the palace.
Q2: Why did the Maharaja go into the kitchen in the afternoon?
Ans: The Maharaja went into the kitchen to see what dishes had been prepared for the feast.
Q3: What had the cook planned to do with the vegetable scraps?
Ans: The cook had planned to throw away the vegetable scraps.
Q4: Ingredients are the things that are used to make a dish. Circle the ingredients of avial in the box below.
Ans:
Q5: State whether the following are True or False.
(i) The king had ordered dinner in the palace.
Ans: True.
(ii) No one had heard of or tasted avial before.
Ans: True.
(iii) The cook had planned to make another dish using vegetable scraps.
Ans: False.
Q1. A recipe is a list of directions to prepare the dish. The following sentences are not in order for preparing avial. Number them in the correct order.
Ans:
Avial(3) Grind some coconut, green chilies, and garlic.
(2) Cut the vegetable scraps into long strips.
(1) Wash and clean the mix of vegetable bits.
(6) Decorate with curry leaves.
(4) Whip some curd and mix it in.
(5) Pour some coconut oil on top.
(7) Avail is ready.
Q2: Given in the box are some things that children do after they reach home from school. Choose five things that you do when you reach home from school. Write them in order.
Ans: First, I put away school bag.
Then, I change out of school uniform.
Next, I wash up.
After that, I have lunch.
Finally, I do the homework.
Q1: The Maharaja was a wise man and ordered the cook to use vegetable scraps instead of throwing them away.
(a) Name some of the things which are thrown away at home or in school.
Ans: Scraps of paper, cardboard boxes, used-up ball pens, vegetable peels, leaves and twigs, leftover food, etc., are thrown away at home or in school.
(b) Sit in groups of four and think of interesting ways in which they can be made useful?
Ans: We can make things of papier-mache and decorative articles and compost with them.
Q1: Some words have more than one meaning.
For example, point-
Meanings: noun: a dot in print or writing, full stop, decimal the numbers you score in a game
Verb: to show or call attention to something
Look up the following words in the dictionary. They may have more than one meaning. List these meanings.
Ans: Ground- Past tense of grind, the surface of the earth, an area which is used for a particular purpose
Survey- Detailed investigation, look carefully
Scrap- Waste material, fragment, get rid of something or cancel it.
Sternly- Discard as useless
Tempting - alluring, tantalizing.
Q2: Make new words by adding/dropping a few letters from the root word.
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Q3: Do any of these words use all four endings?
Ans: Yes, tasty and clean use all four endings.
(ii) When you are unwell.
Ans: Khichri and Daliya.
(iii) Every day.
Ans: Chapatis, vegetables, pulse, rice, curd and salad.
Q2: Avial is a dish made in Kerala.
Do you have a similar dish in your state made from a mix of many vegetables?
Ans:
Bhugi bhaji
Q1: Complete the sentences meaningfully.
(i) The bridegroom left with the door of his in-laws’ house because it was made of _____________ and there was no bamboo in his ___________.
(ii) The bridegroom was unable to have bamboo curry in the end because _______________
Ans:
(i) The bridegroom left with the door of his in-laws’ house because it was made of bamboo and there was no bamboo in his village.
(ii) The bridegroom was unable to have bamboo curry in the end because it was too hard to eat.
Q2: Word hunt
Fill in the blanks with words from the story.
(i) The bridegroom went to visit his ____________.
(ii) The mother-in-law pointed ________ __________ the bamboo door.
(iii) He stayed the night ____________ his in-laws.
(iv) He carried the ___________ ___________ back with him.
(v) The curry was made __________ bamboo shoots.
Ans:
(i) The bridegroom went to visit his mother-in-law.
(ii) The mother–in–law pointed at the bamboo door.
(iii) He stayed the night with his in-laws.
(iv) He carried the bamboo door back with him.
(v) The curry was made from bamboo shoots.
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