Worksheet: A Snake Charmer’s Story - 1 - EVS Class 5

Q1: Fill in the blanks.

(i) ____________ are the people who catch snakes and make them dance by playing the been.

(ii) Snakes dance when the ____________ is played.

(iii) __________ are an important part of Saperas (Snake Charmers).

(iv) Designs of snakes  that  are used  in rangoli, embroidery  and  as  wall decoration  in  Saurashtra  (Gujarat)  and  south  India are  called ____________.  

(v) Snakes are a ____________ for Kalbeliyas.  

(vi)  Snake charmers keep snakes in ____________ baskets.

(vii) Snake charmers make ____________ from the plants collected from the forest.  

(viii) Some snake bites cause ____________ on the spot.

(ix)  A snake has ____________ hollow teeth.

(x)  The poisonous teeth of snakes are called ____________.

Q2: Identify the things/snakes in the pictures and write their names.

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(ii)   
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Q3: Write ‘True’ for the correct statement and ‘False’ for the wrong statement.

(i) Snake charmers make medicines for snake-bites from the snake’s poison.[    ]

(ii) Most of the snakes are non-poisonous.[    ]

(iii) Snake charmers treat their snakes badly.[    ]

(iv) Snakes are friends of the farmers.[    ]

(v) All snakes are poisonous. [    ]

(vi) Snake has four hollow teeth .[    ]

(vii) The type of snake can be identified from the mark of its bites. [    ]

(viii) Snakes charmers hurt the snakes by killing them.[    ]

Q4: Answer the following Questions

(i) Why has the government made laws that no one can catch snakes/wild animals?

(ii) What is the speciality of Kalbeliya dance?

(iii) Like snake charmers, which other people depend on animals for their livelihood?

(iv) Who are Kalbeliyas (or) Saperas?

(v) How could snake charmers help people in a village where doctors and hospitals were far away?

(vi) Why snakes are called friends of the farmers?

(vii) How can snake charmers earn their livelihood nowadays after the government has passed a rule against catching snakes and other wild animals?

(viii)  Name the four types of poisonous snakes in India.