Lake, Pond, Step well, Sea, Water tap, Stream, Well, Rain, hand pump, Waterfalls.
(b) Johads were made to collect
(i)Tap water
(ii) Well water
(iii) Rain water
(iv) Flood Water
Lake(c) The arrangements of water for travellers was called
(i) Sar
(ii) Banvdis
(iii) Piau
(iv) Talabs
(d) Who worked together to build a lake for Darki Mai’s village?
(i) Al-Biruni
(ii) Pawan Gupta
(iii) Tarun Bharat Sangh
(iv) King Ghadsi of Jaisalmer
(e) What is the main message of the story?
(i) Water should be conserved and valued.
(ii) Old buildings and paintings can reveal history.
(iii) Al-Biruni was a famous traveler from Uzbekistan.
(iv) Stepwells are popular tourist attractions.
Stepwell
(i) Why were step wells, piaus, talabs built in the olden days?
(ii) Name the sources of water.
(iii) Who was Al-Biruni?
(iv) Why did people come to the ghats of Ghadsisar?
(v) Look at the picture. A bride was bowing to the spring. There is a custom in Uttarkhand state, after getting married new bride bows to the spring or pond in that village.
Bride bowing to a springA woman Roopavati is a new bride from Uttarakhand. Her husband is working in a city. How does Roopavati follow their custom?
(iii) Why are wells drying up nowadays?
(iv) Why did people in Rajasthan not face water shortages in earlier times?
(v) How did the group called “Tarun Bharat Sangh” help Dark Mai?
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