NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 10 - Hu Tu Tu, Hu Tu Tu

Page No 79

Ques 1: When you play Kabaddi, how many players do you have in a team?
Ans: Generally, there are 12 players in each team, 7 players play on the ground at a time while 5 are substitutes.
Disclaimer:
Number of team players can vary according to the format of the game.

Ques 2: How many players got out when Shyamala touched the line?
Ans: When Shyamala touched the line, six players got out.

Ques 3: Do you have ways to resolve disputes in games?
Ans: Disputes in games can be resolved in the following ways:
1- The referee should properly explain the rules of game if any player violates it while playing.
2- The referee should be attentive and  keep a check on the moves of the players so that disputes can be resolved easily.
3- The players should try to maintain discipline while playing and should follow the rules of the game.

Page No 80

Ques 1: Make a picture in your notebook to show how Shyamala managed to get the entire opposing team ‘out’ in one go.
Ans:

Ques 2: What does it mean to be out in games? When does one gets ‘out’ in Kabaddi?
Ans: When a player loses its turn and cannot play the same game again, he is said to be ‘out’. A player gets ‘out’ in Kabaddi when he/she loses his/her breath while playing game or is caught by the players of the opposite team.

Ques 3: In some games it is very important to touch the player. For example in the game of Kho-Kho, you get ‘out’ when someone touches you. You also get your turn by someone’s touch. Name some games in which it is very important to touch the players?
Ans: Kabaddi, blind man’s buff, heads up seven up, red light green light, etc.
Disclaimer : This is a sample answer. There can be several other games as well.

Ques 4: In Kabaddi, the entire team was ‘out’, because Shyamala had touched the line. What are some other games in which, the central line is very important?
Ans: The central line is very important in games such as tug-of-war and dog-and-the-bone.
Disclaimer : This is a sample answer. There can be may other games other than the two written above.

Ques 5: What are the games in which, besides the players, you have to touch some things or colours?
Ans: Some of the games in which we have to touch some things or colours are:

• Lemon race
• Grab and tag
• What’s the time Mr. Wolf?
• Farmer, farmer
• Can we touch your golden river?

Page No 83

Ques 1: Have you learnt any game from a coach? Which one?
Ans: I learnt football and cricket from coaches. 
Disclaimer: The purpose of this section is to encourage the students to share their experiences. The answer may vary according to the students’ observations and experiences. It is highly recommended that the students prepare the answer on their own.

Ques 2: Do you know of anyone who has learnt any game from a coach?
Ans: Some of my friends are learning cricket 
Disclaimer: The purpose of this section is to encourage the students to interact with others. The answer may vary according to the students’ observations and experiences. It is highly recommended that the students prepare the answer on their own.

Discuss

Ques 1: How does a coach teach? How does a coach make a player practice? How hard do you think the players have to work?
Ans: A coach teaches the tricks of game to the players. A coach always encourages and tells the benefits of practice and convinces the player to do practice. He teaches the game methodically.
Players have to work very hard. They have to get up early in the morning and do practice for long hours.

Ques 2:  Have you ever thought of making a club for your favourite game?
Ans: Yes I am thinking of making a club for football.

Ques 3: Imagine that there are 15 children to play Kho-Kho. They must form two teams with equal numbers (7 each). Then one player will be left. What will you do if this happens? Have you ever become the ‘extra person’ in the middle? Write about this.
Ans: I will make two teams consisting of seven players each and the remaining one player will be the referee.
Yes, once I was the extra person in a football match. 

Ques 4: Every game has some rules. The game is played according to those rules. Let us see what happens if the rules are changed. For example – In cricket, a batsman gets ‘out’, if the bails fall off the stumps. Imagine if there is a rule that the entire team will be ‘out’, if all the three stumps fall. Would it be fun!
Ans: New rules are always made. Playing a game such as cricket with new rules may give extra fun to both the players and the spectators.