Class 5 EVS Chapter 20 HOTS Questions - Whose Forests?

Q1: Do you know of anyone who works to save forests?
Ans: Yes, I know about a person in my neighbourhood who runs her own NGO and works for protecting the forests.

Q2: Is there any factory or some construction work going on in an around your area? What types of work?
Ans: Yes, recently a factory for making rubber is being constructed recently in an area a little away from our locality.

Q3: Returning from school, children drawn water in a bamboo cup. Who do you think would have made this cup and kept it in the forest? Why?
Ans: The bamboo cup would have been made by the Adivasis living in the forest in order to help the other people passing from the forest.

Q4: Who do you think the forest belongs to?
Ans: I think that the forest belongs to everyone and not a single person.

Q5: Slash and burn agriculture is the other name of
(a) Step farming
(b) Crop rotation
(c) Organic farming
(d) Jhoom cultivation
Ans: (d)
Slash and burn agriculture is the other name of Jhoom cultivation.

Q6: Forest are called as:
(a) Kidney of planet
(b) Heart of planet
(c) Lungs of planet
(d) All of these
Ans: (c)

• Forest has been called the 'lungs of the planet' because growing trees take carbon dioxide out of the air and replace it with oxygen. 
• This is vital for humans, as we need oxygen in the air to breathe. As lungs take out the carbon dioxide from the body and supply oxygen to all parts of our body via nerves. 
• Similarly forests also absorb carbon dioxide from the surroundings and extract oxygen from the trees.

So, the correct option is 'Lungs of the planet'.

Q7: Do you know anyone who loves the forest?
Ans: Yes, I and my friends are very fond of forests.

Q8: The contractor did not allow Suryamani's people to go into the forest? Why?
Ans: The contractor would have cutting the trees and selling the wood for his won profit. He thought if the forest people will use the forest for their needs, it would be a loss to him. Therefore, he did not allow Suryamani's people to go into the forest.

Q9: Suryamani says, "If the forests are not there, we too will not remain". Why so?
Ans: The forests are an essential part of our life. They keep our environment neat and clean by absorbing most of the harmful gases and releasing oxygen. We also get many fruits, vegetables, medicines from these forests. Besides, many people living in the forest obtain their livelihood from it. Therefore, Suayamani says if the forest would disappear, we will be destroyed.

Q10: What do you think is a forest?
Ans: Forest is a large area thickly covered with different varieties of trees and plants. It also includes different animals, insects and birds living there.

Q11: Jhoom farming is done in areas like
(a) Arunachal Pradesh
(b) Meghalaya
(c) Mizoram
(d) All of the above
Ans: (d)
Jhoom farming or cultivation is also called as slash and burn agriculture. It is practiced in the areas with thick forest such as Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, etc. In this, a portion of forest is cut down and all the trees and weeds are burnt to produce ash. This ash makes that land fertile. Seeds are dropped on it and maize, chilies, rice, etc are grown.
Thus, the correct answer is option D.

Q12: Where is Suryamani's state Jharkhand on the map?
Ans: Suryanami's state of Jharkhand is situated towards the south of Bihar, north-east of Orissa and towards the east of Madhya Pradesh.

Q13: What do you know about how Adivasis live? Write and draw a picture.
Ans: Adivasis live a very simple life. They wear the most ordinary clothes, sometimes made up of leaves and flowers, they survive on fruits, vegetables, prepare medicines from various forest products. They take woods from the forests and prepare their food, prepare ornaments and decorative articles from leaves and flowers, baskets of bamboo, plates from leaves etc., and sell these in the market to earn their living.

Q14: What are the problems associated with construction of dams, roads and mining projects etc.?
(a) Pollution will increase
(b) The land will become barren
(c) Forest people and animals will lose their homes
(d) All of these
Ans: (d)
When dams, roads and mining projects are made pollution increases, the land become barren and forest people and animal loses there homes. Hence option d is correct.

Q15: Some people have moved so far away from the forest that they can't understand the lives of forest people. Some even call them 'jungli'. Why is it not correct to say this?
Ans: The word 'jungli' is a Hindi word which is commonly used in an abusive sense to refer to someone who is uncivilized. But the forest dwellers are not uncivilized. Though they are living in a forest in a balanced and civilized manner. Thus, if we call them 'jungli' it would hurt them.

Q16: Did you find something in Jhoom farming? What is it?
Ans: Yes, there are few things are very interesting in Jhoom farming, such as
(i) The weeds are not removed but these are burnt and the ashes are mixed with the soil to make it ready for sowing.
(ii) The land is not ploughed, but shallow trenches are made in the soil, in which the seeds ae sown.
(iii) Mixed seeds of various crops are sown-paddy, maize, chillies, vegetables, sesame etc.

Q17: Do you have and Adivasi friend? What have you learnt about the forest from her?
Ans: Yes, I do have an Adivasi friend. I have learned many things from her about forests such as:
(i) To prepare ornaments and decorative articles from flowers and leaves.
(ii) To prepare medicines out of the herbs found there.
(iii) To prepare plates out of the dead and fallen leaves.
(iv) To prepare baskets out of bamboo.
(v) Climbing trees.

Q18: In 'Torang' Suryamani does a lot of keep the kuduk music, dance and tradition alike. Would you like to do something like this for your community? What would you like to keep alive?
Ans: Yes, I would also like to do something for my community. I would like to preserve the language and costumes of my community.

Q19: To which state did Suryanami belong?
(a) Chhattisgarh
(b) Orissa
(c) Jharkhand
(d) Mizoram
Ans: (c)
Suryanami belongs to Jharkhand.

Q20: If the forest are not there, we too will not remain. Why so?
(a) Forests are the only habitat for living beings
(b) Forests are the best habitat for insects
(c) Forests are an essential part of our life and are extremely useful to us
(d) None of the above
Ans: (c)
The forests are the significant part of our life. They makes the atmosphere clean by taking out harmful gases outside. We also get many fruits and vegetables forest. There are infinite number of uses of forest.