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CHAPTER – On the Move Again
Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements.
- Mukadam is an agent who lends money. ( )
- Farming is not possible without rain. ( )
- Dhanu was not fond of studies. ( )
- Near a sugarcane field, people live in huts made of dry sugarcane and its leaves. ( )
- Dhanu helps his father in sugarcane fields. ( )
- Dhanu’s Aai, Mami and kaki were buying making gulab jamun. ( )
- Mukadam is the owner of the sugarcane factories.( )
- Families like Dhanu’s, work on the land of big farmers till Dussehra. ( )
- The old and sick people in the village do not go to work. ( )
- Mami wants Dhanu to study and become a farmer like them. ( )
2. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words given in the box.
motor, 3 months, paddy, caravan, ill, young, 6 months, sugarcane, old, study, play, Puranpoli, big farmers, Mukadam
- Mukadam is an agent for …………… factories.
- For …………… Dhanu and many children like him will not be able to go to school.
- …………… and …………… peoples stayed back in the village.
- The …………… of families would settle near sugarcane fields and factories.
- If children …………… they can become good person in life and have a better future.
- …………… are sweet made from jaggery and gram.
- Dhanu’s family work on the land of …………… till Dussehra before the rainy season.
- …………… lends money to the villagers. 3. Answer the following questions based on Dussehra celebration in Dhanu’s village.
- Who all have come to Dhanu’s house?
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(ii) Why have they come to Dhanu’s house?
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(iii) What things have Dhanu’s mother and aunt prepared?
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(iv) Why did everybody’s mood change in the evening? What did they do in the evening?
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4.Answer the following questions based on evening meeting on Dussehra in Dhanu’s village?
- Why was a meeting held on Dussehra evening? What did the Mukadam tell the village people?
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(ii) Where did the village people work before and after Dussehra?
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(iii) Why did the village people have to borrow money from the Mukadam?
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5.Answer the following questions based on moving to the new place.
- Who all will go with Dhanu’s family to the new place?
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(ii) Will all the members of Dhanu’s family go with him? Why?
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(iii) What problems will Dhanu and his family members have to face due to shifting?
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6. Answer the following questions based on life after Dussehra. Dhanu’s family and many other families have settled near the sugarcane fields and sugar factories after Dussehra.
- Where will Dhanu’s family stay? Do they have a house near the sugar factory?
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(ii) Does Dhanu go to school at the new place? Why?
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(iii) What work do men and women have to do in sugar factories? Do they get enough money?
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(iv) How long will they stay near the sugar factory?
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(v) Do children also work in the fields and factories? Why?
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(vi) For what did the workers get a receipt in the factory?
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(vii) What did Dhanu’s aai and mami buy from the money they got?
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7. Define the following terms in one sentence each.
(i). Caravan ……………………………… (ii) Migration ………………………………
(iii) Debts …………………………………. (iv) Loan ……………………………………………………………………..
(v) Agent …………………………………
8. Write a few lines on each topic.
(i). The problems, a family and its children have to face when they move from one place to the other.
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(ii) Common problems of farmers in India.
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(iii) How can arrangements be made for educating children of communities that are on the move?
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9. Name a few communities who have to migrate from one place to another for work.
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- …………………………………. (ii) …………………………………. (iii) …………………………………. (iv) ………………………………….
10- The role of Mukadam in the life of poor village people.
- …………………………………. (ii) …………………………………. (iii) …………………………………. (iv) ………………………………….
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11- You have read about many kinds of farmers in different lessons in this book.
Fill the table.
Name of the farmer |
Owns land ({ or X) |
What do they grow |
What difficulties do they face |
Anything else |
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(i) |
Damjibhai (Lesson __) |
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(ii) |
Hasmukh (Lesson __) |
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(iii) |
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(iv) |
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(v) |
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(vi) |
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