NCERT Solutions for Class 3 Environmental Studies Chapter 3 - Chhotu’s House

Question 1:

Is there any part of your house where a particular member of your family spends more time ?

Answer:

Yes, mother spends more time in kitchen and Grand mother spends more time in a prayer room.

Question 2:

Is there any part of your house where a particular family member never goes or goes for a short time ?

Answer:

Yes, grand father goes for a short time in the kitchen.

Question 3:

Do you keep your house clean ? How ?

Answer:

  1. Sweeping floor daily.
  2. Dusting the various articles.
  3. Keeping things at their proper place.
  4. Removing shoes at a fixed place near the entrance of the house.

Question 4:

In which part of the house will Chhotu like spend most of his time ?

Answer:

In the part, where he can enjoy the most.

Question 5:

Why do you think Chhotu invited Monu to live with him in the pipe ?

Answer:

Due to the following reasons, Chhotu invited Monu to live with him.

  1. Monu was his village friend.
  2. Monu had no place to live.
  3. Chhotu was alone and he needed some company.
  4. Pipe was long enough for both of them.
Question 6:

Who all live with you in your house ?

Answer:

Grand father, grand mother, father, mother, brother, sister and my pet dog.

Question 7:

Chhotu divided the pipe into different parts. Write the names of different parts of your house.

Answer:

Bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, lobby, store room, Drawing room, Guest room, courtyard, a prayer room.

Question 8:

How much time in a day do you spend in each part of your house ?

Answer:

Bed room — 8 hours
Kitchen — 5 hours
Bath room — 2 hour
Drawing room — 1 hour
Lobby — 5 hours
Courtyard — 2 hours

Question 9:

Is there any part of your house where a particular member of your family spends more time ?

Answer:

Yes, mother spends more time in kitchen and Grand mother spends more time in a prayer room.

Question 10:

Is there any part of your house where a particular member of your family spends more time ?

Answer:

Yes, mother spends more time in kitchen and Grand mother spends more time in a prayer room.

Question 11:

Is there any part of your house where a particular family member never goes or goes for a short time ?

Answer:

Yes, grand father goes for a short time in the kitchen.

Question 12:

Do you keep your house clean ? How ?

Answer:

(i) Sweeping floor daily.
(ii) Dusting the various articles.
(iii) Keeping things at their proper place.
(iv) Removing shoes at a fixed place near the entrance of the house.

Question 13:

Who all help to keep your house clean ?

Answer:

My mother and maid servant.

Question 14:

Where do you go freshen up in the morning ?

Answer:

We have toilets in our house, we use it.

Question 15:

Where do you throw the garbage of your house ?

Answer:

In a covered dustbin kept in a corner of the house.

Question 16:

Is the area around your house clean ?

Answer:

Usually it is clean.

Question 17:

Who cleans area around your house ?

Answer:

We ourselves clean it.

Question 18:

How do you help in keeping it clean ?

Answer:

I spill and run water there for keeping it clean.

Question 19:

Is there any special way in which you decorate your house ? When and how ?

Answer:

Usually we keep our house clean. But on Diwali or Gurupurabs, we decorate our house with lights, flowers and other decorative material.

Question 20:

Ask your friends when and how they decorate their houses.

Answer:

Go ahead and do it.

Question 21:

Name the things with which you decorate your house ?

Answer:

Lights, flowers, hangings, printings, colour, rangoli, chandeliers etc.