Question 1:
Everyone has written a letter. But where do we post it ?
Answer:
Dear Reena,
I am here. Have you done your class work ? We will play with the ball in the lunch-break. I have brought a ball, today. Bye for now.
Yours friend
Leena.
Question 2:
Everyone has written a letter. But where do we post it ?
Answer:
We post the letters in the letter box.
Question 3:
Let us make a letter-box for the class.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 4:
What difference do you see in these letters ?
Answer:
Letters are of different shapes and colours.
Question 5:
Which letters have stamps on them ?
Answer:
All letters carry stamps on them.
Question 6:
Are all the stamps similar ? What are the differences ?
Answer:
No, stamps differ in design picture and colour.
Question 7:
Have you seen the stamp of post office on these letters ?
Answer:
Yes, all letters delivered to us by postman bear stamp of a post office.
Question 8:
How do you think letters reached distant places when there were no trains ?
Answer:
Pigeons and messengers used to take and deliver letters. Visit to a post office.
Question 9:
Can you send a message to your friend out of India with the postcard that Reena used.
Answer:
No
Question 10:
What other work takes place here ?
Answer:
(i) Selling of envelopes, post cards, stamps
(ii) Sending money order
(iii) Sending Telegrams.
(iv) Banking on small scale.
(v) Insurance.
Question 11:
Where all have you seen telephones ?
Answer:
Telephone booth, colleges, school, offices, hotels and ever strops etc.
Question 12:
With whom do you talk on the telephone ?
Answer:
Uncle, Aunt, Nani, dadi and friends.
Question 13:
Which of the two do you like more—writing a letter or making phone call ? Why ?
Answer:
Phone call, as it is a live chatting to an individual.
Question 14:
What all purposes can these telephones be used for ?
Answer:
Telephones can be used for communication, business purposes.
Question 15:
Design your own phone. Mention its special features.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 16:
We wrote a letter. We also made a phone call. What are simi-larities and differences between a letter and a phone call ?
Answer:
Similarities between a letter and phone call
(i) Both are means of carrying messages.
(ii) Both are easily available at all places.
Differences between a letter and phone call
(i) Voice can be heard on phone and not on letters.
(ii) A phone call can be made in short time but letters take long time to reach.
(iii) A phone call is costlier than a letter.
Question 17:
What are the other means of sending messages if there is no post office ?
Answer:
We can send messages by Electronic method, Internet Service or by Radio and Television.