Chapter- 4 Reduce Waste
1. What is the main theme of the lesson?
Answer: Waste management and cleanliness.
2. What are the preferred options for managing waste?
Answer: Reduce, reuse, and recycle.
3. Where should kitchen waste be disposed?
Answer: In pits in the backyard or garden.
4. What is formed from decomposed kitchen waste?
Answer: Manure.
5. What is manure used for?
Answer: To make soil fertile.
6. Why is waste management important?
Answer: It helps keep the environment clean and healthy.
7. How do vehicles affect the environment?
Answer: They pollute the air.
8. What kind of water is considered clean?
Answer: Transparent water.
9. How much water should we consume daily?
Answer: About three litres.
10. Where should pits be dug for waste disposal?
Answer: In backyards or gardens.
11. Why should kitchen waste be put in pits?
Answer: It decomposes and becomes useful manure.
12. How are plastic bags harmful to animals?
Answer: Animals may eat them and get sick or die.
13. Why is plastic harmful to the environment?
Answer: It does not decompose and causes pollution.
14. Which places become breeding grounds for bacteria?
Answer: Garbage dumps and dirty places.
15. How can we reduce waste at home?
Answer: By reusing items and avoiding plastic.
16. How can people be encouraged to prevent waste?
Answer: By spreading awareness and education.
17. What role does the government play?
Answer: It makes rules and promotes waste reduction.
18. What should we avoid to reduce pollution?
Answer: Use of plastic bags.
19. How can we help keep surroundings clean?
Answer: By disposing waste properly.
20. Why is recycling important?
Answer: It reduces waste and saves resources.
21. What should we do before surgery?
Answer: Go to an efficient surgeon.
22. What do vehicles do?
Answer: They pollute air.
23. What is the use of manure?
Answer: It makes soil fertile.
24. What does “consume” mean in the text?
Answer: To use or drink (water).
25. What does “clean water” mean?
Answer: Water that is transparent.
26. Which Olympic Games are mentioned?
Answer: Atlanta 1996.
27. Who won a bronze medal?
Answer: Leander Paes.
28. What happened when he returned to India?
Answer: He received a hero’s welcome.
29. What did students do when they saw him?
Answer: They cheered loudly.
30. What else did students do?
Answer: They garlanded him and took his autograph.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
