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A House Like This

Description: A House Like This, House, Shelter, EVS, III
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Which of the following can be used as a temporary shelter?

  1. Houseboat

  2. Shikara

  3. Igloo

  4. Tent

  5. Flat


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct answer. A tent is made of canvas. It can be used as a temporary shelter.

Which of the following types of houses can be found in Assam where it rains heavily and many times floods occur?

  1. Houseboat

  2. Flat

  3. Igloo

  4. Stilt house

  5. Caravan


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Stilt houses are wooden houses and stand on wooden poles. A ladder is used to reach them.

Shipra lives in Kashmir in a special kind of house that floats on the lake. What is this type of house called?

  1. Stilt house

  2. Houseboat

  3. Caravan

  4. Rowboat

  5. Shikara


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

A houseboat floats on the lake and people in Kashmir live on it.

Which of the following reasons is not correct for why we need houses?

  1. It protects us from wild animals.

  2. It protects us from heat and cold.

  3. It protects us from rain and snow.

  4. It keeps us safe from thieves.

  5. It keeps us clean.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

We must keep our surroundings clean. The house should be kept clean. It does not keep us clean.

Which of the following things is used while making a pucca house?

  1. Glass

  2. Mud

  3. Grass

  4. Thorny bushes

  5. Bamboo


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This is correct. Glass is used to make windows of a pucca house.

What kind of material from the following list will be needed, if one has to make a house in a place where there is a lot of rain?

  1. Ice and snow

  2. Mud and grass

  3. Wood and grass

  4. Cement and wood

  5. Mud and wood


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is the correct choice. Cement and wood will keep the roof and walls of a house safe when it rains. Wooden walls and sloping wooden roofs are made in hilly areas where it rains a lot. Cement is also a good choice.

Which of the following things is used to make Kutcha houses?

  1. Glass

  2. Bamboo

  3. Cement

  4. Bricks

  5. Iron


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

This is correct a kutcha house is made of mud, bamboo, grass, thorny bushes, grass, plastic sheets, etc.

Which of the following is a house made up of ice?

  1. Caravan

  2. Stilt house

  3. Flat

  4. Tent

  5. Igloo


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

Igloo is made of snow and ice. Eskimos live in an igloo.

Meha lives in Manali. There is lot of snow there. What type of a roof would her house have?

  1. Thatched roof

  2. Flat roof

  3. Canvas roof

  4. Sloping roof

  5. Roof made of ice and snow


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

This is correct. A sloping roof is required in places where it snows a lot, so that the snow can slide off the roof.

What is the special difference in other houses and stilt houses?

  1. Stilt houses can float in water.

  2. Stilt houses are houses on wheels.

  3. Stilt houses can be made quickly if one moves from place to place.

  4. The stilt houses can have many floors and are very tall structures.

  5. Stilt houses have ladders that are removed at night.


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is correct. Stilt houses are made upon bamboo poles and are ten to twelve feet above the ground. They have tall ladders to reach them, which are removed at night.

What kind of houses are made in very hot places like Rajasthan?

  1. Igloo

  2. Houseboat

  3. Mud house

  4. Stilt house

  5. Caravan


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

People in Rajasthan live in mud houses with roofs made of thorny bushes.

Appu works in a circus, as a clown and has to move from place to place, with the circus. What type of a house does he live in?

  1. Houseboat

  2. Stilt house

  3. Caravan

  4. Flat

  5. Hut


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A caravan is a house on wheels and people that moves from place to place.

Which of the following statements is/are true?

a. A house boat is different from other houses. b. In dry hot areas the walls of houses are made of mud and are very thick. c. Shelter is a big problem in big cities.

  1. Only a

  2. Only b

  3. c only

  4. Only a and c

  5. All of these


Correct Option: E
Explanation:

This is the correct answer. All these statements are correct.

Which of the following people help us in building our homes?

  1. Doctor

  2. Postman

  3. Mason

  4. Sweeper

  5. Coolie


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

A mason helps us by building our houses.

Match the columns:

Column - I Column - II
A. House of ice 1. Tent
B. House on wheels 2. Igloo
C. Temporary shelter 3. Caravan
  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3

  2. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2

  3. A - 2, B - 3, C - 1

  4. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3

  5. A - 3, B - 2, C - 1


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

This is the correct matching. House of Ice - Igloo House on wheels - Caravan Temporary shelter - Tent

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