NCERT Solutions for Class 1 Maths Chapter 1 Finding the Furry Cat! (PDF)

NCERT Solutions for Class 1 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 1 Finding the Furry Cat! – step-by-step answers to every exercise and in-text question of the chapter, as per the latest NCERT syllabus for 2027. Read them online or download the free question-answer PDF.

Where is the cat? This chapter teaches words that say where things are.

NCERT Solutions for Class 1 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 1 Finding the Furry Cat! PDF

All the answers are on this page below. The PDF also explains every answer – why it is right and how to check it – so download it for revision.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 1 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 1 Finding the Furry Cat! – Questions and Answers

All 29 questions of the chapter (textbook pages 1 – 9) are answered below, in the order of the book – in-text questions, activities and the end-of-chapter exercises. Each answer is written the way you would write it in the exam.

Let us Sing — Page 1Finding the Furry Cat! (the song on pages 1–2)

Q1Let us Sing
Looking, looking, looking
Looking for my furry cat!
Are you sitting on the window shed?
Are you sleeping under my bed?
Where are you my furry cat?
Looking, looking, looking
Looking for my furry cat!
Are you inside the backpack?
Are you outside the red rack?
Where are you my furry cat?
Come, come, come
Come to me, my furry cat!
Saw you scratching the bottom of my jar.
Saw you playing at the top of my car.
Come to me, my furry cat!
Come, come, come
Come to me my furry cat!
Saw you hopping above the hat.
Saw you hiding below the mat
Here comes my furry cat!

Answer

Sing and act it out.

on the window shed
under the bed
inside the backpack
outside the red rack
bottom of the jar
top of the car
above the hat
below the mat

In-text Questions — Page 3Look at the pictures of the poem and encircle the correct word

Q1Look at the pictures of the poem and encircle the correct word.
A. The red ball is above / under / on the bed.

The bed in the poem.

Answer

The red ball is under the bed.

Look below the bed. The ball is there.

Q2Look at the pictures of the poem and encircle the correct word.
B. The cat is inside / outside / on the car.

The car in the poem.

Answer

The cat is on the car.

It plays at the top of the car.

Q3Look at the pictures of the poem and encircle the correct word.
C. The man is lying under / inside / on the tree.

The man and the tree in the poem.

Answer

The man is lying under the tree.

He sleeps on a cot below it.

Q4Look at the pictures of the poem and encircle the correct word.
D. The cow is inside / top of / outside the house.

The house and the cow in the poem.

Answer

The cow is outside the house.

It stands in the yard.

Think and Answer — Page 3Inside or outside?

Q1A. Where do you put your shoes? Inside / Outside the room.

Answer

Outside the room.

Shoes bring in dirt. So we keep them outside.

Q2B. Where do you throw the garbage? Inside / Outside the dustbin.

Answer

Inside the dustbin.

This keeps our place clean.

Let us Play — Page 3Find the Things

Q1Let us Play — Find the Things
Children can divide themselves into 2 teams. One team will hide a few things like white chalk, red ball and other items and ask the other team to find them. Children can give verbal instructions to find the things using positional words like inside/outside, far/near, above/below, etc.
For example:
● Look for a white thing which is hidden near the board and under the table.
● Look for a red thing which is outside the classroom and under the tree.

Answer

Hide things. Give clues with where-words. Find them.

Make 2 teams.
One team hides a chalk or a ball.

Sample answer: Look for a red ball under the table.

Let us Play — Page 4Throw the Ball!

Q1Let us Play — Throw the Ball!
Each child aims and throws the ball inside the basket. When the ball goes inside, other children will say IN and when it goes outside the basket, they say OUT.

Answer

Throw the ball at the basket.

Ball inside? Say IN.
Ball outside? Say OUT.

Let us Do — Page 4A. Things which are inside

Q1A. Tick ✓ the things which are inside.

Flowers and a basket.

Answer

Tick the flowers in the basket.

Flowers and a basket.

They are inside the basket.

Q2A. Tick ✓ the things which are inside.

A man and a girl with a car.

Answer

Tick the girl in the car.

A man and a girl with a car.

She sits inside the car. The man is outside.

Let us Do — Page 5B. Outside · C. On or under · D. Above and below

Q1B. Tick ✓ the things which are outside.

Two bears and a cave.

Answer

Tick the big bear.

Two bears and a cave.

It is outside the cave. The small bear is inside.

Q2B. Tick ✓ the things which are outside.

A teddy, a doll, a duck and a box.

Answer

Tick the duck.

A teddy, a doll, a duck and a box.

The duck is outside the box. The teddy and the doll are inside.

Q3C. Look at the picture and tick ✓ the correct words.
i. A boy is sitting on / under the tree.

A boy, a tree and birds.

Answer

A boy is sitting under the tree.

He reads in its shade.

Q4C. Look at the picture and tick ✓ the correct words.
ii. Birds are on / under the tree.

A boy, a tree and birds.

Answer

Birds are on the tree.

They sit on the branches.

Q5D. Draw a smile below the nose and eyebrows above the eyes.

A face with eyes and a nose.

Answer

Smile below the nose. Eyebrows above the eyes.

The face with a smile and eyebrows.

Find the nose first. Draw the smile under it.