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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Chapter 5 Playing with Lines (PDF) – 2027

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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 5 Playing with Lines – 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.

This chapter is about lines. Lines can be standing, sleeping, slanting or curved.

NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 5 Playing with Lines PDF

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NCERT Solutions for Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 5 Playing with Lines – Questions and Answers

All 19 questions of the chapter (textbook pages 44 – 49) 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 Do — Page 44Lines in the yoga picture

Q1A. Circle ◯ the aasanas with standing or vertical lines.
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Nine children do aasanas. The book draws a thin red line on each child. We have numbered them 1 to 9.
Answer

Circle children 2 and 3.

  1. Child 2 stands tall.
  2. Child 3 has a line going up and down too.
Q2B. Tick ✓ the aasanas with both vertical and slanting lines.
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Nine children do aasanas. The book draws a thin red line on each child. We have numbered them 1 to 9.
Answer

Tick child 3.

  1. One red line goes straight up and down.
  2. One red line leans along her leg.
Q3C. Cross ✗ the aasanas which have curved lines.
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Nine children do aasanas. The book draws a thin red line on each child. We have numbered them 1 to 9.
Answer

Cross children 1, 5 and 7.

  1. Children 1 and 5 bend backwards.
  2. Child 7 lies down and lifts the head.
  3. Their red lines bend like a bow.
Q4D. Put a star ★ along the aasanas that have sleeping or horizontal lines.
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Nine children do aasanas. The book draws a thin red line on each child. We have numbered them 1 to 9.
Answer

Put a star on children 4 and 6.

  1. Child 4 stretches both arms out wide.
  2. Child 6 lies flat on hands and toes.
  3. Their red lines lie flat.
Q5E. Try some of these aasanas. Discuss the lines that you notice while doing the aasanas.
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Nine children do aasanas. The book draws a thin red line on each child. We have numbered them 1 to 9.
Answer

“I stand tall. My body makes a standing line. I bend back. My back is curved.”

What is Straight? — Page 45Hold a piece of thread

Q1Hold a piece of thread in your hands.
Sleeping/Horizontal line
Is it straight?
Sleeping/Horizontal line
A child holds a piece of thread in both hands.
Answer

Yes. It is straight.

  1. Pull the thread tight with both hands.
  2. It lies flat. It does not bend.
Q2Now bring your hands closer.
Curved line
Is it straight?
Curved line
A child holds a piece of thread in both hands.
Answer

No. It is not straight.

  1. Bring your hands closer.
  2. The thread hangs down in the middle.
  3. It bends like a smile.
Q3Slanting line
Is it straight?
Slanting line
A child holds a piece of thread in both hands.
Answer

Yes. It is straight.

  1. One hand is up. The other hand is down, to the side.
  2. The tight thread leans. But it does not bend.
Q4Standing/Vertical line
Is it straight?
Standing/Vertical line
A child holds a piece of thread in both hands.
Answer

Yes. It is straight.

  1. One hand is up. The other hand is right below it.
  2. The tight thread goes straight up and down.
Q5Standing/sleeping/slanting lines are _________
Sleeping/Horizontal lineCurved lineSlanting lineStanding/Vertical line
The four pictures of children holding a thread.
Answer

Standing/sleeping/slanting lines are straight.

  1. Look at the three tight threads.
  2. None of them bends.

Let us Do — Page 45Lines in the park

Q1Trace the missing vertical, horizontal, slanting and curved lines in the picture given below.
A park. Some lines are dotted: they are missing.
Answer

Trace the six dotted lines.

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The missing lines, in colour.
  1. Standing: 1 ring pole, 2 swing chain.
  2. Sleeping: 3 bottom of the merry-go-round.
  3. Slanting: 6 top of the seesaw.
  4. Curved: 4 edge of the slide, 5 back arch.

Let us Play with Dots — Page 46Pages 46–47: straight and curved lines on dot sheets

Q1A. Make new shapes with straight lines (vertical, horizontal and slanting).
Two dot sheets. The book shows an animal and a box made with straight lines.
Answer

a house, a kite and a tent.

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Only straight lines.
  1. Join two dots with a straight line.
  2. Add more lines to close the shape.
Q2B. Draw different figures with the help of curved lines, like clouds, rainbow, etc.
Two dot sheets. The book shows a flower and two stars made with curved lines.
Answer

a rainbow, a cloud and waves.

Only curved lines.
  1. Start at one dot.
  2. Bend your line like a bow to the next dot.

Let us Do — Page 48Pages 48–49: draw designs with lines

Q1A. Make your own drawing using different types of lines in the space given. Draw a design with any two types of lines.
The empty space given in the book.
Answer

a fence with standing and sleeping lines.

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A sample: a fence.
  1. Pick two types of lines.
  2. Draw standing lines for the posts.
  3. Draw sleeping lines across them.
Q2B. Draw a design with any three types of lines.
The empty space given in the book.
Answer

a house.

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A sample: a house.
  1. Standing lines for the walls and door.
  2. Sleeping lines for the floor and ceiling.
  3. Slanting lines for the roof.
Q3C. Draw a design using all types of lines.
The empty space given in the book.
Answer

a boat on the water, and the sun.

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A sample: a boat, the sun and waves.
  1. Standing line: the pole of the boat.
  2. Sleeping and slanting lines: the boat and its sail.
  3. Curved: the sun and the waves.

Project Work — Page 49Fun with Folding

Q1Fun with Folding
If we fold a paper in half, it makes a crease in the center. Now if we keep folding the paper further we get a number of creases. Let us see the different lines we get after folding the paper. Trace the straight lines with red crayon and slanting lines with blue crayon.
Answer

Red: standing and sleeping creases. Blue: slanting creases.

The paper, opened.

Fold in half, again in half, then corner to corner. Open it.

Q2A. Fold a paper with your friend and check who gets the maximum number of creases.
Answer

The one who folds more times gets more creases.

  1. Each of you folds a paper again and again.
  2. Open it. Count the crease lines one by one.
  3. More lines means more creases.
Q3B. Try to make curved lines by paper folding.
Answer

A fold always makes a straight crease.

  1. Fold, press and open. The crease is straight.
  2. Fold off many tiny bits of a corner, one after another.
  3. Now the edge looks curved!

Chapter 5 of 11 – Joyful Mathematics

NCERT Solutions Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 5 Playing with Lines – Overview

ClassClass 2
SubjectMaths
BookJoyful Mathematics
Chapter5 – Playing with Lines
Textbook pages44 – 49
Questions solved19
Session2027
FormatFull answers on this page + PDF

NCERT Solutions Class 2 Maths Chapter 5 – FAQs

Where can I download NCERT Solutions Class 2 Maths Joyful Mathematics Chapter 5 Playing with Lines PDF?

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Is this for the 2027 session?

Yes, it follows the latest NCERT Class 2 Maths book for 2027.

How many questions are solved in NCERT Class 2 Maths Chapter 5?

All 19 questions of the chapter (textbook pages 44 – 49) – the in-text questions, activities and the end-of-chapter exercises.

How should I use these solutions?

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