NCERT Solutions for Class 3 The World Around Us Chapter 9 Staying Healthy and Happy (PDF) – 2027
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NCERT Solutions for Class 3 The World Around Us Our Wondrous World Chapter 9 Staying Healthy and Happy – 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.
Chapter 9 of Our Wondrous World belongs to Unit 3, Gifts of Nature. It is about keeping the body and the mind healthy and happy — washing, brushing, eating, sleeping, playing and resting. Moyna learns about datun from her Dadu, the children make a home-cleaner from orange and lemon peels, skip with a rope, name games, choose safe places to play, and finish with a weekly health table.
NCERT Solutions for Class 3 The World Around Us Our Wondrous World Chapter 9 Staying Healthy and Happy PDF
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NCERT Solutions for Class 3 The World Around Us Our Wondrous World Chapter 9 Staying Healthy and Happy – Questions and Answers
All 34 questions of the chapter (textbook pages 109 – 120) 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.
Clean and Bright — Page 110Ask yourself these questions
Q1Did I brush my teeth today?
Answer
Yes, I brushed my teeth this morning after waking up. I will brush again before going to bed.
Q2Did I take a shower?
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Yes, I took a shower this morning before going to school.
Q3Did I comb my hair?
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Yes, I combed my hair after my shower.
Q4Did I wash my hands with soap?
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Yes. I washed my hands with soap after using the toilet and when I came home from outdoors.
Q5Are my nails trimmed and clean?
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Yes, my nails are short and clean. My mother trims them every week.
Write — Page 110Daily routine
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Q1Write down the activities that you do every day, from the time you wake up, till you go to sleep. Your list should include the activities below. Remember that you do some of these things more than once in the day: Take a shower / Wash your hands with soap / Brush your teeth / Drink 6–8 glasses of water / Eat food / Sleep well for at least 8 hours total / Play outside
Answer
Write your activities in order, from waking up till going to sleep. Some activities come many times in the day.
Sample answer:
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What I do
6:30 in the morning
Wake up, use the toilet, wash my hands with soap
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Brush my teeth, drink a glass of water
7:00
Take a shower and comb my hair
7:30
Wash my hands, eat breakfast, rinse my mouth
8:00 to 2:00
School — drink water, wash my hands, eat lunch, rinse my mouth
2:30
Come home, wash my hands with soap
5:00 to 6:00 in the evening
Play outside
6:00
Wash my hands with soap, drink water, do my homework
8:00 at night
Eat dinner, rinse my mouth
9:30 at night
Brush my teeth and go to sleep (9 hours of sleep, till 6:30)
In the whole day I drink 6–8 glasses of water.
Q2Do you brush your teeth twice in the day — once after waking up and once before going to bed?
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Yes. I brush my teeth twice a day — once after waking up and once before going to bed.
Q3Do you rinse your mouth every time after eating food?
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Yes. I rinse my mouth with water every time after eating — after breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
Q4Do you wash your hands with soap after using the toilet and after coming home from outdoors?
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Yes. I wash my hands with soap after using the toilet and after coming home from outdoors.
Q5If your answer to any of these questions is “No”, think and discuss how you can make it a habit. Is there anything that makes it difficult for you to follow these routines?
Answer
Sometimes I forget to brush at night because I feel very sleepy. Now I brush right after dinner, before I get sleepy.
Find out — Page 111How do we brush our Teeth?
Find out
Q1Dadu! How come you don’t use a toothbrush like us?
Answer
Dadu said:
“Every day I get a fresh twig from the trees nearby. I chew it to make a brush and remove food particles stuck between my teeth. It gives my gums a good massage too.”
Q2Ask your grandparents or any elderly person in your neighbourhood — What did they use to wash their hair, body and clothes and clean their teeth when they were young?
Answer
Ask an elder about four things: hair, body, clothes and teeth. Write what they tell you.
Sample answer: My grandmother told me this.
To clean
What she used when she was young
Hair
Reetha and shikakai
Body
Besan (gram flour) mixed with water
Clothes
Reetha or a soap bar; the clothes were beaten on a stone
Teeth
A datun of neem or babool
Q3Can these things be found now?
Answer
Yes, most of them. Reetha and shikakai are sold in our market. We can get datun from the neem and babool trees near our home.
Activity 1 — Page 112Making a home-cleaner using orange and lemon peels
Activity
Q1Find out what home-cleaners are used in your home.
Answer
At home we use a dish-washing bar for the kitchen slab, a floor cleaner mixed in water for the floor, and a toilet cleaner for the bathroom. We wipe the furniture with a wet cloth.
Q2You can also make your own eco-friendly cleaner! Here is what you need: Peels of 8–12 oranges or lemons, enough to fill a half-litre transparent container. / Ten whole cloves (laung) or 2–3 bay leaves (tejpatta) (optional) / Two cups of white vinegar, enough to cover the peels or spices.
Answer
Do this with an elder:
Put everything in the container and close the lid.
Keep it in the sun for about two weeks. Shake it sometimes.
Strain the liquid. Your cleaner is ready!
Mix one cup in a bucket of water to clean floors and bathrooms.
In-text Questions — Page 113Animals like to keep themselves clean too! · Playing outdoors and indoors too
Q1Have you ever seen monkeys sitting and grooming each other?
Answer
Yes. I have seen monkeys sitting together. One monkey was picking through the other monkey’s hair.
Q2Next time do observe different ways in which animals and insects around you might be cleaning themselves.
Answer
A cat licks its paw and wipes its face. Sparrows roll in the dust. A dog shakes the water off its body. An elephant sprays water on itself with its trunk. Birds clean their feathers with their beaks.
Q3Have you noticed that, after running fast to catch your friends in a game, you are breathing faster and deeper?
Answer
Yes. After running fast, I breathe faster and deeper. My cheeks turn a little red. I feel warm and start sweating.
Activity 2 — Page 114Hop, skip, jump!
Activity
Q1Try the following moves: Walk like a duck. / Jump like a frog. / Run like a cat. Which moves did you enjoy the most?
Answer
I enjoyed jumping like a frog the most. I sat down low and jumped forward with both feet together. It made me laugh!
Q2Take a skipping rope and count as you jump. Do this with your friends and see who can jump the maximum number of times.
Answer
Count out loud each time you jump. Stop when the rope catches your feet.
Sample answer: I jumped 24 times. Meena jumped 31 times. 31 is more than 24, so Meena jumped the maximum number of times.
Q3Then, invite a friend to start jumping after you skip 10 times or after you say a short poem as you skip. For example: I like roti, I like ghee. I want _______________________, (name of a friend) To jump with me!
Answer
Say the poem as you skip. Put your friend’s name in the blank.
I like roti, I like ghee. I want Roshni, To jump with me!
Then that friend jumps in and skips with you. Or, skip 10 times and then call your friend.
Q4What other games do you play with a skipping rope? Teach and learn from your friends.
Answer
Two friends swing a long rope. A third friend jumps in the middle.
Skipping on one foot.
Skipping with the rope going backwards.
I taught my friend to skip on one foot. She taught me to skip with crossed arms.
Find out — Page 115Name the Game!
Find out
Q1What types of games do you like to play outside your home?
Answer
I like to play kho-kho, kabaddi, football and hide-and-seek outside my home.
Q2Can you identify the games shown here?
The four pictures printed inside the Find out box on page 115, with an empty box under each one.
Answer
Yes. The games are:
Spinning top (lattu)
Pachisi (also called chaupar) — the cross-shaped board
Snakes and ladders
Carrom
Q3Have you played them before?
The four pictures printed inside the Find out box on page 115, with an empty box under each one.
Answer
Yes. I have played snakes and ladders and carrom with my cousins. I have spun a top too. I have not played pachisi yet, but my grandmother knows it.
I Spy! — Page 116Find out
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Across the last row — this is the one already done for you
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Answer
The ten games are badminton, basketball, cricket, football, gymnastics, hockey, kabaddi, kho-kho, tennis and volleyball.
Sample answer: Yes. Kabaddi and kho-kho are my favourites. I also like cricket.
Playing Safely — Page 117Choosing a safe place to play
Q1It is important to be safe while having fun. Which of the following places is considered a safe area to play? Why or why not?
Place
What the picture shows
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A busy road
Three children run after a ball on the road. A car and a bus are coming along the same road.
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A park
Children run after a ball on the grass, beside a climbing frame, inside the park gate.
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A schoolground
Children play with a ball on the open ground in front of the school building.
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A roof without railings
Two children fly kites on a flat roof. There is no wall or railing at the edge of the roof.
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A construction site
Two children run past a heap of gravel and broken brick walls. A loaded truck and a crane stand close by.
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The five pictures printed on page 117, with the tick boxes left empty.
Answer
Safe: the park and the schoolground. Unsafe: the busy road, the roof without railings and the construction site.
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Safe or Unsafe
Why
A busy road
Unsafe
Cars and buses keep coming on the road.
A park
Safe
It is an open ground kept for playing, away from vehicles.
A schoolground
Safe
It is a big open ground and elders are close by.
A roof without railings
Unsafe
There is nothing at the edge to stop you from falling.
A construction site
Unsafe
Trucks and a crane work there. Heaps of gravel and broken bricks can hurt you.
In-text Questions — Page 118Strangers in public spaces · Page 118 prints no question. These three cards were added; each answer is the reply printed in the book.
Q1The first picture on page 118. A stranger holds out a sweet to two children.
In the first picture, a stranger says, “Come here. Have some sweets.” What do the children say?
Answer
The children say:
“No, thank you. We don’t want sweets.”
Q2The second picture on page 118. A stranger speaks to a child outside the school gate.
In the second picture, a stranger says, “Your mother asked me to pick you up from school.” What does the child say?
Answer
The child says:
“No, I don’t know you.”
Q3The third picture on page 118. A stranger opens a car door for a child.
In the third picture, a stranger says, “Let me drop you home. Get in the car.” What does the child say?
Answer
The child says:
“No, I know my way back home.”
Let us reflect — Pages 119–120A. Write · B. Draw · C. Discuss
Let us reflect
Q1A. Write — Make your weekly health table. What makes you feel sleepy, hungry or tired? Feelings are the body’s way of telling us that something is amiss. We all have different needs. We should each know what is good for our body and mind. For this, track your activities for a week and observe how you feel.
Day
Did I brush my teeth twice?
Did I use the toilet in the morning?
Did I take shower?
How much time did I sleep?
What did I have for breakfast?
How long did I watch TV or play on the phone?
How long did I play outdoors?
How did it make me feel? (Good, okay, not so good, bad)
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Thursday
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Sunday
The blank weekly health table printed on page 119.
Answer
Copy the table into your notebook. Fill one row every night for a week.
Sample answer:
Day
Brushed twice?
Toilet in the morning?
Shower?
Sleep
Breakfast
TV or phone
Played outdoors
How I felt
Monday
Yes
Yes
Yes
9 hours
Poha
1 hour
1 hour
Good
Tuesday
No
Yes
Yes
6 hours
Bread
2 hours
None
Not so good
Wednesday
Yes
Yes
Yes
9 hours
Idli
Half an hour
1 hour
Good
Thursday
Yes
Yes
Yes
8 hours
Roti and sabzi
1 hour
Half an hour
Okay
Friday
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Yes
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Upma
1 hour
1 hour
Good
Saturday
Yes
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Yes
10 hours
Paratha
2 hours
2 hours
Good
Sunday
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Poori
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Okay
I felt good on the days I slept 9 hours or more and played outdoors.
Q2B. Draw — Draw a big circle in your notebook and divide it into 24 slices. Imagine that each slice is one hour of the day. Now colour these slices differently based on the number of hours you spend doing different activities in one entire day of 24 hours. For example, Moyna spends 8 hours sleeping, 2 hours eating, 6 hours in school or studying at home, 2 hours playing outside, 2 hours helping her parents at home, 1 hour watching TV or playing on the phone, 1 hour in the toilet and 2 hours on other activities. This is what Moyna’s circle looked like.
Moyna’s circle, printed on page 120. The circle is cut into 24 slices and one slice is one hour of her day.
Answer
Draw a big circle. Cut it into 4 quarters.
Cut each quarter into 3 parts, then each part into 2. Now there are 24 slices.
Colour one slice for each hour.
Sample answer — my day:
Sample circle: one slice is one hour.
9 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 24 hours
Q3C. Discuss — Think of one activity you would like to do at least twice a week to improve your stamina. It could be running, jumping, climbing stairs or anything else. Discuss it with your friends and try doing such activities together.
Answer
I will skip with a rope on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Aman and Sara will skip with me. We will count our skips and try to do a few more each week.