NCERT Solutions for Class 4 The World Around Us Chapter 5 Food for Health (PDF) – 2027

Sample answer — dishes for our school food festival:

• Litti-chowkha (Bihar)
• Dal-baati-churma (Rajasthan)
• Dhokla (Gujarat)
• Chhena-poda (Odisha)
• Hot dosa with sambhar (Tamil Nadu)
• Jowar upma and ragi laddu (millet dishes)
• Sprouts salad and fruit chaat

Five more food items for each taste:

Foods with at least three tastes:

Sample answer: “Tamarind chutney is sour (tamarind), sweet (jaggery), salty (salt) and pungent (chilli).”

• Dish: Bajre ki roti
• Millet used: bajra
• When we eat it: in winter
• Ingredients: bajra flour, water, a little salt, ghee
• How it is made: the dough is patted into a roti by hand and cooked on a tawa.
• Eaten with: ghee, jaggery or sarson ka saag

Because no single food has all the nutrients our body needs. Different foods do different jobs:

• Some give energy — rice, roti, potato, banana.
• Some build the body — dal, milk, eggs, peanuts.
• Some protect us from diseases — carrot, orange, spinach, amla.

Our body will not get what the other two food groups give, so it will not grow in a balanced way and stay healthy.

More junk food items:

• French fries
• Instant noodles
• Candy, toffee and lollipops
• Packet cakes, pastries and doughnuts
• Packaged fruit drinks
• Fried packet snacks

We should avoid junk food because it has a lot of oil, salt and sugar. It is not healthy if we eat it regularly and in large quantities.

• It fills the stomach, so we do not eat healthy food.
• Eating it often can make us gain weight and feel tired.
• Fresh home-cooked food is better for us.

Sample answer — junk food I will avoid, and what I will eat instead:

(first two days; carry on in the same way up to Day 7):

(for the two days above):

• Circle (healthy): idli, sambhar, chutney, rice, dal, bhindi, curd, roti, palak, banana, poha, milk, rajma, salad, khichdi, orange.
• X (not healthy): any cold drink, packet of chips or other junk food eaten during the week.

Sample answer: “Protective foods (fruits and vegetables) were missing on some days. My parents said we can keep fruit on the table, add a green vegetable at dinner and put salad in my tiffin.”

Sample answer — a Rajasthani thali:

“Yes. I wash the vegetables, shell the peas and make the fruit chaat. I also lay the plates before dinner. I do not go near the stove alone.”

Yes, all family members should know how to cook, because:

• no one goes hungry if the person who usually cooks is ill or away;
• the work gets shared and does not fall on one person;
• everyone can make fresh home-cooked food.

Sample answer — what goes in each section of the collage:

(On the honey label in the book, the expiry date is 07.03.2026.)

Because the label tells us what is inside the packet and until when it is safe to eat.

• The expiry date tells us if the food is still safe. Old food can make us ill.
• The ingredients tell us if it has too much oil, salt or sugar.
• Someone who must not eat a certain thing can check whether it is inside.

Sample answer — a plan for our food festival:

Each student brings one home-made dish; parents are invited.

Food words in the grid: POTATO (the example), UPMA, LEMON, BAJRA, EGG, BEANS, TOFU (going down); MANGO, OAT, AMLA, JAU (going across).