NCERT Solutions for Class 5 English Chapter 10 Glass Bangles (PDF) – 2027

What the story is about: In Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, Ravi is a skilled glass artisan who makes bangles the traditional way. His daughter Ananya adds modern floral patterns and geometric shapes. Their special Diwali collection, mixing old and new, is a big success and brings more work to the whole community.

In Ravi’s workshop, the glass was first heated in a furnace. Then it was carefully shaped into bangles, and beautiful colours and designs were added. Last of all, the bangles were cooled to perfection. The work was difficult and needed great skill.

Ananya was Ravi’s daughter. She had completed her schooling and had an eye for design. She added delicate floral patterns and geometric shapes to the traditional bangle designs. Together they made a special Diwali collection of old and new designs, which became a big success.

The new bangles were so popular that the demand for bangles increased. This gave more work to the local artisans, and more jobs were created in packing and transportation. So the success helped the whole community, not just Ravi and Ananya.

If I were Ananya, I would add tiny mirror work so that the bangles catch the Diwali lights. I would use peacock colours — deep blue and green together — and add a thin gold line along the edge. I would still keep one old floral pattern on every bangle.

Last year I made a birthday card for my grandmother out of old chart paper. I drew her sitting in her chair and coloured her sari yellow, her favourite colour. When I gave it to her, she read it twice and kept it on her shelf. I felt very proud and happy.

Sample answer — things we buy from our local market during Diwali: clay diyas and wicks, glass bangles, sweets, marigold flowers and mango leaves, rangoli colours, new clothes, dry fruits, idols of Lakshmi and Ganesha, and paper lanterns.

Festivals — Joy, Sweets, Family. This one is already done for you in the book.

Bangle — glass, colourful, wrist.

• Glass — the bangles in our story are made of glass, in Firozabad.
• Colourful — they come “from deep reds and blues to soft pastels”.
• Wrist — that is where a bangle is worn.

Factory — machines, workers, chimney.

• Machines — a factory is full of machines that do work quickly.
• Workers — many people work together there.
• Chimney — the tall pipe that lets the smoke out.

Friend — sharing, trust, play.

• Sharing — friends share tiffin, books and secrets.
• Trust — you can tell a friend something and know it is safe.
• Play — most friendships begin in the playground.

School — teacher, classroom, books.

• Teacher — the person who helps us learn.
• Classroom — the room where we sit and study.
• Books — what we read and write in every day.

The air was filled with the clinking of glass.

Two things had to be put right:

1. The first word of a sentence always begins with a capital letter: the becomes The.
2. The sentence tells us something, so it ends with a full stop (.).

On Diwali night, the streets of Firozabad were lit with lamps and lights.

Diwali is the name of a festival, so it takes a capital D. A comma after “On Diwali night” marks the pause, and the sentence ends with a full stop.

Did Ravi like Ananya’s new designs at first?

Did takes a capital because it is the first word; Ravi and Ananya are names. The sentence asks something, so it ends with a question mark.

Ravi and Ananya made a special collection for Diwali.

1. Ravi — capital, first word and a name.
2. Ananya — capital, a name.
3. Diwali — capital, the name of a festival.
4. Full stop at the end, because the sentence tells us something.

Did the customers love the new bangles?

Did takes a capital because it is the first word. It is a question, so it ends with a question mark. There are no names in it, so no other capitals are needed.

First action: had dispersed. Second action: reached the market. (This row is filled in for you in the book.)

First action: had finished the portrait. Second action: (I) called her.

Shivangi finished the painting first; I called her after that. The word had marks the first action.

First action: had switched off the TV. Second action: (you) rang the doorbell.

The doorbell is written first, but it happened second. The TV was already off before the bell rang — the word had tells us so.

First action: had ended (the movie). Second action: (we) reached the cinema hall.

The movie was already over when we got there. “When we reached the cinema hall” is printed first, but it happened second.

First action: had set the table. Second action: the phone rang.

Samar laid out the plates and glasses first; after that, the phone rang.

Sample answer — sentences of my own:

Say it like this: Red · lor–ry · blue · lor–ry. Say it four times slowly, then a little faster, then as fast as you can without a slip.

Say it like this: Bab–li · bought · beau–ti–ful · ban–gles · but · the · ban–gles · broke. Start slowly, then speed up.

Say it like this: Ra–vi · read · a · red · book. Here read is in the past tense, so it is said exactly like red.

Say it like this: Green · glass · globes · glow · green. Keep the gr and gl sounds apart, and speed up only when you are sure.

Say it like this: Ten · ti–ny · tur–tles · take · turns · talk–ing. Start slowly and make every t clear.

In my town, potters make small clay diyas for Diwali. For weeks before the festival, rows of diyas dry in the sun in the potters’ lane. Each diya is shaped on the wheel, dried and baked. On Diwali night we fill them with oil and light them. The potters sell most of their diyas in these few days.

Numbers to write in the boxes: 1 → 3, 2 → 2, 3 → 5, 4 → 4, 5 → 1.

Sample answer (85 words):

Last month we celebrated Diwali at home. Two days before the festival we cleaned every room. On Diwali morning I made a rangoli with red, yellow and white colours. My mother made besan laddus and I helped her shape them. In the evening we wore new clothes and did the Lakshmi puja together. Then we lit twenty diyas along the wall. Our neighbours came with sweets and we gave them a box of dry fruits. It was a quiet, happy Diwali with my whole family.

Sample answer (110 words):

The two pictures show the Rock Garden of Chandigarh. It is a garden full of statues, but the statues are not made of stone or metal. They are made of waste. In the first picture the figures are covered with pieces of broken glass bangles, so they look bright and colourful. In the second picture the figures are covered with broken tiles and pieces of china. The garden was made by Nek Chand, a road inspector, who began collecting waste and building his figures secretly in 1957. Today thousands of people visit it. The Rock Garden teaches us a beautiful lesson: nothing is really waste if somebody has an idea.

Madhubani district, in the Mithila region of Bihar. The painting is named after the place, and is also called Mithila painting.

Paithan, in Maharashtra. The saree is named after this old town on the river Godavari.

Jaipur, in Rajasthan. Jaipur blue pottery is known for its deep blue and white designs.

Punjab. (The same embroidery is also done in parts of Haryana.) Phulkari means “flower work” — phul (flower) + kari (work).

My State is Uttar Pradesh. It is famous for the glass bangles of Firozabad, which we read about in this chapter. Artisans there heat glass in a furnace, shape it into bangles and colour them by hand. Uttar Pradesh is also famous for the chikankari embroidery of Lucknow and the silk sarees of Varanasi.

How to draw it:

1. Loop the centre dot.
2. Draw a petal shape above it and one below it.
3. Loop three more dots on the right of the centre and join them with a zig-zag line.
4. Do the same on the left, so that seven looped dots sit inside a six-pointed star.
5. Draw straight lines outwards from the star.
6. Loop the outer dots and join them, one side at a time.
7. Finish every side the same way, then colour it.

No, I do not have a bank account yet. I keep my money in a gullak. I have asked my father to help me open a savings account, so that my money stays safe and also earns a little interest.

Fixed Deposit (FD): you put one amount in the bank once and leave it there for a fixed time, such as one year. You get it back with interest at the end.

Recurring Deposit (RD): you put in the same small amount every month for a fixed number of months, and get it all back with interest at the end.

Sample answer — a passbook page using the book’s example:

A passbook records every rupee put in and taken out. The balance is the money left after each entry.

A drone.

Where it is in the book: page 117, in chapter 9, Vocation. It is flying over the farmer’s field in the picture of the farmer.

A hand fan — a round pankha with a fish painted on it.

Where it is in the book: page 104, chapter 8, The Decision of the Panchayat. The woman on the steps holds it in the “11 differences” pictures.

A lotus — a pink lotus flower with its flat, floating leaves.

Where it is in the book: page 55, the opening page of chapter 5, The Frog, beside the frog on its leaf in the pond.

A butterfly. It has four bright wings and two thin feelers (antennae) on its head.

Glass bangles — a pair of arms wearing green glass bangles.

Where it is in the book: page 121, in this chapter, Glass Bangles. They are in the round bubble drawn next to the picture of Ananya at work.

An aeroplane.

Where it is in the book: page 14, chapter 2, Gone with the Scooter. It flies across the top of the page, beside two small clouds.

A pair of spectacles.

Where it is in the book: page 4, chapter 1, Papa’s Spectacles. It stands beside blank number 3 of “a pair of ……”.

A lantern.

Where it is in the book: page 107, chapter 9, Vocation. The watchman holds it up in the night picture: “The watchman swings his lantern and walks with his shadow at his side.”

A sunflower.

Where it is in the book: page 34, chapter 3, The Rainbow. It stands beside row 6 of the “friend word” table: sun + flower = sunflower.

A pair of crutches. They are sticks that fit under the arms and help a person with a hurt leg or foot to walk.

A rooster — here, a water tank shaped like a rooster.

Where it is in the book: page 66, chapter 6, What a Tank!. It stands on a roof, among the unusual water tanks of rural Punjab.

A gilli — the small stick used in the game Gilli Danda.

Where it is in the book: page 79, chapter 7, Gilli Danda. In the opening picture it flies through the air with these same curved lines round it.

A starfish.

Where it is in the book: page 64, chapter 5, The Frog. It is one of the six sea creatures in the “Let us Explore” box.

A spinning top — a lattu. It is round and striped, with a sharp point at the bottom; the curved lines show that it is spinning.

A compass — the instrument from a geometry box used to draw circles.

Where it is in the book: page 111, chapter 9, Vocation, in “Let us Learn C”, where it is named under its picture.

Laddus — a plate of besan laddus.

Where it is in the book: page 127, in this chapter — the “Let us Listen” page, where Arjun, Meera and their parents make besan laddus.

I ticked “in a group” and “by repeating after my teacher”. I can say Gilli Danda with my group and do the actions, because we practised it many times. When a poem is new, like Vocation, I still need to hear my teacher say each line first.

I ticked “by reading the entire sentence again”, “by looking at the pictures” and “by using a dictionary”. For furnace, the sentence “heat glass in a furnace” told me it was something very hot. For adamant, I used the dictionary.

I ticked “in English with a few words of my mother tongue”. I write my answers in English, but when I speak in class I sometimes use a Hindi word, like bhatti, before I remember the English word furnace.

I ticked “after following my teacher’s instructions”. When my teacher writes the points on the board, I can write the paragraph on my own. The festival paragraph on page 128 was easy because the book gave hints. For the Rock Garden paragraph I needed my friends’ help.

I ticked all four boxes. I drew the rangoli on page 130 by myself. I made the gilli and danda with my classmates. My family helped me find out about fixed and recurring deposits, and my teacher helped me find Paithan and Madhubani on the map.