NCERT Solutions for Class 5 The World Around Us Chapter 5 Our Vibrant Country (PDF) – 2027

On Republic Day (26 January) our school celebrates like this:

1. We reach school early and stand in lines around the flagpole.
2. The head teacher unfurls the tricolour to the beat of drums and claps.
3. We all sing the National Anthem together.
4. A short speech tells us about our Constitution.
5. A cultural programme follows — patriotic songs, dances, a march past and a short play.
6. Sweets are given out at the end.

Rivers: Sindhu (Indus), Yamuna, Ganga. Mountain ranges: Vindhya, Himachala (Himalaya).

I would like to take part in the group song. I know all the words of Saare Jahan Se Achha and I can keep in time with the others. I would also like to help decorate the flagpole with marigold flowers in the morning, because I can reach school early.

Yes, I watched the parade on Kartavya Path, New Delhi, on television. I liked the state tableaux the most — each float showed one state’s life, like a boat race, a handloom or a temple. I also liked the fighter jets roaring across the sky in the fly-past at the end.

Sample answer — items for a Rajasthan tableau: sand dunes and a fort wall at the back; a camel; Ghoomar dancers in bright ghagra-choli; men in colourful safas; a nagara drum; block-printed cloth and blue pottery; a plate of dal-baati-churma. We made a model of it on a shoebox “truck” with card wheels and clay figures. (List the items of your own state in the same way.)

On Independence Day (15 August) our school celebrates like this:

1. The flag is hoisted and we all sing the National Anthem.
2. Speeches remember freedom fighters like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose.
3. Students present patriotic songs, poems and a play on the freedom struggle.
4. Some schools hold a march past, a drawing competition or tree planting.
5. Sweets are shared and we say Jai Hind.

Five rules followed in our school:

1. Come to school on time, in clean uniform.
2. Walk in a line on the stairs and in the corridors.
3. Throw waste only in the dustbin.
4. Raise your hand before speaking, and listen when others speak.
5. Do not damage school property or anyone’s things.

My new rule (sample): Every class will take turns to check that no tap is left running, so that no water is wasted.

Sample answer — for the ₹10 note shown in the book:

Sample answer — my school emblem: a green circle with an open book, a small sun rising behind it and a blue line of water below, with the motto Learn · Care · Grow on a ribbon. Circle = togetherness, book = learning, sun = a fresh start each day, water = the canal beside our school.

Answer: The tiger (Royal Bengal Tiger) — the National Animal of India. The clues are its orange coat with black stripes, its home in thick forests and its mighty roar.

Answer: The peacock (Indian peafowl) — the National Bird of India. The clues are its dance in the rain, its bright blue-green feathers, the crest (crown) on its head and its beautiful tail.

I would suggest the mango. It grows in almost every part of India and has hundreds of varieties — just like our country’s own variety. It appears in our old stories and festivals (mango leaves are tied over doorways), and people everywhere love it. The mango is in fact commonly called India’s national fruit.

Sample answer — for a child in Odisha (write the symbols of your own state in the same way):

I chose the neem tree beside the school gate. My drawing shows its thick trunk and its round green top, with two children sitting in its shade. My line is: The neem tree is our school symbol because it gives shade and clean air to everyone who comes here, and it asks for nothing back.

The children in our class speak 7 languages at home — Hindi, Bhojpuri, Bengali, Marathi, Urdu, Odia and Nepali.

Your class list will be different. Write down what you actually find, not this list.

Mango in different languages:

Headgears in the pictures: pink and red pagri or safa (Rajasthan), a festive woven headdress of North-East India, a peta or pheta (Karnataka, Maharashtra), a cycling helmet, a Himachali topi and a Sikh dastar (turban). Others I know: Gandhi topi, Assamese japi, Kashmiri karakuli, an army beret and a construction worker’s helmet.

How we tied a safa-style turban with a dupatta:

1. Fold the dupatta lengthwise into a long band, about a hand wide.
2. Place the middle of the band on the forehead and take both ends round to the back.
3. Wind the ends round the head again and again, each round a little higher.
4. Tuck the last end firmly into a fold at the back.

Sample answer — a newspaper cap:

1. Fold a full newspaper sheet in half, with the fold at the top.
2. Fold the two top corners down to meet in the middle.
3. Fold the bottom strip up on the front; turn it over and fold the other strip up too.
4. Press the folds, open the cap at the bottom and wear it.

Dances in the pictures and the states they come from:

Mark and label these nine states on an outline map of India.

Traditional Indian instruments I know: tabla, dholak, dhol, mridangam and pakhawaj (drums); bansuri and shehnai (wind); sitar, veena, sarangi, santoor and ektara (strings); manjira and ghungroo (cymbals and bells).

Sample answer — a tin drum:

1. Take an empty tin with its top cut off.
2. Stretch a piece of balloon rubber tightly over the open mouth.
3. Tie it down firmly with string or a rubber band.
4. Tap it with your fingers or a pencil. Tighten the rubber for a higher sound.

I would learn Tamil. Two families in our lane speak Tamil, and my friend Meena has promised to teach me the letters. Tamil is one of the oldest living languages in the world, with poems more than two thousand years old. Knowing it, I could talk with my neighbours and read Tamil stories.

Monuments on the new series of currency notes:

India’s currency symbol is ₹ (rupee) — the 4th symbol in the row. The clue: ₹ is printed before the value on our notes, as in ₹10.

Other symbols: € euro (Europe), $ dollar (USA), ₽ rouble (Russia), ¥ yen (Japan) or yuan (China), £ pound (United Kingdom).

The lions of the National Emblem (the Lion Capital of Ashoka), printed on the front of the ₹10 note — three lions can be seen. On the round base below them, a small horse and a bull are also carved.

The six great people, row by row, left to right:

Our group asked my grandmother about Shanti Devi of our town. In 1974 she began teaching six girls under a tree, because there was no girls’ school nearby. She went from house to house to persuade parents. Today that class has become a full girls’ school, named after her.

Unique features we found (sample): Kerala — a boat race and a meal on a banana leaf; Rajasthan — the desert, puppet shows and bright safas; Assam — the one-horned rhinoceros and tea gardens; Tamil Nadu — temple gopurams and kolam at the door.

Similarities and common values (sample): every state has a harvest festival, welcomes guests with food, has its own dance and music, respects elders, and honours its rivers, hills and trees.