NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 2 Collect or draw pictures of different types of bells found in India. — Let us Explore
Book page 24 Updated on2026-09-19
Q1.
We have read about Chinna’s love for tinkling bells in the story. Collect or draw pictures of different types of bells found in India.
Answer
This is a collecting activity. Fill the big box on page 24 with bells — drawn by you, or cut out from old newspapers, calendars and magazines.
How to do it:
Walk around your home, your street and your school for one day, and listen. Write down every bell you hear.
Ask an elder at home which bells they remember from their village or town.
Draw four or five of them in the box, or paste cut-out pictures.
Write the name of each bell neatly under its picture.
Four kinds of bells you can see in India: a temple bell, a school hand bell, a cow bell and a string of ghungroos.
Bells you can put in your box:
Bell
Where you find it
What it is for
Temple bell (ghanta)
at a temple door
People ring it before praying.
School hand bell
in school
Tells everyone that a period or break has begun.
Cow bell
round a cow’s or goat’s neck
Helps the owner know where the animal is — just like Tara’s bells.
Ghungroo
round a dancer’s ankles
Keeps the beat in Kathak, Bharatanatyam and other dances.
Cycle bell
on a bicycle handle
Warns people walking ahead.
Bullock cart bells
on the bullocks’ necks
You hear the cart coming before you see it.
Wind chime
hanging at a window
Rings by itself when the wind blows.
Door bell
outside a house
Tells the family that a visitor has come.
Sample lines to write under your pictures: This is a temple bell. It is made of brass and hangs from the roof. People ring it with their hand before they pray. Its sound is deep and it goes on for a long time.
What all bells have in common: Every bell is a hollow piece of metal with something hard inside or outside to strike it. The blow makes the metal shake, and the shaking metal makes the sound. A big, thick bell shakes slowly and gives a deep sound. A tiny ghungroo shakes fast and gives the high “tinkle” that Chinna loved.
Try this: Hold a metal glass by its rim and tap it with a spoon — it rings. Now hold the glass tightly in your fist and tap again. The sound stops at once, because your hand has stopped the shaking. That is exactly why a bell must hang free.