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NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 2 Looking Around the Neighbourhood — Let us reflect

Book page 31 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.
Imagine you have ₹ 100 to utilise in a month. Your task is to plan how to spend and save wisely. Think about your expenses for stationery, snacks, toys, etc. Decide how much you will save in your piggy bank and how much you will use for your expenses. After making this plan, think about how saving money could help you in the future. Use the table below to create your budget:
CategoryPlanned amountWhy did you choose this amount?
Savings
Expenditure
Answer

Split the ₹ 100 into two parts. The two parts must add up to ₹ 100.

Savings + Expenditure = ₹ 100
₹ 40 + ₹ 60 = ₹ 100
CategoryPlanned amountWhy did you choose this amount?
Savings₹ 40I want to buy a story book that costs ₹ 120. If I save ₹ 40 every month, I can buy it in three months.
Expenditure₹ 60I need ₹ 25 for a notebook and pencils, ₹ 20 for snacks and ₹ 15 for a small toy or a game.
Stationery ₹ 25
Snacks ₹ 20
Toy ₹ 15
25 + 20 + 15 = ₹ 60

How saving helps in the future. The ₹ 40 kept aside each month becomes ₹ 120 in three months. That is enough for the book. In a year it becomes ₹ 480, and that can pay for something bigger, or help at home in a difficult month.

Why save first: if you put the ₹ 40 into the piggy bank on the first day, it stays there. If you wait till the end of the month, it is usually gone.
Tip: your amounts can be different from these. Just check that savings and expenditure together make exactly ₹ 100.
Q2.
Imagine that your group is in charge of making your neighbourhood better. Discuss what new services or facilities you would add or improve. Present how these changes would help everyone in the community.
Answer

Work in your group like this.

  1. Walk around your neighbourhood and note what is missing or broken.
  2. Each member names one change they want.
  3. Choose three changes that would help the largest number of people.
  4. For each change, say clearly who it helps and how.
  5. Draw a poster or a simple map of your neighbourhood showing the changes.
Sample answer:
Change we would makeHow it helps everyone
Put dustbins at every corner and have the garbage taken away dailyThe streets stay clean and people fall ill less often.
Repair the street lightsChildren, women and old people can walk safely after dark.
Make a small park with a few benches and treesChildren get a safe place to play and elders get shade to sit in.
Build a footpath beside the main roadPeople need not walk among the vehicles, so accidents come down.
Start a small public libraryEvery child can read books, even those who cannot buy them.
Why these count as good changes: a public facility is one that anyone may use. A change that helps only one house is not a change for the community.
Q3.
As a class, take help of the elders around you to list people in your neighbourhood who helped the community during COVID-19. These could include doctors, nurses, garbage collectors, shopkeepers, teachers and others. Discuss how they made the community safer and why it is important to thank them.
Answer

Do this together as a class.

  1. Ask your parents, neighbours and teachers who kept working during the COVID-19 days.
  2. Write each name or each kind of worker on the blackboard.
  3. Beside each one, write what that person did.
  4. Make thank-you cards and give them to the workers you can meet.
Sample answer:
Who helpedHow they made the community safer
Doctors and nursesTreated sick people and gave everyone the vaccine.
Garbage collectors and cleaning staffCleared the waste and sprayed the streets, so illness did not spread.
Shopkeepers and vegetable sellersKept selling food and medicines, so no family went hungry.
Police officersKept people from crowding and helped those who were stuck.
TeachersTaught on the phone and online, so our studies did not stop.
Ambulance drivers and delivery workersCarried patients and brought things to our doors.

Why it is important to thank them. They went out and took a risk when everyone else stayed at home. A thank you tells them their work was seen, and it makes them want to help again. It also teaches us that our community stands on the work of many ordinary people.

Q4.
Can you list out the people involved and vehicles used in each of these services in the boxes given below? An example has been given.
ServicePeople involved and vehicles used
Police StationPolice officers · Constables · Patrolling jeep
Hospital
Fire Station
Post Office
Library
Answer

For each service, name two kinds of workers and the vehicle they use.

ServicePeople involved and vehicles used
Police StationPolice officers · Constables · Patrolling jeep
HospitalDoctors · Nurses · Ambulance
Fire StationFire officers · Firefighters · Fire engine
Post OfficePostmaster · Postmen · Post van (and the postman’s bicycle)
LibraryLibrarian · Library assistant · Mobile library van
Why each service has its own vehicle: the vehicle must do the service’s work. An ambulance carries a patient lying down. A fire engine carries water and ladders. A post van carries heavy bags of letters.
Tip: all five of these are public places. They give their service to anyone in the community who needs it.
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