Find and circle — Circle the words related to food in the grid below. One example is given below. K O Q L C I S A B U E S E B T E P E P T O M A N G O A M U I O J L G T N A Y A N R H O A S F V S G A O N T R S W O A T E R O T N T A M L A V F E L G T J A U G U W The letter grid printed on page 84. The

Read the grid across each row and down each column. The example already circled is POTATO , standing in the eighth column. K O Q L C I S A B U E S E B T E P E P T O M A N G O A M U I O J L G T N A Y A N R H O A S F V S G A O N T R S W O A T E R O T N T A M L A V F E L G T J A U G U W The letter grid printed on page 84. The example word is already circled in the eighth column. The food words hidden in the grid: Word Where it is How to read it POTATO Column 8, rows 2 to 7 Downwards (the example) UPMA Column 1, rows 2 to 5 Downwards LEMON Column 4, rows 1 to 5 Downwards BAJRA Column 5, rows 2 to 6 Downwards EGG Column 7, rows 2 to 4 Downwards BEANS Column 9, rows 1 to 5 Downwards TOFU Column 8, rows 6 to 9 Downwards MANGO Row 3, columns 4 to 8 Across OAT Row 7, columns 3 to 5 Across AMLA Row 8, columns 3 to 6 Across JAU Row 9, columns 4 to 6 Across K O Q L C I S A B U E S E B T E P E P T O M A N G O A M U I O J L G T N A Y A N R H O A S F V S G A O N T R S W O A T E R O T N T A M L A V F E L G T J A U G U W The same grid with every food word marked. Why it happens: Every one of these words is a food you met in this chapter — potato, upma, lemon, bajra, egg, beans, tofu, mango, amla and jau all appear in the food-group lists or in the millet stall. Note on the book: Row 7 of the printed grid reads S W O A T E R O T . The word WATER was clearly meant to be hidden there, but an extra O has come in between the W and the A, so it reads ‘WOATER’. Read the row as it i

NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 5 End-of-chapter activities — Let us reflect

Book page 83–84 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Hands-on activity — food collage. Materials: Old magazines, newspapers, scissors, glue, and a blank sheet of paper. Cut out pictures of food items and create a collage with three sections: energy-giving foods, body-building foods, and protective foods.

Answer

A collage is a picture made by sticking many cut-out pictures together. Divide your sheet into three parts before you start sticking.

Step 1 — Fold the blank sheet into three columns and write one heading on each.
Step 2 — Cut out food pictures from old magazines and newspapers.
Step 3 — Decide the group of each picture before you paste it.
Step 4 — Paste, and write the name of the food under each picture.

Sample answer — what goes in each section:

Energy-giving foods	Body-building foods	Protective foods
Rice, wheat roti, potato, banana, sweet potato, honey, butter, ghee, oil, millets	Dal, soybean, chickpea, peanut, tofu, milk, cheese, beans, almond, walnut, egg, fish	Carrot, orange, lemon, papaya, spinach, cabbage, guava, amla, tomato

Why it happens: Sorting the pictures makes you decide the job of each food. That is the real learning in this activity, not the cutting and pasting.

Tip: If one column has far fewer pictures than the others, that is the food group you notice least in daily life. Look for more of it.

Q2.

Check the label — (a) At home, pick up any one packaged food item from your kitchen. Check the label and note down the expiry date, and also two main ingredients.

Answer

Take any packet from the kitchen — biscuits, honey, jam, noodles or a milk packet — and read the small print on it.

Honey
All Natural · No Sugar Added · Pure and Delicious
Net weight:	400 gram
Packed on:	08.03.2025
Best before:	07.03.2026

The honey label drawn beside the activity on page 83.

Step 1 — Find the line that says Best before or Use by. That is the expiry date.
Step 2 — Find the word ‘Ingredients’. The first names on that list are the main ingredients.
Step 3 — Also look at the net weight and the packing date.
Step 4 — Write it all down in your notebook.

Sample answer:

What I checked	What the packet said
Name of the item	Biscuits
Net weight	200 gram
Packed on	12.06.2025
Expiry date (Best before)	11.12.2025
Two main ingredients	Wheat flour and sugar

On the honey label printed in the book, the expiry date is 07.03.2026 and the packet says All Natural, No Sugar Added.

Why it happens: The label is the packet’s way of telling us what is inside and until when it is safe. Nothing else on the packet has to be true in the same way.

Tip: The ingredient written first is the one present in the largest amount. If sugar comes first, the packet is mostly sugar.

Q3.

Check the label — (b) Why is it important to check labels before buying or eating packaged food items?

Answer

Because the label is the only way to know what is inside the packet and how long it stays fit to eat.

The expiry date tells us if the food is still safe. Food eaten after that date can make us ill.
The ingredients tell us how much oil, salt or sugar the food has — that is how we spot junk food.
Someone who must not eat a certain thing can check whether it is inside.
The net weight tells us how much we are really getting for the price.
The packing date tells us how fresh the food is.

Honey
All Natural · No Sugar Added · Pure and Delicious
Net weight:	400 gram
Packed on:	08.03.2025
Best before:	07.03.2026

The honey label drawn beside the activity on page 83.

Sample answer: “I check the label because I want to know the best-before date and the ingredients. The honey packet in our book was packed on 08.03.2025 and is best before 07.03.2026, so it must be used within that one year.”

Why it happens: Packaged food is made far away and long before we buy it. We cannot see or smell what has gone into it, so the label has to tell us.

Check it yourself: Next time you are at a shop, read the best-before date before the packet goes into the bag.

Q4.

Organise a food festival. Students may bring home-made food and organise a food festival at school. Parents may be encouraged to participate in the food festival.

Answer

Plan it the way the school in the chapter did — many stalls, many regions, and a banner with a healthy message.

Step 1 — Fix a day with your teacher and divide the class into small groups.
Step 2 — Each group chooses one region or one food group for its stall.
Step 3 — Invite parents and ask them to send one home-made dish each.
Step 4 — Make a name board and a price-free menu card for every stall.
Step 5 — Keep water, plates, a dustbin and a hand-washing spot ready.
Step 6 — After the festival, write which dish belonged to which food group.

Sample answer — a plan for six stalls:

Stall name	What it serves
Super Food	Jowar upma, ragi laddu, bajre ki khichdi
Mystery Masala	A dish with all six tastes, for a guessing game
North India	Litti-chowkha, dal-baati-churma
South India	Hot dosa, sambhar, idiyappam
No-Cook Corner	Fruit chaat, sprouts and vegetable salad
Water Point	Clean drinking water, lemon water, watermelon slices

Why it happens: A food festival lets the whole school see food variety in one place. Bringing home-made food also shows that fresh home cooking can be exciting.

Tip: Put up a banner like the one in the chapter — “Eat Right, Stay Healthy” or “Colours on Plate, Wellness in Life”.

Q5.

Find and circle — Circle the words related to food in the grid below. One example is given below.

K	O	Q	L	C	I	S	A	B
U	E	S	E	B	T	E	P	E
P	T	O	M	A	N	G	O	A
M	U	I	O	J	L	G	T	N
A	Y	A	N	R	H	O	A	S
F	V	S	G	A	O	N	T	R
S	W	O	A	T	E	R	O	T
N	T	A	M	L	A	V	F	E
L	G	T	J	A	U	G	U	W

The letter grid printed on page 84. The example word is already circled in the eighth column.

Answer

Read the grid across each row and down each column. The example already circled is POTATO, standing in the eighth column.

K	O	Q	L	C	I	S	A	B
U	E	S	E	B	T	E	P	E
P	T	O	M	A	N	G	O	A
M	U	I	O	J	L	G	T	N
A	Y	A	N	R	H	O	A	S
F	V	S	G	A	O	N	T	R
S	W	O	A	T	E	R	O	T
N	T	A	M	L	A	V	F	E
L	G	T	J	A	U	G	U	W

The letter grid printed on page 84. The example word is already circled in the eighth column.

The food words hidden in the grid:

Word	Where it is	How to read it
POTATO	Column 8, rows 2 to 7	Downwards (the example)
UPMA	Column 1, rows 2 to 5	Downwards
LEMON	Column 4, rows 1 to 5	Downwards
BAJRA	Column 5, rows 2 to 6	Downwards
EGG	Column 7, rows 2 to 4	Downwards
BEANS	Column 9, rows 1 to 5	Downwards
TOFU	Column 8, rows 6 to 9	Downwards
MANGO	Row 3, columns 4 to 8	Across
OAT	Row 7, columns 3 to 5	Across
AMLA	Row 8, columns 3 to 6	Across
JAU	Row 9, columns 4 to 6	Across

K	O	Q	L	C	I	S	A	B
U	E	S	E	B	T	E	P	E
P	T	O	M	A	N	G	O	A
M	U	I	O	J	L	G	T	N
A	Y	A	N	R	H	O	A	S
F	V	S	G	A	O	N	T	R
S	W	O	A	T	E	R	O	T
N	T	A	M	L	A	V	F	E
L	G	T	J	A	U	G	U	W

The same grid with every food word marked.

Why it happens: Every one of these words is a food you met in this chapter — potato, upma, lemon, bajra, egg, beans, tofu, mango, amla and jau all appear in the food-group lists or in the millet stall.

Note on the book: Row 7 of the printed grid reads S W O A T E R O T. The word WATER was clearly meant to be hidden there, but an extra O has come in between the W and the A, so it reads ‘WOATER’. Read the row as it is printed and mark OAT instead. Do not change the grid in your book — just note the misprint.

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U	E	S	E	B	T	E	P	E
P	T	O	M	A	N	G	O	A
M	U	I	O	J	L	G	T	N
A	Y	A	N	R	H	O	A	S
F	V	S	G	A	O	N	T	R
S	W	O	A	T	E	R	O	T
N	T	A	M	L	A	V	F	E
L	G	T	J	A	U	G	U	W

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