NCERT Solutions for Class 5th English Chapter 10 Glass Bangles
Updated on 2026-09-19
About this chapter
Where the story happens. Firozabad is a busy district in Uttar Pradesh. It is famous all over India for its glassware, and most of all for its glass bangles. Ravi lives there. He is a skilled artisan — a person who makes beautiful things by hand. Who is in the story. Ravi, the glass artisan; the artisans who work with him in his workshop; and Ananya, Ravi’s daughter, who has just finished school. How the bangles are made. First the glass is heated in a furnace , a very hot oven. Then the soft glass is carefully shaped into bangles. Then colours and designs are added. Last of all the bangles are cooled slowly, so that they set perfectly. The work is difficult and needs great skill. What happens. Diwali is coming, so the demand for bangles goes up and the workshop becomes very busy. Ananya w
- Glass Bangles (story)
- A. Answer the following questions
- B. Think and discuss
- B. Use capital letters, full stop, comma and question mark
- Past perfect tense
- A. Tongue twisters
- B. Crafts and traditions of your region
- Put the steps of making besan laddus in order
- A. A festival paragraph · B. The Rock Garden, Chandigarh
- Savings accounts, interest and your passbook
Quick revision
| Word | What it means | The line it appears in | A sentence of your own |
|---|---|---|---|
| clinking | The light, ringing sound that two pieces of glass or metal make when they knock together. | “The air was filled with the clinking of glass” | I heard the clinking of glasses at the dinner table. |
| artisans | People who make beautiful and useful things by hand, with great skill. | “the gentle hum of conversation as artisans shaped beautiful bangles” | The artisans of Moradabad make lovely brass pots. |
| furnace | A very hot closed oven. Glass and metal are melted in it. | “Ravi and his team would heat glass in a furnace” | The blacksmith heated the iron rod in the furnace. |
| floral patterns | Designs made of flowers, leaves and creepers. | “She introduced delicate floral patterns and geometric shapes” | My mother’s sari has floral patterns on the border. |
| elements | Parts or features of something. | “wanted to put modern elements into the traditional bangle designs” | The dance had elements of both kathak and folk dance. |
| craftsmanship | The skill of a person who makes things by hand. | “the wonderful craftsmanship of the artisans” | The craftsmanship of this wooden chair is beautiful. |
| pastels | Soft, pale colours — light pink, light blue, cream. | “from deep reds and blues to soft pastels” | She chose a pastel green kurta for the function. |
| demand | The wish of many people to buy a thing. | “the demand for glass bangles increased” | There is a big demand for umbrellas in the rains. |
| hesitant | Not sure; holding back before saying yes. | “Ravi was initially hesitant” | I was hesitant to jump into the cold water. |
| innovative | Full of new ideas. | “Ananya’s innovative designs” | Her innovative idea saved us a lot of time. |
| prosper | To do well and grow richer. | “Ravi’s workshop continued to prosper” | The little shop began to prosper after the new road came. |
| community | All the people who live and work together in one place. | “it also had a positive impact on the entire community” | The whole community helped clean the village pond. |
| past perfect tense | The tense that shows which of two past actions happened first. It uses had + the third form of the verb. | Let us Learn — “Ananya had completed her schooling before she joined the factory.” | The bus had left before we reached the stop. |
| interest | The extra money the bank gives you for keeping your money with it. | Let us Explore — “This is called interest on the Savings Account.” | My savings account earned twenty rupees as interest. |
| gullak | A money box, usually of clay, in which we drop coins to save them. | Let us Explore — “just like you keep your money safe in a gullak” | I broke my gullak and counted seventy-five rupees. |
Exercises
- Glass Bangles (story) — Let us Read Page 119–122
- A. Answer the following questions — Let us Think Page 123
- B. Think and discuss — Let us Think Page 123
- A. For each word, list three other words you associate with it — Let us Learn Page 124
- B. Use capital letters, full stop, comma and question mark — Let us Learn Page 124
- Past perfect tense — Let us Learn Page 125–126
- A. Tongue twisters — Let us Speak Page 126
- B. Crafts and traditions of your region — Let us Speak Page 126
- Put the steps of making besan laddus in order — Let us Listen Page 127
- A. A festival paragraph · B. The Rock Garden, Chandigarh — Let us Write Page 128
- A. Crafts and their places · B. Your State or UT · C. A dot rangoli — Let us Do Page 129–130
- Savings accounts, interest and your passbook — Let us Explore Page 131
- Name the sixteen pictures and find them in the book — Let us Observe Page 132–133
- Covering Units 3, 4 and 5 — Self-assessment 2 Page 135–138