NCERT Solutions for Class 5th The World Around Us Chapter 4 Traffic Signs — Write

Book page 67–68 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Find out and write at least three traffic rules.

Answer

Three rules every child should know and follow — and then six more.

Always walk on the footpath. If there is no footpath, walk on the right side of the road, facing the traffic coming towards you — so you can see the vehicles and they can see you.
Cross the road only at the zebra crossing, and only after looking right, then left, then right again. If there is a signal, cross only when the walking man is green. Never cross while looking at a phone.
Anyone riding a two-wheeler must wear a helmet, and anyone in a car must wear a seat belt — the rider and the person sitting behind, both.

Six more, worth knowing

Obey the traffic light: red means stop, yellow means get ready to stop, green means go.
Keep to the left on Indian roads.
Never lean out of, or put your arm out of, a moving bus, car or auto.
Get into and out of a school bus only when it has fully stopped, and always from the footpath side.
Do not use a mobile phone while driving or riding.
Do not carry more people on a vehicle than it is meant for, and never let anyone under 18 drive.

Sign	Its shape and colour	What it tells you
Stop	Red, eight-sided	Stop completely, then go when it is clear
School Ahead	Red triangle, children walking inside	Children may cross here — slow right down
Pedestrian crossing	Blue square, a person walking on stripes	This is where people cross
Speed limit	Red circle with a number	Do not go faster than that number
No entry	Red circle with a white bar	Vehicles may not go in
No horn	Red circle with a crossed-out horn	Do not blow the horn here — often near schools and hospitals

An easy way to remember the shapes: a triangle warns you about something ahead. A red circle tells you not to do something. A blue square gives you helpful information. You can read a sign you have never seen before just from its shape.

Q2.

Think and write about what you saw at the school gate.

Answer

Watch from safely inside the gate, with a teacher, for ten minutes at closing time. Write what you actually see, with numbers.

Sample answer: “At 2:45 in the afternoon, our school gate becomes the most crowded place in the whole area. Autos, vans and scooters come and stop right in front of the gate, sometimes two rows deep, so the road is almost blocked. Parents wait standing in the middle of the road. Small children from Class 1 and 2 come running out and step onto the road from between two parked autos, where a driver cannot see them at all.

There is no zebra crossing outside our gate. There is a ‘School Ahead’ board but it is bent and half hidden by a tree branch. In ten minutes we counted 27 vehicles going past; only 8 of them slowed down. There is a lot of horn blowing. A cycle-rickshaw and a car nearly touched in front of us, and the ice-cream cart standing at the corner makes children gather right at the edge of the road.

What we felt was that everybody is in a hurry for those ten minutes, and the youngest children — who are the shortest and the hardest to see — are the ones in the middle of it.”

How to write yours: answer four things — who is there, what they do, what is missing (crossing, sign, footpath, parking place), and the one moment that worried you most. Numbers make it convincing.

Q3.

Now, work in small teams to design a signboard for the school gate. Your sign should give a clear message to drivers, parents or students, and help make the area safer. You can use simple words, drawings or symbols. — Make your traffic signboard here.

Answer

A good signboard says ONE thing, in very few words, in letters big enough to read from a moving vehicle. A board with five messages on it is read by nobody.

How to design it — 6 steps

Decide who you are talking to. Drivers, parents or students — the message is different for each.
Choose one message only. The most useful problem you saw at your gate.
Use four or five words at most. “SLOW — SCHOOL AHEAD” is read. A whole sentence is not.
Add a picture or symbol. Children walking, a hand raised for stop, a zebra crossing. A picture is understood even by someone who cannot read.
Use strong colours. Red or black letters on yellow or white. Big, thick, plain letters. No fancy writing.
Put it where it will be seen — high enough to be above the crowd, and a little before the gate, so a driver has time to slow down.

Sample messages for each audience

For whom	Message on the board	Picture on it
Drivers	SLOW DOWN — SCHOOL AHEAD	Two children walking, inside a red triangle
Drivers	NO HORN — CHILDREN LEARNING	A horn with a red line across it
Parents	PLEASE PARK 50 STEPS AWAY — KEEP THE GATE CLEAR	An arrow pointing away from the gate
Students	STOP. LOOK RIGHT — LEFT — RIGHT. THEN CROSS.	An eye, and a zebra crossing
Students	WAIT INSIDE THE GATE FOR YOUR VAN	Children standing behind a line

One message, big letters, a picture, strong colours — that is the whole design.

Why fewer words work better: A driver going past has about two seconds to read your board. In two seconds a person can read four or five words, not twenty. Every extra word you add makes the board less likely to be read at all.

Make it real: paint it on a wooden or metal board, not paper — paper will not last one monsoon. Ask your teacher to take permission before fixing it outside the school boundary.

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