NCERT Solutions Poorvi Chapter 1 Rama to the Rescue

Q1.

Find out from your teacher or parents what you would do in the following situations. Who will you call if … you see fire / you see someone getting hurt / you see a wounded animal / you see someone suspicious / you find a lost child / you get lost

Answer

Ask at home and at school, then make this chart and stick it near your telephone.

If you see …	Whom to call	Number
Fire	Fire brigade — and shout for the adults nearby	101 (or 112)
Someone getting hurt	Ambulance / the nearest adult or doctor	108 or 102 (112)
A wounded animal	A local animal shelter, the SPCA or the government veterinary hospital	1962 (animal ambulance in many states)
Someone suspicious	Police — tell your parents or a neighbour at once	100 (or 112)
A lost child	Childline, or take the child to the nearest policeman or shop owner	1098
You get lost	Stay where you are; go to a policeman, a shopkeeper or a security guard and ask them to call your parents	112 / your parents' numbers

Learn this by heart: 112 is India's single all-in-one emergency number. It works from any phone, even one without a balance, and it connects you to the police, the fire service or an ambulance. Also learn two family phone numbers by heart — a phone can be lost, but memory cannot.

Golden rule: A child's first job in an emergency is not to fight the danger but to tell an adult and get to a safe place. That is exactly what the announcement on page 38 tells children to do.

Q2.

Find the right path for the kotwal to catch the thief.

Answer

This is a maze puzzle. The kotwal stands outside the maze at the top left and the thief is running away at the bottom right, so you must draw one unbroken line from the opening near the kotwal to the opening near the thief without crossing any green wall.

How to solve any maze quickly:

Work backwards. Start your pencil at the thief's end. There are usually fewer wrong turnings when you begin at the finish.
Use the wall-following rule. Put your finger on the wall to your right and keep it there as you move. In a maze like this one, you will always come out at the other opening — slowly, but surely.
Mark the dead ends. Each time a passage closes, put a small cross at its mouth in pencil. You will never enter it again, and the true path stands out on its own.
Draw the final path in ink only after you have reached the other side once with your finger.

Note: Trace the path on the maze printed on page 35 of your book — it cannot be written out in words. Do it in pencil first so that a wrong turn can be rubbed out.

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