Textual Questions & Answers of 'Beyond Barriers' of Class-V

 

Beyond Barriers

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity - 1

Let’s find out and write down facts about Rakesh Sharma:
 
Place of birth: Patiala, Punjab.
 
Year of Birth: 1949
 
Name of the schools attended: St. George’s Grammar School, Hyderabad and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Tirumaagiri, Hyderabad
 
Year of joining the National Defence Academy: 1966
 
Total time he spent in space: Seven days, twenty one hours and forty minutes.
 
 

Activity - 2

Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:
 
a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T-11. [ T ]
 
b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985. [ F ]
 
c) Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. [ T ]
 
d) Barun got the book on India’s space travels from his mother. [ T ]
 
e) Osman and Barun were friends. [ T ]
 
 

Activity - 3

What do you want to be? Give reasons for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this:
Ans:
o   I want to be a teacher.
o   A teacher is the maker of man.
o   I will teach my students moral values.
o   I will help the needy students.
o   I want to spread the light of education to all.
 

 

Activity - 4

Find answers from the text. Work in pairs:
 
a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?
Ans: Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana.
 
b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?
Ans: In 1982, Kalpana went to the U.S.A (to study at the University of Texas at Arlington).
 
c) What was Kalpana called by her family?
Ans: Kalpana was called ‘Montu’ by her family.
 
d) What was the name of the space shuttle that was lost?
Ans: The name of the space shuttle that was lost was Columbia.
 
e) When did Kalpana die?
Ans: Kalpana died during re-entry into earth’s atmosphere, on 1st February, 2003.
 
f) What has been named after Kalpana?
Ans: A hill on Mars and a star in deep space have been named after Kalpana.
 
 

Activity - 5

Let’s read the words:
Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11 , Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun , Osman.
 
All these words are names. Now, fill In the table. One is done for you.

Name of person	Name of place	Name of Things
Pinky	India	Soyuz T-11
Ravi	USA	Columbia
Rakesh	Haryana
Kalpana	California
Barun
Osman

 

Activity - 6

Complete the following sentences with the information from the text:
 
i. The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.
 
ii. Kalpana took up the position of a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Centre.
 
iii. Kalpana’s story shows the value of hard work and sincerity.
 
iv. The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talked to was Mr. Inderajit K.Gujral.
 
 

Activity - 7

Look at the table given below:

First man in space was	Yuri Gagarin
First Woman in space	Valentina Tereshkova
First man to talk in space	Alexei Leonov
First Woman to Walk in Space	Svetlana Savitskaya
First Animal in Space	Laika, the dog

 
 
Write five sentences using the information. One is done for you:
 
o   The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin
 
o   The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova.
 
o   The first man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
 
o   The first woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
 
o   The first animal in space was Laika, the dog.
 
 

Activity - 8

Fill in the blanks with the present Continuous forms of the given Verbs in brackets:
 
i. Rina is studying (study) for her exams at the moment.
 
ii. Where you are meeting (you meet) Ravi next week?
 
iii. Pinky is coming (come) to my place tomorrow.
 
iv. They are playing (play) football now.
 
v. The company is finishing (finish) their project this week.
 
vi. She is eating (eat) oysters for lunch.
 
vii. Rubina is not going (not go) to Kolkata next week.
 
viii. I am working (work) on a special report today.
 
ix. We are not cooking (not cook) dinner because we’re eating out.
 
x. Barun is walking (walk) to school right now.

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