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Environmental Studies topics

Food (87)Shelter (82)Travel (70)Water (66)Plants and Animals Live Together (57)Handicraft (55)Family and Friends (49)Animals (28)Plants (25)

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Water soaking into the ground reached the wells and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Stepwells are called so because people could:Read the answer and worked solution →Stepwells were built partly to serve:Read the answer and worked solution →Water was carried for travellers in a piau or in a leather:Read the answer and worked solution →

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Water soaking into the ground reached the wells and the:

  1. Bavudis
  2. Barajas
  3. Batwaras
  4. Bagichas
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Correct answer: A. Bavudis

1. Some water from the lakes soaked into the ground. 2. It reached the wells and bavudis, which are stepwells. 3. The soil of the area also became wet and fertile. _Source: syllabus Environmental Studies, 'Looking Around', Ch 6 'Every Drop Counts'_

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Stepwells are called so because people could:

  1. Wait beside the water
  2. Walk down to the water
  3. Wind ropes to the water
  4. Wade across the water
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Correct answer: B. Walk down to the water

1. A stepwell has steps going down several storeys deep. 2. Instead of drawing the water up, people could go down the steps and reach it. 3. That is why they are called stepwells. _Source: syllabus Environmental Studies, 'Looking Around', Ch 6 'Every Drop Counts'_

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Stepwells were built partly to serve:

  1. Thatched terraces
  2. Thankful tenants
  3. Thirsty travellers
  4. Thriving traders
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Correct answer: C. Thirsty travellers

1. People used to make long journeys with caravans of animals and goods. 2. It was felt to be a good thing to give water to thirsty travellers. 3. So many beautiful stepwells were built. _Source: syllabus Environmental Studies, 'Looking Around', Ch 6 'Every Drop Counts'_

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