beyond barriers class 5 questions and answers

Activity 1

Let's find out and write down facts about Rakesh Sharma:

(a) Place of birth: Patiala, in the state of Punjab.

(b) Year of birth: 1949.

(c) Name of schools attended: St. George's Grammar School, Hyderabad and Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri, Hyderabad.

(d) Year of joining the National Defence Academy: in July 1966.

(e) Total time he spent in space: Seven days twenty - one hours and forty minutes in space.

Activity 2

Write T for true and F for false statement in the given boxes:

(a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T - 11.

Ans: T

(b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985.

Ans: F

(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. 

Ans: T

(d) Borun got the book on India's space travels from his mother.

Ans: T

(e) Osman and Barun friends.

Ans: T

Activity 3

What do you want to be? Give reasons for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this: 

• I want to be a teacher.
•  Because a teacher builds our future generation. 
• A teacher gives proper knowledge and education.
•  A teacher has the quality to improve the education level.
•  Above all, this is a respectable job.

Activity 4

(a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?

Ans: Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal in the state of Haryana.

(b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?

Ans: Kalpana went to the USA to study at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1982.

(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: Columbia was the name of the space shuttle that was lost.

(e) When did Kalpana die?

Ans: Kalpana died on fast February, 2003.

(f) What has been named after Kalpana?

Ans: A hill on Mars and star in deep space have been named after Kalpana.

Activity 5

Name of person: Pinky, Ravi, Rakesh, Kalpana, Barun, Osman.

Name of place: India, USA, Haryana, California. 

Name of things: Soyuz T - 11, Columbia. 

Activity 6

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.

2. Kalpana took up the position of research scientist.

3. Kalpana story shows the value of hard work and sincerity.

4. The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talk to was Mr. Inderjit K. Gujral.

Activity 7

Write five sentences using the information. One is done for you:

1. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin.
2. The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova.
3. The first man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
4. The first woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
5. The fast animal in space was Laika, the dog.

Activity 8

Fill in the blanks with the present continuous forms of the given verbs in brackets:

1. Reena is studying for her exams at the moment.

2. Where are you meeting Ravi next week?

3. Pinky is coming to my place tomorrow.

4. They are playing football now.

5. The company is finishing their project this week.

6. She is eating oysters for lunch.

7. Rubina is not going to Kolkata next week.

8. I am working on a special report today.

9. We are not cooking dinner this evening because we are eating out.

10. Varun is walking to school right now.

                          Activity 9

Write 6 connected sentences about your exercise of seeing the night sky. You may use the following points:

Time of seeing - place from where you looked - how the sky looked– other things that you saw – sounds of the night - your feelings

Ans:  The sky is beautiful during Moonlight at night. I watch this amazing view from my balcony. It looks perfect at night when the moon and others stars shining beautifully. I see not only the moon but also I watch other stars at night. I feel a soft touch of air that makes me crazy. There is more than another thing that makes the night beautiful.