Chhattisgarh State Class 7 English Lesson 20 Solution
Chhattisgarh State Board Class 7 English Textbook Solution Lesson 20 Unfriendly Nature Exercise Questions and Answers.
Unfriendly Nature Chapter Solution – Lesson 20 – CG Board
CG SCERT Chhattisgarh State Board Class 7 English Lesson 20 Unfriendly Nature Exercises Questions and Answers.
Reading Comprehension
1.) Complete the table with the help of the information in the lesson.
Disaster | Conditions | Results |
Earthquake | large plates of land collide | violent shocks, release of energy |
Earthquake | using lift in big buildings | could be dangerous |
Flood | Heavy rainfall | Results in soil erosion, the silting of riverbeds or collapse of a dam. |
Drought | Less rainfall | acute scarcity of water, food and fodder. |
Flood | Using water from unknown depth or current. | cholera and dysentry in people especially, children. |
2.) Write phrases or words to tell how the following are affected during natural calamities. One is done for you.
Flood :
People and cattle –
- Become homeless
- Die
Trees – uproot from the ground
Canals & wells – covered with dusty flood water
Houses – drown into water
Drought :
Cattle –
- Die
- Do not get water
- Become thirsty
Wells – become dry
Ponds – run dry
Fields – become less fertile
Crops – die
Earthquake –
People –
- Become homeless
- Die
Cattle – become homeless
Building – fall on to the ground
Electric pole – fall on to the ground.
3.) State True or False.
(i) The earthquake in Gujarat in 2001 killed 13,000 people. (True )
(ii) We should run out of homes as soon as we feel tremors. (True )
(iii) We should bend down under cots and desks during floods. ( False)
(iv) 70,000 people became homeless in Assam due to earthquake. ( False )
(v) Eating food that has got wet in flood water is harmful. (True )
(vi) The local radio warns us about earthquakes and floods. (True )
(vii) People in Bikaner always enjoy rains. (False )
(viii) The villagers become poor and unemployed due to drought. (True )
Vocabulary
Tick (✓) the word that is not related to those written in capitals.
TREMORS
- EARTH (✓)
- PATIENT
- HAND
- WIND
VIOLENT
- WEATHER (✓)
- TREE
- SEA
- QUARREL
SCARCITY
- MONTHS
- LABOUR
- WATER (✓)
- FOODS
RESTORE
- LAND (✓)
- RIVER
- HEALTH
- WEALTH