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🍽️ Food for Health

Chapter 5 · Our Wondrous World, Unit 3 · Complete Solutions (Pages 73–84)

📄 Page 73 Think & Write

Q. If you had to organise a food festival in your school, which dishes would you like to include? Make a list.

Answer:

1. Idli and sambhar
2. Dhokla
3. Dosa
4. Dal‑baati‑churma
5. Bajre ki khichdi
6. Jowar upma
7. Chhena‑poda
8. Ragi laddu

The lesson itself gives examples such as dhokla, litti‑chowkha, dal‑baati‑churma, bajre‑ki‑khichdi, chhena‑poda, dosa, vada, jowar upma and ragi laddu.

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📄 Page 74 Write

Q. Write at least five ingredients or food items for each taste.

Taste	Five examples
Sweet	Jaggery, sugar, honey, banana, mango
Sour	Tamarind, lemon, curd, raw mango, amla
Salty	Salt, salted peanuts, papad, chips, pickle
Pungent	Green chilli, black pepper, ginger, garlic, mustard
Bitter	Neem, bitter gourd, fenugreek, turmeric, karela
Astringent	Raw mango, guava, pomegranate, chickpea, banana

The textbook's examples are jaggery, tamarind, salt, green chilli, neem and raw mango respectively.

Q. Identify food items having at least three different tastes.

Answer:

• Pickle – salty, sour and pungent
• Chaat – sour, salty and pungent
• Lemon pickle – sour, salty and pungent

The lesson explains that the six tastes are sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter and astringent, called Shad Rasa.

Q. What is special about millets?

Answer: Millets are rich sources of nutrients. They include foods such as jowar, bajra and jau. The lesson describes jowar upma as a healthy millet‑based food.

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📄 Page 75 Find Out & Discuss

Q. Find out more about a millet‑based food prepared at your home.

📌 Sample Answer

Millet food: Bajra roti
Main ingredient: Bajra flour
Preparation: Bajra flour is mixed with water, made into a dough and cooked on a hot tawa.
Benefit: It is a nutritious millet‑based food.

Discuss: Why do we need to eat different kinds of food items?

Answer: We need to eat different kinds of food because our body needs different nutrients. No single food contains all the nutrients required by our body. A variety of foods helps us remain healthy, energetic and strong.

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📄 Pages 76–77 Food Groups

Q. What are the three main functions of food?

Answer:

1. Body‑building foods – help us grow, build muscles and become strong.
2. Energy‑giving foods – provide energy to our body.
3. Protective foods – help protect us from diseases.

The textbook specifically divides food according to these three functions.

Examples

Food Group	Examples
Energy‑giving foods	Rice, potato, wheat, maize, banana, apple, sweet potato, honey, millets, butter, ghee, oil
Body‑building foods	Pulses, legumes, soybean, chickpeas, peanuts, tofu, milk, cheese, beans, almonds, walnuts, eggs
Protective foods	Carrot, orange, lemon, papaya, spinach, cabbage, guava, amla, tomato

These examples are taken from the food‑group section of the lesson.

Discuss: What will happen if we eat food from a single group every day?

Answer: If we eat food from only one group every day, our body may not get all the nutrients it needs. We should eat a variety of foods from all three food groups for balanced growth and good health.

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📄 Page 78 Say ‘No’ to Junk Food

Q1. Can you name a few more junk food items?

Answer: French fries, noodles, candies, doughnuts, pastries and packaged snacks.

The lesson gives examples such as soft drinks, chips, bread pakoda, burgers, pizza and over‑processed packaged food.

Q2. Why should we avoid eating junk food?

Answer: We should avoid eating junk food because it may contain high amounts of oil, salt and sugar. Eating such food regularly and in large quantities is not healthy.

Q3. List the junk food items that you will avoid.

Answer:

• Chips
• Soft drinks
• Burgers
• Pizza
• French fries
• Packaged snacks

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📄 Page 79 Activity 1 · Food Diary

The textbook asks students to maintain a food diary for one week and identify healthy and unhealthy foods.

Sample Completed Food Diary

Day	Time	Food eaten
Day 1	Breakfast	Idli, sambhar, chutney
	Lunch	Roti, dal, vegetables, curd
	Dinner	Rice, dal, salad
Day 2	Breakfast	Poha, milk, banana
	Lunch	Roti, rajma, salad
	Dinner	Khichdi, curd, vegetables
Day 3	Breakfast	Upma, milk, fruit
	Lunch	Rice, dal, vegetables
	Dinner	Roti, paneer, salad
Day 4	Breakfast	Paratha, curd, fruit
	Lunch	Rice, rajma, vegetables
	Dinner	Roti, dal, salad
Day 5	Breakfast	Dosa, sambhar, chutney
	Lunch	Roti, dal, vegetables
	Dinner	Khichdi, curd
Day 6	Breakfast	Poha, milk, fruit
	Lunch	Rice, chole, salad
	Dinner	Roti, paneer, vegetables
Day 7	Breakfast	Idli, sambhar, fruit
	Lunch	Roti, dal, vegetables, curd
	Dinner	Rice, dal, salad

Food groups missing

Answer: If fruits and vegetables are missing from my daily diet, I should include more protective foods. If milk, pulses or nuts are missing, I should include body‑building foods.

A Balanced Food Plate

Q. What should a balanced food plate contain?

Answer: A balanced food plate should contain foods from all three food groups:

• More protective foods – fruits and vegetables
• Body‑building foods – pulses, milk, beans, nuts, etc.
• Some energy‑giving foods – rice, wheat, potato, millets, etc.

The textbook says protective foods should form the largest part, followed by body‑building foods and some energy‑giving foods.

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📄 Page 80 Food Thali & Water

Q. Find out a food thali from your region and list its food items.

📌 Sample Answer – Delhi / North Indian Thali

• Roti
• Dal
• Rice
• Seasonal vegetable
• Rajma / chole
• Curd
• Salad
• Pickle

The lesson explains that every region of India has special thalis containing different foods, tastes and health benefits.

Water for Health

Q. Why is water important for our health?

Answer: Water:

1. Helps in digesting food.
2. Keeps our skin and body healthy.
3. Helps remove waste from our body through urine, sweat and faeces.
4. Helps maintain water balance in our body.
5. Drinking sufficient water is an important healthy habit.

Water‑rich fruits such as watermelon and cucumber also help maintain water in our body.

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📄 Page 81 Different Methods of Cooking

The picture on page 81 shows six cooking methods: boiling, steaming, frying, roasting, grilling and baking.

Completed Cooking Table

Method of cooking	Food
Steaming	Idiyappam
Boiling	Rice
Roasting	Papad
Steaming	Idli
Grilling	Dosa
Frying	Samosa
Baking	—

More examples from the given list

• Rice – boiling
• Sambhar – boiling
• Papad – roasting
• Idli – steaming
• Samosa – frying
• Gulab jamun – frying
• Dosa – cooked on a hot tawa
• Kheer – boiling / simmering
• Peda – prepared by cooking / reducing milk mixture

Note: Some foods in the textbook's list do not correspond exactly to the six illustrated methods, so they should not be forced into an incorrect category.

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📄 Page 82 Discuss & Solar Cooker

Q1. Do you help in cooking at home?

Answer: Yes, I help in cooking at home. I help by washing vegetables, arranging utensils, mixing ingredients and keeping the kitchen clean.

Q2. Do you think all family members should know how to cook? Why?

Answer: Yes. All family members should know basic cooking because cooking is an important life skill. It helps us become independent and also allows us to help other family members.

Solar Cooker

Q. What is a solar cooker?

Answer: A solar cooker is a device used to cook food using sunlight instead of fire from a gas stove or heat produced by electricity.

Q. What is its advantage?

Answer: A solar cooker does not produce smoke or ash, so it does not pollute the environment.

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📄 Page 83 Let Us Reflect

1. Food Collage

Make three sections:

⚡ Energy‑giving

• Rice
• Wheat
• Potato
• Maize
• Banana
• Butter
• Ghee
• Oil

💪 Body‑building

• Pulses
• Milk
• Cheese
• Eggs
• Beans
• Peanuts
• Almonds
• Fish

🛡️ Protective

• Carrot
• Orange
• Lemon
• Spinach
• Tomato
• Papaya
• Guava
• Amla

These categories follow the food groups explained in the chapter.

2. Check the Label

The picture of the honey packet on page 83 gives:

• Product: Honey
• Net weight: 400 gram
• Packed on: 08.03.2025
• Best before: 07.03.2026

The activity asks students to check a packaged food item at home, note its expiry / best‑before date and two main ingredients.

📌 Sample answer

Food item: Honey
Best before: 07.03.2026
Main ingredient: Honey

For the second ingredient, a student's answer should be taken from the actual label of the packaged food chosen at home.

Q. Why is it important to check labels?

Answer: It is important to check food labels to know the best‑before / expiry date, ingredients and other information before buying or eating packaged food. This helps us make safer and healthier food choices.

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📄 Page 84 Find and Circle

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✅ POTATO – vertical ✅ MANGO – horizontal ✅ WATER – horizontal ✅ EGG – vertical ✅ BEANS – vertical ✅ LEMON – vertical ✅ AMLA – horizontal

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⭐ Quick Revision – Chapter 5

Six tastes Sweet, sour, salty, pungent, bitter, astringent

Six tastes are called Shad Rasa

Energy‑giving foods Rice, wheat, potato, maize, etc.

Body‑building foods Pulses, milk, beans, eggs, nuts, etc.

Protective foods Fruits and vegetables

Junk food Food high in oil, salt, sugar etc.

Balanced plate Protective + body‑building + energy‑giving foods

Important drink Clean / sufficient water

Cooking methods Boiling, steaming, frying, roasting, grilling, baking

Eco‑friendly cooking Solar cooker

Healthy habit Eat a variety of healthy food

Food waste Food should not be wasted

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📌 Important: The uploaded PDF covers Chapter 5 – Food for Health. I have solved the exercises and activities that actually appear in these 16 pages; I have not invented exercises from Chapter 6, which is mentioned in the Unit introduction but is not included in this uploaded file.

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