Last updated on March 14th, 2025 at 10:30 pm
Class 5 EVS Chapter 19 A seed tell a farmer story
Q: How did Damjibhai traditionally store good seeds before making the wooden box?
A: Damjibhai traditionally stored good seeds in a dry gourd covered with mud.
Q: What did Damjibhai use to protect the seeds from insects in the wooden box?
A: Damjibhai put neem leaves in the wooden box to protect the seeds from insects.
Q: What is Undhiya and why is it called so?
A: Undhiya is a type of stew made by cooking vegetables with spices in an earthen pot between hot coals. It was called Undhiya because “undh” means “upside down” in Gujarati.
Q: What major changes occurred in farming when electricity came to the village?
A: When electricity came, farmers started growing only one or two crops such as wheat and cotton, which fetched good prices, started buying seeds from the market, and started using electric motors to pump water.
Q: What different machines did Hasmukh buy for farming?
A: Hasmukh bought an electric motor to pump water, a motorcycle to go to the city, and a tractor to plow the fields.
Q: Why did farmers have to buy expensive fertilizers in later years?
A: Without cows and buffaloes, there was no dung to use as natural fertilizer in the fields, so farmers had to buy expensive chemical fertilizers.
Q: What problems did Hasmukh face with the new farming methods?
A: They faced problems like rising cost of fertilizers and pesticides, shortage of water in canals, need for deep water pumps, loss of soil fertility due to bank loans and chemical use.
Q: What happened to Hasmukh’s son Paresh and why?
A: Paresh chose to become a truck driver instead of becoming a farmer because it was getting difficult to earn a living by farming alone and also had to repay the bank loan.
Q: According to the story, how did the quality of the soil change over time?
A: Due to growing the same crop repeatedly and using many chemicals, the quality of the soil deteriorated, making it difficult for the crops to grow well.
Q: What did the villagers do together in the early days?
A: In the early days, the villagers helped each other in farming, celebrated the harvest together and had big feasts with lots of food and drink.
