Q1Written answer
Talk to any one of your grandparents or any other elderly person. Find out when she or he was eight-nine years old –
(a) Where did she or he live? Name that place.
(b) From what material was her or his house made?
(c) Did they have a toilet in their house? If no, where was it?
(d) In which part of the house was food cooked?
(e) A lot of mud was used when Chetandas’ house was made. Why?
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(a) She lived in a village named Cheyyar.
(b) Her house was made of materials like wood, thatched bamboo, mud and straw.
(c) Yes. They had a toilet in their house.
(d) Food was cooked in the verandah, which was separated by a wall.
(e) A lot of mud was used when Chetandas’ house was made to protect the house from heat and cold.
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