West Bengal Primary Board Beyond Barriers Question Answer Class 5 Lesson 12 | Activity Solution
Beyond Barriers
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 |
| (d) Year of joining the National Defence Academy | July 1966 |
| (e) Total time he spent in space | Seven days, Twenty-one hours and Forty minutes |
ACTIVITY 2
Write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes:
(a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T-11. [T]
(b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985. [F]
(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. [T]
(d) Barun got the book on India’s space travels from his mother. [F]
(e) Osman and Barun were friends. [T]
ACTIVITY 3
What do you want to be? Give reason for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this:
• I want to be a teacher.
• I want to spread education to all students.
• It has a friendly work schedule.
• Also, the teacher shapes the future path of the child.
• Security services.
ACTIVITY 4
Find answers from the text.
(a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?
Answer - Kalpana Chawla was born in 1962 in Karnal, in the state of Haryana.
(b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?
Answer - Kalpana went to the USA to study at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1982.
(c) What was Kalpana called by her family?
Answer - Kalpana was called Montu by her family.
(d) What was the name of the space shuttle that was lost?
Answer - The name of the space shuttle that was lost was Columbia.
(e) When did Kalpana die?
Answer - Kalpana died on 1st February, 2003.
(f) What has been named after Kalpana?
Answer - A hill on Mars and a Star in deep space have been named after Kalpana.
ACTIVITY 5
Let’s read the words:
[Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11, Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun, Osman.]
All these words are names. Now, fill in the table.
| NAME OF PERSON | NAME OF PLACE | NAME OF THINGS |
| Pinky | Columbia | Soyuz T-11 |
| Ravi | India | |
| Rakesh | USA | |
| Kalpana | Haryana | |
| Barun | California | |
| Osman | | |
ACTIVITY 6
Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.
Kalpana took up the position research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in Sunnyvale, California.
Kalpana’s story shows the value of hard work and sincerity that is remembered even when one is no more.
The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talked to was Mr. Inderjit K. Gujral, from the orbit.
ACTIVITY 7
Look at the table given below:
| First Man in space | Yuri Gagarin |
| First Woman in space | Valentine Tereshkova |
| First Man to walk in space | Alexei Leonov |
| First Woman to walk in space | Svetlana Savitskaya |
| First Animal in space | Laika, the dog |
Write five sentences using the information.
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin.
The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova.
The first man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
The first woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
The first 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) Rina is studying (study) for her exams at the moment.
(2) Where are you meeting (you meet) Ravi next week?
(3) Pinky is coming (come) to my place tomorrow.
(4) They are playing (play) football now.
(5) The company are finishing (finish) their project this week.
(6) She is eating (eat) oysters for lunch.
(7) Rubina is not going (not go) to Kolkata next week.
(8) I am working (work) on special report today.
(9) We are not cooking (not cook) dinner this evening because we’re eating out.
(10) Barun is walking (walk) to school right now.
ACTIVITY 9
Write six connected sentences about your experience 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]
1. Last night I watched the night sky with interest.
2. I looked at the sky from my balcony.
3. The sky looked beautiful and bright with the moon.
4. The stars are shining; the silvery moon is sometimes hiding behind the clouds.
5. I also saw a broken star last night.
6. It was quiet at night; the only sound I could hear was the insects.
7. It was very beautiful scenery to watch and I was feelings very happy to watch that.
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