AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

Andhra Pradesh AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us? Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

AP State Syllabus 5th Class EVS Solutions Lesson 7 Who Serves Us?

I. Conceptual Understanding:

Question 1.
What are the three levels of Government in India?
Answer:
We have three levels of government in our country.

  1. Local self government at the local level in the village and cities.
  2. State government.
  3. Central government.

Question 2.
Mention 5 important functions of Gram Panchayat?
Answer:

  1. Supply of water for domestic use.
  2. Construction and repairs to public roads, drains, small irrigation bandharas.
  3. Maintaining sanitation and public health.
  4. Lighting on roads and public places.
  5. Collect local taxes.

Question 3.
Which mandal do you belong to? Mention the names of different mandal level officers?
Answer:
I belongs to Mylavaram mandal in krishna district. Different mandal level officers are:

  1. MDO (Mandal Development Officer) – Mandal parishad
  2. SHO (Station House Officer) – Police department
  3. MRO (Mandal Revenue Officer) – Revenue department
  4. MEO (Mandal Educational Officer) – Education department.

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

II. Questioning and Hypothesis:

Question 4.
What questions would you ask the village secretary to get the information about the functions of Gram Panchayat?
Answer:

  1. What is gram Panchayat?
  2. Who is the head of Gram Panchayat?
  3. What are the facilities that are provided by the Gram panchayat?
  4. What are the functions of Gram Panchayat?

III. Experiments and field observations:

Question 5.
Collect the following information and All in the table with correct answer?

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Answer:
Student activity.

IV. Information Skills & Project Work:

Question 6.
Talk to a sweeper working in panchayat office and write your observations?
Answer:
I have talked with the sweeper who sweep our street roads and enquired her about her duties. Then I come to know, that she wakes up in the early hours and begins her work. She cleans gutters and spray bleaching powder. They divide garbage into dry and wet waste and bio-degradable waste.

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

V. Drawing Pictures and Model Making:

Question 7.
Draw the map of your village and mark the institutions?
Answer:
Student activity.

VI. Appreciation, values,application to daily life biodiversity:

Question 8.
Your school is a public institution and it is a public property. What measures should you take to protect the school?
Answer:

  1. should not destroy the walls, benches by writing our names or movies names or any thing.
  2. We should not make any damages to doors, windows, walls etc.
  3. To protect these public properties for our future citizens. If we do not protect them there will be no progress.

Additional Questions:

Question 1.
What do you know about mandal parishad?
Answer:

  1. All the welfare and developemnt activies will be carried out by the officers at mandal level.
  2. Mandal parishad president is elected by the MPTC members. MPTC members are elected by the voters in the mandal parishad.
  3. MPTC’S tenure is 5 years.
  4. There are many public institutions to serve the people at mandal level
    Ex: Mandal Parishad office, police station, Thasildar office, primary health centre (PHC), Bank, MEO office, Veterinary hospital.

Question 2.
What are the difference between municipalities and Municipal corporations?
Answer:

Municipalites Municipal Corporations
1. It is the local govt body in towns. 1) It is the local govt body in cities.
2. In AP there are 74 municipalities. 2) In AP there are 16 Muncipal corporations .
3. It is headed by the chair person. 3) It is headed by Mayor.

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

Question 3.
Write brief note on
a) State Government,
b) Central Government?
Answer:
State Government

  1. All the states have their own government.
  2. Each state govt, consists of CM and council of ministers responsible for making laws.
  3. The CM appoints the council of Ministers.
  4. It takes the responsiblities of all the people in the state.

Central Government:-

  1. The President (Rashtrapathi) is the head of the central government.
  2. The President appoints the Prime Minister and also appoints council of Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister.
  3. It offers various services such as defence, Postal, Railways, Telecom, Airport etc.

II. Information Skills and Project Work:

Question 4.
Mention the names of the following?
1. Governor ………………….
2. Chief Minister ………………….
3. Prime Minister ………………….
4. President ………………….
Answer:
Student Activity.

Question 5.
Identify & name the following:

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Answer:
Student activity.

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

III. Appreciation, values, applications:

Question 6.
Draw a mind map on the funcitons of municipalities and municipal corporations?
Answer:

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Multiple Choice Questions:

Choose the correct answer:

Question 1.
_______ of the following village has received Swachatehi Seva Puraskaram.
a) Alluru of Kurnool
b) Peeleru of Kurnool
c) Mylavaram
d) None
Answer:
a) Alluru of Kurnool

Question 2.
There are _______ No.of villages secretariat employees in every Grama Sachivalayam.
a) 12 Nos
b) 11 Nos
c) 14 Nos
d) None
Answer:
b) 11 Nos

Question 3.
A group of villages form a _______.
a) Mandal
b) Zilla Parishad
c) State
d) None
Answer:
a) Mandal

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

Question 4.
There are _______ Mandals in our state.
a) 600
b) 700
c) 676
d) 766
Answer:
c) 676

Question 5.
_______ implement national health programmes in the mandal.
a) Primary Health Centres
b) Mandal Revenue Office
c) Bank
d) Mandal Resource Centre
Answer:
a) Primary Health Centres

Question 6.
A group of Mandals form a _______.
a) Village
b) District
c) State
d) None
Answer:
b) District

Question 7.
_______ will look after the functions of all public institutions in the district.
a) MEO
b) Doctor
c) Collector
d) None
Answer:
c) Collector

Question 8.
The head of the Gram Panchayat is _______.
a) Mayor
b) Chairperson
c) Sarpanch
d) None
Answer:
c) Sarpanch

Question 9.
Municipal corporation is headed by _______.
a) Mayor
b) Chairperson
c) Sarpanch
d) None
Answer:
a) Mayor

AP Board 5th Class EVS Solutions 7th Lesson Who Serves Us?

Question 10.
The head of the municipality is _______.
a) Mayor
b) Chair person
c) Sarpanch
d) None
Answer:
b) Chair person.