CLASS 5 · SANTOOR · CHAPTER 8
The Decision of the Panchayat
Simple answers and examples for the story, vocabulary, prepositions, sequencing, letter writing, listening, and reading activities.
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Read and Understand
Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 8
Question A1
Why did the farmer buy the well beside his new field?
He needed water for his fields.
Answer
To water his fields.
Question A2
Why did the farmer become worried after buying the well?
The neighbour blocked him from using the water.
Answer
The neighbour refused to let him draw water.
Question A3
How did the Panchayat solve the disagreement?
The chief used the neighbour’s own claim to make a fair decision.
Answer
The neighbour had to remove the water or leave it with the well’s owner.
Question A4
What was the final decision, and what happened to the neighbour?
Explain the water rule and the consequence.
Answer
The neighbour was fined and had to apologise.
Question Think and Discuss B1
Do you think the Panchayat made a fair decision? Explain why.
Give your view and one reason.
Answer
Yes. It was fair because the chief listened to both sides and stopped the cheating.
Question Think and Discuss B2
How would you fairly share an extra painting box if two friends both wanted it?
Suggest a fair way for both friends to use it.
Answer
They can take turns or share the colours.
Question Think and Discuss B3
Name the speaker and listener for each statement about the well and water.
Recall who made each statement in the story.
Answer
a neighbour → farmer; b chief → neighbour and villagers; c farmer → chief.
Words and Language
Textbook pages NCERT Santoor, Chapter 8
Question Let us Learn A
Match prospered, cunning, worried, summon, adamant, and judgment with their meanings.
Match each word to its simple meaning.
Answer
prospered—grew successful; cunning—tricky; worried—anxious; summon—call; adamant—stubborn; judgment—decision.
Question Let us Learn B
Complete the sentences with suitable prepositions from the word list.
Choose the preposition that makes each phrase sound correct.
Answer
to, by, with, after, in, before, under, for, to, at, before.
Question Let us Learn C
Put Sam’s walk and rest in the correct order.
Order the events from starting the walk to finishing it.
Question Let us Speak
Look at the story pictures and suggest a possible ending to tell the class.
Use the picture clues to invent a sensible ending.
Answer
Sample: The neighbour apologises and the villagers return to their work.
Question Let us Write A
Write a friendly letter about the well dispute and the Panchayat’s decision.
Tell what happened, how the Panchayat helped, and how it ended.
Answer
The Panchayat heard both sides and made the neighbour apologise.
Question Let us Write B
Add -less to each word and use the new word in a sentence.
Add -less and make a sentence for each word.
Answer
useless, careless, hopeless, fearless, colourless.
Question Let us Listen
Choose the answers about Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Naren from the passage read aloud.
Recall the place, student, lifestyle, comparison, and teaching.
Answer
1 b; 2 b; 3 b; 4 c; 5 d.
Question Let us Do A
Answer questions about where neem grows, its uses, and vocabulary from the passage.
Find each answer in the passage.
Answer
1 near homes, schools, roads; 2 many uses; 3 mosquitoes go away; 4 to deter pests; 5 as toothbrushes; 6 vanish; 7 twig.
Question Let us Do B
Find and write eleven differences between the two pictures.
Compare the pictures and mark each changed detail.
Answer
Find and list eleven differences in the textbook images.