Chapter 11 of 24
Chapter 11: From Here to There
Poem 'The Train' by Harendranath Chattopadhyay: Land, Water, Air Transport, and Animal-Drawn Carts | CBSE Session 2026–27
Core Pedagogical Competencies & Concepts
- Means of transport on land: Bicycles, scooters, cars, buses, electric metro trains, and railways.
- Water and air transport: Boats, ferries, ships, airplanes, and helicopters.
- Traditional and rural transports: Camel carts in deserts, bullock carts in villages, tongas, and shikaras in lakes.
- Emergency service vehicles: Ambulances, fire engines, and police patrol cars with sirens.
All Textbook Exercises & In-Text Tasks (17 Questions)
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Q1
Modes of Transport
Classify vehicles based on the medium they travel through: (a) Land (b) Water (c) Air. Give two examples of each.
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
• Land Transport: Bus, Metro Train, Bicycle, Car.
• Water Transport: Cargo Ship, Ferry, Speedboat, Shikara.
• Air Transport: Aeroplane, Helicopter, Hot Air Balloon.
• Water Transport: Cargo Ship, Ferry, Speedboat, Shikara.
• Air Transport: Aeroplane, Helicopter, Hot Air Balloon.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct classification and examples for land, water, and air
3 Marks
Q2
Emergency Vehicles
Name two emergency vehicles and explain why other traffic must always give way to them.
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
1. Ambulance: Carries critically sick or injured patients to hospital emergency wards.
2. Fire Engine: Carries firefighters and high-pressure water pumps to put out blazing building fires.
Traffic must give way because every single second lost in a traffic jam can mean the loss of human lives or severe property destruction.
2. Fire Engine: Carries firefighters and high-pressure water pumps to put out blazing building fires.
Traffic must give way because every single second lost in a traffic jam can mean the loss of human lives or severe property destruction.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Identification of Ambulance and Fire Engine
1.5 Marks
Critical life-saving reason to yield traffic priority
1.5 Marks
Q3
Eco-Friendly Commuting
Why is riding a bicycle or using public electric metro trains better for city life than driving personal petrol cars?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Bicycles and electric metros do not burn petrol or diesel, so they produce zero toxic exhaust smoke, lower greenhouse gases, eliminate noisy traffic honking, and keep people physically fit.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Reduction of air pollution and traffic congestion
1 Mark
Health and physical fitness benefit
1 Mark
Q4
Transport Modes • Land, Water, and Air
Classify the following 6 vehicles into Land, Water, and Air Transport:
Helicopter, Bullock cart, Speedboat, Metro train, Cargo ship, Aeroplane.
[3 Marks]
Helicopter, Bullock cart, Speedboat, Metro train, Cargo ship, Aeroplane.
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Transport Classification:
• Land Transport: Bullock cart, Metro train.
• Water Transport: Speedboat, Cargo ship.
• Air Transport: Helicopter, Aeroplane.
• Land Transport: Bullock cart, Metro train.
• Water Transport: Speedboat, Cargo ship.
• Air Transport: Helicopter, Aeroplane.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Two correct land vehicles
1.0 M
Two correct water vehicles
1.0 M
Two correct air vehicles
1.0 M
Q5
Vehicle Wheels • Number of Wheels
Group these vehicles by the number of wheels they have:
Bicycle, Auto-rickshaw, Car, Bullock cart, Motorcycle, Bus.
• 2 Wheels
• 3 Wheels
• 4 Wheels
• 6 Wheels
[4 Marks]
Bicycle, Auto-rickshaw, Car, Bullock cart, Motorcycle, Bus.
• 2 Wheels
• 3 Wheels
• 4 Wheels
• 6 Wheels
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Wheels Classification:
• 2 Wheels: Bicycle, Motorcycle, Bullock cart.
• 3 Wheels: Auto-rickshaw (or Cycle-rickshaw).
• 4 Wheels: Car.
• 6 Wheels: Bus (or heavy truck).
• 2 Wheels: Bicycle, Motorcycle, Bullock cart.
• 3 Wheels: Auto-rickshaw (or Cycle-rickshaw).
• 4 Wheels: Car.
• 6 Wheels: Bus (or heavy truck).
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
All vehicles correctly grouped by wheel counts
4.0 M
Q6
Emergency Vehicles • Helplines
Match each emergency vehicle with its service and telephone helpline number:
• Police PCR Van: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
• Fire Engine: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
• Ambulance: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
[3 Marks]
• Police PCR Van: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
• Fire Engine: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
• Ambulance: [Number 100 / 112 - Crime and safety, Number 101 - Firefighting, Number 102 / 108 - Medical emergencies]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Emergency Services:
• Police PCR Van: Dial 100 / 112 for crime report and immediate citizen protection.
• Fire Engine: Dial 101 to extinguish fires and rescue trapped people.
• Ambulance: Dial 102 / 108 to rush critically ill or injured patients to the hospital.
• Police PCR Van: Dial 100 / 112 for crime report and immediate citizen protection.
• Fire Engine: Dial 101 to extinguish fires and rescue trapped people.
• Ambulance: Dial 102 / 108 to rush critically ill or injured patients to the hospital.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct helpline numbers and roles for all 3 emergency vehicles
3.0 M
Q7
Matchbox Train Craft Activity
How can children make a toy train using empty matchboxes?
[2 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Matchbox Train Craft:
1. Connect 4 to 5 empty matchbox drawers in a line using strips of paper or thread as couplings.
2. Glue circular bottle caps or cardboard circles on both sides of each matchbox to serve as wheels.
3. Paste a thread spool or upright cardboard cylinder on the front box to act as the engine chimney.
1. Connect 4 to 5 empty matchbox drawers in a line using strips of paper or thread as couplings.
2. Glue circular bottle caps or cardboard circles on both sides of each matchbox to serve as wheels.
3. Paste a thread spool or upright cardboard cylinder on the front box to act as the engine chimney.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Connecting matchbox carriages with bottle-cap wheels described
2.0 M
Q8
Observation Time • Animals and Habits
In Chapter 11 ('From Here to There'), what animals did the characters observe, and how do they move from place to place?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Observations:
Animals move in diverse ways adapted to their bodies:
• Birds (Crow, Pigeon): Fly using wings and hop on two feet.
• Mammals (Cow, Dog): Walk and run on four legs.
• Reptiles (Lizard, Snake): Crawl on walls or slither on the ground.
• Insects (Ant, Grasshopper): Walk on six legs and hop/fly.
Animals move in diverse ways adapted to their bodies:
• Birds (Crow, Pigeon): Fly using wings and hop on two feet.
• Mammals (Cow, Dog): Walk and run on four legs.
• Reptiles (Lizard, Snake): Crawl on walls or slither on the ground.
• Insects (Ant, Grasshopper): Walk on six legs and hop/fly.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Birds, mammals, reptiles, insects movement
3 M
Q9
Find Out & Write • Animal Habitats
Name two animals that live:
(a) On trees
(b) In water
(c) On land
(d) Underground in burrows.
[2 Marks]
(a) On trees
(b) In water
(c) On land
(d) Underground in burrows.
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Habitats:
• (a) On trees: Monkey, Squirrel, Owl.
• (b) In water: Fish, Frog, Crocodile.
• (c) On land: Horse, Elephant, Goat.
• (d) In burrows: Rabbit, Earthworm, Snake.
• (a) On trees: Monkey, Squirrel, Owl.
• (b) In water: Fish, Frog, Crocodile.
• (c) On land: Horse, Elephant, Goat.
• (d) In burrows: Rabbit, Earthworm, Snake.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Correct examples for all 4 habitats
2 M
Q10
Discuss & Share • Our Senses
How do our five sense organs help us understand and navigate our daily environment?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Five Senses:
1. Eyes: Help us see shapes, colours, and identify hazards.
2. Ears: Help us hear traffic horns, spoken words, and alarm sounds.
3. Nose: Helps us smell food, flowers, and detect smoke or gas leaks.
4. Tongue: Helps us taste sweet, sour, salty, and bitter food.
5. Skin: Helps us feel touch, heat, cold, roughness, and pain.
1. Eyes: Help us see shapes, colours, and identify hazards.
2. Ears: Help us hear traffic horns, spoken words, and alarm sounds.
3. Nose: Helps us smell food, flowers, and detect smoke or gas leaks.
4. Tongue: Helps us taste sweet, sour, salty, and bitter food.
5. Skin: Helps us feel touch, heat, cold, roughness, and pain.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
All 5 sense organs explained with functions
3 M
Q11
Water Cycle & Weather • Rain and Clouds
Where does rainwater come from, and why do plants and trees look fresher and greener after a rain shower?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Rain and Plant Health:
• Rain comes from water evaporating from rivers, ponds, and seas, forming clouds in the sky that cool and condense into rain droplets.
• Rain washes off thick dust accumulated on leaves, unblocks stomata for breathing, and deeply soaks the roots with fresh mineral-rich moisture.
• Rain comes from water evaporating from rivers, ponds, and seas, forming clouds in the sky that cool and condense into rain droplets.
• Rain washes off thick dust accumulated on leaves, unblocks stomata for breathing, and deeply soaks the roots with fresh mineral-rich moisture.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Water cycle / cloud formation
1.5 M
Why plants look greener after rain
1.5 M
Q12
Food Diversity • Regional Diets
Why do people living in Kerala eat more rice, fish, and coconut, while people in Punjab eat more wheat chapatis, mustard greens, and lassi?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Regional Food Factors:
• What people eat depends directly on what grows easily and abundantly in their climate and geography.
• Kerala has coastal climate, abundant rainfall, and coconut groves, making fish and rice staples.
• Punjab has fertile plains ideal for wheat and mustard cultivation, and a strong dairy culture.
• What people eat depends directly on what grows easily and abundantly in their climate and geography.
• Kerala has coastal climate, abundant rainfall, and coconut groves, making fish and rice staples.
• Punjab has fertile plains ideal for wheat and mustard cultivation, and a strong dairy culture.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Climate and agriculture connection
1.5 M
Kerala and Punjab examples explained
1.5 M
Q13
Cooking Methods • Kitchen Science
Match each food item to its primary method of cooking:
(a) Idli — (1) Frying
(b) Puri — (2) Steaming
(c) Roti — (3) Roasting on Tawa.
[3 Marks]
(a) Idli — (1) Frying
(b) Puri — (2) Steaming
(c) Roti — (3) Roasting on Tawa.
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Matching:
• (a) Idli — (2) Steaming
• (b) Puri — (1) Frying in oil
• (c) Roti — (3) Roasting on Tawa.
• (a) Idli — (2) Steaming
• (b) Puri — (1) Frying in oil
• (c) Roti — (3) Roasting on Tawa.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Idli-Steaming, Puri-Frying, Roti-Roasting
3 M
Q14
Shelter & Houses • Diversity in Homes
Why are houses in heavy-rainfall regions like Assam built on bamboo stilts with sloping roofs?
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Stilt Houses:
• Bamboo Stilts: Keep the house 10 to 12 feet above ground level to prevent floodwaters and wild animals from entering.
• Sloping Roofs: Allow torrential rainwater to slide off quickly without accumulating or causing leaks.
• Bamboo Stilts: Keep the house 10 to 12 feet above ground level to prevent floodwaters and wild animals from entering.
• Sloping Roofs: Allow torrential rainwater to slide off quickly without accumulating or causing leaks.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Reason for bamboo stilts (floods)
1.5 M
Reason for sloping roof (rain runoff)
1.5 M
Q15
Community Helpers • Occupations
Identify the worker who:
(a) Mends our shoes
(b) Delivers letters and parcels
(c) Shapes clay into earthen pots on a wheel
(d) Treats sick people and prescribes medicines.
[2 Marks]
(a) Mends our shoes
(b) Delivers letters and parcels
(c) Shapes clay into earthen pots on a wheel
(d) Treats sick people and prescribes medicines.
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Community Helpers:
• (a) Mends shoes: Cobbler
• (b) Delivers letters: Postman / Mail carrier
• (c) Shapes clay pots: Potter
• (d) Treats sick people: Doctor.
• (a) Mends shoes: Cobbler
• (b) Delivers letters: Postman / Mail carrier
• (c) Shapes clay pots: Potter
• (d) Treats sick people: Doctor.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Cobbler, Postman, Potter, Doctor
2 M
Q16
Web of Life • Food Chain
What is the 'Web of Life'? Draw a simple food chain showing how grass, deer, and lion are connected.
[3 Marks]
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Web of Life & Food Chain:
• The Web of Life shows that every living organism is interconnected and depends on others for survival.
• Food Chain: Sunlight → Grass (Producer) → Deer (Herbivore) → Lion (Carnivore).
If grass disappears, deer starve; if deer disappear, lions cannot survive.
• The Web of Life shows that every living organism is interconnected and depends on others for survival.
• Food Chain: Sunlight → Grass (Producer) → Deer (Herbivore) → Lion (Carnivore).
If grass disappears, deer starve; if deer disappear, lions cannot survive.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
Definition of Web of Life
1.5 M
Grass → Deer → Lion chain explained
1.5 M
Q17
Review Questions • True or False
Write True or False:
(a) Blind people can read books written in Braille script using their fingertips.
(b) Rainwater is the main natural source of fresh water on Earth.
(c) Animals do not have feelings and cannot communicate danger to each other.
[3 Marks]
(a) Blind people can read books written in Braille script using their fingertips.
(b) Rainwater is the main natural source of fresh water on Earth.
(c) Animals do not have feelings and cannot communicate danger to each other.
✅ Step-by-Step Solution & Working
Answers:
• (a) True: Braille uses raised dots felt with fingertips.
• (b) True: Rain replenishes rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
• (c) False: Animals communicate through warning calls, scents, and body language to alert their group of predators.
• (a) True: Braille uses raised dots felt with fingertips.
• (b) True: Rain replenishes rivers, lakes, and groundwater.
• (c) False: Animals communicate through warning calls, scents, and body language to alert their group of predators.
CBSE Step-by-Step Marking Scheme
True, True, False with reasoning
3 M
🌟 NEP 2020 Competency-Based Case Study
Geographical Adaptations in Transportation: Reaching School in Remote Terrains
Children in snowy Ladakh travel to school on sledges; children in mountainous Uttarakhand walk across precarious rocky trails; children in riverine Assam cross flooded rivers on bamboo bridges (sanko).
Analytical Task: How do humans adapt their means of transport to diverse physical geographies and extreme climates?
Evaluation & Model Answer:
Human ingenuity devises transport solutions suited to specific terrains: (1) Desert Sands: Wide, padded hooves of camels make camel carts ideal for shifting sand dunes. (2) River Networks (Kerala/Assam): Wooden boats (vallam) and lightweight bamboo suspension bridges allow communities to cross wetlands without costly concrete bridges. (3) Snowy Mountains: Sturdy yaks, snowmobiles, and ropeway cable cars traverse sheer icy ravines where wheeled road buses cannot operate safely.
Rubric: Geographical adaptation of transport, local natural resources, resilience in extreme terrains (4 Marks).