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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Clothes — How Things are Made (Chapter 8, NCERT Class 5 The World Around Us) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Clothes — How Things are Made textbook chapter.

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All 19 questions in Clothes — How Things are Made are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Have you seen products woven out of natural material?

  1. Have you seen products woven out of natural material at home or elsewhere? What are they?

Activity 1 — Make a paper mat

  1. Activity 1: Weave a mat using paper strips. Can you use this method to make a basket?

Discuss — Woven things in the classroom

  1. What can you find in your classroom that is woven?

Activity 2 — Look at cloth through a magnifying glass

  1. Activity 2: Look at a piece of cloth through a magnifying glass or camera zoom. What do you see?

Activity 3 — Spinning cotton into thread

  1. Activity 3: Pull cotton into a strand and twist it. What happens as you twist it?

Activity 4 — Natural or synthetic fibres?

  1. Activity 4: List some items you use every day. Are they made from natural or synthetic fibres? Write one thing you like about each.

Discuss — Stitching at home or neighbourhood

  1. Have you ever seen someone stitching at home or in your neighbourhood? What were they making or fixing?
  2. Look at your shirt or school bag. Can you find where the pieces have been stitched together?

Activity 5 — Leaf plate using toothpicks

  1. Activity 5: Pin broad leaves together with toothpicks to create a plate or spoon. Describe what you made.

Activity 7 — Running stitch

  1. Activity 6 / Activity 7: Describe how to do a running stitch.

Activity 8 — Stitching two cloth pieces together

  1. If one thread breaks in your stitching, what do you think will happen to the rest of the stitches?
  2. Where else can we use running stitches in daily life?

Let us reflect — End-of-chapter questions

  1. Have you ever reused or recycled an old piece of cloth? What did you or your family make from it?
  2. If one thread breaks in a stitched cloth or in a woven mat, what might happen? Why is each thread important?
  3. Visit a tailor's shop or a handloom store with an adult. What tools or machines did you see being used there?
  4. Find out what kind of weaving or stitching work is famous in your area or state. Name it.
  5. We should not throw old clothes away. Why?
  6. The steps of the life cycle of a moth are jumbled up. Number them from 1 to 6 in the correct order:
    • (a) Adult moth comes out of the cocoon.
    • (b) Eggs hatch into tiny caterpillars.
    • (c) Silk moth lays eggs.
    • (d) The cycle begins again.
    • (e) Caterpillars eat mulberry leaves and grow big.
    • (f) Caterpillars spin cocoons around themselves.
  7. Bring 5-6 pieces of different types of cloth. Observe each closely and complete the table: How does it feel (smooth/rough)? Shiny (Yes/No)? Thick/Thin? Stretchy (Yes/No)? What do you think it is made of?
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Worked examples

3 questions from Clothes — How Things are Made, solved step by step.

Activity 1 — Make a paper mat

Activity 1: Weave a mat using paper strips. Can you use this method to make a basket?

Guidance: Tape 5-6 blue paper strips vertically. Weave yellow strips horizontally — over, under, over, under — until a mat forms.

To make a basket: after completing the flat mat base, fold up the extra strip ends along all four sides and weave additional strips around them to form the walls. Secure the top edges by folding them inward.

Answer: Yes, the over-under weaving method can be used to make a basket by folding the edges up and weaving strips around the sides after completing the flat base.

Activity 2 — Look at cloth through a magnifying glass

Activity 2: Look at a piece of cloth through a magnifying glass or camera zoom. What do you see?

Guidance: Hold a piece of cloth (shirt or uniform) up to a magnifying glass or zoom in with a phone camera.

You will see a criss-cross pattern of threads — one set running lengthwise (vertically) and another set running crosswise (horizontally), interlocked over and under each other to form the fabric.

Answer: You can see a criss-cross pattern of threads woven over and under each other, forming the cloth.

Activity 3 — Spinning cotton into thread

Activity 3: Pull cotton into a strand and twist it. What happens as you twist it?

Guidance: Pull a small amount of cotton gently to form a strand. Twist it slowly with your fingers while pulling.

As you twist it, the cotton fibres come together and the strand becomes stronger. Winding the twisted strand on a pencil, while adding more cotton, creates a thread or yarn. This process is called spinning.

Answer: As you twist the cotton strand, it becomes stronger. This process of twisting cotton fibres to make thread is called spinning.

All 19 questions in Clothes — How Things are Made are solved step by step in the Solutions PDF above.

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