Class 6 - L16- Women For Trees

16. Women for Trees

Word Meaning

Block (ब्लॉक) = विकासखंड  

District (डिस्ट्रिक्ट) = जिला

State (स्टेट) = राज्य

Deforested (डिफ़ॉरेस्टेड) = जंगलों की कटाई या नष्ट होना

Dense (डेंस) = घना  

Discussion (डिस्कशन) = विचार-विमर्श

Evident (एविडेंट) = स्पष्ट, साफ़ दिखाई देने वाला

Shrink (श्रिंक) = सिकुड़ना

Insensitive (इनसेंसिटिव) = असंवेदनशील

Stump (स्टंप) = ठूँठ (पेड़ के कटने के बाद बचा हुआ तने का निचला हिस्सा)

Protect (प्रोटेक्ट) = सुरक्षा करना

Grazing (ग्रेज़िंग) = (घास) चराई

Trench (ट्रेंच) = खाई

Poacher (पोचर) = अवैध शिकारी

Timber (टिम्बर) = इमारती लकड़ी

Sprout (स्प्रोउट) = अंकुरित होना, विकसित होना  

Outskirt (आउटस्कर्ट) = सीमावर्ती क्षेत्र, किसी स्थान का बाहरी क्षेत्र

Twig (ट्विग) = टहनी  

Biodiversity (बायोडाइवर्सिटी) = जैव-विविधता

Initiative (इनिशिएटिव) = पहल

Inspire (इंस्पायर) = प्रेरित करना

Oppose (अपोज़) = विरोध करना 

A. Answer the following questions:

1. Where is Bhalapur situated?

Answer – Bhalapur village is situated nearly 84 kilometers from the block office of Mohla in the Rajnandagaon district of Chhattisgarh.

2. Who were the members of the Mahila Mandal of Bhalapur?

Answer – The women of Bhalapur, largly dalits and adivasis, were the members of the Mahila Mandal of Bhalapur.

3. What was the greatest problem that the women faced?

Answer – The greatest problem that the women faced was collecting fire wood.

4. Why was the village forest shrinking?

Answer – The village forest was shrinking because some insensitive and greedy people were cutting trees rapidly.

5. What did the women do to protect the forest from grazing animals?

Answer – The women dug deep trenches all around the deforested area to protect the forest from grazing animals.

6. What is the result of the efforts made by the women of Bhalapur?

Answer – The deforested area converted into a dense forest on the outskirts of the village. The problem of collecting fire wood was solved and the biodiversity are the result of the efforts made by the women of Bhalapur.

B. Write True/False in the boxes:

1. The Mahila Mandal was formed in the year 1998. (False)

2. We should be thankful to the insensitive people who fell trees. (False)    

3. Now the women cut the trees for fuel and wood. (False)

4. The women dug trenches around the forest. (True)

5. Other people of Bhalapur also tried to do what the women of the village did. (True)

6. The women of Mahila Mandal were united. (True)

7. The women had to work hard to protect the forest. (True)

8. The women had to protect the trees against animals only. (False)

Vocabulary

A. Match the words with the pictures:

B. Arrange the letters to make words related with the given words:

  

1	wood	timber	stick	log	twig
		(mbreti)	(tcisk)	(glo)	(gtwi)
2	fuel	burn	wood	gas	petrol
		(rbun)	(wdoo)	(sga)	(rtpole)
3	sprout	grow	begin	germinate
		(rgwo)	(ngbei)	(enrgmitae)

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