“Butterfly” is the English textbook for class 5 approved by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE). Here we will discuss the Activity Questions and Answers from Lesson 12, Beyond Barriers of this book.

BEYOND BARRIERS – QUESTION & ANSWER

ACTIVITY 1

Let’s find out and write down facts about Rakesh Sharma:

(a) Place of birth: Patiala, in the state of Punjab.

(b) Year of birth: 1949.

(c) Name of schools attended: St. George’s Grammar School, Hyderabad and Kendriya Vidyalaya Tirumalagiri, Hyderabad.

(d) Year of joining the National Defence Academy: July 1966.

(e) Total time he spent in space: Seven days, twenty-one hours and forty minutes in space.

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ACTIVITY 2

Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false statements:

(a) The space shuttle was named Soyuz T-11. T

(b) Rakesh Sharma went into space in 1985. F

(c) Mrs. Indira Gandhi spoke to Rakesh Sharma. T

(d) Barun got the book on India’s space travels from his mother. T

(e) Osman and Barun were friends. T

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ACTIVITY 3

What do you want to be? Give reason for your choice. Write five sentences. Begin like this:

I  want to be a …………………………………………

For this activity, you will write the answers by yourself. Share your answers in the post’s comment section. Or, you can share it in our Youtube Channel’s video “Beyond Barriers | Lesson 12 | Question & Answer | Class 5 | Butterfly” comment section.

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ACTIVITY 4

Find answers from the text.

(a) Where was Kalpana Chawla born?

Ans: Kalpana Chawla was born in 1962 in Karnal, in the state of Haryana.

(b) Where did Kalpana go in 1982?

Ans: Kalpana went to the USA to study at the University of Texas at Arlington in 1982.

(c) What was Kalpana called by her family?

Ans: Kalpana was called Montu by her family.

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(d) What was the name of the space shuttle that was lost?

Ans: The name of the space shuttle that was lost was Columbia.

(e) When did Kalpana die?

Ans: Kalpana died on 1st February, 2003.

(f) What has been named after Kalpana?

Ans: A hill on Mars and a Star in deep space have been named after Kalpana.

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ACTIVITY 5

Let’s read the words:

Pinky, Ravi, Soyuz T-11, Rakesh, Kalpana, Columbia, India, USA, Haryana, California, Barun, Osman.

All these words are names. Now, fill in the table.

Name of Person	Name of Place	Name of Things
Pinky	Columbia	Soyuz T-11
Ravi	India
Rakesh	USA
Kalpana	Haryana
Barun	California
Osman

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ACTIVITY 6

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:

1. The first Indian in space was Rakesh Sharma.
2. Kalpana took up the position research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center in Sunnyvale, California.
3. Kalpana’s story shows the value of hard work and sincerity that is remembered even when one is no more.
4. The Indian Prime Minister Kalpana talked to was Mr. Inderjit K. Gujral, from the orbit.

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ACTIVITY 7

Look at the table given below:

First Man in space	Yuri Gagarin
First Woman in space	Valentine Tereshkova
First Man to walk in space	Alexei Leonov
First Woman to walk in space	Svetlana Savitskaya
First Animal in space	Laika, the dog

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Write five sentences using the information.

Ans:

1. The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin.
2. The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova.
3. The first man to walk in space was Alexei Leonov.
4. The first woman to walk in space was Svetlana Savitskaya.
5. The first animal in space was Laika, the dog.

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ACTIVITY 8

Fill in the blanks with the Present Continuous forms of the given Verbs in brackets:

1. Rina is studying (study) for her exams at the moment.
2. Where are you meeting (you meet) Ravi next week?
3. Pinky is coming (come) to my place tomorrow.
4. They are playing (play) football now.
5. The company are finishing (finish) their project this week.
6. She is eating (eat) oysters for lunch.
7. Rubina is not going (not go) to Kolkata next week.
8. I am working (work) on special report today.
9. We are not cooking (not cook) dinner this evening because we’re eating out.
10. Barun is walking (walk) to school right now.

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ACTIVITY 9

Write six connected sentences about your experience of seeing the night sky. You may use the following points:

Time of seeing – place from where you looked – how the sky looked – other things that you saw – sounds of the night – your feelings

For this activity, you will write the answers by yourself. Share your answers in the post’s comment section. Or, you can share it in our Youtube Channel’s video “Beyond Barriers | Lesson 12 | Question & Answer | Class 5 | Butterfly” comment section.

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