NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 21 -- Food and Fun are developed by the subject-matter experts to guide Class 4 students to clear all their doubts and learn more easily. The solutions are written in a very interactive language so that children can understand the concepts better. The subject-matter experts have given the solutions in a step-by-step method and reference notes are attached to the topic to help the students to recall easily. NCERT Solutions Pdf are also available on the official website of Study Studio, which students can download and refer to according to their convenience. ch21-1Download Access NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 21 – Food and fun 1. Do you study in a boarding school? If you do not, try to talk with someone who goes to a boarding school and find out – (a) In what ways is boarding school different from other schools? (b) What kind of food do they get there? (c) Where do the children sit and eat in the boarding school? (d) Who cooks food for the children in the boarding school? Who serves the food? (e) Who washes the vessels? (f) Do the children miss home-made food sometimes? (g) Would you like to go to a boarding school? Why? Ans: No, I do not attend a boarding school. (a) In boarding schools, students live in school rooms with teachers and other school personnel whereas in some schools, students return home after school and spend the night there. (b) They eat the same food that we do at school for our mid-day lunches. (c) In general, boarding schools have a big canteen where students can sit and eat. (d) Cooks prepare meals for the youngsters at the boarding school. Helpers who support cooks in the preparation of meals also serve the food. (e) Helpers washes the vessels. (f) Yes, the kids miss home-cooked meals from time to time. (g) No, I do not want to attend a boarding school because I cannot live apart from my parents. 2. The ‘cooking and eating together in a Gurdwara is called langar. Have you ever eaten langar? Where and when? Ans: Yes, I ate in langar at Sheeshganj Gurudwara in Delhi during a summer visit. 3. How many people were cooking and how many were serving the food there? Ans: There were thirty workers cooking, and ten serving the food. 4. Are there other occasions when you have eaten with many people? Where and when? Who cooked and served the food there? Ans: Yes, there have been other occasions like a wedding reception and my Dadaji’s terahvi when I have dined with a large group of people. On January 4th, 2019, the wedding reception was held in Indore. Cooks prepared the food, and the catering staff served it. NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 21 Food And Fun NCERT EVS for Class 4 Chapter 21 – Food and Fun talks about two things. The first part deals with life in a boarding school and the second part talks about gurdwaras in the form of a story. Divya and Swastika came home from boarding schools for their vacation. They have come to their friend’s house, Gurnoor. They all want to go to Gurudwara. When Gurnoor asked them about life in boarding school, Divya said that they are very happy to be there because all children do things together. Have you ever heard of boarding schools? Boarding schools are very different from the normal day schools that you go to. In boarding schools, children live inside the school campus. They live in dormitories or resident houses. Boarding schools are also called residential schools. Students do everything together. It is like home. Children have to stay away from their families but they can meet them once a week. When parents’ jobs are transferable jobs then they send their children to boarding schools so that they don’t have to change schools often. Sometimes parents send their children to school because there may not be any good school in their town. Children do miss their parents at times but all children live together, eat together and do all activities together. It becomes fun there. Sometimes when parents send food for their child, everyone shares the food and finishes it within a few minutes. Boarding schools have more extra-curricular activities than normal day school. The teachers become the second mothers to the students and they actually live with them on the campus. They always try to keep the children engaged in some activities. Children become more independent in boarding schools because they keep learning to do new things on their own. A sense of punctuality and discipline is inculcated in children. That makes them more responsible. The next part of NCERT EVS Class 4 Chapter 21 – Food and Fun talks about gurdwaras. Divya, Swastika, and Gurnoor went to the gurdwara. Do you know about gurdwaras? Gurdwara is a place of worship for Sikhs. In gurdwara, they serve food to thousands of people every day who come to visit. This is called langar. The rule of the gurdwara is whoever comes to visit and if they are in need of food then they can have food without any money. It is a Sikh tradition. Food is cooked in huge vessels and people volunteer there to prepare food for the needy. They do all activities together from cutting and chopping vegetables to cooking and serving people. Everyone volunteers to do some work for langar. Some people arrange for the raw materials, some give money, some make Prasad, and some do other work like serving water and food. The children went to the big kitchen of the gurdwara. They saw food being prepared in huge vessels. They too wanted to help in something or the other. Divya applied ghee on the chapatis that came out from the hot tawas. It is really fun doing activities together. Conclusion From this lesson, we learned that when we do activities together, we learn a lot of new things from each other. These are non-academic skills that make children more responsible and disciplined, which are valuable when they have to face the world outside.