KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA NAGERCOIL

CLASS: IV SUBJECT: EVS TOPIC: POCHAMPALLI

I. Fill in the blanks:

a. Vani and Prasad live in mukhtapur village.
b. Their family members are weavers .
c. They learnt this craft from their family members.
d. Pochampalli sarees are made in bright colours.
e. Silk is becoming expensive all the time.

II. Write true for the correct statements and false for the incorrect ones:
a. Mukhtapur village is in the Pochampalli town of Andhra Pradesh. True
b. Some of the families in this town are weavers. False
c. Great skill is not required to weave such special sarees. False
d. Weavers get good money for their hard labour. False
e. Silk cloth and silk sarees are woven from silk thread. True

III. GIVE REASON :

a) Mother puts the threads in boiling water.
Reason: Mother puts the threads in boiling water to wash away the dirt and
stains.

b) Many weavers are giving up their family craft. or The craft is in danger.

Reason: Silk is becoming expensive day by day. Big shopkeepers give very little
money for the sarees, though they themselves sell them at a very high price. That
is why many weavers are giving up their family craft.

c) The loom has many needles.

Reason: Loom has many needles to weave the clothes according to different
designs
 IV. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING :

1) How did "Pochammpalli" sarees get their name?

Ans: Mukhtapur village is in the pochampalli town of Andhra Pradesh where most
of the families are weavers who weave this cloth and hence the special saree got
its name as "Pochampalli"

2) Differentiate between traditional and professional occupation.

Traditional Occupation Professional Occupation

1. It is learnt at home from elders. It is learnt from special institutions.
2. Example : Potter, Carpenter Example: Flying Aeroplane,Motor Repair

3) Write the steps involved in making the cloth from thread.

Ans: The steps involved in making the cloth from thread is as follows:

1 Buying the bundles of thread

2.Boiling them in water to wash away the dirt and stains.

3.Dying the threads with bright colours.

4.Rolling the threads into bundles.

5.Put them in loom to weave the cloth.

HOME WORK :

Collect pieces of different types of clothes and paste them .