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Types of Houses and Shelters

Learn about different types of houses, their materials, and how they're adapted to different climates and regions. Covers temporary shelters, houseboats, igloos, and more for Class III EVS.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following can be used as a temporary shelter?

  1. Houseboat
  2. Shikara
  3. Igloo
  4. Tent
  5. Flat
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following types of houses can be found in Assam where it rains heavily and many times floods occur?

  1. Houseboat
  2. Flat
  3. Igloo
  4. Stilt house
  5. Caravan
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Shipra lives in Kashmir in a special kind of house that floats on the lake. What is this type of house called?

  1. Stilt house
  2. Houseboat
  3. Caravan
  4. Rowboat
  5. Shikara
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following reasons is not correct for why we need houses?

  1. It protects us from wild animals.
  2. It protects us from heat and cold.
  3. It protects us from rain and snow.
  4. It keeps us safe from thieves.
  5. It keeps us clean.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following things is used while making a pucca house?

  1. Glass
  2. Mud
  3. Grass
  4. Thorny bushes
  5. Bamboo
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What kind of material from the following list will be needed, if one has to make a house in a place where there is a lot of rain?

  1. Ice and snow
  2. Mud and grass
  3. Wood and grass
  4. Cement and wood
  5. Mud and wood
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following things is used to make Kutcha houses?

  1. Glass
  2. Bamboo
  3. Cement
  4. Bricks
  5. Iron
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is a house made up of ice?

  1. Caravan
  2. Stilt house
  3. Flat
  4. Tent
  5. Igloo
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Meha lives in Manali. There is lot of snow there. What type of a roof would her house have?

  1. Thatched roof
  2. Flat roof
  3. Canvas roof
  4. Sloping roof
  5. Roof made of ice and snow
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the special difference in other houses and stilt houses?

  1. Stilt houses can float in water.
  2. Stilt houses are houses on wheels.
  3. Stilt houses can be made quickly if one moves from place to place.
  4. The stilt houses can have many floors and are very tall structures.
  5. Stilt houses have ladders that are removed at night.
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What kind of houses are made in very hot places like Rajasthan?

  1. Igloo
  2. Houseboat
  3. Mud house
  4. Stilt house
  5. Caravan
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Appu works in a circus, as a clown and has to move from place to place, with the circus. What type of a house does he live in?

  1. Houseboat
  2. Stilt house
  3. Caravan
  4. Flat
  5. Hut
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following statements is/are true?

a. A house boat is different from other houses.
b. In dry hot areas the walls of houses are made of mud and are very thick.
c. Shelter is a big problem in big cities.

  1. Only a
  2. Only b
  3. c only
  4. Only a and c
  5. All of these
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following people help us in building our homes?

  1. Doctor
  2. Postman
  3. Mason
  4. Sweeper
  5. Coolie
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the columns:
Column - I Column - II
A. House of ice 1. Tent
B. House on wheels 2. Igloo
C. Temporary shelter 3. Caravan
  1. A - 1, B - 2, C - 3
  2. A - 1, B - 3, C - 2
  3. A - 2, B - 3, C - 1
  4. A - 2, B - 1, C - 3
  5. A - 3, B - 2, C - 1
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