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Chapter 15 Communication and Mass Media Solutions

Complete Maharashtra State Board Balbharati & Yuvakbharati textbook solutions for Chapter 15 Communication and Mass Media. Step-by-step solved exercises, numerical problems, and digest answers.

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Maharashtra State Board Class 5 EVS Solutions Part 1 Chapter 15 Communication and Mass Media

5th Std EVS 1 Digest Chapter 15 Communication and Mass Media Textbook Questions and Answers

1. Write down the educational uses of mass media.

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
Write down the educational uses of mass media.
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Mass media helps us in the following ways :

2. How were messages communicated before we began to use the telephone?

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
How were messages communicated before we began to use the telephone?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Messages were earlier 1. Sent by pigeons who were trained 2. Men on horseback with messages 3. Letters sent through postal services.

3. What difference has the computer made to your life?

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
What difference has the computer made to your life?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
With the help of computers, I am able to get information with the help of internet connection and also able to do work faster and save time and efforts.

Environmental Studies Part 1 Standard 5th Solutions Chapter 15 Communication and Mass Media Additional Important Questions and Answers

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers from the options given below:

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
The exchange of information is called ………………. (a) gossip (b) noise (c) communication
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c) communication
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
………………. are used in modem methods of communication. (a) Artificial satellites (b) Mobile (c) Computer
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) Artificial satellites
Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
Indian Satellites used for communication are called ………………. (a) AGNI (b) INSAT (c) Chandrayaan
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) INSAT
Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
Artificial satellites are launched into space by means of …………………….. (a) NASA (b) rockets (c) ISRO
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) rockets
Question 5 Maharashtra Board Solution
The ………………… on a person’s face and other gestures communicate a message to us. (a) expression (b) glow (c) lines
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) expression
Question 6 Maharashtra Board Solution
Information ………………….. is also a part of communication. (a) telecast (b) broadcast (c) technology
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) broadcast
Question 7 Maharashtra Board Solution
Information is useful for constructing ………………….. (a) structures (b) maps (c) knowledge
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c) knowledge
Question 8 Maharashtra Board Solution
Through telecommunication, we can easily ………………… people far away from us. (a) contact (b) warn (c) party with
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) contact
Question 9 Maharashtra Board Solution
Through telecommunication, people can be ………………… about natural disasters like storms, tsunamis, floods etc. (a) endangered (b) forewarned (c) assured
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) forewarned
Question 10 Maharashtra Board Solution
Mass media helps in successful implementation of ………………. schemes launched for the benefit of people. (a) public (b) private (c) government
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c) government
Question 11 Maharashtra Board Solution
………………. media helps in the expansion of trade and industry. (a) public (b) individual (c) mass
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(c) mass
Question 12 Maharashtra Board Solution
We get all sorts of ……………….. through television channels and the internet. (a) information (b) transformation (c) industrialization
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) information
Question 13 Maharashtra Board Solution
Time spent on watching ………………… leads to the neglect of outdoor sports and physical fitness. (a) telephone (b) television (c) mobile
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) television
Question 14 Maharashtra Board Solution
Telecommunication devices should be used properly and ………………... (a) honesty (b) sensibly (c) truthfully
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) sensibly
Question 15 Maharashtra Board Solution
We must be careful not to use telecommunication (a) excessively (b) severely (c) seriously
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(a) excessively
Question 16 Maharashtra Board Solution
New communication technology has now made this possible on a mobile phone, to ……………….. the person we are talking to. (a) touch (b) see (c) smell
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
(b) see

Answer in detail:

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
What are the disadvantages of tele-communication devices?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The disadvantages of telecommunication devices are:
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
What are the uses of artificial satellites?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
The uses of artificial satellites are as follows: 1. Live telecast of events happening in the world. 2. With the help of phones, we can directly talk to people in other countries. 3. The President or Prime Minister can address the entire nation at the same time over the radio or TV.
Question 3 Maharashtra Board Solution
What are audio visual communication?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
With the help of audio visual communication we can see the person whom we are talking to on a mobile phone.

Can you tell?

Question 1 Maharashtra Board Solution
We watch TV programmes on many different channels. Where do they come from?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Artificial Satellites
Question 2 Maharashtra Board Solution
We talk to others on our mobile phones. What makes communication on a mobile phone possible?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Artificial Satellite

3.

Question (a)
Study the pictures given below. Write the name of the emotions that you see in each face in the box below it:
Answer:

Question (b)
Write the names of the means of communication that are used?
Answer:
The expression on the face is used to communicate.

Question 4 Maharashtra Board Solution
What information do you obtain from a newspaper?
Solution & Step-by-Step Answer:
Political, Educational, Social, Cultural, Economic and Entertainment.

What’s the solution?

When Amod, who is in the fifth standard, comes home after school, he visits several websites on his computer. He never misses his favourite TV shows. He plays games on his mother’s mobile phone all the time. He is always sitting at home. Lately, his appetite has decreased. He is drowsy6 and has put on weight. Amod’s mother is worried about him. When will she feel better?
Answer:
Amod’s mother will feel better when Amod start going out and play with his friends and be physically fit.

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