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Travel and Communication

Primary Mathematics & EVS

Useful for: CTET, OTET, Junior Teacher, OSEPA Primary Teacher / JT Category-I, Special OTET

Overview

Travel and communication connect people and places; EVS explores how they have changed and how to use them safely.

Key points

  • Transport: land (cycle, bus, train), water (boat, ship), air (aeroplane).
  • Communication: letters, telephone, radio, television, internet, mobile phones.
  • Road safety rules: use zebra crossings, follow traffic lights, wear helmets.
  • Maps and directions help in travel.
  • Older means (bullock carts, letters) are still used in places.
  • Online safety is part of modern communication.

Explanation

  • Compare travel time across means of transport.
  • Postal services connect remote areas.
  • Public transport reduces pollution.
  • Children can make a timeline of communication.
  • Sign language and Braille are also forms of communication.

Step by step

  1. Identify the concept, law or fact asked.
  2. Recall the definition, formula, example or year.
  3. Apply it and eliminate mismatched options.

Examples

  • Children make a timeline from pigeon post to mobile phones → change over time.
  • Crossing at a zebra crossing → road safety.
  • Using a map to plan a school trip → travel skills.

Traps and advanced points

  • Trap: Ignoring safety.
  • Trap: Treating older means as useless.
  • Trap: Forgetting inclusive communication.

Quick revision

  • Land, water, air transport.
  • Communication timeline.
  • Road and online safety.

Practice MCQs

  1. A teacher wants to apply Travel and Communication correctly. Which action is most appropriate?

    1. Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.
    2. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    3. Travel and Communication is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
    4. Travel and Communication should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.

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    Answer: (a) Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.

  2. Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Travel and Communication.

    1. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    2. Travel and Communication is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
    3. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.
    4. Travel and Communication should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.

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    Answer: (c) Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.. Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Travel and Communication.: Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.

  3. During a laboratory exercise on Travel and Communication, students compare repeated observations. which statement about Travel and Communication is NOT appropriate?

    1. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.
    2. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    3. Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.
    4. Travel and Communication should be interpreted according to its purpose and context.

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    Answer: (b) The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.. The NOT-appropriate statement is: The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.

  4. Which statement about Travel and Communication is NOT appropriate?

    1. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.
    2. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    3. Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.
    4. Travel and Communication should be interpreted according to its purpose and context.

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    Answer: (b) The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.. The NOT-appropriate statement is: The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.

  5. During a laboratory exercise on Travel and Communication, students compare repeated observations. Choose the most defensible exam-ready conclusion about Travel and Communication.

    1. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    2. Travel and Communication is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
    3. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.
    4. Travel and Communication should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.

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    Answer: (c) Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.

  6. During a laboratory exercise on Travel and Communication, students compare repeated observations. A teacher wants to apply Travel and Communication correctly. Which action is most appropriate?

    1. Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.
    2. The fastest mode is always the best choice in every situation.
    3. Travel and Communication is useful only for record keeping and has no effect on learning.
    4. Travel and Communication should be applied identically in every situation without checking learner needs.

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    Answer: (a) Choose a suitable mode for distance, urgency, cost and terrain.. Transport and communication systems connect people and places but differ in speed, access, cost and environmental impact.

  7. Which is a means of water transport?

    1. train
    2. cycle
    3. bus
    4. ship

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    Answer: (d) ship. Ship.

  8. Which is a means of air transport?

    1. bullock cart
    2. rickshaw
    3. boat
    4. aeroplane

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    Answer: (d) aeroplane. Aeroplane.

  9. Pedestrians should cross roads at the —

    1. middle of the road
    2. corner only
    3. traffic island only
    4. zebra crossing

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    Answer: (d) zebra crossing. Zebra crossing.

  10. Two-wheeler riders should wear —

    1. caps
    2. nothing
    3. sunglasses only
    4. helmets

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    Answer: (d) helmets. Helmets.

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