Reaching Grandmothers home
NCERT solutions for Class 4 EVS

NCERT Class 4 EVS Chapter wise Solutions
- Going To School
- Ear To Ear
- A Day With Nandu
- The Story of Amrita
- Anita And The Honeybees
- Omana’s Journey
- From The Window
- Reaching Grand Mother’s House
- Changing Families
- Hu Tu Tu Hu Tu Tu
- Valley Of Flowers
- Changing Times
- A River’s Tale
- Basva’s Farm
- From Market To Home
- A Busy Month
- Nandita In Mumbai
- Too Much Water Too Little Water
- Abdul In The Garden
- Eating Together
- Food And Fun
- The World In My Home
- Pocham palli
- Home And Abroad
NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Reaching Grandmothers home
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Q.1. Omana travelled by many different vehicles after she got down from the train. Can you remember what these were?
Ans. Bus, Boat, Autorickshaw.
Q.2. On which vehicles have you travelled on?
Ans. Bus, truck, motor cycle, scooter, cycle, boat.
Q.3. Which ride did you enjoy the most?
Ans. Boat.
Q.4. Omana left Ahmedabad on 16 May. How many hours did it take for her to reach Ammummas house?
Ans. 54 Hours.
Q.5. Have you ever been on a long journey? Where did you go?
Ans. I went to Uttrakhand.
Q.6. Name the different kinds of transport that you took during the journey.
Ans. Auto-rickshaw, Train and Bus.
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Q.1. How long did your journey take?
Ans. Two days.
Q.2. Omana’s Appa bought tickets for the train and the bus. Can you think of other means of transport for which we need to buy tickets?
Ans. Aero planes.
Q.3. Sometimes we need to buy tickets to enter a place. Can you think of such places?
Ans. Zoo, Circus, Cricket ground, Magic show.
Q.4. Look at the picture of a railway ticket. Find these four things on the ticket and circle the m with difference colours.

i. The train number
ii. The date of the start of the journey
iii. The berth number
iv. The fare (the cost of the ticket).
Ans. i. The train number 9037.
ii. The date of start of the journey 24-12-2006.
iii. The berth numbers 21, 22 and 23.
iv. The fare (the cost of the ticket). Rs. 2578.
Q.5. Write what other things you can find out from the ticket.
Ans. i. Boarding station: Bandra Terminal.
ii. Destination station: New Delhi.
iii. Coach No. A1
iv. Name of the train: Avadh Express.
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Q.1. Look carefully at it and answer the following questions:
6335 NAGARCOIL EXPRESS
S.No Station Name | Arrival | Departure | Distance | Day |
1. GANDHIDHAM | – | 05:15 | 0 | 1 |
2. AHMEDABAD | 11:30 | 11:50 | 301 | 1 |
3. VADODARA | 14:03 | 14:10 | 401 | 1 |
4. SURAT | 16:15 | 16:20 | 530 | 1 |
5. VALSAD | 17:23 | 17:25 | 598 | 1 |
6. BHIWANDI ROAD | 21:10 | 21:12 | 772 | 1 |
7. MADGAON | 07:35 | 07:45 | 1509 | 2 |
8. UDUPI | 12:06 | 12:18 | 1858 | 2 |
9. KOZHIKODE | 17:45 | 17:50 | 2165 | 2 |
10. TRICHUR | 21:05 | 21:10 | 2280 | 2 |
11. ERNAKULAM TOWN | 22:35 | 22:40 | 2356 | 2 |
12. KOTTAYAM | 23:50 | 23:55 | 2418 | 2 |
13. TRIVANDRUM CNTL. | 03:05 | 03:10 | 2578 | 3 |
14. NAGARCOIL | 04:45 | 00:00 | 2649 | 3 |
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(1) Circle the names of all the stations in the table that are mentioned in Omana’s diary.
Ans. Gandhi ham, Ahmedabad, Valsad, Madgaon, Udipi, Calicut, Kottayam.
(2) From what station did the train start?
Ans. Gandhidham.
(3) How many minutes did the train stop at Ahmedabad station?
Ans. Twenty minutes.
(4) On what day of the journey did the train reach Madgaon?
Ans. Second Day.
(5) Sunil and Ann got off at Kozhikode station. Omana got off at Kottayam station. How many hours does it take for the train to reach from Calicut to Kottayam?
Ans. Six hours.
(6) What is the information that the train travelled over the whole route?
Ans. 2469 kilometers.
(7) From the information that you have, cam you calculate the average speed of the train.
Ans. 44.78 kilometers per hour.