NCERT Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 10: Earth — Our Shared Home – Free PDF Download

Chapter 10 of Class 5 EVS, Our Wondrous World, Earth — Our Shared Home, is the final chapter of the book, presenting Earth as a shared, interconnected home for all living things.

Last Updated: August 27, 2026

NCERT Solutions for Class 5 EVS Chapter 10: Earth — Our Shared Home

What this chapter teaches.
Earth is the only known planet that supports life; how migratory birds, spices like chillies, foods like potatoes and tomatoes, practices like yoga, and flowers like marigolds have all travelled between countries over centuries, showing that “nature has no boundaries”; and our shared responsibility to care for the Earth’s resources.

Write & Discuss (Textbook Questions)

Does the rosy starling visit your area? What is it called locally? What does this story tell us about nature?
(Open-ended, region-specific.) The rosy starling is a migratory bird that travels from Europe/Central Asia to India every winter — in many regions it is known by local names such as “Gulabi Maina.” Its long-distance migration shows that birds, and nature in general, do not recognise the political borders humans draw between countries.

What does it mean when we say ‘nature has no boundaries’?
It means natural things — birds, seeds, winds, rivers, ocean currents, and even diseases — move freely across the borders that separate countries on a map, because those borders are human-made and mean nothing to nature.

Why do you think yoga became popular in so many countries? Can you name a yoga pose you have tried or seen? What do you think it helps with?
Yoga spread worldwide because of its proven benefits for physical fitness, flexibility, and mental calm, and because people and teachers carried the practice with them as they travelled and settled in other countries. Example pose: Vrikshasana (Tree Pose), which helps with balance and concentration.

What would happen if chillies disappeared from our kitchens for a week? Ask your parents and write down a recipe using black pepper instead of red chillies.
Many Indian dishes would taste noticeably blander, since chillies are the main source of heat/spice in most Indian cooking today. Interestingly, chillies are not originally from India — they were brought from South America; before that, Indian cooking relied on black pepper for spiciness, which is still used in some traditional recipes like pepper rasam.

If you could choose one Indian food to share with the world, what would it be? What kind of new food items do you think will travel in the future?
(Open-ended, opinion-based.) Sample answer: biryani or dosa, because they are already popular internationally and represent India’s diverse regional cuisines; future food trends may include more plant-based or millet-based Indian foods travelling globally as health-consciousness grows.

Why do you think both Indian and Mexican cultures use marigolds during their festivals?
Marigolds are bright, long-lasting flowers that grow easily in many climates, and both cultures independently found them meaningful for decoration and rituals — in India they are used in festivals like Diwali, and in Mexico for Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) — showing how different cultures can arrive at similar traditions using the same natural resource.

Activities

Activity 1 — My address and the globe.
Children fill in their own full address (from house/locality up to country and Earth) and use a globe to confirm that all of Earth’s oceans are connected to one another as a single World Ocean, and to locate India on the globe.

Activity 2 — Trace bird migration.
Children make a poster of birds that visit their area in winter and use a string on a globe to trace the long migration path birds like the rosy starling travel between continents.

Activity 3 — Trace the journey of chillies.
Using a coloured string on a globe, children trace how chillies travelled from South America to India (via European traders), and research the similar journey of another New World crop like the potato, tomato, or peanut.

Activity 4 — Cow breeds and travelled objects.
Children find the names of at least five cow breeds (such as Gir, Sahiwal, Jersey, Holstein Friesian, and Red Sindhi) and list household or school items that originally came from other parts of the world (such as tea, sugar, or certain fabrics).

Activity 5 — Interview an elder.
Children interview a grandparent or neighbour about a food, song, or custom that is common today but wasn’t part of their childhood, helping them see how culture keeps changing and travelling even within one family’s lifetime.

Let Us Reflect (End-of-Chapter Questions)

1. Pick one of the ideas (a food, custom, plant, or animal from the chapter). Write a short story about how this idea might have travelled from one place to another long ago. (Open-ended creative-writing task.) Sample answer (chillies): a trader carries chilli seeds from South America across the ocean to a port in India, where local farmers begin growing them, and within a few generations chillies become an everyday part of Indian cooking.
2. Write one way you can care for the Earth. (Open-ended, personal.) Sample answer: saving water and electricity at home, or planting a tree and taking care of it.
3. Identify an item that can travel from India to other parts of the world and write about it. Sample answer: yoga — an ancient Indian practice that has now spread to almost every country in the world, practised by millions of people for health and well-being.

Why This Chapter Matters

Understanding Earth as one shared, interconnected home builds environmental responsibility and empathy across borders and communities.

How to Use These Solutions

Talk with your child about one small daily habit your family could adopt to better care for shared resources like water or electricity. Download the full chapter from our Class 5 EVS NCERT book page, or browse the Class 5 hub.

More on This Chapter

See also the Extra Questions and Revision Notes for this chapter.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” mean?
“The world is one family” — treating everyone and everything with kindness, regardless of country or language.

Give one example of how nature shows interconnectedness.
Migratory birds travelling across countries, or foods and customs like chillies and yoga spreading between nations.

What does the “Let Us Reflect” section of this chapter ask students to do?
It is the textbook’s own set of three end-of-chapter reflection tasks — writing a short story about how an idea travelled long ago, describing one way to care for the Earth, and identifying an Indian item that has travelled to the world — answered in full above.

Written by Satish

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