Chapter-2 Special People
A. Tick (✔) the correct option.
1. A healthy person can perform his day to day activities
☐ with pain
✓ easily
☐ with difficulty
3. The age of a senior citizen is above
☐ 50 years
☐ 40 years
✓ 60 years
4. The Braille script is useful for the
✓ blind
☐ deaf
☐ mentally retarded
5. When you hear people crying, you should
☐ laugh at them
✓ console them
☐ ignore them
B. Fill in the blanks.
1. Braille system of reading and writing was invented by
_______________.
Ans: Braille system of reading and writing was invented by
Louis Braille.
2. The children whose minds are not fully grown are called
_______________.
Ans: The children whose minds are not fully grown are called
mentally challenged.
3. We should always be _______________ and _______________ towards
people, animals and nature.
Ans: We should always be kind and
loving towards people, animals and nature.
4. Feeling for others is the sign of a _______________ human
being.
Ans: Feeling for others is the sign of a
good human being.
5. When people are angry they _______________.
Ans: When people are angry they shout.
C. Answer the following questions.
1. Who are called differently abled people?
Ans: People who cannot see, hear, speak, or walk properly, or have
physical or mental conditions that are not like most people, are
called differently abled people. They are special people with
unique talents.
2. How is Bobby helpful to his grandparents?
Ans: Bobby is very helpful. He picks up the walking stick for his
grandfather whenever it falls. He also makes his grandmother, who
cannot see, happy by telling her jokes in a very loud voice
because she is hard of hearing.
3. Write about the sign language.
Ans: Sign language is a special way for deaf and dumb people to
communicate. They use different movements of their hands and
fingers to talk to each other.
4. What is an orphanage?
Ans: An orphanage is a special home for children who do not have
parents. In an orphanage, these children are given food, care,
education, and a place to live.
5. How do people express their feelings?
Ans: People express their feelings in many ways. They smile or
laugh when they are happy, cry when they are sad or helpless, and
shout when they are angry.
D. Match the following.
1. Helen Adams Keller became deaf and blind ->
d. when she was just nineteen months old.
2. Children who cannot see, hear, walk or think are called ->
a. special children or differently abled children.
3. Differently abled children have ->
f. other talents in them.
4. Helen Adams Keller earned ->
g. the Bachelor of Arts degree.
5. Differently abled people are ->
e. not normal people like us.
6. Helen Adams Keller was ->
c. a good speaker and has written many books.
7. Dumbness refers to -> b. loss of speech.
Picture Observation
Fill in the blanks to complete the story based on the picture.
Two blind people are walking on the road. They
are walking with the help of the stick. They help
each other to find the way. There is another man
walking alone on the road. He
searches the way with the help of a stick. The
woman can see. She is not blind. She
helps the blind man to walk on the road. We
should be sensitive towards the needs of old,
deaf, dumb and other helpless people. We should always
help them in their need.
HOTS (Higher Order Thinking Skills)
What are old age homes?
Ans: Old age homes are special places where elderly people (senior
citizens) can live. They go there when they need special care or
if they do not have family to look after them. People there get
food, shelter, and medical help.
