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Jim Corbett is the India’s oldest National Park. It was set up in 1936.

* Animals have been our friends since early times.
* We get milk, eggs, meat, honey, leather, wool, lac, etc. from animals.

* We get silk from silkworms.
* Cocoons of silkworms are processed to get silk threads.

* Real pearls are obtained from oysters.
* Cattle dung and agricultural wastes are used in making bio-gas in gobar gas
plants.
* Now-a-days, people hunt wild animals for their skin, tusks, horns, bones, etc.

* Many National Parks and Sanctuaries have been established to conserve
wildlife.

A. Answer the following questions.

1. What food products do we get from animals?

2. Who provides us lac? Write some uses of lac.

3. Why did early man hunt animals?

4. From where do we get pearls?
5. Name some people who depend on animals for their livelihood.

6. Why do we hunt animals now-a-days?

B. State whether the following statements are right or wrong .
1. Animals do not help in maintaining our environment.

2. Dung of cows and buffaloes are very useful.
3. Gobar gas is a cheap and eco-friendly fuel.

4. We cannot obtain flesh from animals.
5. Hunting is not banned in our country.

C. Choose the correct option for the following.

1. Milk is a _____________ food.
a) unhealthy b) nutritious

c) both a) & b) d) none of these

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