NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 10

There are total 12 players in a Kabaddi team. 7 players play on the ground and 5 players are reserved.

Six players got out when Shyamala touched the line.

We try to remain calm and peaceful and obey the umpire or referee. We hear all sides and show sportsmanship.

When a player loses its turn and cannot play the same game again, he is said to be ‘out’. A player gets ‘out’ in Kabaddi when he/she loses his/her breath while playing game or is caught by the players of the opposite team.

Some of these games are Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Chhupa-chhupai, arm wrestling, hide and seek etc.

Tug-of-war, football, hockey, etc., are some other games in which, the central line is very important.

Kho-kho and colour race are some of the games in which we have to touch a thing or colour respectively.

I learnt Hockey and cricket from coaches.

I like playing cricket.

Yes, my friend has learnt cricket from a coach.

Yes, I would love to make a club for cricket.

I will make two teams consisting of seven players each and the remaining one player will be the referee.
Yes, once I was an extra person in a cricket match.

New rules are always made and there are changes in rules time to time. Playing a game such as cricket with new rules may give extra fun to both the players and the spectators

The girls are playing Kabaddi. Hu-tu-tu, Choo Kit Kit, Ha-du-du or Chedduguddur are the other names of this game.

Kabaddi is a game or a team sport. There are two teams on opposite halves of a small field. They take turns in sending a “raider” into the other half. This is to win points by tackling members of the opposing team.

Rules are necessary because
• they provide an agreement for understanding the competition.
• they define what is allowed or not allowed in the game which has to be kept in mind by the players while playing the game.
• they govern anything from wearing proper uniforms to how to keep score during games of different levels of competition.

The rules for playing Kabaddi are
• Each team shall not consist of more than 12 players with only 7 taking to the field at any one time.
• There are six officials looking after each Kabaddi match. The officials comprise of a referee, a scorer, two assistant scorers and two umpires.
• The duration of the match is two halves of 20 minutes with a half time break of 5 minutes.
• After a coin toss, the winner has the choice as to have the first raid or not.
• In the second half of the match, the team that did not raid first shall begin the second half with a raid.
• To win a point when raiding, the raider must take a breath and run into the opposition’s half and tag one or more members of the opposing team and then return to their own half of the pitch before inhaling again.
• The raider must continue to repeatedly yell the word ‘Kabaddi’. Failure to do this, even for just a moment means that the rider must return to their own side of the court without points and the opposite team is awarded a point for a successful defense play.
• The team that is being raided is defending, and the players must prevent the raiders from tagging them and returning back over the halfway line.
• a team may score a point by successfully preventing the raider returning to their own half after tagging them.
• Each team will take turns in raiding and defending. Following halftime, the two teams switch sides of the court and the team who defended first in the first half begin the second half by raiding.
• The game continues in this way until the time is up, the team with the most points at the end of the match is declared the winner.

When six girls surrounded Shyamala and caught her, everyone thought that she was ‘out’. Somebody caught her legs, and somebody her arms, while one girl caught her by the waist. But Shyamala was not the one to give up. She dragged herself and managed to touch the line in the centre.

When the raider is able to touch the line then all the players of the opposite team who are holding him/her. All of them get ‘out’.

In some games it is very important to touch the player. For example, in the game of Kho-Kho, you get ‘out’ when someone touches you. You also get your turn by someone’s touch.

Pushing and pulling, screaming and shouting, dragging and falling on the ground all are involved in the game of Kabaddi. It is a rough game, yet it has many rules. It is lots of fun, and lots of exercise. It involves holding your breath while running and continuously saying Kabaddi-Kabaddi and also trying to touch the players of the opposite team. So many things have to be done in Kabaddi. You have to hold your breath. You need to use both your body and mind in this game. You have to use your strength to pull or stop the players. At the same time, you have to think about how to enter the other side. You have to decide whom to touch quickly and come back. If you get caught, then how do you reach the line in the centre.

Games are important as-
• they improve the abilities and skills of children
• develop their challenging spirits.
• they help us in the development of a healthy mind and fit body.
• As it is said that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body, so games should be practiced on a regular basis among all the students.

The children have to face discrimination when they have to play games on the basis of gender, caste and class. The children coming from good background and influential families are given more opportunities in comparison to the ones coming from poor families. At times it happens that the boys are given preference over girls and are deprived of the chance to play even if they are better than the boys. Sometimes on the basis of caste also they are not given a chance to play as they are considered to be belonging to a lower caste.

Weight lifting is the sport of lifting barbells of specified weights in a given manner for competition or exercise.

Karnam has won 29 medals in international events.

The rules of weight lifting are-
• the weightlifter is first required to pick up the barbell and bring it up to his chest (clean).
• The lifter must then pause and extend his arms and legs to lift it above the head (jerk) with a straight elbow and
• He /she has to hold it there until a buzzer is sounded.

Yes, Girls also weightlifting and participate in games like Asian Games, Olympics etc.

Her career’s highest achievement came at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. When she lifted 110kg and 130kg in the ‘snatch’ and ‘clean and jerk’ categories respectively to total 240kg, Karnam became the first Indian woman to win a prestigious Olympic bronze medal.

Their mother and mamas (maternal uncles) brought them up. Both uncles used to play Kabaddi and Kho-Kho. They encouraged the three girls to play Kabaddi.

Girls were not encouraged to play sports like Kabaddi in the early times because
• people thought women were very weak, and could get injured
• they should help in household works not in sports or other things
• People thought that if girls played such rough games, nobody would marry them
• they also said that the girls had to wear boys’ clothes to play Kabaddi so they should not play it.

Almost fifty years ago when these three sisters started to play Kabaddi, girls were never given a chance to play this game. Parents did not let them play the game. But these three learnt the game and some other girls also joined us. Then, they formed a Kabaddi Club, which is active even today.

During the matches, some very interesting things happened with them for example:
Once they had to go to a different town for a big match. The match had to start at 6.30 in the evening. So, they decided to see a movie from 3 to 6 o’clock. They thought that they would be back in time for the match. As soon as the movie started, they noticed some noise and disturbance. It was their mama, who was looking for them in the hall with a torch. When he found them, he gave a big scolding right there in the cinema hall.”

The difference between indoor and outdoor games are as follows-
• the games that are played in open grounds are outdoor games and indoor games are played within a closed environment
• Outdoor games demand uses of physical strength and indoor games demand use of mental strength.
• majority of outdoor games need big grounds whereas the indoor games can be played in small space.
• outdoor games develop physical strength and indoor games develop intellectual abilities.
• Few examples of Indian outdoor games Indian: langadi, kabaddi, khokho, stapoo , cricket, badminton etc.and examples of Indoor games are- Chess, Carrom,snakes and ladders, ludo etc

Team spirit is the unity among a team when they represent themselves as one unit and play together with consent and cooperation. When a group of people are really keen in reaching a goal together and thus support each other it is called Team Spirit.
Team Spirit is very important as-
• It makes the team stronger to fight or achieve the target or goal
• It is a source of motivation for all
• It also gives a feeling of belongingness to a particular team
• It represents unity and gives a spirit of working together to achieve the target or the goal.

In sports, a coach is a person who is involved in the direction, instruction and training and working of a sports team or of individual sports people. A coach may also be a teacher and he is responsible for his team and motivating them to achieve their goals.

A referee is an official who is a part of variety of sports and competitions and is responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as eviction.

Disputes in games can be resolved in the following ways:
• The referee should be able to properly explain the rules of game and ensure that if any player violates it while playing, he or she has to face penalty or get disqualified
• The referee should be attentive and keep a check on the moves of the players so that disputes can be resolved easily.
• In case a dispute arises, he should listen to both the teams and then give a fair decision and ensure that the person or team that is wrong has to face the punishment.