NCERT Solutions for Class 4 EVS Chapter 26

Wahida belonged to a very small village called Thannamandi in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. She did her schooling at a government school. She belonged to a teacher’s family -Gulzar Ahmed and Hajara Kaser. She is one of five siblings.

She had always wanted to become someone special and move forward in life. She was very interested in higher studies and wanted to complete the tenth class. In her area, it was a new thing at that time that the girls would go for higher studies. Her mother and father had to face many problems because of this. They even had to move out of us village. They went to live with my grandmother in Rajouri and she did her twelth class from there.

Wahida is Lieutenant Commander, a doctor in the Indian Navy. She is one of the few women who has worked on a naval ship. She is the first woman to lead a parade too. This is considered to be a very big honour in the armed forces.

When she was very small, she would see army officers in her village. She was impressed by them and wanted to be like them. This was really like a very big dream for her. In school, she attended camps, climbed mountains and was a ‘Girl Guide’. After that she became a doctor, and appeared for an interview to join the Armed Forces. She got selected there and received a training for six months.

Very few lady-officers have worked on a ship. She is one of them who got an opportunity to work on a ship. Earlier, women were not allowed to go on Naval ships. Women are also not allowed to go in submarines, and all this is because of the prevailing gender inequality due to which girls are deprived of their basic rights and especially the right of getting educated and going out to earn for their family.

Wahida and her sisters are three daughters but their father has always supported all of them. He wanted them to study and wanted one of them to become a doctor and a teacher. He wanted his third daughter to become a lawyer or join the police force. Wahida became a doctor in the Indian Navy and her sister is in the Jammu Police Force.

The Indian Armed Forces are under the management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Government of India. With strength of over 1.4 million active personnel, it is the world’s second-largest military force and has the world’s largest volunteer army. It consists of Army. Navy and Air Force.

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), is a professional degree in medical science. The curriculum of MBBS includes subjects such as anatomy, pharmacology, pathology as well as community health & medicine, paediatrics, and surgery.

In Indian Navy a naval doctor does not just give medicine to patients. He/ She is a medical officer. The ship goes to sea for three-four months at a time and there, it is the responsibility of the medical officer to make sure that everybody on the ship stays fit and healthy. He/she has to carry out medical check-ups of all the officers and sailors. They also have to make sure that cleanliness is maintained on the ship, no garbage gets collected and there are no rats on the ship. Rats and garbage can spread diseases. In case of any medical emergency on the ship or in n case there is an accident on the ship, (like a fire), everybody must be ready to deal with it.

In a parade, four platoons march behind the leader. Thirty-six commands have to be given during the entire parade. These must be given in a very loud voice so that it is heard till the rear. The voice should also reach the spectators sitting on the other side of the ground. Parade is generally seen during the Republic Day celebrations. The person leading has to shout thirty-six commands. If one forgets even one, the entire parade can get spoiled.

Her father gave her the name prism as he wanted her to be like a prism. A prism is a kind of glass which reflects seven colours. A prism is a clear, triangular device made up of plastic or glass (or any transparent material). When white light goes through a prism, the light bends and reflects seven colours.

The modern woman has started caring for her social, emotional, cultural, religious and economic needs. She has now become tool for social change in India. It can be said that women have more freedom than earlier. They have now started coming out of their houses to do work and fulfil their passion and dreams. Some have become doctors, engineers, CA, while others are working in Police or defence.

An interview is a conversation where somebody is trying to get information from another person. The person asking questions is the interviewer and the person answering questions is the interviewee. It is essentially a planned conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers. It can be a job interview or an interview of a celebrity, or someone who has done something outstanding for the country.

An emergency is a situation that poses an immediate risk to health, life, property, or environment. Most emergencies need urgent involvement to prevent the worsening of a situation. It is actually an unexpected situation that endangers the safety of one or more individuals.

Rats and garbage both transmit diseases to humans. Rats can transmit disease if they bite or scratch humans and also by leaving their droppings and urine around the home. And the overflowing garbage causes air pollution, which causes various respiratory diseases and other adverse health effects as contaminants are absorbed from lungs into other parts of the body.

A girl guide guides the girls of her team or camp, instructs them and leads them during fun, adventure trips and camps. They go to canoe on rivers, climb mountains, learn about confidence, and lead their own camp. The girls and young women take up challenge themselves, put their ideas into action, take part in a wide range of activities, and gain the skills to boldly navigate the world.