Chapter 8: Clothes—How Things are Made - Solutions
Chapter solutions are on NCERT Archive
Step-by-step solutions for this chapter now live on NCERT Archive, along with the chapter itself. Use the buttons below to open them.
About Chapter 8 (Clothes—How Things are Made)
Chapter 8 (Clothes—How Things are Made) is chapter 8 of 10 in the new edition of Our Wondrous World (NCERT Class 5 Environmental Studies), a textbook for Class 5 students at the Primary stage. This is the new edition, the textbook brought out under the NEP 2020 / NCF-SE 2023 syllabus rollout.
In the book it comes after Chapter 7 (Energy—How Things Work) and before Chapter 9 (Rhythms of Nature), so it helps to be comfortable with the earlier chapters before starting it.
What the solutions on NCERT Archive include
NCERT Archive is our dedicated site for NCERT textbooks and solutions, Class 1 to 12. The solutions page for Chapter 8 (Clothes—How Things are Made) there gives chapter-wise answers to the questions of Our Wondrous World (NCERT Class 5 Environmental Studies), written to follow the order of the textbook, and links back to the chapter itself. Use the buttons above to go to it.
How to study Clothes—How Things are Made
- Read the chapter once for the big picture, then again slowly, noting each new term and definition.
- Draw and label the diagrams yourself; they are asked often in tests.
- Do the in-text activities and questions, then the end-of-chapter exercises, before checking answers.
- Write short answers in your own words and compare them with the NCERT answers for completeness.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which book is Chapter 8 (Clothes—How Things are Made) of Class 5 Environmental Studies from?
It is from the new edition of Our Wondrous World (NCERT Class 5 Environmental Studies). The book has 10 chapters, and this is chapter 8.
Where can I find the solutions for Chapter 8 (Clothes—How Things are Made) of Class 5 Environmental Studies?
On NCERT Archive. Press the "Open Chapter Solutions" button on this page and you will land on the solutions page for this chapter there.
Is this the new edition or the old edition?
This page is for the new edition. If your school still uses the earlier textbook, use the Old Edition switch at the top of the page.
Is it free to use?
Yes. Scholar Donkey and NCERT Archive are free to use and need no login.