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One evening, Geet was busy cooking dinner and her father was in the garden.Suddenly, Geet saw her dupatta had caught fire. She shouted loudly and ran outof the kitchen. Her father saw flames and rushed towards her with a cotton sheet.He quickly wrapped it around Geet to put off the flames.He immediately took her to hospital. Doctor said Geet had received burnsbecause the dupatta, made from polyester, had melted and stuck to her skin. Herfather had received only a few scalds while wrapping Geet with cotton sheet andputting off the flames. Since he was wearing cotton kurta, pyajama he was saved.The doctor appreciated her father’s presence of mind in wrapping a sheet thathelped in extinguishing the fire immediately. Fortunately the burns were not verysevere and Geet recovered soon.Answer the following questions:i) Why did the dupatta catch fire?ii) Why did the dupatta get stuck to the body after catching fire?iii) Why was Geet’s father relatively safe from burns?iv) What type of fabric should you prefer to wear while working in the kitchen?v) List three other fabrics which can be worn while working near fire.vi) People know that synthetic fabrics catch fire easily yet most of them wearthese clothes while working in the kitchen. Convince them in about 30 wordsabout merits of changing into cotton clothes before working in the kitchen. |
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Answer» 1) the Dupatta CATCH the fire quickly because it is made of POLYESTER 2) because it is made of polyester and polyester struck to BODY 4) we PREFER to wear cotton fibre while working in kitchen 5) cotton, wool,linen can be worn near fire |
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