Question

During lockdown on 3rd April 2020 our honourable Prime Minister asked the citizen of India to light Diya or candle at our doorstep or in our balcony on 5th April 2020 (Sunday) at 9:00 pm for 9 min. keeping social distancing in our mind and we were supposed to switch off lights of our houses. The same was done beautifully by the whole country.

1. What message was conveyed by doing the above exercise?
2. Why it is not advice to switch off fans and other electrical appliances except lights?
3. What precautions that one must be following to light diyas or candle during this
time?
4. Is burning of cracker was a good gesture on this occasion? Comment.
5. Relate the above event with energy conservation.
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Answer 1

Answer: 1. The Doctors and Nurses were being appreciated by the whole wide country for their fabulous service towards each and every citizen of India . on 5th april we lit diya and candles to encourage the citizen that we can fight against the pandemic COVID 19 .

2. The purpose of this activity was to switch off the lights and not the fans .

3. to maintain a proper distance so that we would not be get burnt.

4. NO, burning the cracker on this occasion was strictly prohibited but still some people practised it.

5. By switching of the lights for 9 mins we were able to conserve a small amount of energy in each house as this was followed by every in this country we were able to conserve quite a large amount of energy.