Question

Seema bought a chips packet and open it. Suddenly her friend Shanu came. She started playing and forgot to eat the chips. On the next day, when she ate the chips, she felt the taste was not good and she was not feeling well. She told her mother to take her to a doctor. The doctor told them this is because of eating rancid chips. He gave medicines by which Seema became well within a few days. (i) Why do chips remain fresh for a longer time in a sealed packet? (ii) Why did chips of an open packet become rancid? (iii) What value do you learn from this passage?

Answer 1

i. Chips remain fresh because they don't come in contact with oxygen.
ii. Chips became rancid as they came in contact with oxygen.
iii. Value learnt is : always inform an adult when in trouble as they can advice better than a friend of same age.