Question

• How did Aman know that the potato sabzi had got spoilt?
• Have you ever seen some food that has got spoilt? How did you know that it was spoilt?
• Preeti told Nitu not to eat the potato sabzi. What would have happened if she had eaten it?

Answer 1

• When Nitu opened up her lunch box, some bad smell came out. Aman knew that the potato sabzi had got spoilt by its bad smell.

• Yes, I have seen spoilt bread, tomato and dough.

  I came to know about their spoilage by the following observations

  (i) Bad smell

  (ii) Change in colour

  (iii) Change in texture (a property of ‘touch’ which tells about hardness, softness, smoothness or roughness)

  Disclaimer: This question aims to encourage children to be creative to quote examples of food spoilage based on their own experiences. The answer for the same is based upon a student’s own observation. Hence, it can vary from one student to another.

• If Nitu had eaten the spoilt potato sabzi she might have fallen ill. It could have led to vomiting and intestinal disorders or in severe cases even food poisoning.