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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 2 A Gift of Chappals

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A Gift of Chappals Comprehension check-I

Question 1.
What is the secret that Meena shares with Mridu in the backyard?
Answer:
The secret that Meena shares with Mridu in the backyard is that they have brought home a stray cat and have hidden her in their backyard. They wanted to keep the cat a secret from their grandmother.

Question 2.
How does Ravi get milk for the kitten?
Answer:
Ravi brings milk from his kitchen secretly, but when his grandmother sees him, he tells her it is for him. He drinks some of it and insists that he would wash the tumbler himself after drinking the milk. Later he goes and feeds the cat milk in a coconut shell. He returns hurriedly to keep the tumbler back at its place after washing it.

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Question 3.
Who does he say the kitten s ancestors are? Do you believe him?
Answer:
He says that the kitten’s ancestors are the ancient Pallava kings, and it has descended from an Egyptian cat-goddess, Bastet. No, I do not believe him at all because it is a make-believe story that he creates using his imagination.

Question 4.
Ravi has a lot to say about M.P. Poonai. This shows that
i. he is merely trying to impress Mridu.
iii. he has a rich imagination.
ii. his knowledge of history is sound.
iv. he is an intelligent child.
Which of these statements do you agree/disagree to?
iii. he has a rich imagination.
I think that Ravi is intelligent and also quite imaginative. This is not to say that he does not have a sound knowledge of history, because he seems to know about the Pallava kings as well as the Egyptian gods. He is also trying to impress Mridu with his story about the cat.

Question 5.
What was the noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran?
Answer:
The noise that startled Mridu and frightened Mahendran was the sound of Lalli playing violin, but she was not playing very well.

A Gift of Chappals Comprehension check-II

Question 1.
The music master is making lovely music. Read aloud the sentence in the text that expresses this idea.
Answer:
The following sentences from the text express this idea:

  • The music-master just goes on playing like a train whizzing on and on
  • The music-master’s notes seemed to float up and settle perfectly into the invisible tracks of the melody. It was like the wheels of a train fitting smoothly into the rails and whizzing along, as Ravi said.
  • Mridu stared at that huge, beringed hand moving effortlessly up the violin’s stem, making lovely music.

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Question 2.
Had the beggar come to Rukku Manni’s house for the first time? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
No, the beggar had been coming to Rukku Manni’s house for a week now. When he enters their home, he casually tries to take up a place under the tree. He is just ready to nap there and sits comfortably waiting for food. He also calls the women of Ravi’s house generous as they had been feeding him for a week.

Question 3.
“A sharp V-shaped line had formed between her eyebrows. ” What does it suggest to you about Rukku Manni s mood?
Answer:
This suggests that Rukku Manni was upset and annoyed. She was full of rage and in no mood to spare the person who had caused her so much inconvenience.

A Gift of Chappals Working with the text

Question 1.
Complete the following sentences.
i. Ravi compares Lalli s playing the violin to ……………….
a derailed train.

ii. Trying to hide beneath the tray of chillies, Mahendran ………………….
tipped a few chillies over himself.

iii. The teacher played a few notes on his violin, and Lalli ……………
stumbled behind him on her violin.

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iv. The beggar said that the kind ladies of the household ……………..
have given him food for a whole week.

v. After the lesson was over, the music teacher asked Lalli if …………….
she had seen his chappals.

Question 2.
Describe the music teacher, as seen from the window.
Answer:
From the window, the music teacher seemed like a bony figure. He had a mostly bald head with a fringe of oiled black hair falling around his ears and an old-fashioned tuft. A gold chain gleamed around his leathery neck, and a diamond ring glittered on his hand as it glided up and down the stem of the violin. A large foot stuck out from beneath his gold-bordered veshti edge, and he was beating time on the floor with the scrawny big toe.

Question 3.
i. What makes Mridu conclude that the beggar has no money to buy chappals?
ii. What does she suggest to show her concern?
Answer:
i. Mridu looks at the pink blisters that have formed on the beggar’s feet, and concludes that the beggar has no money to buy chappals.
ii. She suggests that they could give the beggar a pair if there was an old pair lying in the house somewhere.

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Question 4.
“Have you children… ” she began, and then, seeing they were curiously quiet, went on more slowly, “seen anyone lurking around the verandah? ”
i. What do you think Rukku Manni really wanted to ask?
ii. Why did she change her question?
iii. What did she think had happened?
Answer:
i. In my opinion, Rukku Manni really wanted to ask if the children had seen the music teacher’s chappals anywhere.
ii. She changed her question because she sensed that the children had something to do with the disappearance of the chappals. She understood this because the children were curiously quiet at that time.
iii. She thought that someone had stolen the chappals as a lot of vendors came to their door every day.

Question 5.
On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy. Why?
Answer:
On getting Gopu Mama’s chappals, the music teacher tried not to look too happy because his chappals were old and worn out, but in return, he got chappals that were new and hardly worn.

Question 6.
On getting a gift of chappals, the beggar vanished in a minute. Why was he in such a hurry to leave?
Answer:
The beggar was in such a hurry to leave because he knew that the children had given him the chappals without asking permission from their elders. An elder could have easily intervened and took the chappals away from him. They would have also scolded the beggar for taking them from the children.

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Question 7.
Walking towards the kitchen with Mridu and Meena, Rukku Manni began to laugh.What made her laugh?
Answer:
The thought that her husband would be looking for his chappals the minute he would come home made Rukku Manni laugh. She must have been imagining the hilariousness of the situation when her husband finds out that the music-teacher took away his chappals.

A Gift of Chappals Working with language

Question 1.
Rewrite each of the following pairs of sentences as a single sentence. Use ‘if ’at the beginning of the sentence.
i. Don’t tire yourself now. You won’t be able to work in the evening.
ii. Study regularly. You ’ll do well in the examination.
iii. Work hard. You ’ll pass the examination in the first division.
iv. Be polite to people. They ’ll also be polite to you. ‘
v. Don’t tease the dog. It ’ll bite you.
Answer:
i. If you tire yourself now, you won’t be able to work in the evening.
ii. If you study regularly, you’ll do well in the examination.
iii. If you work hard, you’ll pass the examination in the first division.
iv. If you are polite to people, they’ll also be polite to you.
v. If you tease the dog, it’ll bite you.

Question 2.
Fill in the blanks in the following paragraph.
With answers.
Today is Sunday. I’m wondering whether I should stay at home or go out. If I go out,
I will miss the lovely Sunday lunch at home. If I stay for lunch, I will miss the Sunday film showing at Archana Theatre. I think I’ll go out and see the film, only to avoid getting too fat.

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Question 3.
Complete each sentence below by appropriately using any one of the following:
if you want to/if you don i want to/if you want him to

  1. if you don’t want to.
  2. if you want him to.
  3. if you want to.
  4. if you want him to.
  5. if you want him to.
  6. if you don’t want to.

A Gift of Chappals Speaking and writing

Question 1.
Discuss in small groups:
(i) If you want to give away something of your own to the needy, would it be better to ask your elders first?
(ii) Is there someone of your age in the family who is very talkative? Do you find her/him interesting and impressive or otherwise? Share your ideas with others in the group.
(iii) Has Rukku Manni done exactly the same as the children? In your opinion, then, is it right for one party to blame the other? (Encourage the students to express their opinions clearly in the class.)Sample answers
Answer:
(i) Yes, I think it would be better to ask the elders first because the elders at my home do a lot of charity. They do not believe in having an excess of things. So mostly, we give away things every few months to the needy. I would never want to go behind their back and give away something that they think is still useful, or something for which they have another use in mind.

(ii) Yes. My cousin Kunal is the most talkative person in the family. He is five years elder to me, and tells us so many stories. He lives in Chennai, and tells us all about it. I find his stories to be very interesting, though sometimes I think he is making them up. He talks about magical places, fairies and wizards.

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(iii) Yes, Rukku Manni has done exactly the same thing as the children. But she did not have any other choice. She is an adult, and she has the right to do whatever she pleases with the things at her home. She can easily explain the situation to her husband. In my opinion, she is right in chiding the children, because they put her in an embarrassing situation. But she takes it well. She is not furious with the children, but instead, she laughs it all off.

Question 2.
Ask one another questions about likes/dislikes/preferences/hobbies/personal characteristics.
(Encourage the students to ask each other the given questions.)Sample answers
Answer:

  1. I enjoy taking a nap, playing with my sister, doing my home work, swimming, etc.
  2. I like to play hopscotch, tag, badminton and many other games. I also like cycling, running, doing yoga and reading.
  3. I don’t like to play cricket because it is a very slow game. I prefer to play football.
  4. I wouldn’t mind that at all. In fact, I have an ipod and you can borrow it from me whenever you want.
  5. It’s fine with me if you snore. I am a heavy sleeper. I wouldn’t even notice. Maybe, you can get earplugs for me if you snore too much.
  6. Well, I can’t share my teddy bear with anyone. His name is Andy, and he is very dear to me.
  7. Oh, I absolutely love attending parties.
  8. I think I am an easy-going person, who knows how to enjoy life and be a sport.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 1 Three Questions

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Three Questions NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 1

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Three Questions Comprehension check-I

Question 1.
Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?
Answer:
The king wanted to know answers to three questions because he thought that he would never fail if he knew the answers to these questions.

Question 2.
Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom
i. to fetch wise men.
ii. to find answers to the questions.
iii. to look for the wise hermit.
iv. to announce a reward for those who could answer the questions.
Mark your choice.
iv. to announce a reward for those who could answer the questions.

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Three Questions Comprehension check-II

Complete the following sentences by adding the appropriate parts of the sentences given in the box.
1. Many wise men answered the king’s questions, ……………..
2. Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men ………….
3. Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable ………………
4. The king requested the hermit ……………..
5. The king washed and dressed the bearded man s wound ……………….
Answers

  1. but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
  2. to answer three questions.
  3. and follow it strictly.
  4. to help the king act at the right time.
  5. but the bleeding would not stop.

Three Questions Working with the text
Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Why was the king advised to go to magicians?
Answer:
The king was advised to go to magicians so that he could look into the future, and decide the right time for every action.

Question 2.
In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?
Answer:
In answer to the second question, some said that the people most important to the king were his councillors; others said it were the priests. A few others chose the doctors. And yet others said that his soldiers were the most important.

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Question 3.
What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
Answer:
In answer to the third question, some said that the king should pay the most attention to science, while some others said it should be religious worship. However, some others cliamed that fighting was the most important thing to do for the king.

Question 4.
Did the wise men win the reward? If not, then why?
Answer:
No, the wise men did not win the reward because their answers were too varied from each other and failed to satisfy the king.

Question 5.
How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Answer:
Upon seeing the wounded man faint on the ground, the king and the hermit removed his clothing to find the wound. Then, the king washed and covered it with his handkerchief to stop the blood from flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until at last the bleeding stopped. The man felt better and asked for something to drink. The king brought fresh water and gave it to him. Later, the king with the hermit’s help carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed.

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Question 6.
i. Who was the bearded man?
ii. Why did he ask for the king s forgiveness?
Answer:
i. The bearded man was a sworn enemy of the king. He was the brother of a man who the king had punished and executed. The king had also taken away his property.
ii. He asked for the king’s forgiveness because he had come with the intention of killing the king to revenge his brother’s death. But it was the king who saved his life. He felt ashamed of himself and asked for forgiveness from the king.

Question 7.
The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
Answer:
The king said to the man that he would send his servants and his own doctor to look after him, and he promised to give the man his property back.

Question 8.
What were the hermit s answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which answer do you like most, and why?
Answer:
The hermit’s answered all three questions of the king as follows:
He told the king that there is only one time that is important and that time is ‘Now’. It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power to act.

According to him, the most important person is the person you are with at a particular moment, for no one knows what will happen in the future and whether we will meet anyone else. The most important business, the hermit said, is to do that person good, because we were sent into this world for that purpose alone. (Encourage the students to come up with individual answers.)

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Sample answer: The hermit’s answer that I like the best is that the most important business is to help others. Who doesn’t need help? The world works well only because human beings help and support others in their time of need. It also makes one feel good about life and oneself. And no one knows when they themselves would need help. So, it is important to understand this belief.

Three Questions Working with language

Question 1.
i. wounded: severely injured
ii. awoke: got up from sleep
iii. forgive: pardon
iv. faithful: loyal
v. pity: feel sorry for
vi. beds: small patches of ground for plants
(Encourage the students to make three sentences using the words above.)

  • Is Mira awake yet? She needs to go to the zumba class.
  • One needs to forgive others easily to live peacefully.
  • There’s no need to pity her. She is doing well in life.

Question 2.
Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in brackets. With answers.
i. The judge said that only fresh evidence would make him change his judgement.
ii. I didn’t notice any serious difference of opinion among the debaters, although they differ from one another over small points.
iii. It’s a fairly simple question to answer, but will you accept my answer as final?
iv. It isn’t necessary that necessity’ should always be the mother of invention.
v. Hermits are wise men. How they acquire their wisdom no one can tell.
vi. The committee has decided to make Jagdish captain of the team. The decision is likely to please everyone.
vii. Asking for forgiveness is as noble as willingness to forgive.

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Three Questions Speaking and writing

Question 1.
Imagine you are the king. Narrate the incident of your meeting the hermit. Begin like this: The wise men answered my questions, but I was not satisfied with their answers. One day I decided to go and meet the hermit…
Answer:
The wise men answered my questions, but I was not satisfied with their answers. One day I decided to go and meet the hermit. I had heard a lot about how wise he was. I wore ordinary clothes as the hermit only meets simple people. When I reached near his hut, I saw an old man digging the ground. This was the hermit. We greeted each other first, and then the hermit continued to dig the ground unheedingly. I approached him and told him that I had come to seek answers to my three questions.

But he did not pay me any attention and continued to dig the ground. Seeing that he was old and weak, I offered my help in digging the ground. He accepted, and I began to dig the ground. I again repeated my questions. But instead of answering my questions, the hermit asked me to rest and let him work.

But I wasn’t tired; I just wanted answers to my questions. They were bothering me. And the hermit also did not seem interested in answering them. At last, after digging the ground for almost two hours, I gave up and stuck the spade on the ground. I told him that I could return if he did not have the answers to my questions.

But just at that moment, we saw a wounded man coming towards the hut. We both helped the wounded man by stopping his bleeding and taking him inside the hut. He slept off. I was also quite tired because of all the work. So, I lay down on the floor and only awoke the next day.

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Question 2.
Imagine you are the hermit. Write briefly the incident of your meeting the king.
Begin like this:
One day I was digging in my garden. A man in ordinary clothes came to see me. I knew it was the king…
Answer:
One day I was digging in my garden. A man in ordinary clothes came to see me. I knew it was the king, but I chose not to reveal this fact. I know that he had come to find the answers to his three questions. I knew that in due time, he would find them by himself. I only wanted to help him find them, and did not want to serve the answers to him on a silver platter.So, instead of paying him much attention, I just greeted him and returned to my digging.

After a while, he spoke about his three questions, the answers to which I already knew. However, I did not want him to get to the answers easily. I am sure he is used to that.

So, I did not speak at all. When he saw that I was breathing heavily due to the digging, he asked me if he could help. I accepted without a protest. I was going to teach him his first lesson so that he understood the answers better. He kept on digging and stopped after a while to ask his three questions again. However, I had a plan he did not know. I told him to stop digging and give me the spade. But he continued to dig for two hours at least.

I could tell he was tired. So, after some time, he struck the spade on the ground and asked me if I had any intention of answering the questions. Or else, he would return to his home. Just then, I saw a wounded man coming in our direction.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 5 Women Change the World

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Class 7 Civics Chapter 5 NCERT Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
How do you think stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do, affect women’s right to equality?

Answer:
Right to equality provides equal opportunity to everyone irrespective of caste, religion, colour, region as well as sex. When a man thinks as per his perception that she can do or not do this, it is called stereotype. It has been labelled that certain jobs such as teaching, nursing, cooking women can do better while they cannot get success in getting higher education and in engineering, fighting, driving etc. These stereotypes about women’s incapability of doing certain jobs badly affect women’s right to equality.

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Question 2.
List one reason why learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundrai Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya.

Answer:
Learning the alphabet was so important to women like Rashsundari Devi, Ramabai and Rokeya because only after learning them, they could become able to write stories, letters and autobiographies which described their own experiences of inequality.

Question 3.
“Poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education.” Re­read the last paragraph on page 62 and explain why this statement is not true.

Answer:
This statement is not true that poor girls drop out of school because they are not interested in getting an education because of various reasons:

  • There are no proper schools. Sometimes schools are on long distance;
  • There is dearth of teachers;
  • No proper facility of transportation;
  • Poverty is also an important cause for not getting education or leaving the school etc.

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Question 4.
Can you describe two methods of struggle that the women’s movement used to raise issues? If you had to organize a struggle against stereotypes, about what women can or cannot do, what method would you employ from the ones that you have read about? Why would you choose this particular method?

Answer:
Various methods are used in Women’s Movement to raise issues such as Campaigning, Raising Awareness, Protesting, Showing solidarity etc. The two methods are:

  • Campaigning: Campaigning is one of the important ways to lead the movement. It is a kind of protest. These campaigns have also led to new laws being passed. A law was passed in 2006 against domestic violence on the women.
  • Raising Awareness: An important part of the women’s movements’ work is to raise public awareness on women’s rights issues. Their messages have been spread through street plays, songs and public meetings.

Campaigning and raising awareness played vital role in Women’s Movement. Through these means women can make access upto the mass. In the process of campaigning and raising awareness we have to go door to door for spreading the awareness. And in such a way a field is prepared for a big demonstration. Campaigning and raising awareness demand a long time for struggle, but they affect at large scale.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair

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A Bicycle in Good Repair Comprehension check

Question 1.
“I got up early, for me. ” It implies that
i. he was an early riser.
ii. he was a late riser.
iii. he got up late that morning.
Mark the correct answer.
ii. he was a late riser.

Question 2.
The bicycle “goes easily enough in the morning and a little stiffly after lunch. ” The remark is…………
i. humorous.
ii. inaccurate.
iii. sarcastic.
iv. enjoyable.
v. meaningless.
Mark your choice(s).
i. humorous.
iv. enjoyable.
v. meaningless.

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Question 3.
The friend shook the bicycle violently. Find two or three sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of it. The sentences in the text which express the author’s disapproval of are as follows:

  • I said, “Don’t do that; you’ll hurt it.”
  • I did not see why he should shake it; it had not done anything to him.
  • I felt much as I should had he started whacking my dog.

Question 4.
“…if not, it would make a serious difference to the machine. ” What does ‘it’refer to?
‘It’ refers to the round bearings that rolled all over the path.

A Bicycle in Good Repair Working with the text

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
Did the front wheel really wobble? What is your opinion? Give a reason for your answer.
Answer:
No, the front wheel did not really wobble because the author himself says in the beginning that it does not wobble, if one doesn’t wobble it.

Question 2.
In what condition did the author find the bicycle when he returned from the tool shed?
Answer:
When he returned from the tool shed, the bicycle was in two pieces with its parts separated. The man was sitting on the ground with the front wheel between his legs. He was playing with it, twiddling it round between his fingers; the remnant of the machine was lying on the gravel path beside him.

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Question 3.
“Nothing is easier than taking off the gear-case. ” Comment on or continue this sentence in the light of what actually happens.
Answer:
The author tries his best to discourage his friend not to take out the gear case, saying that one of his friends had warned him strictly against doing so. But this friend does not listen to him and says that his other friend knows nothing about gear-cases. Before he knows it, the friend pulls apart the gear-case in two pieces in less than five minutes and puts it on the path.

Question 4.
What special treatment did the chain receive?
Answer:
The friend tightened the chain till it would not move; next he loosened it until it was twice as lose as it was before.

Question 5.
The friend has two qualities — he knows what he is doing and is absolutely sure it is good. Find the two phrases in the text which mean the same.
Answer:
The two phrases in the text which mean the same are ‘cheery confidence’ and ‘inexplicable hopefulness’.

Question 6.
Describe ‘the fight’ between the man and the machine. Find the relevant sentences in the text and write them.
Answer:
The fight between the man and the bicycle was hilarious and interesting. The man was angry at the bicycle and tried to bully it. One moment the bicycle would be on the gravel path, and he would be on top of it; the next, the position would be reversed—he would be on the gravel path, the bicycle would be on him. Now he would be standing flushed with victory, the bicycle firmly fixed between his legs. But his triumph would be short-lived.

By a sudden, quick movement, the bicycle would free itself and, turning upon him, hit him sharply over the head with one of its handles. At the end of the fight, the man was bleeding and dirty, while the bicycle seemed to have had enough.

A Bicycle in Good Repair Working with language

Question 1.
Rewrite each of the following sentences using should/ought to/must in place of the italicized words. Make other changes wherever necessary.
i. You are obliged to do your duty irrespective of consequences.
You must do your duty irrespective of consequences.

ii. You will do well to study at least for an hour every day.
You should study at least for an hour every day.

iii. The doctor says it is necessary for her to sleep eight hours every night.
The doctor says she must sleep eight hours every night.

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iv. It is right that you show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.
You ought to show respect towards elders and affection towards youngsters.

v. If you want to stay healthy, exercise regularly.
You should exercise regularly, if you want to stay healthy

vi. It is good for you to take a walk every morning.
You should take a walk every morning.

vii. It is strongly advised that you don’t stand on your head.
You must not stand on your head.

viii. As he has a cold, it is better for him to go to bed.
As he has a cold, he should go to bed.

Question 2.
Use should/must/ought to appropriately in the following sentences.
Solved

  • People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.
  • You must wipe your feet before coming into the house, especially during the rains.
  • You ought to do what the teacher tells you.
  • The pupils were told that they should write more neatly.
  • Sign in front of a park: You must not walk on the grass.
  • You ought to be ashamed of yourself having made such a remark.
  • He left home at 9 o ’clock. He should be here any minute.
  • “Whatever happened to the chocolate cake? ”
    “How should I know? I have just arrived. ”

Question 3.
Divide each of the following sentences into its parts. Write meaningful parts. If necessary, supply a word or two to make each part meaningful.
i. I went to the tool shed to see what I couldfind. (3 parts)
I went to the tool shed.
I went in to see what I could find.
What could I find?

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ii. When I came back he was sitting on the ground. (2 parts)
When I came back he was sitting.
He was sitting on the ground

iii. We may as well see what’s the matter with it, now it is out. (3 parts)
We may as well see what the matter is.
What’s the matter with it?
Now that it is out, we may see what is the matter with it.

iv. He said he hoped we had got them all. (3 parts)
He said that he hoped.
He hoped that we had got them all.
We had got them all.

v. I had to confess he was right. (2 parts)
I had to confess.
He was right.

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Question 4.
i. Now arrange the words given in the box under the three headings — prefix, suffix and part of the word.
Solved

En (prefix) En (suffix) En (part of word)
encourage dampen barren
endanger soften listen
enclose weaken even
enable fasten enclave

ii. Find new words in your textbook and put them under the same headings. (Encourage the students to complete the activity individually.)

En (prefix) En (suffix) En (part of word)
entail given; tighten;
shaven
garden, then, men; enough
encourage children; stolen;
rotten
when; enemy; green; often
enables written; seen;
trodden
happen; between; den; English
envious sharpen; been;
hidden
open; kitten; kitchen; enthusiastic; businessmen; fishermen

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 8 Fire: Friend and Foe

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Fire: Friend and Foe Comprehension check

Question 1.
Mark the correct answer in each of the following.

i. Early man was frightened of
(a) lightning and volcanoes.
(b) the damage caused by them.
(c) fire.
Answer:
(c) fire.

ii. (a) Fire is energy.
(b) Fire is heat and light.
(c) Fire is the result of a chemical reaction.
Answer:
(c) Fire is the result of a chemical reaction.

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Question 2.
From the boxes given below, choose the one with the correct order of the following sentences.
i. That is fire.
ii. A chemical reaction takes place.
iii. Energy in the form of heat and light is released.
iv. Oxygen combines with carbon and hydrogen.
Answer:
iv. ii. iii. i.

Fire: Friend and Foe Working with the text

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
What do you understand by the “flash point ” of a fuel?
Answer:
Every fuel has a particular temperature at which it begins to bum. This temperature is called the “flash point” or “kindling temperature” of the fuel.

Question 2.
i. What are some common uses of fire?
Answer:
Some common uses of fire include cooking our food, warming our homes in winter and generating electricity

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 8 Fire: Friend and Foe

ii. In what sense is it a “bad master”?
Answer:
Fire is a “bad master” because if fire gets out of control, it can be very dangerous.Each year thousands of homes and shops are damaged by fire. Vast areas of forest are also destroyed and hundreds of people are killed or injured.

Question 3.
Match items in Column A with those in Column B.
Solved

  1. fuel -wood; cooking gas; coal
  2. oxygen – air
  3. heat – lighted matchstick; smouldering paper; burning coal

Question 4.
What are the three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out?
Answer:
The three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out are as follows:

  1. We can take away the fuel. If the fire has no fuel to feed on, no burning can take place.
  2. The second way of putting out a fire is to prevent oxygen from reaching it. No supply of oxygen means no fire.
  3. The third way of putting out a fire is to remove the heat. If the temperature can be brought down below the flash point, the fuel stops burning. Sometimes, water is sprayed on a fire to control it.

Question 5.
Match the items in Box A with those in Box B.
Solved

  1. To bum paper or a piece of wood, we heat it before it catches fire.
  2. Small fires can be put out with a damp blanket.
  3. When water is spread on fire, it absorbs heat from the burning material and lowers the temperature.
  4. A carbon dioxide extinguisher is the best thing to put out an electrical fire.
  5. Space left between buildings reduces the risk of fire.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 8 Fire: Friend and Foe

Question 6.
Why does a burning candle go out when you blow on it?
Answer:
A burning candle goes out when we blow on it because by blowing, we remove the hot air around the flame bringing down its temperature below the flash point. This is how the candle goes out.

Question 7.
Spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire. Why not?
Answer:
Water should also not be sprayed on fires caused by electrical appliances. The person spraying water might receive an electric shock and be killed. A carbon dioxide extinguisher is the best thing to fight an electrical fire.

Question 8.
What are some of the things you should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school?
Answer:
Some of the things we should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school are as follows:

  • We should leave space between buildings to reduce the fire risk. Every new building, especially a public place, must ensure observance of fire prevention norms.
  • We should always have a fire extinguisher ready in case there is a fire, and must learn how to use it.
  • We should handle the flammable products with care and under adult supervision.
  • Overloaded wires should be replaced with new ones frequently, and the electric fuse should be
    checked very often.
  • Schools must organize a fire safety week where children are taught about the prevention of fire at home and school.
  • The cooking gas pipes should be checked for leakages very frequently.

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Fire: Friend and Foe Working with language
Question 1.
Find ten examples of verbs in the simple present tense in the text Fire: Friend and Foe’ and write them down here. Do not include any passive verbs.

  • combines
  • comes
  • blow
  • heat
  • use
  • means
  • stops
  • absorbs
  • receive

Question 2.
Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words from the box. You may use a word more than once.
Solved

  • Gandhiji’s life was devoted to the cause of justice and fair play.
  • Have you insured your house against fire?
  • Diamond is nothing but carbon in its pure form.
  • If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will smother it.
  • Smoking is said to be the main cause of heart disease.
  • When asked by an ambitious writer whether he should put some fire into his stories, Somerset Maugham murmured, “No, the other way round”.
  • She is a carbon copy of her mother.
  • It is often difficult to smother a yawn when you listen to a long speech on the value of time.

Question 3.
One word is italicized in each sentence. Find its opposite in the box and fill in the blanks. Solved

  • You were required to keep all the doors open, not shut.
  • PUPIL: What mark did I get in yesterday’s Maths test?
    TEACHER: You got what you get when you add five and five and subtract ten from the total.
  • Run four kilometres a day to preserve your health. Run a lot more to destroy it.
  • If a doctor advices a lean and lanky patient to reduce his weight further, be sure he is doing it to increase his income.
  • The world is too much with us; late and soon, getting and spending we lay waste our powers.

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Question 4.
Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentences below.
Solved

  • The cat chased the mouse across the lawn.
  • We were not allowed to cross the frontier. So we drove along it as far as we could and came back happy.
  • The horse went past the winning post and had to be stopped with difficulty.
  • It is not difficult to see through your plan. Anyone can see your motive.
  • Go along the yellow line, then turn left. You will reach the post office in five minutes.

Fire: Friend and Foe Speaking and writing

Question 1.
First re-order the items in each unit to make a meaningful sentence. Next, re-order the sentences to make a meaningful paragraph.
Use correct punctuation marks in the paragraph.
i. and eighteen fire tenders struggled/the fire began on Monday/to douse the blaze till morning
ii. in a major fire/over 25 shops/were gutted
iii. but property/was destroyed/worth several lakhs/no casualties were reported.
Answer:
i. The fire began on Monday and eighteen fire tenders struggled to douse the blaze till morning.
ii. Over 25 shops were gutted in a major fire.
iii. No casualties were reported but property worth several lakhs was destroyed.

Massive fire in the scrap shops in Tangarh

A fire was caused in the scrap shops in the Tangarh area of Rajasthan. The fire reportedly began on Monday morning around 9 a.m. due to short circuit in one of the shops. It spread to the other shops in the area, leading to a huge explosion. More than 25 shops were gutted in the major fire. Although no casualties were reported, yet property worth several lakhs  was destroyed. Eighteen fire tenders struggled to douse the blaze till morning. Eyewitnesses say that the short circuit caused an explosion in the oil cannisters that were lying in the adjacent shops and caused the huge fire.

Question 2.
Read the following newspaper report given in the box below.
(Encourage the students to read the given report.)

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk

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The Invention of Vita Wonk Comprehension check-I

Question 1.
Choose the right answer.

i.Mr Willy Wonka is ………..
(a) a cook,
(b) an inventor
(c) a manager.
Answer:
(b) an inventor.

ii. Wonka-Vite makes people
(a) older
(b) younger.
Answer:
(b) younger.

iii. Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people
(a) younger
(b) older.
Answer:
(b) older.

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Question 2.
Can anyone s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?
Answer:
No, it is impossible for anyone’s age to be a minus number? “Minus 87” means that it will take 87 years for the person to be bom.

Question 3.
Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?
Solved
i. What is the oldest living thing in the world?
ii. What lives longer than anything else?

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The Invention of Vita Wonk Working with the text

Question 1.
i. What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?
Answer:
Mr Wonka mentions the douglas fir, oak and cedar. He says that the bristlecone pines are the oldest.

ii. How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
Answer:
This tree can live upto 4,000 years ago. One can find it upon the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, USA.

Question 2.
How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka s list? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?
Answer:
I remember the toe-nail clippings of an old farmer in Russia, and a flea from a 36 years old cat. Yes, some of these things like the bristlecone pine and the 51-year-old horse tail may exist, but most of them are purely imaginary.

Question 3.
Why does Mr Wonka collect items from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?
Answer:
Mr Wonka collected items from the oldest things to make a potion that would make you very old. Yes, it is a fine and creative way to begin an invention.

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Question 4.
What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?
Answer:
The volunteer who swallowed four drops of the new invention began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over and his hair started dropping off and his teeth started falling out and, he suddenly became an old fellow of seventy-five. The name of this invention is Vita-Wonk.

The Invention of Vita Wonk Working with language

Question 1.
What do you call these insects in your language?
(Encourage the students to answer this question individually.)

  • Cockroach: tilchatta
  • Housefly: makhi
  • Mosquito: machchar
  • Dragon fly: vyaadh-patang
  • Grasshopper: tidha
  • Ant: cheenti

Some insects common in my area include beetles, honeybees, spiders and wasps.

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Question 2.
Fill in the blanks in the recipe given below with words from the box.
INGREDIENTS
Solved

  • One onion
  • One cup dal
  • Two thin green chillies
  • Half a teaspoon red chilli powder
  • Eight small bunches of palak
  • Two tomatoes
  • Salt to taste

Wash and cut the vegetables; shred the palak. Put everything in a pressure cooker. Let the cooker whistle three times, then switch it off. Fry a few cumin seeds in oil and add to the palak—dal.

Question 3.
A ‘family tree’ is a diagram that shows the relationship between the different members of a family. Fill in the family tree below with names, ages, and other details you think are relevant (you may even stick photographs, if you have them). Put your family trees up in the class.
Answer:
(Encourage the students to fill the family tree in their notebooks individually.)

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The Invention of Vita Wonk Speaking

Question 1.
Given below are a few emphatic utterances. Say them to your partner. Let your partner repeat your utterance without the emphasis. Your partner may also add something to show she/he disagrees with you. (Encourage the students to practice the given dialogues in pairs.) Solved
You: I did go there.
Partner: You went there? Then why didn’t I see you there?

You: I do play games.
Partner: I know you play games. That’s all you do.

You: He does read his books.
Partner: Does he? I doubt it. He had not heard about the famous dramatist,William Shakespeare.

You: You do say the most unbelievable things!
Partner: I know. My mother says the same thing.

You: The Earth does spin around.
Partner: Oh yes, I knew that.

You: We all do want you to come with us.
Partner: I would love to, but I have so much home work.

You: Who does know how to cook?
Partner: I know how to cook.

You: I do believe that man is a thief.
Partner: Really? You should not jump to conclusions to fast.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk

The Invention of Vita Wonk Writing

Question 1.
i. Make a list of the trees Mr Wonka mentions. Where do these trees grow? Try to find out from an encyclopaedia. Write a short paragraph about two or three of these trees.
Answer:
These are the trees that Mr Wonka mentions in his conversation with Charlie:

  • Douglas fir
  • Cedar
  • Oak
  • Bristlecone pine

The Doglas fir grows in the coastal regions, from west-central British Columbia southward to central California. In Oregon and Washington, it extends from the eastern edge of the Cascades west to the Pacific Coast Ranges and Pacific Ocean. It is often used as a Christmas tree. They have brightly-coloured cones, and grow very tall.

The oak grows in the most southern zone in the United States. These trees are native to Americas, Asia, Europe, and North Africa. They mostly grow in the wild, and can survive in all types of areas and climates, such as, temperate climates, Mediterranean and tropical areas.

You will find the cedar in different parts of the world. The red cedar tree grows in the eastern North America, from Maine, west to southern Ontario and South Dakota, south to northernmost Florida and southwest into the post oak savannah of east-central Texas.

They are large, evergreen trees and mostly reach a height of up to fifty feet, but others can reach one hundred or more feet in height. It is common to find them in forest areas that get a lot of annual rainfall. They prefer moist soil with limestone beneath it.

The Bristlecone pine is found in Utah, Nevada and eastern California in the United States. They are considered to be the oldest trees in the world. The oldest living bristlecone pine tree is named “Methuselah” and is 4,765 years old. This tree is almost 1,000 years older than any other living bristlecone today. It lives in a secret location in the White Mountain range of eastern California.

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ii. Name some large trees commonly found in your area. Find out something about them (How old are they? Who planted them? Do birds eat their fruit?), and write two or three sentences about each one of them.
Answer:
Some of the trees commonly found in my locality are the neem, peepul and gulmohar tree. You can recognize the gulmohar tree very easily through a sheet of orange-red coloured flowers. Its flowers can be seen between April and June. It can be found in both dry as well as tropical conditions. The tree spreads and offers a dense shade. The flowers of this tree are large and orange-red in colour.

The peepal tree is a semi-evergreen tree. Its one rare quality is that it releases oxygen both in the day and the night. Its leaves are heart-shaped and have an extended drip tip.

The neem is a very popular tree, and grows in both tropical and sub-tropical regions. Neem has countless medicinal properties. It can be used to control insects and viruses. Neem is considered to be healthy for our skin.

Question 2.
Find out something interesting about age, or growing old, and write a paragraph about it. Following are a few topics, suggested as examples. (Encourage the students to come up with individual answers.)
Answer:
More than 50% of India’s population comprises of persons below the age of 25 and more than 65% comprise of persons below the age of 35. In 2020, the average age of an Indian is expected to be 29 years. By 2030, India’s dependency ratio is expected to be just over 0.4.

The implication of such a demographic will lead to an increase in the working age group in its first phase. This means the economy is likely to boom at this point. This is also known as the demographic dividend stage. It often does not last very long in a country. After a while, this young population will grow old, and we can expect the proportion of the elderly to increase at this point. The economy may grow somewhat slowly at this stage.

  • One can determine the age of a tree by counting the annual rings in a tree when it is chopped.
  • The age of a horse is determined by the number of teeth.
  • The age of rocks can be determined by the process of carbon dating which is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon.

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Question 3.

Living organism Life expectancy
human beings 70
chicken 15
rabbit 9
whale 80
cow 22

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 6 Expert Detectives

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Expert Detectives NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 6

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Expert Detectives Comprehension check

Question 1.
What did Nishad give Mr Nath ? Why?
Answer:
Nishad gives Mr Nath a bar of chocolate because he thinks that Mr Nath is starving, and should eat something.

Question 2.
What is “strange” about Mr Nath’s Sundays?
Answer:
On Sundays, Ramesh carries two lunches to Mr Nath’s room and the same man is with him each time. He’s tall, fair, stout and wears spectacles. This visitor talks a lot, unlike Mr Nath who hardly speaks.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 6 Expert Detectives

Question 3.
Why did Nishad and Maya get a holiday?
Answer:
Nishad and Maya got an unexpected holiday because of rains. The roads were flooded, and no traffic could move through them.

Expert Detectives Working with the text

Question 1.
What does Nishadfind out about Mr Nath from Ramesh?
Answer:

  • What he eats: two chapattis, some dal and a vegetable
  • When he eats: once in the morning, and once in the evening
  • What he drinks, and when: two cups of tea, one in the morning and one ih the afternoon
  • How he pays: by cash

Question 2.
Why does Maya think Mr Nath is a crook? Who does she say the Sunday visitor is?
Answer:
Maya thought Mr Nath was a crook because he did not talk to anyone, and had no friends. She thought that he had a scar on his face because he was involved in a scuffle or shootout against policemen. She was suspicious of him because he did not work, but still had money to pay for food and other things. She thought that the Sunday visitor is his accomplice, who keeps all the loot and comes now and then to give part of it to his partner, Mr Nath, for expenses.

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Question 3.
Does Nishad agree with Maya about Mr Nath? How does he feel about him?
Answer:
No, Nishad does not agree with Maya about Mr Nath. He feels sympathetic towards for him and wants to try and make friends with him. He likes him, and wants to know his story.

Expert Detectives Working with language

Question  1.
Match the word with its meanings below. Solved
Answer:

  • finger tips – the ends of one’s fingers
  • the tip of your nose – the pointed end of your nose
  • tip the water out of the bucket – empty a bucket by tilting it
  • have something on the tip of your tongue – be about to say something
  • tip the boat over – make the boat overturn
  • tip him a rupee – give a rupee to him, to thank him
  • the tip of the bat – the end of the bat
  • the police were tipped off-the police were told, or warned
  • if you take my tip – if you take this advice
  • the bat tipped the ball – the bat lightly touched the ball

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Question 2.
Can you fill in the blanks below with the most commonly used words? A dictionary may help you.
Solved

  • business partner
  • my companion on the journey
  • I’m mother’s little helper.
  • a faithful companion such as a dog activities
  • the thief’s accomplice.
  • find a good partner.
  • tennis/golf/bridge
  • his accomplice in his criminal

Question 3.
Match the word with its meanings below. Try to find at least three other ways in which to use the word.
Solved

  1. The storm broke – it began or burst to break into activity
  2. daybreak – the beginning of daylight
  3. His voice is beginning to break – changing as he grows up
  4. Her voice broke and she cried – could not speak; was too sad to speak
  5. The heat wave broke – this kind of weather ended
  6. broke the bad news – gently told someone the bad news
  7. break a strike – end it by making the workers submit

More expressions
8. break one’s back – put great effort into achieving something
9. break something open – open something forcibly
10. make a break for – make a sudden dash in the direction of, especially in a bid to escape

Expert Detectives Speaking

Question  1.
Play detectives with each other. Find a person in your class (or some other acquaintance) to speak to. Find out the answers to the questions given below.
(Encourage the students to complete this activity in pairs.)

Sample answers
i. Name? – Asraf Khan

ii. What newspapers or magazines does the person read? – The Indian Express; Lonely Planet Magazine; The Outlook; The Outdoor Journal; The Hindu; BBC Knowledge

iii. How long has the person lived at the current address? – For five years

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iv. What does she/he do during the day, i.e. the daily routine? -1 get up and go to the school. I come back and take a nap. Then I wake up and complete my home work. In the evening, I go swimming with my family. When I return, I go out and play with my friends. We sometimes even play boardgames in my house. I often go out with my family to have dinner.

v. What do neighbours and friends say about the person? – The neighbours like me a lot.

vi. Who are his/her visitors and what are his/her eating habits? (You can ask a few others about this.) – My maternal grandparents visit me almost every week. And so do my aunts and uncles. My parents’ friends also come to our place regularly. We mostly eat Indian food.

vii. What do you think about the person? – I think Ashraf is a very thoughtful and considerate person. He often gets delicious food from home, and shares it with all of us. He is my best friend in the class. I could never find such a great friend.

Expert Detectives Writing

Question  1.
Who do you think Mr Nath is? Write a paragraph or two about him.
(Encourage the students to use their creativity to formulate their own answers.)
Answer:
Mr Nath is probably suffering from an illness and has shifted to another place for treatment. Perhaps, he has no family and that is why he is living alone. He is sad and lonely. The man who visits him on Sundays might be his lawyer who is helping him . make a will.

Perhaps, he wants to do something good for the larger good of mankind, and is making plans with the man about how to do that. Mr Nath has come to a new neigbourhood where no one knows him. He probably wants to live in the same neighbourhood as his doctor.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 6 Expert Detectives

Question  2.
What else do you think Nishad and Maya will find out about him? How? Will they ever be friends? Think about these questions and write a paragraph or two to continue the story. (Encourage the students to use their creativity to formulate their own answers.)
Answer:
It is possible that Nishad and Maya will find out all about Mr Nath’s past life. Nishad might ask him directly as he wishes to be friends with him.

Yes, it is possible that they will all be friends after knowing Mr Nath’s story. They will feel guilty about misunderstanding him.

This is how the story can continue:
Nishad merely glared at me and quietly walked out of the room. My theories seemed to have made no impression on him at all.

He went directly to Mr Nath’s door and rang the doorbell. Mr Nath answered the door and seemed to be somewhat perturbed. He seemed busy, but Nishad persisted to stare at him with innocent eyes, and asked to be let inside. Mr Nath’s home was very simple and had little furniture. There were only basic things there. Nishad cleared his throat and said to him, “Mr Nath, how come you have no friends? Don’t you feel lonely?”

Mr Nath hesitated before answering, “I feel lonely, but nobody in the neighbourhood wants to talk to me. They think I am strange, and I think they are scared of me.”

“That’s not true,” protested Nishad. “In fact, I would like to invite you for a dinner tomorrow at my house. My mother will be very happy to have you. I would also introduce you to my sister.”

Saying this, Nishad quickly got up to leave without giving Mr Nath a chance to decline the invitation. He left his home with a lot of nervous energy. He did not know what would happen next. But he was happy that his curiosity will soon be satiated.

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Question  3.
Conducting a Survey. Study the following questionnaire and discuss the points in small groups. (Encourage the students to complete the survey on their own.)
Answer:
Most people think that a home is a place where you feel secure and happy. Few people think that a home isn’t a place where you feel secure and happy. Hardly anyone thinks that one cannot bring up a family in a home. No one thinks that you can do whatever you like at a home, because it is a shared space and one must follow rules and discipline of living together.

Everybody agrees to it that a home is a place where families are raised. Most children think that a home is a place where one can make as much noise as one wants. Everybody feels that it is a peaceful place.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 7 Understanding Advertising

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Class 7 Civics Chapter 7 NCERT Textbook Questions and Answers

Question 1.
What do you understand by the word brand? List two reasons why building brands is central to advertising?
Answer:
Brand is a specific name of a company. It means stamping a product with a particular name or a sign. The two reasons which show the importance of building brands are:

  • It differentiates the product from other products;
  • Promotes the sale of product.

Question 2.
Choose two of your favourite print advertisements. Now look at each of these and answer the following questions:
NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 7 Understanding Advertising
(a) What visuals and text is being used in these advertisements to attract my attention?
(b) What values are b mg promoted in these advertisements?
(c) Who is this advertisement speaking to and who is it leaving out?
(d) If you could not afford the brand that is being advertised how would you feel?
Answer:
(a) In advertisement -1
Visual: Displaying Daal items of a company ‘Top taste daal’.
Text: Quality of Daal, Name of company.

In advertisement -2
Visual: Displaying care soap of children with happiness of a child and mother.
Text: Displaying a slogan ‘Show your child you care’.

(b) People can buy them for the happiness of guests and children.
(c) It is talking to families to take care of their guests and give them good quality of daal. The second advertisement is focussing on children care soap and displaying message of happiness for both mother and child.
(d) I would feel unhappy.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 Social Science Civics Chapter 7 Understanding Advertising

Question 3.
Can you explain two ways in which you think advertising affects issues of equality in a democracy?
Answer:
Yes I can. The two ways in which advertising affects equality are:
(i) Due to the high cost of advertisement, only rich companies can advertise their products while small-scale companies are unable to bear such expenses.
(ii) Poor people cannot afford branded items which affect the equality and as well as democracy.

Question 4.
Making an advertisement requires a lot of creativity. Let us imagine a situation in which a manufacturer has just made a new watch. She says that she wants to sell this watch to school children. She comes to your class and asks you all to create a brand name as well as an advertisement for the watch. Divide the class into small groups and each group create an advertisement for this watch. Share it with the class.
Answer:
Students discuss with teacher and can write the answer.

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NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Comprehension check-I

Question 1.
Why did the neighbours kill the dog?
Answer:
The neighbours killed the dog because the dog did not help them find any treasure. He only found a dead kitten under the pine tree, and this made them very mad. They killed the dog cruelly in a fit of anger.

Question 2.
Mark the right item.
i. The old farmer and his wife loved the dog

  • because it helped them in their day-to-day work.
  • as if it was their own baby.
  • as they were kind to all living beings.
  • as if it was their own baby.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

ii. When the old couple became rich, they

  • gave the dog better food.
  • invited their greedy neighbours to a feast.
  • lived comfortably and were generous towards their poor neighbours.
  • lived comfortably and were generous towards their poor neighbours.

iii. The greedy couple borrowed the mill and the mortar to make

  • rice pastry and bean sauce.
  • magic ash to win rewards.
  • a pile of gold.
  • a pile of gold.

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Working with the text

Answer the following questions.

Question 1.
The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two paragraphs.
Answer:
The old farmer was very kind because he not only treated his dog as his own son, but also fed the birds that he encountered on his way home. He fed the dog with tidbits of fish from his own chopsticks, and all the boiled rice it wanted.He was patient and kind to everything that had life, and often gave food to the birds.

Question 2.
What did the dog do to lead the farmer to the hidden gold?
Answer:
The dog put his paws against the old man’s legs and motioned with his head to some spot behind. This is how he led the farmer to the hidden gold.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Question 3.
i. How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
Answer:
The spirit of the dog helped the farmer by leading him to the pine tree under his grave. He asked him to make a mortar for rice pastry and mill for bean sauce from its wood. When the old man did as asked, all the food turned into a heap of gold. He became rich again.

ii. How did it help him next?
Answer:
Next, he asked the old man to take the ashes of the mill and sprinkle them on withered trees. When he did so, the withered tress blossomed again, and they were full of flowers. He spread the ashes on some withered trees when the daimios were passing why. The daimios were impressed and rewarded him with riches, and invited him to their castle.

Question 4.
Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish his neighbour for the same act?
Answer:
The daimio rewarded the farmer because he converted a barren tree into one with full bloom. It was a sight full of wonder and awe for him.
The farmer, in trying to do the same thing, ended up throwing the ash on daimio and his wife. In this way, everybody with the daimio began to cough and sneeze. It spoiled the dignity and pomp of the procession. This is why the king punished the farmer.

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Working with language

Question 1.
Read the following paragraph and frame questions on the italicised phrases.
Answer:
Anil is in school. I am in school too. Anil is sitting in the left row. He is reading a book. Anil’s friend is sitting in the second row. He is sharpening his pencil. The teacher is writing on the blackboard. Children are writing in their copybooks. Some children are looking out of the window.

  • Where is Anil?
  • Where is Anil sitting?
  • What is he doing?
  • Where is Anil’s friend sitting?
  • What is Anil’s friend doing?
  • Who is writing on the blackboard?
  • What are some of the children looking at?

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Question 2.
Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the following dialogue.
Solved
Neha : When did you get this book?
Sheela : Yesterday morning.
Neha : Why is your sister crying?
Sheela : Because she has lost her doll.
Neha : Whose room is this, yours or hers?
Sheela : It’s ours.
Neha : How do you go to school?
Sheela : We walk to school. It is nearby.

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box.
how, what,when,where,where
Solved

  1. My friend lost his chemistry book. Now he doesn’t know what to do and where to look for it.
  2. There are so many toys in the shops. Neena can’t decide which one to buy.
  3. You don’t know the way to my school. Ask the policeman how to get there.
  4. You should decide soon when to start building your house.
  5. Do you know how to ride a bicycle? I don’t remember how and when I learnt it.
  6. “You should know to talk how and when to keep your mouth shut, ” the teacher advised Anil.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Question 4.
Add im- or in- to each of the following words and use them in place of the italicised words in the sentences given below.

i. The project appears very difficult at first sight but it can be completed if we work very hard.
The project appears impossible at first sight but it can be completed if we work very hard.

ii. He lacks competence. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.
He is incompetent. That’s why he can’t keep any job for more than a year.

iii. “Don’t lose patience. Your letter will come one day,” the postman told me.
“Don’t be impatient. Your letter will come one day,” the postman told me.

iv. That’s not a proper remark to make under the circumstances.
That’s an improper remark to make under the circumstances.

v. He appears to be without sensitivity. In fact, he is very emotional.
He appears to be insensitive. In fact, he is very emotional.

Question 5.
Use a, an or the in the blanks.
Solved
There was once a play which became very successful. A. famous actor was acting in it. In the play his role was that of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in a castle for twenty years. In the last act of the play someone would come on the stage with a letter which he would hand over to the prisoner. Even though the aristocrat was not expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that the letter be written out from beginning to end.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Question 6.
Solved
A : Would you like an apple or a banana?
B : I’d like an apple, please.
A : Take the red one in the fruit bowl. You may take an orange also, if you like.
B : Which one?
A : The one beside the banana.

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Speaking and writing

Question 1.
Do you remember an anecdote or a story about a greedy or jealous person and the unhappy result of his/her action? Narrate the story to others in your class.(Encourage the students to narrate a story to others in the class.)

There was once a greedy king called King Midas. Once he found a lamp near his castle. He rubbed it, and a genie appeared from the lamp. The genie asked the king to make a wish.

The king asked the genie to grant him a wish that whatever he touches will turn into gold. The genie granted him this wish. The king was ecstatic. He could not be happier. He touched every nook and comer of his palace. Now he had a golden throne; a golden room, and even a golden bird in a golden cage.

But he felt a little hungry now with all the excitement and having jumped around so much. He sat on the golden table to eat the bread, but lo and behold! The bread turned into gold as soon as he touched it. As he went about touching all the food one by one, it all turned into gold. He was confused, and just when he was contemplating what he had done, his daughter came and hugged him. He also hugged her in return without thinking, and could not believe what happened after. His daughter—his dearest daughter, the one person he loved the most in the world—had turned into a golden statue.

He cried and cried so much that the genie appeared once again. The king begged the genie to undo the wish. The genie looked at the king’s sad condition and agreed to undo the wish. Soon, everything that the king had turned into gold returned back to its original form. But what made the king the happiest was that he could hug his dearest daughter again. He had never felt so relieved and happy in his entire life.The next day, the king called all his subjects and donated all his gold among his them. He was no longer a greedy king.

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Question 2.
Put each of the following in the correct order. Then use them appropriately to fill the blanks in the paragraph that follows. Use correct punctuation marks.

Ravi Kant is a writer, and he writes in both English and Hindi. Of course, he is much happier writing in English than in Hindi. He has written many books in English and only a few short stories in Hindi. I find his books a little hard to understand. My Hindi is much better than my English.

Question 3.
Are you fond of reading stories? Did you read one last month? If not, read one or two and then write a paragraph about the story. Use the following hints.

  • title of the story
  • name of author
  • how many characters
  • which one you liked
  • some details of the story
  • main point(s) as you understand it

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

Tell your friends why they should also read it.
(Encourage the students to use their creativity and formulate their own answers.)

Sample answer:
Yes, I am very fond of reading stories. I read whenever I find some free time. Last week, I read a story called ‘The Christmas Carol’. It is a short story by Charles Dickens. The story is about Ebenezer Scrooge, a miser, who does not believe in love, compassion and the Christmas spirit. A day before Christmas, three ghosts visit him and make him realize the true value of love and life. After the visit by the ghosts, he understands that no one will miss or remember him unless he changes the way he lives.

My favourite character in the story is Tiny Tim, who is the crippled son of Ebenezer Scrooge’s secretary, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge is finally able to save Tiny Tim from a ghastly future and changes into a good human being after meeting the ghosts. I love this story because it is all about the Christmas spirit of love, compassion and forgiveness. I would . suggest that everyone should read that story because it is so touching and makes us realize the true worth of life and the people

 

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