7th class-cbse english (Honeycomb) Chapter-1 (Three questions) (Leo Tolstoy)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?

Ans1) The king thought that if he knew the right answers to his three answers he would never fail in any work.

Q2) Some said the king should go to magicians. Why?

Ans2) The king was looking for the answers of his three question. One of the questions was to find right time for doing something. This needed looking into the future. That’s why some said the king should go to magicians

Q3) In answer to the second question whose advice would be important to the king?

Ans3) The advice of priest, doctor and soldiers would be important to the king. The priests would seek the blessings of God against natural calamities. The doctors would help the king fight diseases and live long. The soldiers would save the country from foreign invaders.

Q4) What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?

Ans4) Suggestions made in answer to the third question were that The king should work strictly according to a set timetable and he should seek guidance from a council of ministers.

Q5) Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why?

Ans5) The answers of wise men were very different and unsatisfactory. Hence  none of them won the reward.

Q6) What was the king‘s problem?

Ans6) The king wanted to avoid a failure in any venture. For that he needed a clear cut answers to his three questions –the right time to do something, the right thing and the right persons for his guidance.

Q7) Why did the king go to the hermit? Why did he go alone?

Ans7)The king was desperately searching for right answers for his three questions. All the wise men failed to satisfy him. So, he decided to visit the hermit for advice because he was famous for his wisdom. The hermit lived in the forest and never come to the town.  Moreover he met only common people. So, the king put on simple clothes, left his horse and bodyguard behind, and walked to the hermit’s hut alone.

Q8) How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?

Ans8) The king and the hermit removed the wounded man’s clothing and washed his wound. They covered the wound with a cloth. When the bleeding did not stop, the king redressed the wounded.

Q9) Who was the bearded man?

Ans9) The bearded man was the sworn enemy of the king. The king had put his brother to death and taken away all his property. He wanted to take revenge and kill the king on his way home.

Q10) The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?

Ans10) The king was happy to make peace with his enemy. He promised to send a doctor to look after him and return his property.

Q11) What were the hermit‘s answers to the three questions? Which answer you like the most?

Ans11) The hermit‘s answers to the three questions were

a) The most important time is ‘now’ or present.

b) The most important business is the service rendered to others.

c) The most important person is with whom one is at the moment

I like the first answer the most. Present is the only time when we can act. We should live in the present moment.

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Beehive)(long answers) Chapter-4(A Truly Beautiful Mind ) (Albert Einstein)

Q) Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Albert Einstein is called a scientific genius. Write down his achievements and comment on this genius?

Ans1) Albert Einstein was a scientific genius of all time. He brought about a paradigm shift in science especially in physics. He had keen interest in physics and mathematics. In Zurich he worked on relatively. His theory of relatively showed that time and distance are not absolute. Time for a person in space with speed comparable to that of light is much slower than that for a man on earth. He gave a famous formula E=mc2. This formula formed the basis of nuclear reactor and atom bomb. His General   Theory of relatively gave a new meaning to Gravity.. The world showered on him honors and invitations. He was honoured with Noble Prize in 1921.

Q2) Einstein was a visionary and a world citizen. Comment.

Ans2) Albert was a man of high caliber. In the scientific field he contributed a lot. In 1905, his famous theories come with special Theory of Relativity. It specified that time and distances are not absolute. He established a relation between energy and mass. He proved the interchangeability of energy and mass that became the basis of use of nuclear energy. Unfortunately some people used this energy destructively. Mass destruction caused by bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki touched his heart.  He pioneered the agitated to end up the arms buildup. He was against atom bombs. He dedicated rest of his life to fight against this enemy of humanity. Because of his tireless efforts for the humanity he was considered both as a visionary and a world citizen.  

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Beehive)(long answers) Chapter-3(The little Girl ) (Katherine Mansfield)

Q) Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Why did Kezia’s father punish her? Was he right in doing so?

Ans1) Kezia wanted to give a present to her father on his birthday. She decided to make a pin –cushion for him. She took a beautiful piece of yellow silk and stitched it on three sides. Now, she needed something to fill it. She went into her father room. There, she found that many sheets of fine paper lying on the table. She picked them and tore into pieces. Then she stuffed them into pin-cushion and sewed its fourth side. But it was her father’s important speech. When her father came to know about it, he became very upset.

He picked up a ruler and beat her. He was not right in punishing her. He must have realized that she was innocent. Her intention was good. He could warn her politely.

Q2) What were kezia’s feelings about her father at the end of the story?

Ans2) Kezia used to fear her father. After he beat her over pin-cushion incident, her fear turn into horror. She started avoiding her father. Once she had a nightmare. She began to cry. There was nobody to help her. Suddenly her father appeared with a candle. He took her to his room, made her lie with him and comforted her. He asked her to rub her feet against his legs for warmth. It brought her close to her father. She felt sorry for him as he had no time to play with her. All her fears and hatred melted and   she began to love her father since then.

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Beehive)(long answers) Chapter-2(The sound of music)(Deborah Cowley) Partà 2(Bismillah Khan)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1)  Describe in brief the early life of Bismillah khan. What are the various awards that were conferred on him?

Ans1) Bismillah khan came from a very simple family background. His childhood passed in ancient estate of Dumraon in Bihar. He went to Benaras at the age of six. Here he learned shehnai under his maternal uncle AliBux. He took Indian classical music all over the world. Bismillah khan started winning awards from the age of fourteen. He got the best performance awards at the Indian Music conference in Allahabad and three medals at music conference in 1947. On the first Independence Day he greeted the nation with Shehnai. He was also honored in Montréal and Osaka. In Tehran an auditorium was named after him. Highest civilian award Bharat Ratna was conferred on him.

Q2) What is the Ustad Bismillah khan’s contribution to the development of Shehnai?

Ans2)Bismillah khan was introduced to Shehnai at the early age of six by his  maternal uncle Ali bux .With his hardwork and dedication he popularized Shehnai and brought to the classical stage. Ustad Bismillah khan get recognition in the world of Music at national and international level. He invented ragas on the shehnai. His themes were related to ethos of temples and human relations.  He turned these themes into ragas on the bank of the flowing river Ganga. He was fascinated by the beauty and serenity of holy Ganga. He told that the flowing water of holy river Ganga helped him to create many ‘ragaas’ through his shehnai.

Q3) Why does Benaras hold so much importance to Bismillah khan?

Ans3) Bismillah khan went to Benaras at the age of six. His maternal uncle Ali bux played shehnai at the Vishnu temple of varanasi. He introduced him to the shehnai. Temples of Benaras and flowing water of Ganga played very important role in his life. Bismillah khan sat captivated for hours at temples to listen the music. He spent his many years at the temples of Balaji and Mangla Maiya. Thus these were the training centres for learning the shehnai. Ganga at Benaras had deep impression on him. Throughout his life he was attached to Benaras and the Ganga. He never wanted to leave the banks of Ganga and live in a foreign country.

9th class-cbse english(NCERT BOOK-Beehive)(long answers) Chapter-2(The sound of music)(Deborah Cowley) Part-1(Elelyn Glennie listen to sound without hearing it)

Answer following questions in about 100 words.

Q1) Why was Evelyn Glennie’s experience at the royal Academy of music “daunting enough”? How did she fare there?

Ans1) Evelyn’s initial experience at the royal Academy of music was horribly bad. She was almost deaf. Her loss of hearing was severely impaired due to gradual nerve damage. It was found by a specialist when she was eleven years old. Evelyn overcame her handicap with determination and handwork. She took the decision of completing a three year course at Royal Academy of Music When she was auditioned, she scored the highest marks in the history of Royal Academy of music. She had won most of the top awards at the end of her three years course at Royal Academy of music.

Q2) Write the character sketch of Evelyn Glennie.

Ans2) Evelyn was a determined and hardworking girl. With her rock strong will power she overcame the obstacle that was presented by Nature. In childhood she lost her hearing capabilities gradually. At the age of eleven year, her hearing power was severely damaged. In spite of her handicap she did not want to give up. She took music as her passion. Her teachers discouraged her but percussionist Ron Forbes guided her. She joined a three year course at Royal Academy of Music. She captured most of top awards at the Royal Academy. She is the world’s most sought multiplayer of drums and tables. She is the shining example of determination.

7th class-cbse english (An alien hand) Chapter-10 (An alien hand) (Jayant Narlikar)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) How does Tilloo manage to find his way to the ‘forbidden passage’?

Ans1) Tilloo has observed that his father uses a security card to open a metal door leading to the forbidden passage. So he gets hold of his father’s security card and managed to find his way to forbidden passage.

Q2) What did Tilloo hope to see once he emerged from his underground home?

Ans2) Tilloo hoped to see the sun, if it was day or the stars, if it was night.

Q3) Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try and reach the surface of the planet?

Ans3) On the surface of the earth the air was too thin to breathe and the temperature too low to survive. Only a trained and well –equipped person can survive there. An ordinary person would die there. Therefore Tilloo’s father advised him not to try and reach the surface of the planet.

Q4) What changes had occurred, which forced people to live in underground homes?

Ans4) The people were forced to live in underground homes because the sun had turned hostile. The air became too thin to breathe and the temperature too low to survive. Birds, animals and fish all died.

Q5) Why was everyone in the control Room greatly excited?

Ans5) The Control Room had spotted an alien spacecraft coming towards their planets, therefore everyone there was greatly excited.

Q6) Was the spacecraft manned or unmanned? How do you know it?

Ans6) The spacecraft was unmanned.  Number One was in charge of defense. He told President that their reports claimed that the alien spacecraft only contained instruments.

Q7) What did number one and number two suggests should be done about the alien spacecraft?

Ans7) Number One suggested that they should wait for the spacecraft to land and then render it ineffective if required. But Number Two suggested that we should not interfere and observe passively.

Q8) Tilloo pressed the red button and “the   damage was done”? What was the damage?

Ans8) The damage was that the mechanical hand was rendered ineffective by the pressing of the red button.

Q9) Where had the spacecraft come from?

Ans9) The spacecraft came from the earth.

Q10) On which planet do Tilloo and his parents live?

Ans10) Tilloo and his parents lived on Mars.

7th class-cbse english (An alien hand) Chapter-9 (A tiger in the house) (Ruskin Bond)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Where was the little tiger cub hiding when Grandfather found him?

Ans1) The little tiger cub was hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree, when grandfather found the little tiger cub.

Q2) What did Toto do to entertain Timothy?

Ans2) Toto was a monkey. He teased Timothy and pulled his tail.

Q3) What did he do when Timothy lost his temper?

Ans3) Toto climbed up the curtains and got beyond reach of Timothy, when he lost his temper.

Q4) Where was Timothy most comfortable during the day? Where was he during the night?

Ans4) During the day Timothy felt most comfortable on the long sofa in the drawing room. At night he slept in the quarters of the cook, Mahmoud.

Q5) What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true?

Ans5) Grandmother feared that one day Timothy might get violent and kill and eat up mohmoud  because Timothy’s behaviour was changing.

Q6) What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?

Ans6) Grandfather decided to transfer Timothy to the zoo because he was growing dangerous day by day. He became less friendly. He started killing and ate up hens at night. He started following the cook, Mahmoud with evil intentions.

Q7) Why did Grandfather want Timothy to be put in another enclosure?

Ans7) Grandfather went to the Lucknow zoo to see the Timothy, his tiger. He saw a leopard in the next cage troubling and frightening him. He thought that it was the reason for the bad mood of the tiger. So he wanted Timothy to be put in another enclosure.

Q8) What shocked Grandfather in the end?

Ans8) Grandfather was shocked when he came to know that his pet tiger Timothy had died two months back due to pneumonia and the tiger licking his hands was a very dangerous one who was caught only a month back.

7th class-cbse english (An alien hand) Chapter-8 (The bear Story) (Axel Munthe)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Where did the lady find the bear cub? How did she bring it up?

Ans1) The lady found the bear cub in the forest. It was very small and at the verge of death due to hunger. It was brought up on milk by the lady and her cook.

Q2) What did the bear eat? There were two things he was not allowed to do. What were they?

Ans2) The bear ate bread, porridge, potatoes, cabbages and turnips. But he liked fruits the most. He was not allowed to touch or disturb the beehives. He was also not allowed to climb up the apple tree to eat apples.

Q3) When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?

Ans3) When the bear created trouble with the beehives, he was tied up with a chain as a punishment. Apart from this, he was only kept on chain during the night and on Sundays.

Q4) What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house ? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?

Ans4) One Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house, a bear came up to her from behind. She thought that it was her bear. She scolded him for disobeying her. She saw that he had no collar on his neck; she became furious and hit him on the nose. The bear was very surprised. He shook his head and opened his big mouth several times as if he wanted to say something. Then he turned around and went away.

Q5) Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her mistress?

Ans5) The bear had been chained for the whole Sunday afternoon and was lonely without his mistress. So, he was looking sorry for himself. The cook got angry with her mistress because she was scolding the bear for no fault. He had behaved very well the whole in her absence.

7th class-cbse english (An alien hand) Chapter-7 (Chandni) (Zakir Husain)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why did Abbu Khan’s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?

Ans1) Abbu Khan’s goats always wanted to live on the grassy hills slopes. They loved their freedom. They were of the best mountain breed. They did not like to be tied to some tree or pole in Abbu khan’s compound. So they wanted to run away.

Q2) Abbu khan said, “No more goats in my house ever again.” Then he changed his mind. Why?

Ans2) Abbu khan loved his pets and could not live without them. Moreover he was very old and lonely. So he changed his mind and bought a young goat.

Q3) Why did he buy a young goat?

Ans3) Abbu khan thought that a young goat would stay with him much longer. She would love him as well as the food that he would give her. She would never leave him.

Q4) Why did chadani hate the rope around her neck?

Ans4) Chadani hate the rope around her neck because it stopped her from running to the hills. She desperately wanted to go to the hills.

Q5) “Now Abbu Khan understood Chadani’s problem …’ What was chadani’s problem ?

Ans5) Chadani’s problem was that she was a mountain goat and she loved her freedom. She wanted to go to the hills. She hated to live with the rope around her neck. So she stopped eating and became moody.

Q6) Why did Chandani refuse to join the group of wild goats?

Ans6) Chandani refused to join the group of wild goats because she wanted to enjoy her newly got freedom alone.

Q7) Why did the wise old bird say, “Chandni is the winner”?

Ans7)   The wise old bird said that Chandni was the winner because though she was small and weak compared to the wolf, she put up really a brave fight. She did not try to run away but stood firmly to fight. She struggled all though the night but was killed in the morning. She chose death in an open field over life in a closed hut.

7th class-cbse english (An alien hand) Chapter-6 (I want something in cage) (L. E. Greeve)

Answer following questions in short.

Q1) Why is Mr Purcell compared to an owl?

Ans1) Mr. Purcell was a short man with big tummy, red cheeks, a tight, melon stomach and magnified eyes and he sat on the top of a high stool which gave him the look of an owl.

Q2) Do you think the atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was cheerful or depressing? Give reasons for your answer?

Ans2) The atmosphere of Mr. Purcell’s shop was depressing. There were continuous cries of frightened birds and animals. They tried to move endlessly in restricted cages. It gave the shop a depressing atmosphere.

Q3) Describe the stranger who come to the pet shop. What did he want?

Ans3) The stranger’s look was peculiar. He was wearing a loose suit and shiny shoes. He had a shuttling glance and his hair was cut very short. He appeared to be a poor man. He wanted something in a cage.

Q4) The man insisted on buying the doves because he was fond of birds. Do you agree?

Ans4) I think the stranger was not fond of birds. He had sympathy for the birds. They had wings but even then they could not fly. They were caged against their wishes. The stranger himself had been in jail for ten years.

Q5) How had he earned the five dollars he had?

Ans5) He recieved those five dollars on being released from jail after ten years of imprisonment.

Q6) Was the customer interested in the care and feeding of the doves he had bought? If not, why not?

Ans6) The stranger was not interested in the care and feeding of the doves because he had bought doves to set them free.

Q7) Why did it make Mr. Purcell feel insulted?

Ans8 The man bought the doves from Purcell’s shop for five dollars and then went outside and set the birds free. It was Mr. Purcell who had kept these birds in cage and sold them. So he felt insulted.