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Q1 “He had the distinction of being the only member of the party to have bagged any game...” The phrase in italics means (i) Grandfather was the most distinguished member of the party. (ii) Grandfather was the only sportsperson in the party. (iii) Grandfather was the only successful member of the hunting party. Mark the right answer. Ans: This phrase means: (iii) Grandfather was the only successful member of that hunting party.
Q2 Complete the following sentences. (i) Toto climbed up the curtains when ————————— ——————————————————————— (ii) ——————————————————————— ————————,I became one of the tiger’s favourites. (iii) Timothy had clean habits, ————————————— ——————————————————————— Ans: (i) Timothy lost his temper.
(ii) When I came to live with my grandfather
(iii) and would scrub his face with his paws exactly like a cat.
Class 7 English - An Alien Hand Chapter 9: A Tiger in the House - NCERT Solutions
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Q1 Where was the tiger cub hiding when Grandfather found him? Ans: The Tiger cub was hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree in the Terai jungle which was located near Dehra.
Q2 (i) What did Toto do to entertain Timothy? (ii) What did he do when Timothy lost his temper? Ans: (i) Tota used to pull Timothy by his tail.
(ii) Tota climbed up on the curtain when Timothy lost his temper.
Q3 “I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so? Ans: I stands for the narrator whose name was Ruskin Bond. He thought this so because Timothy come closer to him, roll over on his feet and pretended to bite his ankles.
Q4 Where was Timothy most comfortable during the day? Where was he during the night? Ans: During the day, Timothy was very comfortable on long sofa in the drawing room. He sleep at night in the quaters of cooks.
Q5 What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true? Ans: Grandmothers prediction was that Timothy would kill the cook Mahmoud one day and make a meal of him. No, it did not come true.
Q6 What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo? Ans: When Timothy was about 6 months old, he grew less friendly but more dangerous. He hunt the cats & ate up hens. He also followed Mahmoud with evil or wrong intentions. So, grandfather decided to shift him away from the Lucknow zoo.
Q7 Why did Grandfather want Timothy to be put in another enclosure? Ans: Grandfather saw that the leopard in the next cage was rushing at and frightened Timothy everytime. So, he suggest the keeper to shift Timothy to some other cage.
Q8 What shocked Grandfather in the end? Ans: Grandfather shocked to know from the keeper that two months ago,Timothy had died and the tiger in the cage was very dangerous.
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