Golu Grows A Nose Question Answers: NCERT Class 7 English - An Alien Hand

“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
 

What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?
 

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

1. The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. The italicised phrase means
 (i) highly exaggerated.
(ii) too remarkable to be true.
(iii) not based on facts.

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

Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
 

 Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.

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

Why did he buy a young goat?

The tiger was still licking his arm, with increasing relish. The phrase in italics suggests that Timothy
(i) was good natured.
(ii) recognised an old friend.
(iii) smelt fresh food.

“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
 

Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following statements.
(i) Timothy and Grandfather went to Lucknow in a special compartment.
(ii) The compartment in which Grandfather and Timothy travelled had no other passenger.
(iii) Timothy and Grandfather travelled in a first class compartment.
(vi) All passengers in the compartment thought that Timothy was a well-fed and civilised tiger.
 

Why did he buy a young goat?

Complete the following sentences.
(i) Toto climbed up the curtains when —————————
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(ii) ———————————————————————
————————,I became one of the tiger’s favourites.
(iii) Timothy had clean habits, —————————————
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What did the crocodile do to show that it was a real crocodile?
 

The phrases on the left in the following box occur in the text. Match each of them with a phrase on the right.

(i) an endless stretch of sand    ---- fertile place with water and plants in a desert

(ii) waterless and without            ----not visible because the grass shelter is thick
(iii) an oasis                                ----nothing but sand as far as one can see

(iv) hidden by a cover of grass   ----no water and no shade

The tiger was still licking his arm, with increasing relish. The phrase in italics suggests that Timothy
(i) was good natured.
(ii) recognised an old friend.
(iii) smelt fresh food.

When Timothy was about six months old, a change came over him. The phrase in italics means that
(i) Timothy had grown to his full size.
(ii) Timothy grew more friendly.
(iii) Timothy grew less friendly, in fact more dangerous
 

1. (i) What problems are you likely to face if you keep ants as pets?
    (ii) When a group of bees finds nectar, it informs other bees of its location, quantity, etc.                   through dancing. Can you guess what ants communicate to their fellow ants by touching             one another’s feelers?

Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of following statements.
(i) Mr Purcell sold birds, cats, dogs and monkeys.
(ii) He was very concerned about the well-being of the birds and animals in his shop.
(iii) He was impressed by the customer who bought the two doves.
(iv) He was a successful shopowner, though insensitive and cold as a person.