CBSE English Guide
Class VII, Honeycomb
Quality
Answers of NCERT Textbook (important questions only)
Working with the Text
QUESTION-1:
What was the author’s opinion about Mr. Gessler as a bootmaker?
Answer: According to the author, Mr. Gessler
was the best shoemaker in the city. He was a perfect artist who had the same
skill, pride and respect for his trade and as any other artist had.
QUESTION-2:
Why did the author visit the shop so frequently?
Answer: The shoes made by Mr. Gessler used
to last terribly longer than the usual, therefore, he visited the shop so
infrequently.
QUESTION-3:
What was the effect on Mr. Gessler of the author’s remark about a certain pair
of boots?
Answer: When the author told Mr. Gessler about
the creaking of a certain pair of boots, he got surprised and asked him to get
the pair back and if he could not do anything with him he would take them off
from the author’s bill.
QUESTION-4: What was Mr.
Gessler’s complaint against “big firms”?
Answer: Mr. Gessler complained that the big
firms do not have self-respect. That they get the business by advertisement and
not by work. Due to them the workers like Mr. Gessler were running without job.
QUESTION-5:
Why did the author order so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Answer: When the author came to know about
the death of Mr. Gessler’s elder brother, he felt with sorrow and grief and,
therefore, in order to help him financially he ordered several pairs of boots
although he didn’t really need them.
Working with Language
QUESTION-1:
Use phrases appropriately to complete the sentences that follow:
(i)
After a very long spell
of heat, the weather is ______ at last.
(ii)
We have no right to
_______ people who do small jobs.
(iii)
Nitin has always _______
his uncle, who is a self-made man.
(iv)
The police are _______
the matter thoroughly.
(v)
If you want to go out, I
will ____ the children for you.
(vi)
I promise to _____ on
your brother when I visit Lucknow next.
Answer: (i) look up (ii) look down on (iii)
look up to (iv) look into (v) look after (vi) look in (vii) look out.
Speaking
QUESTION-1:
Do you think Mr. Gessler was a failure as a bootmaker or as a competitive
businessman?
Answer: Mr. Gessler was certainly a good
bootmaker but he used to make a lot time to complete the order and people could
not wait so long. Secondly he never advertised his business although, in this
competitive world where things sell only by show off. So in spite of being the
best shoemaker and having the leather, he was a failure in business means, he
was not a competitive businessman.
QUESTION-2:
What is the significance of title? To whom or what does it refer?
Answer: The title is apt and significant.
‘Quality’ indicates Mr.Gessler’s character and personality. In today’s
competitive world, in business, only those things are sold which are advertised
and showed off well rather than their quality and perfection. In the story, Mr.
Gessler was the best shoemaker in the sense of quality and perfection but he
never advertised his trade and thus failed. This indicates that the people in
today’s world believe in what they see and not in the reality.
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