Free NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English - Honeycomb Chapter 1, Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

Free NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English - Honeycomb Chapter 1, Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

Class VII English | Honeycomb  

CBSE Class VII English Chapter 1, Honeycomb (NCERT Solutions)

Three Questions by Leo Tolstoy

NCERT Solutions of Comprehension Check (Page 10)

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 in any venture if he knew the right answers to these three 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.  

Answer: (iv)     

NCERT Solutions of Comprehension Check (Page 14)

Question: 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, _____

Answer:

1. Many wise men answered the king’s questions, but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.

2. Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men to help the king act at the right time.

3. Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable and follow it strictly.

4. The king requested the hermit to hermit to answer three questions.

5. The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, but the bleeding would not stop.      

NCERT Solutions of Working with Text Questions

Question 1: Why was the king advised to go to the magicians?

Answer: Some of the wise men who came to answer the king’s questions said that there might be some urgent problems which will need quick action instead of waiting for the council’s decision. And, therefore, in order to decide the right time to do something, one needs to know the future. Since only magicians could tell about the future and decide the right time in no time so, they advised the king to go to the magicians.      

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, people said that the advices of the king’s councilors or the priests, or the doctors or the king’s soldiers would be important to the king.     

Question 3: What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?

Answer: In answer to the third question, some men suggested science would be most important. Some others said fighting while some advised that religious worship would be the best affairs for the king to do.      

Question 4: Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?

Answer: No, the wise men did not win the reward because the answers to the king’s questions were so different, that he was not satisfied and gave no reward to anyone.     

Question 5: How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?

Answer: The king and the hermit removed the wounded man’s clothing, washed the wound in his stomach and covered it with a handkerchief. The king redressed the wound until the bleeding stopped. The king brought fresh water and gave it him. Finally, with the hermit’s help the king carried the wounded man into the hut and laid him on the bed.    

Question 6: (i) Who was the bearded man? (ii) Why did he ask the king’s forgiveness?

Answer:

(i) The bearded man was an enemy of the king. His grievance was that the king had put his brother to death and taken away all his properties. His intention was to take revenge and kill the king on his way home.

(ii) The bearded man felt very grateful to the king who had saved his life. His attitude was changed altogether. He begged the king to forgive him and wished to serve the king as a faithful servant.      

Question 7: The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?

Answer: The king was glad to make peace with his enemy. He not only forgave him but also sent doctor and servants to look after him. The king also promised the bearded man to return his properties.    

Question 8: What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which answer do you like the most and why?

Answer: In answer to the king’s first question, the hermit said there is only one important time which is ‘Now’ or ‘The present’. In answer to the king’s second question, the hermit said the most important person is the person with whom we are at a given time. We can make an everlasting friendship with him. In response to the king’s third question the hermit said, the most important business is to do a good to that person with whom one is at that moment.

I would say the best answer is that of the first question - the most important time is ‘Now’ or the present. Because, ‘Past’ is gone while we don’t know about ‘Future’ but ‘Present’ is at hand when we can act.      

NCERT Solutions of Working with the Language Questions

Question 1: Match items in list A with their meanings in list B.

A	B
(i) wounded (ii) awoke (iii) forgive (iv) faithful (v) pity (vi) beds (vii) return	(a) got up from sleep (b) give back (c) small patches of ground for plants (d) severely injured (e) pardon (f) loyal (g) to feel sorry for

Answer: (i) - d. (ii) - a. (iii) - e. (iv) - f. (v) - g. (vi) - c. (vii) - b.      

Question 2: Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in the brackets.

Answer: (i) The judge said that only fresh evidence would make him change his judgment.

(ii) I didn’t notice any serious difference of opinion among the debaters, although they differed 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.   

Class 7, English CBSE Guide and NCERT Solutions for HONEYCOMB - Chapter 5, The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom

Class 7, English CBSE Guide and NCERT Solutions for HONEYCOMB - Chapter 5, The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom

Class VII English | Honeycomb  

Class 7, English CBSE Guide for NCERT Textbook - HONEYCOMB

Chapter 5, The Ashes That Made Trees Bloom

Solutions for CBSE NCERT (Honeycomb) Lesson In-Text Questions

Comprehension Check (Page 60)

QUESTION.1: Why did the neighbours kill the dog?

Solution: The neighbours on hearing the fortune brought to the couple by the dog, coaxed the dog and took it to the field. The dog scratched and pawed the ground under a pine tree. When on digging the ground the neighbours didn’t get any gold, then in anger they killed the dog and flung him into the hole.

QUESTION.2: Mark the right item.

(i) The old farmer and his wife loved the dog.

a.     because it helped them in their day-to-day work.

b.     as if it was their own baby.

c.      as they were kind to all living beings.

(ii) When the old couple became rich, they

d.     gave the dog better food.

e.     invented their greedy neighbours to a feast.

f.       lived comfortably and were generous towards their poor neighbours.

(iii) The greedy couple borrowed the mill and the mortar to make

g.     rice pastry and bean sauce.

h.     magic ash to win rewards.

i.       a pile of gold.

Solution: (i)b (ii)c (iii)c

CBSE Guide and NCERT Solutions for Class 7, English Honeycomb 

(Lesson Exercise Questions)

Working with the Text

QUESTION.1: The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two paragraphs?  

Solution: The old farmer was a kind person. Having no children, he made a little dog named Muko, his baby. The couple used to feed him with tidbits of fish from their own chopsticks and all the boiled rice he wanted. They treated him nicely. The farmer was patient and kind to everything that had life and often turned up a sod on purpose to give food to the birds.  

QUESTION.2: What did the dog do to lead the farmer to the hidden gold?

Solution: The dog persuaded the old farmer to a place and began scratching it. The old man thought there might be a buried bone or bit of fish, thus struck his toe in the earth and found the hidden gold.

QUESTION.3: (i) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first? (ii) How did it help him next?

Solution: (i) The spirit of the dog appeared to the farmer in a dream and asked him to cut down the pine tree over his grave and to make a mortar for rice pastry and a mill for bean sauce from it.

(ii) Once again the spirit of the dog spoke to the farmer and told him how the wicked neighbours had burnt the mill made from the pine tree. He asked him to take the ashes of the mill, to sprinkle them on the withered trees, and that they would bloom again.  

QUESTION.4: Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish the neighbour for the same act?

Solution: The framer had the magical ashes which on sprinkling on the withered cherry tree, bloomed it. On seeing the act the daimio became very happy and rewarded the farmer but his neighbour didn’t have the magic in the ashes he was having. In order to get reward he sprinkled the ashes on a withered cherry tree but the ashes went into the eyes and nose of diamio and his wife resulted in sneezing and therefore the diamio got angry and punished the neighbour for his act.     

Working with Language

QUESTION.2: Write appropriate question words in the blank spaces in the following dialogue.

Neha: ________ did you get this book?

Sheela: Yesterday morning.

Neha: ________ is your sister crying?

Sheela: Because she has lost her doll.

Neha: _______ room is this, yours or hers?

Sheela: It’s ours.

Neha: ________ do you go to school?

Sheela: We walk to school. It is near by.

Solution: When, Why, Whose, How.

QUESTION.3: Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. 

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

Solution: (i) what, where (ii) which (iii) how (iv) when (v) how, when, where (vi) how, when

  

QUESTION.4: Use a, an or the in the blanks.

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

Solution: a, A, the, an, a, the, the, the, a, the, the, the, the.

Class 7 Honeycomb Ncert Solutions of Cbse English | Fire- Friend and Foe

Class 7 Honeycomb Ncert Solutions of Cbse English | Fire- Friend and Foe

Class VII English | Honeycomb  

Class VII English Honeycomb

Chapter 8, Fire: Friend and Foe

Ncert Answers of Textbook Exercise – Solutions of CBSE Extra Questions

In Text Questions

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

    (ii)          Tick the correct

a.     Fire is energy

b.     fire is heat and light

c.      fire is the result of a chemical reaction

Solution: (i) c (ii) c

 Honeycomb - Chapter Exercise Questions (Important only)

Question.1: What do you understand by the ‘flash point’ of a fuel?

Solution: Every fuel or combustible substance begins to burn only at a particular temperature. This temperature is called the ‘flash point’ or ‘kindling temperature’ of that substance.

Question.2:

     (i)          What are some common causes of fire?

    (ii)          In what sense is it a “bad master”?

Solution: (i) The common uses of fire are to cook food, warm our homes in winter, to generate electricity and so on.

(ii) If fire gets out of control, it can be dangerous. It can burn our houses, shops, vast forest areas and many more. It also kills and injures hundreds of people every year and causes destruction of huge properties.

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

Solution: The three main ways are as follows:

a.     Take away one of the three things needed for burning.

b.     Prevent oxygen (air) from reaching it.

c.      Remove the heat to bring down the temperature below the flash point.

Question.6: Why does a burning candle go out when you blow on it?

Solution: When we blow on a burning candle, we remove the hot air around the flame. Thus, we bring down its temperature below its flash point and then the candle goes out.

Question.7: Spraying water is not good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire. Why not? 

Solution: Oil fire cannot be put out by spraying water on it. The reason is that the oil floats to the top of water and continues to burn. Moreover, water can flow quickly carrying the burning oil. Thus the fire spreads. Water should not be used on electrical fire. Since water is a good conductor of electricity so, the person spraying water can get electrocuted.   

Question.8: What are some of the reasons you should do to prevent fire at home and in the school?

Solution:

a)     Keep the gas cylinder at a safe distance. Check its tube from time-to-time. The foul smell of the leaking gas should be tackled at the earliest.

b)     The school and the office buildings generally catch fire because of short-circuit. So we should avoid overload and replace old wires. The meter should also be checked from time-to-time.

c)     We must not keep inflammable or combustible things like kerosene, patrol or LPG gas etc carelessly.

d)     Fire extinguishers should be installed in the high-rise buildings.  

Working with Language

Question.2: Fill in the blanks in the sentences below with words in the box.

        (i)   Gandhiji’s life was devoted to the --------- of justice and fair play.

        (ii)  Have you insured your house against ----------?

        (iii)  Diamond is nothing but ---------- in its pure form.

        (iv)  If you put too much coal on the fire at once you will ---- it.

        (v)   Smoking is said to be the main ----- of heart disease.

        (vi)  When asked by an ambitious writer whether he should put some ---- into his         stories, Sommerset Maugham murmured, “No, the other way round.”

       (vii)  She is a ------- copy of mother.

     (viii)  It is often difficult to -------- a yawn when you listen to a long speech on the value of time. ____

Solution: (i)cause (ii)fire (iii)carbon (iv)smother (v)cause (vi)fire (vii)carbon (viii)smother

Question.4: Use the words given in the box to fill in the blanks in the sentence below.

      (i) The cat chased the mouse ---- the lawn.

     (ii) We were not allowed to cross the frontier. So we drove ------- it as far we could and came back happy.

     (iii) The horse went ------- the winning post and had to be stopped with difficulty.

     (iv)  It is not difficult to see -------- your plan. Any one can see your motive.

      (v)  Go ------ the yellow line, then turn left. You will reach the post office in five minutes.

Solution:  (i) across (ii) along (iii) past (iv) through (v) along

CBSE Extra Sample Question

Question.1: Fire is a good servant but a bad master. Explain.

Solution: Fire can be is a very useful thing as long as it is kept under control. It has a number of uses. We cook our food, warm our homes during winter, produce electricity with the help of fire. But it becomes deadly when it goes out of control. Then it can burn our houses, shops, offices, schools and thus causes huge loss of our properties. It can even kill and injure men and animals.   

Honeycomb, Chapter 4 CHIVVY Poem - Class VII Cbse Guide - Ncert English Textbook Solutions

Honeycomb, Chapter 4 CHIVVY Poem - Class VII Cbse Guide - Ncert English Textbook Solutions

Class VII English | Honeycomb  

Class 7, CBSE English

Chapter 4, Honycomb, Chivvy (Poem)

Solutions of Ncert Textbook Exercise Questions

Working with the Poem (important questions only)

Question.2: The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable? Why?

Solution: In the last two lines the adults are asking the child to think himself and to be independent in taking decisions in some matters. The adults are asking to be firm and determined which is unreasonable because they themselves don’t allow the child to take any decision. They always tell him what to do or what not to do. So, their asking the child to make up his own mind is totally unreasonable.

Question.3: Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?  

Solution: The grown-ups say such kind of things to their children in order to teach those good manners, etiquettes and how to behave in public. It is important to teach the children these entire things so that they learn good manners and how to behave in the society, at home and with their elders and youngsters. Such instructions which a child receives from his parents and elders must be considered as a part of education for the child.