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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Golu Grows a Nose (Chapter 3, NCERT Class 7 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Golu Grows a Nose textbook chapter.

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All 10 questions in Golu Grows a Nose are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Answer the following questions

  1. Whom does Golu ask, "Why don't you ever fly like other birds?"
  2. Which uncle of Golu had red eyes?
  3. Golu's relatives did not answer his questions because
    • (i) they were shy.
    • (ii) the questions were too difficult.
    • (iii) Golu was a naughty baby.
  4. Who advised Golu to go to the Limpopo river?
  5. Why did Golu go to the river?
  6. The crocodile lay on the bank of the Limpopo river. Golu thought it was
    • (i) a living crocodile.
    • (ii) a dead crocodile.
    • (iii) a log of wood.
  7. What did the crocodile do to show that it was a real crocodile?
  8. "Come here, little one, and I'll whisper the answer to you." The crocodile said this because
    • (i) he couldn't stand up.
    • (ii) he wanted to eat Golu.
    • (iii) Golu was deaf.
  9. Who helped Golu on the bank of the river?
  10. Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.
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Worked examples

3 questions from Golu Grows a Nose, solved step by step.

Answer the following questions

Whom does Golu ask, "Why don't you ever fly like other birds?"

In the story, Golu asks this question to his tall aunt, the ostrich.

Golu was full of questions about the animals around him and the ostrich, being a bird that does not fly, was a natural curiosity for him.

Answer: Golu asks his tall aunt, the ostrich, "Why don't you ever fly like other birds?"

Answer the following questions

Which uncle of Golu had red eyes?

Golu asked his huge uncle, the hippopotamus, "Why are your eyes always so red?"

This tells us that the hippopotamus is the uncle of Golu who had red eyes.

Answer: Golu's huge uncle, the hippopotamus, had red eyes.

Answer the following questions

Who advised Golu to go to the Limpopo river?

Golu asked the mynah bird sitting in the middle of a bush what the crocodile has for dinner.

The mynah told him: "Go to the banks of the great, grassy Limpopo river and find out."

Answer: The mynah bird advised Golu to go to the banks of the great, grassy Limpopo river.

All 10 questions in Golu Grows a Nose are solved step by step in the Solutions PDF above.

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