Step-by-step NCERT solutions for The Bear Story (Chapter 5, NCERT Class 7 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the The Bear Story textbook chapter.
All 8 questions in The Bear Story are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:
3 questions from The Bear Story, solved step by step.
Answer the following questions
The lady found the bear cub in the big forest near her manor-house.
It was half dead of hunger, so small and helpless.
She and the old cook brought it up on the bottle — hand-feeding it like an infant — until it grew into a large, strong bear.
Answer: The lady found the bear cub in the forest near her manor-house, half dead of hunger and very small. She and the old cook brought it up on the bottle.
Discuss the following topics in groups
This is a discussion topic; the story itself shows that a bear can be an unusual but affectionate pet.
Other examples of unusual pets people keep include parrots, rabbits, turtles, snakes, hedgehogs, and even small monkeys.
What makes a pet suitable is its ability to live safely alongside humans and form a bond of trust, as the bear in the story did.
Answer: Unusual pets people keep include parrots, rabbits, turtles, snakes, hedgehogs, and monkeys. The story itself shows that a bear can be a gentle, loving pet when raised carefully from infancy, as long as it is treated with patience and affection.
Answer the following questions
The text provides many examples of the bear's gentle, friendly nature:
1. The three dogs played all sorts of games with him — pulling his ears and his stump of a tail — and he did not mind it in the least.
2. The children used to ride on his back and had more than once been found asleep in his kennel between his two paws.
3. The three mountain ponies in the stable knew him well and did not mind at all when he shuffled in with his mistress.
Answer: Three examples: (i) He let the dogs pull his ears and tail without minding. (ii) Children rode on his back and even slept in his kennel between his paws. (iii) The stable ponies were not afraid of him and let him walk in with his mistress.
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