Class 7 English

Chapter 1 Solutions — Three Questions

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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Three Questions (Chapter 1, NCERT Class 7 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Three Questions textbook chapter.

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All 26 questions in Three Questions are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Comprehension Check

Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?
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. Mark your choice.
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given in the box. Many wise men answered the king's questions, ______
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given in the box. Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men ______
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given in the box. Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable ______
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given in the box. The king requested the hermit ______
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given in the box. The king washed and dressed the bearded man's wound, ______

Working with the Text

Why was the king advised to go to magicians?
In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?
What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?
How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Who was the bearded man? (ii) Why did he ask for the king's forgiveness?
The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
What were the hermit's answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which answer do you like most, and why?

Working with Language

1.
Match items in List A with their meanings in List B. A:
- (i) wounded
- (ii) awoke
- (iii) forgive
- (iv) faithful
- (v) pity
- (vi) beds
- (vii) return B: got up from sleep / give back / small patches of ground for plants / severely injured / pardon / loyal / feel sorry for
Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in brackets. (Example: He has ____ to help me. Do you think he will remember his ____? (promise) → He has promised to help me. Do you think he will remember his promise?) (i) The ______ said that only fresh evidence would make him change his ______. (judge)
I didn't notice any serious ______ of opinion among the debaters, although they ______ from one another on small points. (differ)
It's a fairly simple question to ______, but will you accept my ______ as final? (answer)
It isn't ______ that ______ should always be the mother of invention. (necessary)
Hermits are ______ men. How they acquire their ______ no one can tell. (wise)
The committee has ______ to make Jagdish captain of the team. The ______ is likely to please everyone. (decide)
Asking for ______ is as noble as willingness to ______. (forgive)

Working with the Poem — The Squirrel

Why does the poet say the squirrel "wore a question mark for tail"? Draw a squirrel, or find a picture of a squirrel sitting on the ground. How would you describe its tail?
Do we usually say that an animal 'wears' a tail? What do we say? (Think: Does an animal wear a coat? Consult a dictionary if you like, and find out how 'wear' is used in different ways.)
"He liked to tease and play". Who is teasing whom? How?

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