NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English (An Alien Hand) Chapter 5 The Bear Story

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Book : An Alien Hand Ncert Solutions | Chapter-8 English-2

Class : 7th
Subject : English-2
Chapter : 8
Chapter Name : The Bear Story

Q1 Where did the lady nd the bear cub? How did she bring it up?

Answer. The lady found the bear cub in the forest. It was half dead of hunger, and very small and
helpless. It had to be brought up on the bottle by the lady and the old cook.

Q2 The bear grew up but “he was a most amiable bear”. Give three examples to prove this.

Answer. He was a most amiable bear as he did not harm anybody. He sat outside his kennel and
looked with his small intelligent eyes most amicably at the cattle grazing in the eld nearby. The
children rode on his back and had more than once been found asleep in his kennel, between his
two paws. The three dogs loved to play various kinds of games with him. They pulled his ears and
his stump of a tail, teasing him in every way. However, he did not mind it in the least.

Q3 What did the bear eat? There were two things he was not allowed to do. What were they?

Answer. The bear ate bread, porridge, potato, cabbage, and turnip. He was not allowed to pluck
apples off the trees. He learnt later that it was against the law. He was also not allowed to touch
the beehives. He was punished for doing so by being put on the chain.

Q4 When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?

Answer. The bear was tied up with a chain at night. He was also tied up on Sundays as his mistress
used to spend the afternoon with her married sister. She did so because she did not think it was
good for him to wander about in the forest with all its temptations.

Q5 What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house? What did the lady

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do? What was the bear’s reaction?

Answer. One Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house, she saw a bear coming along at
full speed. Thinking that he was her pet, the lady got very angry. Being already late for lunch, she
scolded him and told him to go back. She saw that he had even lost his new collar. This made her
angrier, and she hit him on his nose with her parasol. The parasol broke in two. The bear opened
his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something, and then it turned around and went on
its way.

Q6 Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her
mistress?

Answer. The bear was looking sorry for himself in the evening because he had been chained all day
and he could not do his usual activities. When his mistress returned, she scolded him, thinking
that it was him she saw in the forest. She said that as punishment, he would have to remain
chained for two more days. The cook loved the bear as her child and could not bear to see the bear
being scolded like that. This was why she got angry. She told the mistress that the bear had been
very good the whole day, and had been sitting outside his kennel, looking at the gate and waiting
for her to come back.

Q1 Most people keep dogs and cats as pets. Can you think of some unusual pets that people keep?

Answer. DIY

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Q2 The second bear did not attack the lady because he was afraid of her. Do you agree?

Answer. DIY

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