Ncert english solutions honeycomb class 7 Solutions for Chapter 1 chapter 1 three questions

Exercises in Chapter 1 chapter 1 three questions Grade 7

Read and Find Out

Think about it

Questions in Read and Find Out

What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?

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.

Why did the king want to know the answers to three questions?

Complete the following sentences by adding the appropriate parts of the sentences given in the box.

Many wise men answered the king’s questions, _______________________________
Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men ___________________
Someone else suggested that the king should have a timetable ___________________
The king requested the hermit ________________________________________.
The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, _______________________


but the bleeding would not stop.
to answer three questions.
but their answers were so varied that the king was not satisfied.
and follow it strictly.
to help the king act at the right time.

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

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

(ii) Why did he ask for the king’s forgiveness?

(i) Who was the bearded man?

How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?

Did the wise men win the reward for their answers ? If not, why ?

In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be important to the king?

Why was the king advised to go to the magicians?

Questions in Think about it

Imagine you are the hermit. Write briefly the incident of your meeting the king. Begin like this:

One day I was digging in my garden. A man in ordinary clothes came to see me. I knew he was the king…

Imagine you are the king. Narrate the incident of your meeting the hermit. Begin like this:

The wise men answered my questions, but I was not satisfied with their answers. One day I decided to go and meet the hermit…

Match items in List A with their meanings in List B.

A	B
wounded	got up from sleep
awoke	give back
forgive	small patches of ground for plants
faithful	severely injured
pity	pardon
beds	loyal
return	feel sorry for

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

(i) The ______________said that only fresh evidence would make him change his _____________. (judge)

(ii) I didn’t notice any serious ___________________of opinion among the debaters, although they _________________from one another over small points. (differ)

(iii) It’s a fairly simple question to _________________,but will you accept my _____________as final? (answer)

(iv) It isn’t ___________________that _______________should always be the mother of invention. (necessary)

(v) Hermits are _____________________men. How they acquire their ____________no one can tell. (wise)

(vi) The committee has __________________to make Jagdish captain of the team. The _______________is likely to please everyone. (decide)

(vii) Asking for ______________is as noble as willingness to______________. (forgive)