Bringing up Kari Class 7 Worksheet English An Alien Hand

Q.1. What are the two very important virtues in Kari? Explain.

Kari was a very faithful elephant. He is intelligent enough to realise his mistake when he snatches bananas and his master scolds him. Kari knows it well that he has committed a mistake and that he is wrong and that's why he bears all the scolding patiently. Along with it, he tries to save the life of a young boy to the best of his efforts. Although he is very slow and ponderous in his attitude yet when he finds that the life of the boy is in danger, he becomes very active and thus, leaves no stone unturned to save the life of the young boy.

Q.2. Why did the narrator think that there were a snake thieving bananas from the dining room?

The narrator, while sitting in the dining room, saw a long, black thing suddenly appear through the window and disappearing with all the bananas. The narrator thought that this long, black thing was probably a snake. The narrator was really scared as he had never seen a snake eating bananas.

Q.3. Kari becomes fond of _________.
(a) Red apples
(b) ripe mangoes
(c) ripe bananas
(d) Green grass

Correct Options is (c)

Q.4. How much food did Kari consume in a day?
(a) Fourteen pounds
(b) Fifty pounds
(c) Twenty pounds
(d) Forty pounds

Correct Options is (d)
Kari did not eat much, but still, it consumed around forty pounds of delicious twigs every day.

Q.5. What was the first thing the writer saw in the water?
(a) Branches of trees
(b) Water falling downwards
(c) Trunk of his elephant
(d) The boy

Correct Options is (c)
The first thing the writer saw in the water was the trunk of his elephant.

Q.6. The narrator noticed that there was a change in Kari's behaviour while they were trying to save the young boy. What was the change?

Generally, Kari was slow and ponderous, but the narrator noticed that in an attempt to save the young boy's life. Kari became very fast and darted down like a hawk. He quickly came halfway into the water. Kari took action very fast to make all possible attempts to save the life of the boy.

Q.7. What food did kari savour upon?
(a) Young branches of the apple tree
(b) Young branches of the pine tree
(c) Young branches of the mango tree
(d) Young branches of the banyan tree

Correct Options is (d)
Kari was very fond of the young branches of the Banyan tree. An elephant does not consume mutilated twigs, so, the narrator had to be extra cautious about the selection of twigs.

Q.8. Where did Kari live?
(a) In a pavallion
(b) In a green house
(c) In a wooden cottage
(d) In the forest

Correct Options is (a)
The elephant resided in a pavilion under a thatched roof with thick tree stumps to prevent him from falling.

Q.9. The author shared the incident of stolen bananas with ________.
(a) the boy’s parents
(b) Kari’s parents
(c) his friend
(d) his parents

Correct Options is (d)
The author shared the incident of stolen bananas with his parents.

Q.10. What is the meaning of mutilated? 
(a) Torn awkwardly
(b) Proper in shape
(c) Perfectly fine
(d) Tasty

Correct Options is (a)
Mutilated means torn awkwardly/disfigured.