Important Questions: The Bear Story | English An Alien Hand Class 7 PDF Download

Q1: How Should we behave with our pets?
Ans: The pets should be taken care of. They need our love and appreciation. They are not only the watch-dogs that need pampering only, they want to be protected and trusted. The lady took the other bear for her pet and brutally beaten him. She was ready to punish him severely unless she was told the truth by the cook. The pets are speechless but they want to be heard.

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

• He did not dream of harming anybody, man or beast.
• He look with his small intelligent eyes most amicably at the cattle grazing in the field near by.
• The children used to ride on his back and he did not harm them.

Q3: When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?
Ans: He was also put in chain during nights and on Sunday when his mistress went to spend the afternoon with her married sister. It was done because it was not supposed to be good for him to wander about in the forest with all its temptations; it was better to be on the safe side.

Q4: Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her mistress?
Ans: The bear was looking sorry for himself in the evening because he had been chained for the whole Sunday afternoon and was looking for his mistress without doing anything. The cook got angry with her mistress because she was scolding the bear without any mistake who had been sitting there quite still on his haunches as meek as an angel, looking the whole time towards the gate for the mistress to come back.

Q5: How was the parasol broken into pieces?
Ans: The lady was already late for lunch, so she wanted the bear to go home. Then she noticed that he had even lost his new collar, she hit him hard on the nose with her parasol. The parasol broke into two pieces.

Q6: What was the bear doing in the evening?
Ans: The bear was sitting in the usual place outside his kennel looking depressed.

Q7: What happened in the mid forest one Sunday?
Ans: One Sunday, when the lady left him chained, she heard the sound of cracking a tree branch on the winding foot bath behind her. She turned around, a bear came running along full speed. She got angry and beat him up and asked him to go back home.

Q8: ‘Corporal Punishment should be banned’. Discuss.
Ans: Punishment of any kind is bad. Instead one should politely counsel the wrong doers. However, saying of old times emphasize on corporal punishment. It says ‘spare the rod spoil the child’. In contrast to this opinion, psychologists emphasize on presenting ideal behaviour. Innate qualities of a child should be groomed. Every child is born with special abilities and it is the duty of the elders and society in large to provide them love and compassion.

Q9: Where did the lady find the bear cub? How did she bring it up?
Ans: The lady found the bear cub in the forest. It was half dead of hunger, and very small and helpless. It had to be bought up on the bottle by the lady and the old cook.

Q10: What did the bear eat? There were two things he was not allowed to do. What were they?
Ans: The bear ate the same food as the dogs. He was given bread, porridge, potatoes, cabbages and turnips. He was a vegetarian. He liked the apple most. He was not allowed to pluck apples from the tree and attack the beehive.

Q11: What happened one Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house? What did the lady do? What was the bear’s reaction?
Ans: 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.

Q12: The second bear did not attack the lady because he was afraid of her. Do you agree?
Ans: The second bear did not attack the lady because he too was a friendly bear. He was charging towards her and it seemed as if he wanted to sit near her heels. Thinking that he was her pet bear, the lady scolded him and even hit him with her parasol. The bear did not respond angrily, and slowly turned around and went away. Perhaps sad at being shouted at.

Q13: Why didn’t the lady go back home?
Ans: The lady had to visit her sister’s house every Sunday and if she want to go back she might get late. So she told him in harsh voice to go back home.

Q14: How did the bear react to her behaviour?
Ans: The lady mistook the bear for her pet so she behaved aggressively. Whereas, the fierce bear was shocked with behaviour.

Q15: What did the cook tell the lady?
Ans: The cook informed her that the bear had been sitting quietly like an angel and waited eagerly for her.