Bidesia Babu Class 7 Worksheet English Oxford

Q1. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

Choose the correct option.
(i) Why was Debnath Chowdhury called Bidesia Babu?
(a) He had travelled to distant lands.
(b) He visited his grandfather in a village.
(c) He wore shiny new boots.
(d) He had a foreign-sounding name.
Ans: (b)
People called him Bidesia Babu because he had gone to visit his grandfather in village Kirimiri for two months.

(ii) What was Bidesia Babu's most famous invention?
(a) Automatic can-opener
(b) Five-second math-problem-solver
(c) Immediate Upstart Finder
(d) Sola topee
Ans: (c) 
Among his inventions, the Immediate Upstart Finder was his most famous invention.

(iii) What did Khichri suggest as a solution to scare the tiger away?
(a) Playing loud music
(b) Fasting at the edge of the forest
(c) Building a fence
(d) Using a trap
Ans: (b)
Khichri suggested that he and Motia would sit at the edge of the forest and fast, believing the power of their fasting would frighten the tiger away.

(iv) What did Khichri do secretly during the fasting?
(a) Meditated
(b) Took a nap
(c) Ate guavas
(d) Practiced yoga
Ans: (c)
Khichri secretly went to a guava tree to eat during the fasting period.

(v) What inspired Bidesia Babu to create the Rumbling Revolver?
(a) Watching a thunderstorm
(b) Motia's hungry stomach rumbling
(c) Seeing a lion in the forest
(d) Khichri's suggestion
Ans: (b)
Bidesia Babu got the idea for the Rumbling Revolver after he saw Motia's stomach rumbling due to hunger during the tiger incident.

Q2: Fill in the Blanks

(i) Bidesia Babu's real name was __________ Chowdhury.
Ans: Debnath
Bidesia Babu's real name was Debnath Chowdhury.

(ii) The Immediate Upstart Finder was a device that detected ________ responses.
Ans: nervous
The Immediate Upstart Finder detected nervous responses typical of troublemakers.

(iii) Khichri and Motia proposed to sit at the edge of the forest and ________ to scare away the tiger.
Ans: fast
Khichri and Motia planned to sit at the edge of the forest and fast, hoping it would frighten the tiger away.

(iv) Tigerji saw Khichri sneaking guavas for ________ afternoons.
Ans: three
Tigerji saw Khichri taking guavas secretly for three afternoons.

(v) The Rumbling Revolver had a microscopic super-amplifier to mimic the sound of a ________ of lions.
Ans: pride
The Rumbling Revolver had a microscopic super-amplifier to mimic the sound of a pride of lions.

Q3: Match the Column (In a Table)

Match the following terms with their corresponding descriptions:
Ans:

Q4: True or False

(i) Bidesia Babu's most famous invention was the Five-second math-problem-solver.
Ans: False
Bidesia Babu's most famous invention was the Immediate Upstart Finder.

(ii) Khichri and Motia's fasting successfully scared away the tiger.
Ans: False
The fasting of Khichri and Motia did not directly scare away the tiger; it was scared away by Motia's loud stomach rumbling.

(iii) Khichri secretly ate guavas during the fasting period.
Ans: True
Khichri secretly went to a guava tree to eat during the fasting period.

(iv) The tree-thieves returned to the forest after the incident.
Ans: False
The tree-thieves did not return to the forest after the incident with the tiger.

(v) The Rumbling Revolver was invented to harm tigers.
Ans: False
The Rumbling Revolver was invented to deter tigers without causing them harm.