Expert Detectives Class 7 Worksheet English Honeycomb Chapter 1

Q.1. Who was preparing the list of facts?
(a) Mrs. Mehta
(b) Mr. Ramesh
(c) Mr. Mehta
(d) Maya

Correct options is (d)
Maya was preparing a list of facts that they knew about Mr. Nath.

Q.2. Why did Maya and Nishad get an unexpected holiday?
(a) Due to heavy rains
(b) Due to landslide
(c) Due to the death of their principal
(d) Due to some repair work in their school

Correct options is (a)
The roads were flooded because of heavy rains and the children could not reach their schools, so, they got an unexpected holiday.

Q.3. Why Mr. Nath never comes out of his house?

Nishad gave a bar of chocolate to Mr. Nath when he (Nishad) went to his room.

As per Maya, Mr. Nath never comes out of his house because he was scared that someone will recognize him and give him up to the cops.

Q.4. What was Maya doing on her unexpected holiday?

On her unexpected holiday, Maya assigned herself the task of solving the mystery of Mr Nath. She was busy noting down all the available facts about Mr Nath. She then shared it with his brother and asked for his opinion.

Q.5. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
“Well done, Nishad,” I told him. “Now that we’ve made some progress without inquiries; we’ll have to sort out all the facts like expert detectives so that we can trap the crook.”
“How you do go on, Maya,” Seven sighed. “How can you possibly imagine he’s a crook? He looks so ordinary!”
“Criminals can look quite ordinary, smarty,” I retorted. “Did you see the picture of the Hyderabadi housebreaker in the papers yesterday? He looked like any man on the street.” Nishad looked doubtful.
(i) Why was the narrator happy with Nishad?
(ii) Why was Seven not ready to believe that Mr. Nath is a crook?
(iii) Who is a crook?
(iv) Why did the author make mention of Hyderabadi housebreaker?

(i) The narrator was happy with Nishad because he had got information about Mr. Nath from Ramesh.
(ii) Seven was not ready to believe that Mr. Nath is a crook because he looks like an ordinary man.
(iii) A crook is a criminal.
(iv) Author made mention of Hyderabadi housebreaker because he was a criminal but he looked like any man on the street. She wanted to suggest that Mr. Nath may also be a crook though he looked quite ordinary.

Q.6. When Maya asks Nishad that if Mr. Nath was not a crook then why was he bothered about him, then Nishad looked ________.
(a) worried
(b) tensed
(c) thoughtful
(d) greatful

Correct options is (c)
Nishad looked thoughtful and said that he would like to find out why Mr. Nath was so thin and lonely.

Q.7. Mr. Nath's ________ was badly scarred.
(a) foot
(b) back
(c) face
(d) hand

Correct options is (c)
Mr. Nath's face was badly scarred and he was undergoing some treatment. He was Maya and Nishad's mother's patient and the two were very curious to know about Mr. Nath probably due to his looks.

Q.8. A bar of chocolate was given to ________.
(a) Mr. Nath
(b) Seven
(c) Nishad
(d) Ramesh

Correct options is (a)
Nishad gave a bar of chocolate to Mr. Nath when he (Nishad) went to his room.
As per Maya, Mr. Nath never comes out of his house because he was scared that someone will recognize him and give him up to the cops.

Q.9. What did Nishad give Mr. Nath? Why?

Nishad gave a bar of chocolate to Mr. Nath. He thought that Mr. Nath was poor and starving.

Q.10. Give a brief description about Mr. Nath's visitor.

Mr. Nath used to have a visitor on every Sunday. He was a tall, fair and stout man who wore spectacles. He was very talkative and Mr. Nath used to listen to him. They both had lunch together.