NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Chapter 3 Golu Grows A Nose provides answers to all the questions of the English supplementary reader The Alien Hand. These solutions are prepared carefully by our expert teachers to help students in their studies. All the answers are as per the CBSE guidelines and help you to can score good marks in the exam. Here we have also given NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English An Alien Hand Chapter 3 Golu Grows A Nose in PDF format for free.
Class 7 English Golu Grows A Nose Questions and Answers
Exercises
Answer the following questions.
Question 1. Whom does Golu ask, “Why don’t you ever fly like other birds?”
Answer: Golu asked the ostrich “why it never flew like other birds.”
Question 2. Which uncle of Golu had red eyes?
Answer: Golu’s huge uncle, the hippopotamus had red eyes.
Question 3. Golu’s relatives did not answer his questions because
(i) they were shy.
(ii) the questions were too difficult.
(iii) Golu was a naughty baby.
Answer: (ii) the questions were too difficult.
Question 4. Who advised Golu to go to the Limpopo river?
Answer: The mynah bird advised Golu to go to the Limpopo river.
Question 5. Why did Golu go to the river?
Answer: Golu went to the river to see a crocodile and to find out what it had for dinner.
Question 6. The crocodile lay on the bank of the Limpopo river. Golu thought it was
(i) a living crocodile.
(ii) a dead crocodile.
(iii) a log of wood.
Answer: (iii) a log of wood.
Question 7. What did the crocodile do to show that it was a real crocodile?
Answer: The crocodile shed “crocodile tears” to show that it was a real crocodile.
Question 8. “Come here, little one, and I’ll whisper the answer to you.”
The crocodile said this because
(i) he couldn’t stand up.
(ii) he wanted to eat Golu.
(iii) Golu was deaf.
Answer: (ii) he wanted to eat Golu.
Question 9. Who helped Golu on the bank of the river?
Answer: The python helped Golu on the bank of the river.
Question 10. Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.
Answer: The two things the elephant can do with his trunk are:
(i) pluck a large bundle of grass and stuff it into his mouth
(ii) scoop up some mud from the bank and slap it on his head.
The two things the elephant cannot do with his trunk are:
(i) cannot scratch himself with his trunk
(ii) cannot chew or eat food directly with his trunk.