NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English
Chandni NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English An Alien Hand Chapter 7
Chandni NCERT Text Book Questions and Answers
Chandni Comprehension check-I
Question 1.
Why did Abbu Khan s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?
Answer:
Abbu Khan’s goats wanted to run away because they were of the best hill breed, and goats in hilly regions love their freedom. At any chance they got, they would run away. In the hills, they got eaten by an old wolf who lived there.
Question 2.
Abbu Khan said, “No more goats in my house ever again. ” Then he changed his mind. Why?
Answer:
He changed his mind because he got terribly lonely and needed a pet who would listen to his stories.
Question 3.
Why did he buy a young goat?
Answer:
He bought a young goat so that she would stay with him much longer. He thought that she will soon begin to love him as well as the food he gave her every day. She will never want to go to the hills, he had thought.
Chandni Comprehension check-II
Question 1.
Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
Answer:
Chandni hated the rope round her neck because it prevented her dream of going to the hills. She wanted to feel and experience the refreshing breeze of the mountaintops. She wanted with all her heart to run across the green fileds. The rope did not let her do this as it kept her tied to Abbu Khan’s house.
Question 2.
“Now Abbu Khan understood Chandni sproblem… ” What was Chandni sproblem?
Answer:
Chandni’s problem was the lack of freedom. She was sad because she was being raised in captivity.
Question 3.
Abbu Khan pushed Chandni into a small hut. This shows that he
i. was cruel.
ii. loved her and wanted to save her life.
iii. was selfish.
Answer:
iii. was selfish.
Chandni Comprehension check-III
Question 1.
Why did Chandni refuse to join the group of wild goats?
Answer:
Chandni politely refused to join the group of wild goats because she wanted to enjoy her new freedom all by herself. She had played in the hill slopes through the day, and wanted to enjoy all the more.
Question 2.
Chandni fought the wolf because she
i. was stronger than the wolf
ii. hated the wolf
iii. had to retain her freedom at all costs.
Answer:
iii. had to retain her freedom at all costs.
Chandni Exercises Question and Answer
Discuss the following topics in groups.
Question 1.
Why did the wise old bird say, “Chandni is the winner”?
(Encourage the students to discuss the given questions in groups.)
Answer:
The wise old bird said so because Chandni fought very bravely with the wolf and did not give up easily in front of an enemy who was much stronger than her. She did not want to die without putting up a good fight. She did not care about the success or failure, but did what she thought was best under the circumstance. She did not run away from the wolf, but confronted him, knowing that death was certain. But in the moment, even death did not scare her.
Question 2.
“Death in an open field is better than life in a small hut, ” Chandni said to herself Was it the right decision? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer:
Yes, it was the right decision because playing on the slopes and enjoying her new found freedom made Chandni much happier than she ever could have been in Abbu Khan’s small hut. Her spirit told her to embrace and choose freedom over captivity. She valued freedom over and above life also. This is why she was not afraid to face the wolf. She knew that she was fighting for her belief in her freedom, and she did so till the very end of her life.
Before she faces the wolf, she knows that she can go back to the safety of Abbu Khan’s hut, but chooses to face her fear instead so as to protect her freedom.
Question 3.
Freedom is life. Discuss this with reference to ‘Chandni’ and 7 Want Something in a Cage ’.
Answer:
Freedom is life. No form of life can grow without freedom. It is as dear to living beings as life itself. Both the stories ‘Chandni’ and ‘I Want Something in a Cage’ support and illustrate this thought perfectly. In the story ‘I Want Something in a Cage’, a man realizes the value of freedom after spending ten years in prison.
His time in the prison has made him understand that all living beings need their freedom. So, he tries to buy the freedom of two doves with the money that he has. He does not want any living being to remain in captivity and go through the pain and anguish that he had felt in prison. Similarly, in the story ‘Chandni’, the protagonist Chandni, a goat, escapes from her owner because she wants to enjoy her freedom. She chooses to embrace death instead of captivity.
She understands the true value of freedom just like the man in the story, ‘I Want Something in a Cage’. Both the protagonists in each story do not take their freedom for granted. To them, it is dearer than life itself.