1. Given in
the box are
some headings . Find
the relevant paragraphs
in the text
to match the
headings. An Orphaned cub ;
Bruno’s Food - chart;
An Accidental case
of Poisoning ;
A request to
the Zoo ; An
island in the
courtyeard.
Ans : (i) An Orphaned cub
_ Paragraph No -3
(ii) Bruno’s
Food Chart _ Paragraph
No-6
(iii) An
Accidential case of
poisoning - paragraph
No-8
(iv) Playful
Babu - Paragraph
No- 12
(v) Pain
of separation -
Paragraph No-14
(vi) Joy
of reunion - Paragraph
No- 16
(vii) A
request to the
Zoo - paragraph No 18\19
(viii) An
island in the
Courtyard _ Paragraph
No 21
II.
Answer the following
questions .
1. “ I
got him for
her by accident’
(i)
Who says
this ?
(ii)
Who do
‘him’ and ‘her’
refer to ?
(iii)
What is
the incident referred
to here ?
Ans :
(i) The author says
this.
(ii)
“ Him” refers
to the baby
bear and ‘her’
to the author’s
wife.
(iv)
The incident
referred to here
is how the
author caught the
baby bear after
its mother had
been shot .
2. “ He
stood on his
head in delight .”
(i)
Who
does ‘he ‘ refer
to ?
(ii)
Why was
he delighted ?
Ans: (i)
‘ He’ refers to
the baby bear .
(iii)
He
was delighted to
see the author’s
wife after a
long gap.
3. “We
all missed him
greatly; but in
a sense we
were relieved.”
(i)
Who does
‘ we all’ stand
for ?
(ii)
Who did
they miss ?
(iii)
Why did
they nevertheless feel
relieved ?
Ans:
(i)’ We all’ stand
for the family
members and friends
of the author .
(ii) They
missed Babu, the
baby bear.
(iv)
They nevertheless
felt relieved because
the bear had
grown big and
it was not
easy to keep
him at their
residence.
III. Answer the following questions in 30 to 40 words each.
1. On two occasions
Bruno ate / drank something
that should not
be eaten / drunk.
What happened to
him on these
occasions?
Ans : In
the first case
Bruno ate Barium
carbonate kept to
kill rats. Paralysis
occurred to him and
he was taken
to vet’s place .
Medicine was injected
and he got
well . Again he
drank engine oil
but it did
him no harm.
2. Was
Bruno a loving
and playful pet ?
Why, then did
he have to
be sent away?
Ans : Yes , Bruno
was a loving
and playful pet.
But it had
to be sent
away because it
had grown big
and it was
difficult to keep
him at home.
3. How
was the problem
of what to
do with Bruno
finally solved?
Ans : They
brought Bruno home
and had to
make a special
arrangement for him .
They made an
island surrounded by
dry pit of
six feet wide
and seven feet
deep . There Bruno was
placed.
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