"Kindness" Class 7 English Lesson No. 4 Question Answer (SCERT, ASSAM)

KINDNESS

ACTIVITIES:

1. Answer these questions to check your understanding: 

(a) When do the Kashmiri vendors travel to cities to sell their goods?

Ans:-  Every year, when the rainy session comes to an end and winter is about to begin, the Kashmiri vendors travel to cities to sell their goods.

(b) Why is it a hard life for the Kashmiri vendors?

Ans:-  It  is a hard life for the Kashmiri vendors because their long journey Kashmir to city. After that they stay at cheap hotels and room around the city streets all day. They are bent with the load on their backs. Shouting their ware, they look for buyers.

(c) Why was the author surprised when his brother-in-law called the vendors?

Ans:-  The author was surprised when his brother-in-law called the vendors because he surely knew that he needed nothing from them.

(d) "I felt sad and guilty at being a party to such behaviour."- What does the word 'party' mean here? And what kind of behaviour did he refer to?

Ans:-  "I felt sad and guilty at being a party to such behaviour."-  Here the word 'party' means a part of negative opinion of author about the Kashmiri vendors. And he refers to a bad & ordinary behavior.

(e) Who was kind? What was his deed of kindness?

Ans:-  The brother-in-law of author was kind.  He called the Kashmiri vendors and gives them something to eat.

2. Here is some information about the Kashmiri vendors and the author's brother-in-law. Rewrite them in the correct columns according to what you have understood from the story:

 

Ans:- 

The Kashmiri vendors	Author's brother-in-law
1. Travel from Kashmir to different cities   2. Stay at hotels with minimum facilities.   3. Walk around the city on foot to sell their goods.	1. Asked the vendors to show their goods.    2. Did not intend to buy anything.   3. Asked wife to serve food to the vendors.   4. Made the offer of food look unplanned.

 

 

3. Rearrange the sentences according to the order in which events happened in the story and write them in your notebook:

(a) Two Kashmiri vendors came in to sell their goods.

(b) The brother-in-law made the offer of food look incidental.

(c) The vendors had food and left.

(d) The brother-in-law asked his wife to bring some food for the vendors.

(e) The brother-in-law enquired about their goods.

(f) The vendors hesitated to take the food.

(g) The vendors came in.

Ans:-  (a), (g), (e), (d), (f), (b), (c)