FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 07 - COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - THE BLIND DOG

 

Unit – 04

THE BLIND DOG

R. K. Narayan

C. Speaking and Writing:

Take turns with your partner to ask or answer these questions. Tell him/her why you think your answer is correct Quote from the text where necessary. Write down your answers.

 

1) The dog had scars and a mutilated tail because it was timid
Ans: Not True

 

2) The last two sentences in paragraph one say that the dog led a carefree life.
Ans: True.

 

3) The dog was a beautiful creature.
Ans: True.

 

4) The blind beggar’s alms increased because all the passersby……………….. (complete this sentence)
Ans: The blind beggar’s alms increased because all the passersby gave coins and helped him.

 

5) The village Urchin came to the market place to just do his business.
Ans: Not True.

 

6) Why did the dog chase the boy out of the market?
Ans: The dog chased the boy out of the market because the boy came to get the coins in the blind man's bowl. At the point when the old person yelled, the dog came running sprang on him and snapped his jaws on the wrist, the boy removed his hand and ran for his life. The dog limited up behind him and drove him out of the market.

 

7) How did the dog become the blind man’s “prisoner”?
Ans: The dog become the blind man’s “prisoner” in such way that on a day the dog moved toward the blind man, he gave it food and in this way the fellowship between them began. He was safeguarded by the dog from a youngster who mishandled him. The old woman who was helping him died and the old man lost the series he had. The ribbon vendor proposed him to attach the dog with the tape so he can move around as the dog aides him. Presently the dog replaced the her and lost his opportunity totally and his reality came to be delineated by the constraints of the white rope and he needs to overlook discount for his entire life all his old frequents.

 

8) How did the dog’s life change?
Ans: The dog’s life changed as it presently replaced old woman. He needed to overlook discount for his entire life, all his old frequents. He basically needed to remain on always toward the finish of the string when he saw different dogs, companions or adversaries; he jumped up and earned a kick from his lord. In a couple of days, the dog figured out how to train his nature and motivation. He stopped to consider different dogs regardless of whether they came up and snarled. He lost his own circle of development and contact with other dogs.

 

9) “The beggar’s alms increased threefold”.(Scan paragraph ten and find the answer)
Ans: True.

 

10) Why did the vendors hold a conference among themselves? How did it end?

Ans: The vendors held a conference among themselves because they watched the income of blind man, they held gatherings among themselves. The ribbon seller said that his heart severs with torment seeing the slaving dog and chose to accomplish something. Now perfumer's eyes discovered the scissors hanging from the strip's rack. He took the scissors and chose to remove the string and delivery the dog from servitude.

 

11) The beggar named his dog “tiger”. What is ironic about this?
Ans: The ironic about the beggar named his dog as "tiger" was the contaminate tigers move about in opportunity and individuals are scared about the tiger. Be that as it may, here interestingly tiger is tied up and heavily influenced by blind man.

 

12) How did the dog return to his doom?
Ans:  The dog returned to his doom at the point when the perfume seller cut off the rope, the dog went off at a fast. He snooped around the trench cheerfully, heaved himself on different dogs, and ran all around the wellspring, in the market square, yelping, his eyes shining with bliss. He got back to his preferred frequents and hung about butcher's shop, tea slow down, and bread kitchen. Finally, returned again to his lord who took care of him.

 

13) Why is this story titled “The Blind Dog”?

Ans: The dog which came to encompass by the constraints of the white string and it needs to overlook all his free-form life and lost his own circle of development and contact with his individual animals. Actually the dog was a detainee under a blind man. Yet, the dog was enamored with his lord strolling aimlessly, so he complied with his blind man’s requests indiscriminately. The story is named on the grounds that however the dog was not visually impaired it followed the poor person's requests aimlessly. A visually impaired individual must be guided by another person, yet here the canine was guided by the visually impaired man.

 

Use of words

Work with your partner and supply the missing words:

A type of l o y a l working dogs called Huskey are u s e d by E s k i m o s to draw sledges. Sl e d g e s do not have w h e e l s. They sledge along ice or snow on metal blades. E s k i m o s use these c a r t s for transportation in the snowy region where they l i v e. A train of dogs will be harnessed to a sledge, some five to six p a i r s of dogs in a line.

 

Exercise:

We use modals to express our feelings and thoughts. Look at the expressions of feelings and thoughts given below. Chose the appropriate expression and write it in each blank.
(preference, impossibility, self-compulsion, request, possibility, assumption, likelihood, prohibition, no other explanation possible, ability, challenge, estimation, necessity)

 

i) It will fall down if you keep it there. (possibility)

ii) Could I use your pen for a moment? (request)

iii) It is going to rain this evening. (likelihood)

iv) I would rather take a rickshaw to the station. It is late. (preference)

v) She must be still in her office, working late this evening. (no other explanation possible)

vi) This temple must be at least 500 years old. (estimation)

vii) Don’t worry he can very well look after himself. (ability)

viii) You shall not speak to me like this again. (prohibition)

ix) How dare you say a thing like this? (challenge)

x) I must finish this work today. (self-compulsion)

xi) Look at that old man toiling in the sun. Looks very old. Must be at least eighty. (necessity)

xii) In our hostel, we must switch off the lights at 10 p.m. (compulsion)

xiii) She can’t be as ill as all that. She is pretending. (impossibility)

Glossary:

dog: kennel                      ::        pig: sty
physics: physicist            ::        physiology: physiologist
music: musician              ::        flute: flutist
smithy: gold                    ::        tannery: leather
college: principal            ::        school: headmaster
State: citizen                   ::        democracy: people