NCERT Solutions for Class 7th: An Alien Hand An Alien Hand Supplementary Reader English
Jayant Narlikar
Page No: 69
Comprehension Check
1. How does Tilloo manage to find his way to the ‘forbidden passage’?
AnswerComprehension Check
1. How does Tilloo manage to find his way to the ‘forbidden passage’?
When Tilloo’s father was enjoying a siesta at home, he managed to get hold of his security card and by evading his watchful mother’s eye, Tilloo made his way to the forbidden passage.
2. What did Tilloo hope to see once he emerged from his underground home?
Answer
Tilloo
hoped to
see
the
sun or the stars once he
emerged from his underground home.
3. Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
Answer
Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet because an ordinary person cannot survive there. The air is too thin to breathe and temperature is so low that one can freeze to death.
4. What changes had occurred,
which forced people to live in underground homes?
Answer
The sun which had provided the sustenance turned hostile. It changed only slightly but
the change was sufficient to upset the balance of nature which forced people to
live in underground homes. Fish, birds and animals couldn’t bear it and became
extinct.
Page No: 71
Comprehension Check
1. Why was everyone in the Control Room greatly excited?
Answer
Everyone in the Control Room was greatly excited because the
big TV Screen showed a dot in clear background which was heading towards the
planet.
2. Was the spacecraft manned or unmanned? How do you know it?
Answer
The spacecraft was unmanned because number one reported to
the president that they do not contain living beings, they only have
instruments.
3. What did Number One and Number Two suggest should be done about
the alien spacecraft?
Answer
Number One suggested that they should wait for the
spacecraft to land and then render it ineffective anytime it is required. But
Number Two suggested that we should not interfere and observe passively and not
to reveal their existence by rendering the spacecraft ineffective.
Page No: 71
Comprehension Check
1. What do you think the mechanical hand was trying to do?
Answer
The mechanical
hand was trying to collect the sample of the soil from the planet for the
examination.
Tilloo pressed
the red button and “the damage was done”. What was the damage?
Answer
The damage was that the mechanical hand from the spacecraft
ceased to work.
2. Where had the spacecraft come from?
Answer
The spacecraft had come from the Earth.
3. On which planet do Tilloo and his parents live?
Answer
Tilloo and his parents live onmars.
Page No: 73
Exercises
Discuss the following topics in groups.
1. If you had to live in a home like Tilloo’s, what parts of life
would you find most difficult? What compensations might there be?
Answer
The part of life I found most difficult is the freedom and
open space. It will be like living in a cell far away from open space. There
were no sightseeing, social life and interactions with the nature. The
compensation can be peace, harmony, safety and security. As all of us were
living in the same undergrounded buildings, the people must collaborated with
each other nicely.
2. What, if anything, might drive mankind to make their homes underground?
Answer
Global warming may cause the depletion of the atmosphere and
changes in the behavior of the climate which will destroy the life on the
surface of the Earth and drive mankind to make their homes underground.
3. Do you think there is life on other planets? Can you guess
what kind of people there may be on them? In what ways are they likely to be
different from us?
Answer
This question should be done by the students themselves.
This question is based on using their own ideas, skills and imagination.