Chapter 7 Chandni Important Questions Class 7 An Alien Hand English
Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1. What name was given to the young goat?
Answer
Chandni.
Question 2. Why was Abbu Khan mistaken again?
Answer
He was mistaken because Chandni too wanted to go to the hills for her freedom.
Question 3. How the hills seemed to Chandni?
Answer
It seemed to her that the old hills were standing in a row to welcome her.
Question 4. What did Chandni do in the hills as the reached there?
Answer
She plays for hours on the grassy scopes of the hills.
Question 5. What happened to the wolf?
Answer
He was tired and of sleepy and was getting ready to devour her.
Question 6. Whom did Abbu Khan talk with?
Answer
He talked with his pets as one talks to one’s own children.
Question 7. With whom did Abbu khan live?
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He lived all alone except for a few goats which he always kept as pils.
Question 8. Where the goats were kept?
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They were kept in a little hut.
Question 9. Why was Abbu Khan sad?
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Because his goats kept on disappearing from its little hut.
Question 10. What kind of stories did Abbu khan narrate to her?
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He would narrate to her the stories of all his friends who were dead and gone.
Question 11. Whose story did Abbu Khan narrate to Chandni again?
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The story of her sister, Kalwa who was, the size of a big deer.
Question 12. How was the sound like?
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The sound was like a grunt.
Question 13. Did Chandni run away as she saw the wolf?
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No, she looked like a brave soldier ready to fight a treacherous enemy.
Question 14. What did a wise old bird declaimed with confidence?
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He declaimed with confidence that Chandni was the winners.
Question 14. Where did he take the goats during the day?
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He would take them for grazing during the day.
Question 15. Why goats in hilly region hate being tied to tree and poles.
Answer
Because they want to have their freedom.
Question 16. What did Abbu Khan believe in Chandni? Would never leave his compound for the free and fresh air of the hills beyond?
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He believed that Chandni would never leave his compound for the free and fresh air of the hills beyond.
Question 17. How did Chandni escape from Abbu Khan?
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She escaped from the small window at the back of the hut.
Question 18. Why did Chandni refuse to join wild goats group?
Answer
Because she wanted to enjoy her new freedom all by herself.
Question 19. Whose voice coming from the bushes?
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A dangerous old wolf.
Question 20. What happened in the next morning?
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Next morning Chandni was lying on the ground and was soaked in blood.
Question 21. Where did Abbu Khan live?
Answer
Abbu Khan lived in Almora.
Question 22. What was the mystery that Abbu Khan could not solve?
Answer
Abbu Khan wondered why was freedom so important to his goats when it meant struggle, hardship and even death.
Question 23. What was the wish of Chandni that shocked Abbu Khan?
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Chandni told Abbu Khan that she would like to go to the hills and that revelation shocked him.
Question 24. Why did she call that day as ‘the happiest day’ of her life?
Answer
She called it to be her happiest day because she was free from confined place and could feel fresh breeze.
Question 25. How long did the fight goes on?
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The fight went on from dusk to dawn.
Question 26. Why did he buy a young goat?
Answer
Abbu Khan bought a young goat thinking that it would stay with him much longer.
Question 27. Who was Abbu Khan?
Answer
Abbu Khan was an old man, who lived in Almora all alone except for a few goats which he always kept as a put. He loves his goats and feed them the juiciest grass and grains. But all the goats left his one by one, this made him very sad.
Question 28. How was the new goat look like?
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The new goat was very pretty. She was white as snow, and had two little horns on her little head. And she also had a pair of gleaming red eyes.
Question 29. Describe the wolf.
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In the hills, there lived an old and dangerous wolf who used to kill animals and birds, and eat them up. He was big and ferocious type of animal and his eyes shines like burning coals in the darkness of night.
Question 30. Why did he buy a young goat?
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He bought a young goat because he thought that a young goat would spend longer time with him and would not leave him.
Question 31. Why did he narrate Kalua’s story again?
Answer
Abbu Khan wanted to stop Chandni from leaving him so he retold the consequence of Kalus’s dare through his story.
Question 32. What did the ‘grunt’ sound scare her?
Answer
She was scared when she heard the grunt sound as it was a sign of wolf nearby.
Question 33. Why was the wise old bird claimed differently?
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The wise old bird claimed that Chandni was the winner because she fought bravely.
Question 34. Why did Chandani hate the rope round her neck?
Answer
Chandni hated the rope around her neck as it would not let her go any further. She wanted to run across the green fields towards the hills. However the rope around her neck stopped her from doing so. It restricted her freedom.
Question 35. How did Abbu Khan take care of his goats?
Answer
He loves to put goats. During the day, he would take them out for grazing and talk to them as one talks to their own children. Later at night, he would bring them back to his little hut and put a string round the neck of each goat.
Question 36. Who was Chandni?
Answer
Chandni was Abbu Khan’s new young goat. She had a friendly temperature, and would listen to Abbu Khan’s tales with a lot of interest and affection. He called her Chandni because it means moonlight.
Question 37. How do Chandni react when she saw the wolf?
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Though she was small, but stood firm on her legs, her head slightly bent and horns jutting out. She also stood like a brow soldier ready to fight for a war with a treacherous enemy. She did not give up until the end.
Question 38. What happened in the next morning after the fight stop?
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In the next morning, as the first rays of the sun saw that Chandni was lying on the ground and she was completely soaked in blood. Whereas, the wolf was also very tired and sleepy. Eventually he devour Chandni completely.
Question 39. Why did Abbu Khan do not want to leave Chandni?
Answer
Although he had a great love and affection towards his goats. But he did not want them to go to the hills because there was a dangerous old wolf lived in the hills. As the goats run away towards the hills, the wolf kills them and eat them up. Therefore, he did not want Chandni to go to the hills.
Question 40. Why was Abbu Khan a little unlucky?
Answer
Abbu Khan was a little unlucky in the matter of his goats. Because goats in hilly region hate being tied to tree or poles. They love their freedom so whenever they got the chance, they would run away to the hills.
Question 41. “Now Abbu Khan understood Chandni’s problem”. What was Chandni’s problem?
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Chandni’s problem was that she was a mountain goat and loved her freedom. She wanted to go to the hills and hated to live with the rope around her neck.
Question 42. 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 goats in hilly regions hate being tied to trees or poles. They love their freedom and his goats were of the best hill breed. In the hills, they get killed by an old wolf who lived in the hills.
Question 43. Why did not she run away to Abbu Khan’s hut?
Answer
She was very scared of seeing wolf but she choose death in an open field better than life in a small hut.
Question 44. How did Chandni manage to run away finally?
Answer
Chandni was put in a small hut but she jumped out of a window.
Question 45. How do Chandni look like?
Answer
Chandni was pretty and white as snow with gleamy red eyes. She had a friendly temperament.
Question 46. Why was Abbu Khan ‘unlucky’?
Answer
Abbu Khan was unlucky because his goats pull strings and disappear in hill, where they were hunted by a wolf.
Long Answer Type Questions
Question 1. Chandni is epitome of freedom. Discuss whether Chandni was confident or foolish.
Answer
Chandni was a beautiful young goat of Abbu Khan. He brought up her with fatherly care. He told her stories for goats who dared to run away and were killed by the wolf. He brought her food and gave her every comfort. Yet her longing for freedom did not die. Abbu Khan tried to stop her. But she did not give up. Chandni was brave and confident. She enjoyed her freedom and did not join any herd on the way. In the evening she faced death bravely. She could have run away to Abbu Khan’s house but she stay stayed back and gave a tough fight. She tom the spirit of the wolf. To conclude, we can say that her freedom was important to her.
Question 2. Why was Abbu Khan mistaken again?
Answer
Abbu khan loved hi goat, Chandni a lot. He never imagined that Chandni too will leave him behind and wants to go to the hills beyond. Unfortunately, he was mistaken because Chandni started to ignore him. She doesn’t even eat the green grass that Abbu Khan brought for her. He was very confused in Chandni’s behaviours. Later she revealed that she don’t want to live with him anymore and let her go to the hills this mode Abbu Khan very upset.
Question 3. Why Abbu Khan was unlucky in the matter of goats?
Answer
The goats who lived in the hilly areas love to have their freedom. They hate being tied with a rope round their neck to the trees or poles. Similarly, Abbu Khan’s goat want to go to the hills. So, at night when they get chance, they would pull and pull the rope until looses. Then they run away to the hills to enjoy their lives.
Question 4. Who was Abbu Khan?
Answer
Abbu Khan was an old man who lived in Almora. He was very fond of goats, so he kept them as his pits. He used to talk to his goats as one talks to their own children. During the day, he takes the goats out for grazing in the field and later at night bring them back to their little hut, and tied a rope round their neck. But he was somehow unlucky because the goats leave him to go to the hills, as they want to get their freedom. Later, he brought a young goat, named her Chandni and thought she would never leave him and would love him till the end. But Abbu Khan was mistaken again. Chandni too left him and went to the hills, beyond and never came back.
Question 5. Who was Chandni?
Answer
Chandni was the new and young goat whom Abbu Khan bought after all the goats left him. She was very pretty and white as snow. SHw had two little horns on her head and also a pair of sparking eyes. She was avery friendly nature and listens to Abbu Khan’s stories with a lot of excitement and joy. He also narrated Chandni the sad stories of the other goats who had left him and were dead now. Abbu Khan named her Chandni, because it means ‘moonlight’.
Question 6. What happened at the end of the story?
Answer
As the darkness fell, the wolf came out from the bushes. He had shining eyes that were like burning coals and started at Chandni greedily. Chandni showed her courage like a brave soldier and stood firm on her feet. Then the fight began and it went through the whole night. However in the next morning, Chandni was lying on the ground dead and was completely soaked in blood. And the wolf ready to eat her up even though the wolf himself was tired and sleepy.
Question 7. Why did the wise old bird say, “Chandni is the winner”?
Answer
The wise old bird said that Chandni is the winner because even being weak and small in front of the wolf, she didn’t give up. She gathered all her courage and had a brave fight. She didn’t leave the battlefield like a coward and fought for her freedom. She said to herself that death in an open field is far better than life in a small hut. She stood firm on her legs, head slightly bent and horns jutting out. She was a picture of courage. She looked like a brave soldier ready to fight a treacherous enemy. She died brave in the morning completely soaked in blood.
Question 8. Why did Abbu Khans bought a new goat?
Answer
Abbu Khan was very disappointed after the goats disappeared one by one. Later he decided that he won’t pet any goats. But this made him more upset and lonely. So he decided to buy a young goat. He thought that the young goat will stay with him forever and soon she will begin to love him as well as the grasses and grains he give her. The young goat will never thought of going to the hills. In this way Abbu Khan decided to buy a new young goat.
Question 9. How did Chandni spend her time in the hills?
Answer
As she reached the hills, she felt like the tall trees were standing there to welcomes her. She ran every where like and independent and saw the flowers blooming to amuse her. At the same day, She played for an hours on the grassy slopes of the hills. Chandni also met some a groupd of wild goats and asked her to join them. But she refused them as she wanted have her own freedom all alone.
Question 10. Why do the elders try to govern the lives of their young one?
Answer
Because they are protective and care for them. They provide security and look after them. They could foresee the danger as they have enough experience. But sometimes, too much of care hampers the freedom and inhibits the individuality of their own people. The knowledge curbs the natural growth of personality. Rather than being dominating they must be understanding giving space for their young one to bloom. If Chandni was allowed to roam around; she would have stayed at Abbu Khan’s house.
Question 11. Freedom is life. Discuss this with references to ‘Chandni’ and ‘I want something in a Cage’.
Answer
Freedom is life. Living in bondage is as good as being dead. Everyone craves for his/her freedom, humans, birds and animals. The value of freedom is the theme of the stories ‘I want something in a Cage’ and Chandni’. In the former, the man, who had been a prisoner for ten years, freed the doves because he could identify with the birds in the cage and their desire to fly. In the latter, the goats left Abbu Khan one by one because their desire to roam freely in the hills was stronger than their fear of the wolf that lived in those hills.
Chandni’s decision to fight the wolf instead of going back to the safety of Abbu Khan’s compound showed that she considered freedom to be invaluable. For her death in an open field was far better than life in a small hut. This story shows that freedom requires one to be brave, and to be ready to face any difficulty, any circumstance. Even if the free life is short lived, it is better than a long life in capacity.