Gopal and the Hilsa Fish Question Answers: NCERT Class 7 English - Honeycomb

The king did not want more talk about the hilsa-fish because he fed up of listening only about hilsa-fish.

The king asked Gopal to buy a huge hilsa-fish and bring it to the place without anyone asking to prove that he was clever than other.

Three things done by Gopal before going to buy hilsa-fish were he half shaved his beard, he smeared ash on his face and dressed himself in disgraceful rags.

When Gopal asked to the guard to let him get inside the palace to meet the king and he refused, then he suddenly started dancing and singing loudly or hearing the loud sound the king sent his messenger to call gopal inside the palace.

No, one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa- fish which gopal had bought because gopal dressed him self in a ridiculous way that he got attention of everyone. His funny appearance was the centre of attraction so no one talked about hilsa-fish.

(i) True
(ii) False 
(iii) False 
(iv)True
(v) False

(i) How much did you pay for that hilsa?The woman asked the man how much he had paid for that hilsa.

(ii) Gopal’s wife asked him why his face was half shaven.

(iii) Gopal told the king that he accepted the challenge.

(iv) Gopal told the guards that he wanted to see the king.

(v) The king ordered the guard to bring the man to him at once.

Challenge: a call to complete.
Ankit took the challenge of his teacher and won prize in annual
day celebration.

Mystic: spiritual, occult
Yesterday, I saw a man who was looking mystic.

Comical: Funny
Mr. Bean is a famous comical character.

Courtier: An assistant of a king of court.
Birbal was a courtier of Akbar's court.

Smearing: Coating something with a sticky or oily substance.
Amit smeared his body with oil before the game.

Look at the pictures and read the text a loud

(i) The stag is standing by the side of a pond

(ii) He is going to drink water. He sees the shadow of his horns in water

(iii) Yes, he finds them beautiful

(iv) No, the stag thinks that his legs are very thin and ugly

(v) The stag is running on seeing the hunters

(vi) No, he is not able to hide in the bushes because of his horns

(viii) The hunters are just behind the stag

(ix) Yes, they are closing in on the stag

(x) Yes, the stag is able to run fast because of his legs and is free now.

A stag in the forest was thirsty. He went to a pond. He saw the shadow of his beautiful horns in water. He felt proud of them. Then he looked at his legs. He felt ashamed of his thin and ugly. Suddenly he saw some hunters coming towards him. The stag ran to save his life. He wanted to hide in the bushes but he could not as his horns were stuck in the bushes. He came out of the bushes somehow and ran for his life and finally saved. At the end he realised that he was feeling proud of his antires but he would have been killed because of them. On the other hand, his legs which he was ashamed of, saved his life.

1. Mother will be very cross if you don’t go to school.

2. As soon as he caught sight of the teacher, Mohan started writing.

3. How do you like my tiny kitchen garden? Big enough for you, is it?

4. My youngest sister is now a year old.

5. Standing on the roof, he saw children playing onthe road.

6. Don’t make such afuss. Nothing will happen.

7. Don’t cross the street till the green light comes on.