CBSE Class 7 English Bringing Up Kari Worksheet

            Questions

SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER
The story Bringing Up Kari revolves around Kari, a five-month old elephant and the narrator as a nine-year old boy. The two developed a strong bond after the elephant once saved the boy.
Like a baby, Kari was always loaded with energy and full mischief. Once, he got the chance to taste some bananas. He loved them so much that would do just about anything to get them, even if it meant stealing. As a result, the narrator used to scold him often.
The narrator took great effort to teach Kari how to sit down and walk. It was a tough task for him to make Kari learn the concept of Master Call. This was a strange rising sound that the elephant had to make to guide the master reached home if he was lost in the jungle. It took a period of five years for Kari to master that skill.

Word meanings:-
1) Squeal - cry / trumpet
2) Luscious - tasty and sweet smelling
3) Hatchet - small axe
4) Mutilated - torn awkwardly
5) Lasso - rope with a noose at the end
6) Instance - example
7) Whip - lash

Short Question Answers

Question. What was the age of Kari when he was given to his master ?
Answer : Kari was five months old when he was given to his master

Question. Where did Kari's mother took him every morning ?
Answer : Kari's mother took him to the river bank for bathing every morning.

Question. Did Kari enjoy his bath in the river ?
Answer : Yes, Kari enjoyed his Morning bath in the river. He lied down in water for a long time to enjoy his bathing.

Question. Why did Kari push his friend into the stream ?
Answer : Kari pushed his friend, the narrator into the stream because there was a boy lying flat at the bottom of the river and he wanted him to save the drowning boy.

Question. Kari was like a baby. What are the main points of comparison?
Answer : Kari was like a baby as it had to be trained to be good and if it was not told when it was naughty, it was up to more mischief than ever.

Question. Kari learnt the commands to sit and to walk. What were the instructions for each command?
Answer : To make Kari sit down, the narrator would say ‘Dhat’ and pull him by the ear. To make him walk, the narrator would say ‘Mali’ and pull his trunk forward.

Long Question Answers

Question. Finding good twigs for Kari took a long time. Why?
Answer : The narrator would climb all kinds of trees to get the most delicate and tender twigs for Kari. In order to cut down the twigs without mutilating them, the hatchet needed to be very sharp, and it would take half an hour to sharpen the hatchet. Therefore, it would take the narrator a long time to find good twigs for Kari.

Question. Kari helped himself to all the bananas in the house without anyone noticing it. How did he do it?
Answer : Large plates of fruit used to be kept on a table near a window in the dining-room of the narrator’s house. Kari would put his trunk in through this window and picked up all the bananas kept in the plate. He would then eat these stolen bananas in his pavilion.

Question. What was “the master call”? Why was it the most important signal for an elephant to learn?
Answer : The master call was a strange hissing, howling sound, as if a snake and a tiger were fighting each other, and this kind of noise had to be made in an elephant’s ear. It was the most important signal for an elephant to learn because if one was lost in the jungle and there was no way out, the only thing to do then was to give the master call. At once, the elephant pulled down the trees in front of it, one by one, with its trunk. This achieved two purposes. First, it frightened all the animals away, and second, a road was formed that led
straight to one’s house.

NOTE Do the above mentioned exercises in a copy or on paper.

Very Short Answer

Q1)      Which command must an elephant learn?

Q2)      Who was the Kari?

Q3)      What was the age of the narrator when he got Kari?

Q4)      How did Kari develop taste for bananas?

Q5)      Why did the writer go to the pavilion?

            Short Answer

Q6)      How did Kari save the life of a boy?

Q7)      How did the narrator look after Kari?

Q8)      Why did the narrator in the story scold Kari?

Q9)      How did Kari enjoy his morning bath in the river?

Q10)    What is the most difficult thing to teach an elephant?

            Long Answer

Q11)    Write the summary of the story bringing up Kari?

Q12)    How did the author compare the Kari with a baby and How did the author bath and clean Kari?

Q13)    What are the key points of the bringing up Kari?

Q14)    What is master’s call and why it is important for elephant to learn?

Q15)    Why finding twigs did for Kari took a long time? What were the special features of the enclosure in which Kari lived?

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