Class 7 Chapter 4 Solution
THE BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
MCQs Question Answer
(i) The rose was for the merchant’s-
(a) wife
(b) eldest daughter
(c) younger daughter ✔
(ii) The Beast— stood merchant.
(a) behind (b) in front of ✔
(c) beside
(iii) The Beast was
(a) ugly ✔
(b) handsome
(c) charming
Very Short Question Answer
(c) Why did Belle use the ring?
Ans: Belle used the ring to return to the Beast.
a) Why did Belle feel guilty?
Ans: Belle felt guilty about breaking her promise to the Beast.
Short Question Answer
b) Why did he not buy the gifts?
Ans. When he reached the city he found to his dismay that his ship’s cargo had been seized to pay his debts and he was left with no money to buy any present for his daughters.
Q.1. Why did the Beast decide to kill the merchant?
Ans. The merchant picked up a rose for his daughter from the Beat’s garden. But it was the Beast’s most precious possession, So he decided to kill the merchant.
Q.2. How did the beast look after Belle in his castle?
Ans. Belle enjoyed great hospitality in the Beast’s castle. The Beast gave her lavish clothing and food and carried on lengthy conversation with her.
Q.3. Why did Belle fail to find the prince of her dreams in the castle?
Ans. Belle expected to find the prince of her dreams in the enchanted rooms of the castle. But there was no such prince in the castle. The Beast himself was the prince’ who was cursed by a fairy. So Belle failed to find the Prince of her dreams in the castle.
Q.4. What were the two things Belle carried to her father’s house? Why did she take them?
Ans. Belle went to her father’s house with an enchanted mirror and ring. Those were given to her by the Beast. The mirror would allow her to see what was going on in the Beast’s castle. The ring would take her back in the castle in an instant. So she took them with her.
Q.5. How did a handsome prince become a ugly beast?
Ans. The prince refused a fairy to let her in from the rain. So the fairy cursed the Prince and turned him into a hideous beast.
6. What would the mirror and the ring do?
Ans: The mirror would allow Belle to see what going on back at the Beast’s castle, and the ring would allow her to return to the castle in an instant when turned three times around her finger.
7. What did Belle’s elder sisters hope?
Ans: Belle’s elder sisters hoped that the Beast would grow angry with Belle for breaking her promise and would eat her alive.
(b) How did a handsome prince become an ugly beast?
Ans: Long ago, a fairy turned the prince into hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain.
Ture And False
(i) The merchant failed to remember that Belle had wanted a rose.as a gift. F
(ii) The Beast wanted to punish the Merchant for his behavior. T
(iii) The merchant did not beg for his crime. F
(i) Belle did not like flowers at all. F
(ii) The merchant entered the forest in search of money. F
(iii) The merchant was unable to buy gifts for his daughter. T
(i) The merchant attempted to conceal the secret from Belle, upon arriving home.T
(ii) Belle did not go to the castle of the beast on her own will. F
(iii) The Beast insisted that Belle must come to his castle as early as possible
GRAMMAR
1. Do as directed:
(i) The police ran— the thief. (Use an appropriate
preposition to fill in the blank.)
Ans. after
(ii) A— dog seldom bites. (Use a participle adjective to fill in the blank.)
Ans. barking
(iii) Please do not forget to meet me tomorrow. (Begin
with “I request…….”)
Ans. I request you not to forget to meet me tomorrow.
(iv) He is poor. He is happy. (Join the sentences with a conjunction)
Ans. He is poor but happy.
(v) In my childhood, my grandfather— his teacher —me that him once in the class. (Use the proper forms of the verbs ‘tell’ and ‘punish’ respectively in the blank.)
Ans. told, punished.
(vi) I will practice football for a month. (Change into present perfect tense)
Ans. I have practiced football for a month.
(vii) We should— hate the poor. (Use an appropriate adverb to fill in the blank.
Ans. never.