Textual Questions & Answers of 'Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture' of Class-VII

 

 Uncle Podger Hangs a Picture

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity 1

Choose the correct answers from the given alternatives:
 
(a) The thing which would have come home from the frame-makers is
(i) a picture
(ii) a carving on wood
(iii) a picture drawn on a piece of cloth

Ans: (i) a picture
 
(b) Uncle Podger would take off his
(i) vest
(ii) tie
(iii) coat
Ans: (iii) coat
 
(c) Uncle Podger would ask
(i) the boy
(ii) the girl
(iii) the charwoman, for sixpen’orth of nails.

Ans: (ii) the girl
 
(d) Uncle Podger, at first, would drop the
(i) picture
(ii) hammer
(iii) nail

Ans: (i) picture
 
 

Activity 2

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers.
 
(a) There was a commotion in the house when Uncle Podger undertook a job.
Ans: True ,  Supporting Statement: “You never saw such a commotion up and down a house in all your life, as when my Uncle Podger undertook to do a job.”
 
(b) Uncle Podger did not want to hang the picture.
Ans: False ,  Supporting Statement: “Don’t you, any of you, worry yourselves about that. I’ll do all that.”
 
(c) Uncle Podger would cut himself and spring round the room searching for his handkerchief.
Ans: True ,  Supporting Statement:  “Then he would spring round the room, looking for his handkerchief.”
 
(d) The second thing that Uncle Podger would lose would be the hammer.
Ans: False ,   Supporting Statement:  “There!” he would say in an injured tone, “now the nail’s gone.” 
 

Activity 3

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
 
(a) Aunt Podger would ask what was to be done with it after the picture came to the house.
 
(b) Tom was asked to bring the picture and hand it up to Uncle Podger.
 
(c) Uncle Podger found the coat himself as he would be sitting on it.
 
 

Activity 4

Answer the following questions.
 
(a)  Name the children of Uncle Podger.
Ans: Uncle Podger’s children were Will, Tom, and Maria.
 
(b) What did Uncle Podger ask the children to bring for him?
Ans: Uncle Podger asked the children to bring for him sixpen’orth of the nails, a hammer, a rule, a step ladder, a kitchen chair, a light and a bit of picture cord. 
 
(c) How did Uncle Podger cut himself?
Ans:  Uncle Podger would lift up the picture for hanging and drop it,  and it would come out of the frame. He would try to save the glass and cut himself.
 
(d) Why did Uncle Podger want his coat?
Ans: Uncle Podger wanted his coat because he kept his handkerchief in its pocket.
 
(e) Where did he find his coat?
Ans:  Uncle Podger found his coat under himself as he had been sitting on it.
 
 

Activity 5

Choose the correct answers from the given alternatives :
 
(a) Uncle Podger would call us all -
(i) intelligent
(ii) careless
(iii) fools
Ans: (iii) fools
 
(b) Uncle Podger would slide and fall -
(i) on the char-woman’s toes
(ii) on the piano 
(iii) on the chair
Ans: (ii) on the piano
 
(c) Uncle Podger’s work would finish -
(i) at around midnight 
(ii) at mid-day
(iii) in the evening
Ans: (i) at around midnight
 
 

Activity 6

Complete the sentences with information from the text:
 
(a) Uncle Podger would lose sight of the mark he had made on the wall.
 
(b) Uncle Podger was trying to reach a point three inches beyond.
 
(c) He would wonder why some people would have had a man in for doing a job of this sort.
 
 

Activity 7

Complete the following table with information from the text:
 

Cause	Effect
(a) Uncle Podger would have lost sight of the mark on the wall, where the nail was to go in.	Each child had to get up beside him on the chair.
(b) He tried to reach a point three inches beyond.	Uncle Podger would fall on to the piano.
(c)  At the first blow of the hummer	He would smash his thumb, and drop the hammer, with a yell, on somebody’s toes.
(d) At the second blow, the nail would go clean through the plaster and half the hammer after it.	A new hole was made.

 
 

Activity 8

Answer the following questions:
 
(a) Give two instances to show the carelessness of Uncle Podger.
Ans: i. He lost sight of the mark he had  made on the wall.
         ii. He smashed his thumb with a blow off a hammer.
 
(b) What did Aunt Podger say after Uncle Podger smashed his thumb?
Ans:  Mildly observing the incident Aunt Maria said that next time when Uncle Podger would undertake such a task she should be informed so that she could go mother’s house for that time.
 
(c) How did Uncle Podger react after finishing the task? 
Ans:  Uncle Podger would say he did not understand why some people hire a man to do such simple work.
 
(d) Why was everyone tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall? 
Ans: Everyone was tired after Uncle Podger put up the picture on the wall because they all had to assist Uncle Podger and work hard with him till midnight. 
 
 

Activity 9

Match the following words in column A with their meanings in column B:
 

A	B
(a) sneer	closely observing (d)
(b) evident	Poor  (c)
(c) wretched	mock (a)
(d) surveying	clear  (b)

 
 

Activity 10

Find the antonyms of the following words from the texts:
 
(a) rapidly : slowly
 
(b) lost : found
 
(c) remembered : forgot
 
(d) roughly : mildly
 
(e) save : slip
 
(f) straight : crooked
 
 

Activity 11

Use the prefixes or suffixes (in- / im- / -al / -some) to form new words:
 
(a) different : indifferent
 
(b) possible : impossible
 
(c) sufficient : insufficient
 
(d) arrive : arrival
 
(e) whole : wholesome

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