Chapter - 4 Chivvy

MCQs

Question 1.
The children always remain:
(a) the father of man
(b) learners
(c) teachers in the making
(d) innocent and obedient
(d) both (b) and (d)

Answer

(d) both (b) and (d)

Question 2.
The children do not like:
(a) to study
(b) the way grown-ups instruct them
(c) good manners
(d) to be insulted

Answer

(b) the way grown-ups instruct them

Question 3.
The grown-ups teach the children:
(a) good manners
(b) communicative skills
(c) spoken English
(d) to behave

Answer

(a) good manners

Question 4.
The Instructions seem to
(a) destroy their personality
(b) offend the elders
(c) offend most of the children
(d) fall over deaf ears

Answer

(c) offend most of the children

Question 5.
When the child doesn’t want to reply, he Is asked to
(a) stop speaking
(b) start a dialogue
(c) speak up
(d) train another child

Answer

(c) speak up

Question 6.
The grown-ups do not behave well. They them
(a) bully
(b) like
(c) love
(d) hate

Answer

(a) bully

Question 7.
The behavior of the grown-ups makes the child feel
(a) angry
(b) Irritated
(c) happy
(d) insulted

Answer

(d) insulted

Question 8.
The lesson of the poem Is that the grown ups must
(a) leave the child alone
(b) keep on behaving the way they do
(c) Improve their behavior
(d) send the child to school

Answer

(c) Improve their behavior

Question 9.
All instructions given by the adults regarding noise—
(a) to make them responsible
(b) to behave properly
(c) to avoid insult
(d) to be a laughing stock

Answer

Answer: (b) to behave properly

Question 10.
The child asked to stand straight to be—
(a) attentive
(b) active
(c) both of them
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (c) both of them

Question 11.
What does walking by dragging feet suggest?
(a) bad manners
(b) shoes soul would be affected
(c) feet may get hurt
(d) one of these

Answer

Answer: (a) bad manners

Question 12.
Who is giving these instructions?
(a) the poet
(b) an adult
(c) a child
(d) the teacher

Answer

Answer: (b) an adult

Question 13.
Why would the child need a hankie?
(a) to clean his face
(b) to clean his shoes
(c) to clean his bag
(d) to clean his slate

Answer

Answer: (a) to clean his face

(1)

Grown-ups say things like:
Speak up
Don’t talk with your mouth full
Don’t stare
Don’t point
Don’t pick your nose

Question 1.
The constructions are given so that
(a) the children become
(b) the children misbehave undisciplined
(c) the children become mature
(d) the children learn good manners

Answer

(d) the children learn good manners

Question 2.
Who have the habit of always Instructing the child?
(a) Adolescents
(b) Grown ups
(c) Mothers
(d) Parents

Answer

(b) Grown ups

Question 3.
How far are the Instructions liked by the children?
(a) They are not liked by most
(b) They are liked by most children children
(c) They are not liked by some
(d) They are liked by none of the children children

Answer

(a) They are not liked by most

(2)

Pull your socks up
Stand up straight
Say thank you
Don’t Interrupt
No one thinks you’re funny
Take your elbows off the table
Can’t you make your own
mind up about anything?

Question 1.
To behave In public one needs
(a) to be well-mannered
(b) to groom himself
(c) to take training
(d) to be polite

Answer

(a) to be well-mannered

Question 2.
The child stops speaking when asked
(a) to remain silent
(b) not to Interrupt
(c) to start speaking
(d) not to shout

Answer

(b) not to Interrupt

Question 3.
The above lines are addressed to
(a) the audience
(b) the readers
(c) the adults
(d) the children

Answer

(d) the children

Question 4.
In the above lines, the speaker is
(a) true
(b) false
(c) partially wrong
(d) partially correct

Answer

(a) true

Question 5.
The speaker does not allow
(a) liberty in any action
(b) the child to speak himself
(c) that he should use his own
(d) the child to remain quiet brain

Answer

(a) liberty in any action

Question 6.
When there is no liberty, the child cannot
(a) do his very best
(b) make his own decision
(c) satisfy his desire of excelling
(d) work to the maximum

Answer

(b) make his own decision

(3)

Ei Sit up
Say picase
Less noise
Shut the door behinci you
Dont drag your feet
Havent you got a hankie?
Take your hands out of
your pockets

Question 1.
Who speaks these lines and to whom?

Answer

A grown-up speaks these lines. These arc spoken to a child.

Question 2.
How should one walk?

Answer

One should walk without dragging one’s feet.

Question 3.
How should one stand?

Answer

One should stand with one’s hands out of one’s pocket.

Question 1.
Discuss these questions in small groups before you answer them.
(i) When is a grown-up likely to say this?
Don’t talk with your mouth full.
Answer:
A grown up is likely to say this when a child is 2 or 3 years old. This will be said when a child is talking while eating.

(ii) When are you likely to be told this? Say thank you.
Answer:
I will be told to say thank you’ when I am about five to six years old.

(iii) When do you think an adult would say this ? No one thinks you are funny.
Answer:
I think this will be told when one starts understanding things.

Question 2.
The last two lines of the poem are not prohibitions or instructions. What is the adult now asking the child to do? Do you think the poet is suggesting that this is unreasonable ? Why ?
Answer:
The child is now growing up. He is about to enter his teens. So, he is being told to make out choices and take his own decision. I think the poet is suggesting that it is unreasonable because all the time he had been told to do this or don’t do that. So how he can think independently now.

Question 3.
Why do you think grown-ups say the kind of things mentioned in the poem ? Is it important that they teach children good manners, and how to behave in public?
Answer:
I think the grown-ups give such instructions because they want to make their children more sensible and better citizens. It is very important to teach children good manners and how to behave in public. This will make children well-behaved and useful members of society.

Question 4.
If you had to make some rules for grown-ups to follow, what would you say? Make at least five such rules. Arrange the lines as in a poem.
Answer:
Don’t nag us.
Let us think independently.
Let us take our own decisions.
Give us clean and green environment.
Guide us but don’t goad us.

Chivvy Introduction

In this poem the poet wishes to highlight the irritating effect of nagging. All the time children are given instructions as do this or don’t do that. The children can’t develop their independent thinking if too much instructions are given to them. They get fed up also.

Chivvy Word notes

NCERT Solutions for Class 7 English Honeycomb Poem 4 Chivvy

Chivvy Complete hindi translation

Part-I

Ask yourself ……… ………poem now. (Page 69)

स्वयं से तथा अपने सहपाठी से पूछो : क्या तुम्हें यह पसंद आता है हर समय यह कहा जाए कि यह करो या यह ना करो? आपके अनुभव में क्या बड़े लोग ऐसा करते हैं? जब माइकल 5 वर्ष का था, उसकी माँ उसे एक पास के विद्यालय में प्रवेश दिलाने ले गई। अध्यापक ने पूछा, “बच्चे, तुम्हारी माँ तुम्हें घर पर क्या कहकर बुलाती है?” “माइकल नहीं,” विश्वासपूर्वक उत्तर आया।
नोट : छिवी का अर्थ है आलोचना करना, “हमारे कुछ भी करने की कोशिश करते रहना,
प्रायः नाराज करने के तरीके में”, शब्दकोश के अनुसार। अब कविता पढ़ें।

1. Grown-ups say …… ….your nose.(Page 69)

बड़े लोग ऐसी बातें (चीजें) कहते हैं;
बोलो
अपना मुँह भर कर मत बोलो,
मत घूरो,
इशारा मत करो,
नाक में अंगुली मत डालो।

2. Sit up……. ……… your pockets. (Page 69)

बैठ जाओ, विनम्रता से बोलो
शोर कम करो।
अपने पीछे दरवाजा बंद करो
अपने पैर मत घसीटो
क्या तुम्हारे पास रूमाल नहीं है?
अपनी जेब से हाथ बाहर निकालो।

3. Pull your socks up.. …..anything? (Page 70)

अपनी जुराबें ऊपर करो
सीधे खड़े हो जाओ
धन्यवाद कहो
बीच में हस्तक्षेप मत करो
कोई नहीं सोचता कि तुम मज़ाकिया हो ।
अपनी कोहनियाँ मेज़ से हटाओ
क्या तुम अपना मन किसी भी चीज के बारे में नहीं बना सकते ?

 

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