CHAPTER – 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

(c) a long bicycle ride

(c) did not like

(d) both (a) and (b)

(b) the front wheel

(a) the rolling of some dozen or so

(a) not to be taken out

Answer: (c) Cycle

Answer: (b) Unsteadily from side to side

Answer: (c) ball-bearing

Answer: (d) he did not want to offend

Answer: (a) ball bearing

Answer: (b) cherry confidence

Answer: (b) shows signs of recovery

Question 1.
Why was the author happy?
Answer:
The author and his friend planned to go for ride on his bicycle. So, he woke up early than usual and that made him happy.

Question 2.
How did the man react after seeing the bicycle?
Answer:
The man was impressed with the looks of the machine. He then asked about its efficiency.

Question 3.
What was unusual and annoying about the man’s behaviour?
Answer:
The man shook his bicycle without his permission.

Question 4.
Which was the toughest part of the bicycle that the author’s friend found the toughest to fix?
Answer:
It was the gear – case that gave the author’s friend the most trouble.

Question 5.
Why could not the narrator stop the man?
Answer:
The narrator was weak and couldn’t gather the strength to say no to stop the man from further damaging the machine.

Question 6.
How the author spoiled the entire day of the narrator?
Answer:
The author’s friend dismantled the bicycle parts one – by – one for the entire day and then he spent the entire day fixing them at their place. Thus the day was wasted.

Question 7.
How did the author say to encourage his friend to fix the gear – case?
Answer:
They author said that it was fascinating to observe his friend working on the bicycle. He called his confidence as cheery and the hopefulness as inexplicable. His friend found these words to be encouraging and started re-fixing the gear – case.

Question 8.
What was the regret of the narrator regarding the ball – bearing?
Answer:
Author’s friend unscrewed the ball bearings without informing him. They started rolling on the ground and then might have lost some of it there. Then the author kept them in his hat which was later blown away by the wind because of which they again lost five of those bearings.

Question 9.
Why was the man exhausted at the end? Was it justified or not.
Answer:
The author’s friend was completely tired. He was soiled with oil and dirt. He was found fixing the parts of the bicycle extremely tough. He did futile effort and spoiled the setting of the bicycle to the extent that it was repairable. No his act was not justified at all.

Question 10.
What let the man the ‘Middle one’?
Answer:
The narrator was weak and he could not hurt feelings of others. So he let him muddle on with his bicycle.

Question 11.
What was the proposal of the man?
Answer:
One evening the man proposed the boy for a morning cycle ride on the following day.

Question 12.
What was the complaint of the boy?
Answer:
The boy complained that the cycle goes ‘a little stiffy after lunch’.

Question 13.
What did he observe when he came back from tool shed?
Answer:
The boy found the man was turning the wheel of the cycle round between his fingers and other parts were lying on the ground.

Question 14.
How long did it take for both of them to collect ball – bearing?
Answer:
The ball – bearing rolled down the street. It took about half an hour to collect them.

Question 15.
Which part of the cyole is considered as the most irreparable?
Answer:
Gear case is the most irrepairable. part of a cycle.

Question 16.
In what manner did he take .out the gear case?
Answer:
He took out the gear case m an unprofessional manner.

Question 17.
What goes in the mind of the boy?
Answer:
The boy wanted to kick the man for manhandling his machine.

Question 18.
Where was the hat lying?
Answer:
The hat was lying topsy-turvy in the middle of the path.

Question 19.
Explain – ‘trust too providence’.
Answer:
The man did not have knowledge of cycle repairing. He was just hit and trying everything. Because he was not sure that he could repair the bicycle, he asked the boy to have faith in powers of God.

Question 20.
Was the bicycle repaired?
Answer:
No the bicycle was not repaired at all. It was totally manhandled by an inexperienced person.

Question 21.
What was the state of the man at the end of the day?
Answer:
The man was dirty, bleeding, exhausted.

Question 22.
‘The bicycle had received punishment’. Who was more guilty?
Answer:
The bicycle was damaged beyond repairs. The boy shares equal responsibility because it belongs to him. He should have stopped the man on the other hand, the man who knows nothing should not have taken advantage of the boy’s simplicity.

A Bicycle in Good Repair Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Was the boy scared or hesitant what would you do if you have to face such problem?
Answer:
The boy was happy to go for a ride on bicycle. But the man spoiled his day and damaged the bicycle. The boy observed everything silently; he should have stopped him from dismantling his bicycle. All he needed was little courage. He did not want to hurt him whereas the man kept on damaging his bicycle. The boy was not scared of anything, he was just hesitant. And if I were in his place, I would have stopped him taking advantage any further.

Question 2.
The lesson teaches a moral lesson that half knowledge is a dangerous thing. Elucidate.
Answer:
The lesson is a story of a timid boy who could not hurt the feelings of a man whose adventure turned disaster. He was not a technician yet he shook the bicycle and dismantled it beyond repairs. The man should have been responsible. He should have proper knowledge of his surroundings to help others when required. He should have respected the sentiments of the body. He left the boy heartbroken, who was in mood of having a cycle ride. But his mood has spoiled.