Question

the invention
Understanding the Chapter
Reference to the context.
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
Mr Wonka said, “So once again I rolled up my sleeves and set to work. Once again, I squeezed
my brain, searching for the new recipe I had to create age
old,
to make people old
Ha-ha!' I cried, for now the ideas were beginning to come. "What is the oldest
living thing in the world? What lives longer than anything else?"" "A tree,” Charlie said.
(i) Mr Wonka was looking for a new recipe. What was it for?
older, oldest
(ii) Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?
[NCERT]
?
(a) What is
?
(b) What lives
(iii) Choose from the given options.
The answer that Charlie gave to Wonka's question was
(a) flowers
(b) soil
(C) garden
(d) trees
(iv) The phrase 'Set to work' means one of the following.
Select the correct answer.
(a) finished the work
(b) started off work
(c) postponed the work
(d) set it aside
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Answer 1

Answer:

the invention

Understanding the Chapter

Reference to the context.

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.

Mr Wonka said, “So once again I rolled up my sleeves and set to work. Once again, I squeezed

my brain, searching for the new recipe I had to create age

old,

to make people old

Ha-ha!' I cried, for now the ideas were beginning to come. "What is the oldest

living thing in the world? What lives longer than anything else?"" "A tree,” Charlie said.

(i) Mr Wonka was looking for a new recipe. What was it for?

older, oldest

(ii) Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?

[NCERT]

?

(a) What is

?

(b) What lives

(iii) Choose from the given options.

The answer that Charlie gave to Wonka's question was

(a) flowers

(b) soil

(C) garden

(d) trees

(iv) The phrase 'Set to work' means one of the following.

Select the correct answer.

(a) finished the work

(b) started off work

(c) postponed the work

(d) set it aside

85

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