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NCERT · Class 7 · English

Unit 7: An Alien Hand

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Exercises

3 questions
Q1Written answer

If you had to live in a home like Tilloo’s, what parts of life would you find most difficult? What compensations might there be?

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Answer: The parts of life that I would find most difficult are that there would be no fresh air to breathe, no stars or sun or moon in the sky, no rain, no winter, no summer, no animals, no plants and no natural environment. It would be so dull and artificial.

The compensation that might be there would be the controlled temperature and air.

Q2Written answer

What, if anything, might drive mankind to make their homes underground?

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Answer: If the conditions on the surface of the planet are not good enough to survive, mankind might get driven to make their homes underground.

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Do you think there is life on other planets? Can you guess what kind of people there may be on them? In what ways are they likely to be different from us?

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Answer: I think there might be life on other planets. There is a lot of research to find out if there is life on other planets. Space scientists from various countries are continuously trying to search for any such evidence. Spacecraft have been sent to the moon and Mars.

If there is any life form on other planets, that would be entirely different from us as they would have been exposed to different environmental conditions. They would have adapted accordingly.

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