Haryana Board 7th Class English Solutions Honeycomb Chapter 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk
HBSE 7th Class English The Invention of Vita Wonk Textbook Questions and Answers
Comprehension Check
Question 1.
Choose the right answer.
(i) Mr Willy Wonka is
(a) a cook
(b) an inventor
(c) a manager.
Answer:
(b) an inventor
(ii) Wonka-Vite makes people
(a) older
(b) younger.
Answer:
(a) older
(iii) Mr Wonka wants to invent a new thing which will make people
(a) younger
(b) older.
Answer:
(b) older.
Question 2.
Can anyone’s age be a minus number? What does “minus 87” mean?
Answer:
No, it is not possible for one’s age to the minus number. Minus 87 means that he has to wait for 87 years to come back.
Question 3.
Mr Wonka begins by asking himself two questions. What are they?
(i) What is ?
(ii) What lives ?
Answer:
(i) What is the oldest living thing in the world?
(ii) What lives longer than anything else?
Working With The Text
Question 1.
(i) What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which tree does he say lives the longest?
(ii) How long docs this tree live? Where can you find it?
Answer:
(i) Mr. Wonka talks about Bristle cone pine, Douglas fir and oak. The Pine tree lives for the longest.
(ii) The Pine tree lives for 4000 years. This tree is found on the slopes of Wheeler Park in Nevada, U.S.A.
Question 2.
How many of the oldest living things can you remember from Mr Wonka’s list? (Don’t look back at the story!) Do you think all these things really exist, or are some of them purely imaginary?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka makes a longl list of ancient things. He talks about pint of sap from a 4000 year old Bristlecone Pine, Toe nail clippiong from a 168 years old Russian farmer, an egg laid by a 200 year old tortoise and whiskers of a 36 years old cat. He also talks about tail of a 51 year old horse and tail of 207 year old giant rat. All the things do not sound real and some of them are just imaginary.
Question 3.
Why does Mr Wonka collect items trom the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka collects items from the oldest things because in his invention he wants the things to grow old. This is indeed the right way to begin his invention and it began to give positive desired results.
Question 4.
What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?
Answer:
The volunteers begin to Wrinkle and Shrivel up all over and his hair starts dripping off on swallowing four drops of the new invention. He had suddenly become an old fellow of seventy five. The name of this invention is Vita-Wonk.
HBSE 7th Class English The Invention of Vita Wonk Important Questions and Answers
Very Short Answer Type Questions
Question 1.
Why did Wonka feel that making younger was dangerous?
Answer:
By making people younger, their age become minus. This led to disappearing of some people.
Question 2.
“So once again I rolled up my Sleeves” What does once again stand for?
Answer:
He had already made one discovery and was preparing for another discovery.
Question 3.
How did Mr. Willy plan to make people older?
Answer:
Mr. Willy worked to find out about the oldest living thing in the world.
Question 4.
What did Wonka find about Pine?
Answer:
Wonka found out that Pine grew up on the slopes of Wheeler Peak in Nevada, U.S.A. and arc over 4000 years old.
Question 5.
Who is dendroehronologist?
Answer:
A person who can link the age of one creature with other in a certain specified manner to draw conclusions.
Question 6.
How did Mr. Wonka manage to go round the world?
Answer:
He went round the world with Charlie in great glass elevator.
Question 7.
How did Mr. Wonka collect the samples for his invention?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka went around the world and took a bit of each thing like hair or an eyebrow.
Question 8.
How can you say that Mr. Wonka did not fear his death?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka did not least bother about his age. He tracked venomous squakle who could spit poison right into one’s eye from fifty yards away.
Question 9.
What did Mr. Wonka do with the ingredients he had cokllected?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka boiled and bubbled all the things to produce a tiny cupful of oily black liquid.
Question 10.
What happened when Mr. Oompa- Loompa drank four drops of oily black liquid?
Answer:
As Oompa-Loompa drank it, he began wrinkling and shrivelling. He became an old fellow of seventy five.
Some Other Questions For Examination
Question 1.
Why did Wonka feel that making younger was dangerous?
Answer:
By making people younger, their age become minus. This led to disappearing of some people.
Question 2.
“So once again I rolled up my sleeves”. What does ‘once again’ stand for?
Answer:
He had already made one discovery and was preparing for another discovery.
Question 3.
Match the names of trees/insect in column I with their explanation in column II.
Table 1
Answer:
Table 2
Question 4.
What enabled Mr. Wonka to go around the world so soon?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka had a Great Grass Elevator which enabled him to go around the world so soon.
Question 5.
What is the special feature of Venomous Squcrkle?
Answer:
The special feature of Venomous Squerkle is that it has the potency to throw its poison fifty yards away from it.
Question 6.
Describe the steps Mr. Wonka followed before Vita-Wonk was finally invented.
Answer:
(a) Mr. Wonka rolled up his sleeves and began his search for the new recipe.
(b) He set out to search for the oldest raw materials.
(c) He took a pint of sap from a 4000 year old bristlecone pine.
(d) He tracked down very ancient animals and took little bits from them.
(e) After mixing all the items, he did a lot of bubbling and testing in his Inventing Room.
(f) Finally, he was able to invent Vita-Wonk.
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
Tick (✓) the correct option.
Question 1.
Whose egg did Mr. Wonka collect?
(а) A young tortoise’s
(b) A 200 year old tortoise’s
(c) A 50 year old hen’s
(d) A 200 year old hen’s.
Answer:
(b) A 200 year old tortoise’s ✓
Question 2.
To which country did Giant Rat belong to?
(a) Sikkim
(b) China
(c) U.S.
(d) Tibet
Answer:
(d) Tibet ✓
Question 3.
Which part of the body of Cattaloo did he collect?
(a) thigh-bones
(b) finger-bones
(c) knuckle-bones
(d) hip-bones
Answer:
(c) knuckle-bones ✓
Question 4.
Who is dendrochronologist?
(a) a person who studies about animals
(b) a person who studies about plants.
(c) a person who studies about both animals and plants
(d) a person who can link the age of one creature with other ih a certain specified manner to draw conclusions
Answer:
(d) a person who can link the age of one creature with other ih a certain specified manner to draw conclusions ✓
Question 5.
What was the colour of the liquid Mr. Wonka produced?
(a) white
(b) red
(c) purple
(d) black
Answer:
(d) black ✓
Question 6.
What happened when Oompa-Loompa took four drops of new liquid?
(а) He began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over.
(b) His hair started dropping off.
(c) His teeth started falling out.
(d) All of these
Answer:
(d) All of these ✓
Question 7.
Who is the author of The Invention of Vita-Wonk?
(a) RaoldDahl
(b) D.J. Enright
(c) William Elliot Griffis
(d) John Galsworthy
Answer:
(a) RaoldDahl ✓
Make Sentences
Frame sentences of your own with the following words:
(i) Disappear
(ii) Beginning
(iii) Moment
(iv) Produced
(v) Special
Answer:
(i) Disappear: The magic of the wand made the poverty disappear from the village.,
(ii) Beginning: Well beginning is half-done.
(iii) Moment: It was the most precious moment of my life when I got the first prize in the test.
(iv) Produced: More than 10,000 tyres were produced by factory in a year.
(v) Special: I wish to gift something special on my friend’s birthday.
The Invention of Vita Wonk Passages for Comprehension
Read the passages given below careful and answer the questions that follow:
Passage – 1
So once ……………. to come.
Questions:
(i) What does word again stand for?
(ii) What was the new recipe?
(iii) How was the age to be created?
(iv) Which idea crossed his mind?
Answer:
(i) Word ‘again’ indicates that earlier he had made an invention.
(ii) The new recipe was to create age.
(iii) Age could be created by making people old.
(iv) He wanted to find out about the oldest living thing in the world.
Passage – 2
“Right you ……………… years old!
Questions:
(i) Who is ‘you’?
(ii) What is right?
(iii) Which tree does the speaker want to talk about?
(iv) Which is the evergreen tree mentioned in the passage.
Answer:
(i) You is charlie.
(ii) Charlie is right in making.
(iii) The speaker wants to talk about Bristle core pine.
(iv) Ceder.
Passage – 3
Mr. Wonka ………………. was sleeping.
Questions:
(i) Who is Mr. Wonka?
(ii) Which things were traced down?
(iii) From whose toes once of jam was scraped?
(iv) What was the importance bit taken from each of them?
Answer:
(i) Mr. Wonka is the inventor
(ii) The old and ancient animals were tracked down.
(iii) Jam was scraped from toes of whistle big bobolink, the strock, pollyfrog, etc.
(iv) Hair, eyebrow or Jam between its toe was taken. This was used to produce black liquid.
Passage – 4
I produced ………………. what happened.
Questions:
(i) How was cupful of black liquid produced?
(ii) Who is oompa-loompa?
(iii) What happened on consuming four drops?
(iv) Choose the word which means ‘doing willingly’.
Answer:
(i) Cupful of black liquid was produced after lots of boiling and bubbling and mixing.
(ii) Oompa-loompa is a volunter who was ready to test the liquid.
(iii) On consuming four drops oompa-loompa suddenly became an old fellow of seventy- five.
(iv) Volunteer.
Passage – 5
The movement ……………… seventy-five!
Questions:
(i) What did he swallow?
(ii) What happened when he began to swallow?
(iii) How did he change?
(iv) Choose the word which means “to shrink and dry up”
Answer:
(i) He swallowed four drops of black liquid.
(ii) When he began to swallow, he began to wrinkle and his hair started dropping off.
(iii) He suddenly became an old fellow of seventy-five.
(iv) Shrivelled.
The Invention of Vita Wonk Translation in Hindi
1. Mr Willy …………………….. new thing…
श्रीमान विली वोल्का वोन्वा वाइटा की खोज से आरंभ करता है, जिससे लोग उम्र में छोटे हो जाते हैं। पर वोन्का वाइटा बहुत शक्तिशाली है। इसलिए कुछ लोग गायब हो जाते हैं, क्योंकि उनकी उम्र कम हो जाती है। वास्तव में एक व्यक्ति की उम्र नकारात्मक सतासी बन जाती है। इसका अर्थ है कि उसको वापस आने के लिए सतासी वर्ष इंतजार करना पड़ेगा।
श्रीमान विली वोका की नई चीज को खोज जरूर करनी है।
2. Mr Wonka………………. anything else?”
श्री वोन्का कहते हैं, “इसलिए मैंने दुबारा से अपनी बात मोड़ी और काम शुरू किया। फिर मैंने दुबारा से दिमाग पर जोर लगाया, नई विधि सोची…..मुझे उम्र को पैदा करना था….लोगों को बूढ़ा बनाना था….बूढ़ा और बूढ़ा, और बूढा…”हा-हा!” मैं चिल्लाया… .पर विचार उत्पन्न हो रहे थे…”इस दुनिया में पाई जाने वाली सबसे पुरानी चीज क्या है? कौन सी चीज दूसरी चीज से लंबा जीती है?”
Word Meaning: Rolled = to roll over, गोल मोड़ना। Squeezed = to press, दबाना। Recipe = method to make, खाना बनाने की विधि।
3. “A tree,” ……………………….. years old!
“एक पेड़” चारली ने कहा “चारली तुम ठीक हो! पर किस तरह का पेड़ है? न तो देवदार का पेड़ न की बलूत का पेड़। न, न मेरे बेटे। इस पेड़ को देवदार का पेड़ कहते हैं जो निवेदा, अमेरिका में वीलर चोटी की घाटियों पर पाए जाते हैं। आज यह लगभग 4000 वर्ष पुराने हैं।
Word Meaning: Fir = a kind of tree of pine family, देवदार। Oak = any tree of the genus, बलूत का वृक्ष। Pine = a soft kind of timber, देवदार।
4. This is………………………. living things…
यह सच है, चारली। किसी भी घटनाओं को कार्यक्रम के अनुसार लिखने वाले से मिले (और उस शब्द का अर्थ घर जा कर शब्दकोश में ढूंढिए) इसलिए मैं इस बात से चौंक गई। मैं बहुत
बड़े काँच के एलिवेटर में कूदा और दुनिया के सब क्षेत्रों से प्राचीन सूचना इकट्ठी करने क कोशिश की।
5. Apint………….. ……. of tonga.
- 4000 वर्ष प्राचीन देवदार के पेड़ से डेढ़ पाव रस।
- 168 वर्ष बूढ़े रूसी किसान पैटरोविच ग्रेरग्रोविच के पैरों के नाखून के अंश।
- 200 वर्ष बूढ़े कछुए के द्वारा दिया गया अंडा जो टोंगा के राजा के पास था।
Word Meaning: Pint = a pint of liquid like with, डेढ़ पाव का नाप। Clipping = a pice separedud by cuttings, कतरन।
6. . The tail ………………………….36 years
- 51 वर्ष बूढ़े अरब में पाए जाने वाले घोड़े की पूंछ।
- 36 वर्ष बूढ़ी बिल्ली की मूंछे जिसका नाम करमपटस है।
- एक बूढ़ा पिस्सू जो 36 वर्ष से करमपटस पर जी रहा है।
Word Meaning: Whiskers = hair growing! on upper up, मूंछे। Flea = a small juming insect, पिस्सू।
7. • The tail ………………….. from peru…”
तिब्बत के 207 वर्षीय विशाल चूहे की पूँछ।
97 वर्ष बूढ़े ग्रीमालकिन जो कि पर्वत पोपोकैटेपेटी में पाया जाने वाले के काले दाँत।
700 वर्ष बूढ़े पेरू में पाए जाने वाले कैटालू की पोर की हड्डी।
Word Meaning: Knuckle Bones = the bone of a finger which forms the knuckle, पोर की हड्डी।
8. “All over ……………………. was sleeping.
‘सारी दुनिया में चारली श्रीमान वोन्का बोलते रहे।’
मैंने हर तरह से बूढ़े और प्राचीन समय में पाए जाने वाले जानवरों की तहकीकात की और हर जानवर की कोई-न-कोई महत्त्वपूर्ण चीज इकट्ठी कर ली। …एक बाल या भौएँ या एक औस जैम जो कि पैरों के अंगुली के बीच में से सोए हुए कुरेदा गया हो।
Word Meaning: Ounce = a unit of weight, औंस।
9. Itracked…………………….. now,Charlie.
मैंने विसल-सुअर का पीछा किया। बोबोलिंक, सक्रोक, पोली मेढक, बड़ा कुश्लीक्यू, स्टिगिक सलग और जहरीला स्क्वीरकल जो कि पचास कदम की दूरी से तुम्हारी आँख में जहर उगल सकता है। पर अब चारली तुम्हें बताने का समय नहीं है।
Word Meanings: Tracked = to follow, 4781 Giant = very big, बहुत बड़ा। Yards = unit of measure, गज।
10. Let me……………….. what happened.” “What did happen?” Charlie asked.
मुझे अब जल्दी से बताने दो कि आखिर में, बहुत अधिक उबालने और बुलबुले बनाने के बाद और मिलाने और प्रमाण के पश्चात् अपने आविष्कार के कमरे में, मैंने काले रंग का तरल पदार्थ बनाया। उसकी चार बूंदें मैंने बहादुर बीस वर्ष के ऊपा-लूपा को पीने को दिया कि मैं उसका नतीजा देख सकूँ। “क्या हुआ?” चारली ने पूछा।
Word Meaning: Bubbling = air filled cavity, बुलबुले। Testing = finding a proof, प्रमाण। Inventing = To fabricate, अविष्कार करना।
11. “It was………………………….. invented!”
“बहुत शानदार बात घटी।” श्रीमान वोन्का चिल्ला कर बोले “जिस पल उसने निगला, उसके झरियाँ पड़ने लगीं और हर तरफ वह सिकुड़ने लगा और इससे पहले कि मुझे पता लगता उसके बाल गिरने लगे। वह अचानक 75 वर्ष के बूढ़े व्यक्ति में बदल गया। और इस तरह से, मेरे प्यारे चारली वीटा Wonk का आविष्कार हुआ।
Word Meaning: Shrivelled = to contract into wrinkles, सिकुड़ना।
The Invention of Vita Wonk Summary in English
This lesson deals about invention made by Mr. Willy Wonka. Intitially Wonka makes a invention to make people younger but now he wants to invent a new things. He’ wanted to make people old. He thought about oldest living things in the world. He consults charlie and finds about fir oak, cedar etc. Getting inspired he collected a lot of odd things such as sap from pine, toe nail from a fanner, tail of a horse, etc. Mr. Wonka went on all over the world and took a little bit of each of the things. So he put all the things together and boiled them together. This boiling turned the liquid into oily black liquid. This was offered to twenty- years-old oompa loompa. very strange results were provided Oompa-loompa began wrinkling his hair started falling off and his teeth started falling. Thus the man became an old fellow of seventy five. This led to invention ofVita-Wonk.
The Invention of Vita Wonk Summary in Hindi
यह पाठ श्रीमान विली वोन्का के द्वारा की खोज के बारे में बताता है। शुरू में श्रीमान वोंका ने उम्र कम करने की खोज की। पर अब वह नई चीजों की खोज करना चाहता है। वह लोगों को बूढ़ा करना चाहता है। वह इस दुनिया में पाई जाने वाली पुरानी चीजों के बारे में सोचता है। पर चारली से परामर्श करता है और बलूत के पेड़ व देवदार के पेड़ और कई अन्य पेड़ों के बारे में पता लगाता है। उत्साहित होकर वह कई अजीब तरह की चीजें इकट्ठी करता है जैसे देवदार के पेड़ से रस, किसान के पैर का नाखून, घोड़े की पूँछ श्रीमान वोन्का दुनिया के हर कोने से इन चीजों को इकट्ठी करके लाए। उसने इन सब चीजों को इकट्ठा किया और उबाला। उबालने से तरल पदार्थ काले रंग के तेलिय तरल में बदल गया। यह बीस वर्ष के ऊँपा लूम्पा को पीने को दिया गया। बहुत अजीब नतीजे देखे गए। उपाँ लूम्पा सिकुड़ने लगा, उसके बाल गिरने लगे और उसके दाँत गिरने लगे। वह 75 वर्ष के बूढ़े व्यक्ति में बदल गया। इससे वीटा वोक का अविष्कार हुआ।