Question Answer of The Hot Air Balloon – English Literature

The question and answer of the hot air balloon chapter are written in one place. First questions are written serially. Thereafter answers are given. Uses are requested to give your feedback in the comment section. You can add your answers also in the comment section.

Question 1 :What gave the Montgolfier brothers the idea of flying ?

Question 2 : The brothers did not know an important fact about the flying. What was the fact ?

Question 3 :How was the balloon launched in Annonay different from the one launched in Paris   ?

Question 4 : why did the villagers of Gonesse attack the balloon when it descended?

Question 5 :which  animals went up in hot air balloon ? Did they land safely?

Question 6 :What do you think the king only wanted the criminals to be sent up on a hot air balloon?



Answer The Hot Air Balloon starts below:

Answer 1:  Montgolfier brothers were sitting in front of the fire . they noticed some small pieces of scorched paper floating up the chimneys. this game them the idea of flying . 


Answer 2: The important fact that the Montgolfier brothers did not know about the flying balloons ; was that the balloon rose up because the hot air inside the balloon was lighter than air outside it . As soon as the gas cooled down, the balloon descended.


Answer 3:  The balloon that was launched in Amonay by Montgolfier brothers used the method of burning papers ;which hot air helped the balloon to rise up in the air . However the balloon launched in Paris by professor Jackques Charles, used the hydrogen gas ;which was lighter than air. 


Answer 4: The villagers of Gonesse became terrified and scared of descended huge balloon, because of its unpleasant smell . they thought it an unknown monster. Therefore they attacked it with knives and forks.


Answer 5: the animals that went up in hot-air balloon were a rooster, a duck and a sheep.   Yes they landed safely and were found to be safe and sound.


Answer 6: the king of France , Louis wanted only criminal to be sent in the hot-air balloon because he thought that going up in the air for a person could be dangerous to tryout as the life ofthe people could be at risk. As the life of the criminals were of no use to the society . Sa the king wanted the experiment to be carried out with the criminals only.