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

Chapter - 9 A Bicycle in Good Repair

MCQs

Question 1.
Both the author and the friend had decided to go for:
(a) hunting
(b) a long drive
(c) a long bicycle ride
(d) a bus journey

Answer

(c) a long bicycle ride

Question 2.
The author’s friend shook the bicycle violently which the author:
(a) approved
(b) could hardly believe
(c) did not like
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(c) did not like

Question 3.
Both had difference of opinion regarding the wobbling of the front wheel:
(a) the friend said It wobbled
(b) the author said that It did not wobble
(c) the author commented on the smooth ride
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(d) both (a) and (b)

Question 4.
The friend started playing with:
(a) the back wheel
(b) the front wheel
(c) the handle
(d) the seat cover

Answer

(b) the front wheel

Question 5.
The unscrewing resulted In
(a) the rolling of some dozen or so
(b) the settling of some dozen or so little little balls balls
(c) the sucking of balls with one another
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(a) the rolling of some dozen or so

Question 6.
The gear-case was:
(a) not to be taken out
(b) to be taken out
(c) to be repaired
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(a) not to be taken out

Question 7.
___ goes a little stiffly after lunch.
(a) Sun
(b) Bus
(c) Cycle
(d) Car

Answer

Answer: (c) Cycle

Question 8.
‘This front wheel wobbles’. What does wobble mean?
(a) Make bubbles
(b) Unsteadily from side to side
(c) Broken
(d) spins around

Answer

Answer: (b) Unsteadily from side to side

Question 9.
What were the balls that rolled out on the path?
(a) tyres
(b) wheel
(c) ball-bearing
(d) handle

Answer

Answer: (c) ball-bearing

Question 10.
He could not dissuade the man because
(a) he was scared
(b) he was trust worthy
(c) he was hopeful
(d) he did not want to offend

Answer

Answer: (d) he did not want to offend

Question 11.
___ was lying topsy-turvy in the middle of the path
(a) ball bearing
(b) the child
(c) the man
(d) a thief

Answer

Answer: (a) ball bearing

Question 12.
The child was in awe with ___
(a) hopelessness
(b) cherry confidence
(c) inquisite mind
(d) shamelessness

Answer

Answer: (b) cherry confidence

Question 13.
The bicycle, showed spirit implies
(a) perfectly repaired
(b) shows signs of recovery
(c) ghosts entered
(d) dismantled bicycle

Answer

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.

 

 

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CHAPTER – 8 Fire: Friend and Foe | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 8 Fire: Friend and Foe

MCQs

Question 1.
When the energy is released in the form of heat and light, it is:
(a) fire
(b) a chemical reaction
(c) light energy
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(d) both (a) and (b)

Question 2.
Lowering the temperature below the flash point:
(a) causes fire
(b) extinguishes the fire
(c) lowers the density
(d) none of the above

Answer

(b) extinguishes the fire

Question 3.
Man’s first experience of fire could be:
(a) lightning
(b) rubbing stones
(c) volcanoes
(d) both (b) and (c)

Answer

(d) both (b) and (c)

Question 4.
When carbon and hydrogen are combined with oxygen, they:
(a) can cause fire
(b) can cease fire
(c) explode
(d) none of the above

Answer

(a) can cause fire

Question 5.
The temperature at which every fuel bums is called:
(a) the flush point
(b) the flash point
(c) the fire point
(d) all the above

Answer

(b) the flash point

Question 6.
Fire can be:
(a) a good servant
(b) created
(c) a bad master
(d) both (a) and (c)

Answer

(d) both (a) and (c)

Question 7.
Fire brigade is:
(a) an old concept
(b) a band of fire-fighters
(c) a human chain
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(b) a band of fire-fighters

Question 8.
The fuels available in natural form are:
(a) cooking gas
(b) electricity
(c) petrol
(d) coal

Answer

(d) coal

Question 9.
Fire is our
(a) friend
(b) foe
(c) neither friend nor foe
(d) both a friend and foe

Answer

(d) both a friend and foe

Question 10.
Fire is a bad master if it is
(a) made by coal
(b) made by electricity
(c) under
(d) uncontrolled

Answer

(d) uncontrolled

Question 11.
Early man might have experienced fire by
(a) Watching lighting and volcanoes
(b) watching fire files
(c) keeping it under wraps
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Watching lighting and volcanoes

Question 12.
___ is released in the form of heat and light.
(a) carbon
(b) hydrogen
(c) light
(d) energy

Answer

Answer: (d) energy

Question 13.
There things required to make fire are
(a) fuel
(b) heat
(c) oxygen
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 14.
The ‘flash point’ of fuel is
(a) torch light
(b) temperature to bum
(c) memory
(d) lighting match

Answer

Answer: (c) memory

Question 15.
If the fire has no fuel to feed on, preventing oxygen supply and removing the heat can lead to
(a) put out fire
(b) break out epidermic
(c) start a fire
(d) cook our food

Answer

Answer: (a) put out fire

Question 16.
Water should not be used on fire caused by
(a) fuel
(b) dry leaves
(c) oil
(d) electrical appliances

Answer

Answer: (d) electrical appliances

Question 1.
What is early man’s outlook for fire?
Answer:
He was scared of fire. The early man might have seen volcanoes or lighting before he started using fire and was hence knew it was dangerous and powerful.

Question 2.
Give some examples of fuel.
Answer:
Wood, coal, cooking gas and petrol are examples of fuel.

Question 3.
Why gaps are left between buildings during construction?
Answer:
Gaps are left between buildings during construction to reduce the risk of fire.

Question 4.
How has the discovery of fire helped the mankind?
Answer:
Discovery of fire has helped the early man to cope with nature. It also helped them adopt a settle mode of life.

Question 5.
How fire is a good servant?
Answer:
Fire is a good servant. When kept under control fire helps us do many things in most of our home we cook our food on fire. We use fire to keep us warm during extreme winter. It is also used to generating electricity.

Question 6.
Before fire brigades were set out, how people tried to put out fire.
Answer:
Before the fire brigade came into the picture people used to extinguish fire forming human chain. Everyone was a fireman in that scenario. People used to pass buckets filled with water from a pond or well through each other and the person at the extreme end used to pour it over the flames.

Question 7.
How have we learnt to control fire?
Answer:
Every year we spend millions of rupees for fighting fires. We spend even large sum of money to find out ways to prevent fire from happening and going out control in the process we have learnt to control fire and use it for our betterment.

Question 8.
Explain with an example how can you put out fire by cutting the supply of oxygen.
Answer:
Oxygen is one of the three elements essential for causing fire. If we can disrupt the supply of oxygen then we can put of the fire. This can be applied in case of small fires. If we throw a damp blanket or a sack over fire. It cuts off the supply of oxygen and the fire is immediately put off.

Question 9.
Why we cannot use water to put out some fires?
Answer:
We cannot use water in case of oil and electric fires oil floats over water and thus oil fires cannot be extinguished using water. Water flows on and it has the risk of spreading the fire along. In case of electric fires water cannot be used as an extinguished. It being a good conductor of electricity puts the life of the man spraying it in danger.

Question 10.
What is the role of fire fighter?
Answer:
Fire fighters are given training on various skills to minimize the damage. They put out fire and also give first aid.

Question 11.
What do you understand by the ‘flash point’ of a fuel?
Answer:
The temperature at which a fuel begins to burns is called its flash point.

Question 12.
(i) What are some common uses of fire?
(ii) In what sense is it a “bad master”?
Answer:
(i) The common uses of fire are to cook food, warm our names in winter, to generate electricity and many more.
(ii) If fire goes out of control, it can cause damage to our life, house and property. It is ‘bad master’ in this sense.

Fire: Friend and Foe Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
What is your opinion about fire after ready the lesson?
Answer:
As the title of the lesson suggests fire is both/riled and foe. It can be dangerous and threat to life and property. Valuable resources get engulfed by the fire. So various measures and laws are enforced to save lives and resources.

Question 2.
‘Power needs control’ Do you agree or not. Give you response in reference to the text.
Answer:
Every powerful things or person can be controlled and checked from time to time. For example, fire is so useful in day to day life that human existence is impossible without fire yet it can destroy in records. So its power should be checked before getting out of control. Establishment like fire brigade are so helpful. Vigilance and alertness can stop from a turning of a friend into a foe.

Question 3.
What are the three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out?
Answer:
The three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out are:
(i) By taking away the fuel. If the fire has no fuel to feed on. No burning can take place.
(ii) By preventing oxygen from reaching it.
(iii) By bringing back the temperature below ‘flash point’ of the fuel.

Question 4.
Why does a burning candle go out when you blow on it?
Ans.
When we blow on candle, the hot air around the candle gets removed and it burning down the temperature of candle below the flash point. Thus, a candle goes out because no fuel can bum below its flash point.

Question 5.
Spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire. Why not?
Answer:
If water is sprayed onto an oil fire, then the oil will float to the top of the water and continue to bum. This can be very dangerous because water can flow quickly. Carrying spray water might receive an electric shock and be killed. Therefore, spraying water is not a good way of putting out an oil fire or an electrical fire.

Question 8.
What are some of the things you should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school?
Answer:
Some of the things we should do to prevent a fire at home and in the school:
(i) Precaution is better than cure. We should be alert about the use of inflammable substances and handle it with care.
(ii) There is always possibility of catching fire in old buildings of home and school due to short circuits. Therefore, over loaded wired should be replaced with new ones and Fuse should be checked at regular interval.
(iii) By spreading in knowledge about the handling of fuel, its flash point and about its protection after an accident.
(iv) Fire extinguisher should be installed and old wiring must be replaced. Keeping the contact number of fire police on speed dial in case if little accident may happen.
(v) Never taking the little accident of fire lightly as it may lead to greater one and finding a way out so that it may not happen in future. Not storing inflammable or combustible things like kerosene and petrol in our homes and in the school.

Fire: Friend and Foe Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
He must have watched lightning and volcanoes long before he began to use fire himself. Fire was powerful and dangerous, and he was frightened. Fire may have puzzled early man but we now know that fire is the result of a chemical reaction. When the oxygen in the air combines with carbon and hydrogen in a fuel, a chemical reaction takes place. Energy in the form of heat and light is released in this process. This is what we call fire.

Questions
(i) Who must have watched lightning?
(ii) Why was ‘he’ afraid of fire?
(iii) What is the chemical reaction in fire?
(iv) What is released from fire?
(v) Choose from the passage an adjective with the meaning ‘perplexed’.
Answer:
(i) Early man must have watched lightning.
(ii) He was afraid of fire because it was powerful and dangerous.
(iii) When the oxygen in the air combines with carbon and hydrogen in a fuel, a chemical reaction takes place.
(iv) Energy is released in the form of heat and light.
(v) Puzzled.

Question 2.
It is sometimes said that fire is a good servant but a bad master. It only means that fire is very useful as long as it is kept under control. For instance, we use it to cook our food, warm our homes in winter and to generate electricity. But, on the other hand, if fire gets out of control it can be very dangerous. Each year thousands of homes and shops are damaged by fire. Vast areas of forest are also destroyed and hundreds of people are killed or injured.

(i) Who is called as ‘a bad master’?
(ii) Where do we use fire?
(iii) Why are the forest destroyed?
(iv) Give examples of fire as ‘a bad master’.
Answer:
(i) Fire is called as ‘a bad master’.
(ii) It is used to cook food, warm homes in winters and to generate electricity.
(iii) According to the writer, the forest is destroyed by uncontrolled fire.
(iv) Every year thousands of homes and shops are damaged by fire. Human lives and forests are badly affected by its impacts of fire.

Question 3.
The third way of putting out a fire is to remove the heat. If the temperature can be brought down below the flash point, the fuel stops burning. You blow on a burning matchstick or a candle to put it out. In doing so, you remove the hot air around the flame bringing down its temperature below the flash point, and the candle goes out. Sometimes, water is sprayed on a fire. It absorbs heat from the burning fuel and lowers the temperature. The blanket of water also cut off the supply of oxygen, and the fire is extinguished.

(i) How can fire be put out?
(ii) When does the fuel stop burning?
(iii) What is the impact of water if sprayed on a fire?
(iv) How can fire is extinguished with \frater?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘extinguished’.
Answer:
(i) Fire can be put out by removing the heat.
(ii) If Hie temperature can be brought down below the flash point the fuel stops burning.
(iii) It absorbs heat from the burning fuel and lower the temperature.
(iv) The blanket of water cuts off the supply of oxygen, and the fire is extinguished.
(v) Put out.

Question 4.
Long ago, there were no firemen. When fire broke out, everybody became a firefighter. People formed human chains (they still do if required) and passed buckets of water from a well or a pond to the blaze. Now there are laws about building construction which ensure that space is left between buildings to reduce the fire risk. Every new building, especially a public place, must ensure observance of fire prevention norms. Bands of fire fighting workers with special equipment, known as fire brigades, are there to put out fires. Firefighters are highly trained people. They possess many skills. They cut off electricity supply, knock down dangerous walls, spray water and other materials to bring fire under control.

(i) What happened in earlier times when fire broke out?
(ii) Why are the laws about building construction enforced?
(iii) What is a fire brigade?
(iv) What are the skills of fire fighters?
(v) Change verb ‘Prevent’ into a noun.
Answer:
(i) When fire broke out, everybody became a fire – fighter by forming human chains.
(ii) There are laws about building construction to reduce the fire risks.
(iii) Fire brigade is a band of fire fighting workers with special equipment.
(iv) Fire fighters are highly trained people. They cut off electricity supply, knock down dangerous walls spray water and other materials to bring fire under control.
(v) Prevention.

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CHAPTER – 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 7 The Invention of Vita Wonk

MCQs

Question 1.
Vita-Wonk makes people grow:
(a) paler
(b) older
(c) younger
(d) brighter

Answer

(b) older

Question 2.
87means:
(a) that after 87 years man will
(b) that man will disappear from earth become zero
(c) that mari will disappear
(d) a man will arrive on earth after from earth totally 87 years

Answer

(d) a man will arrive on earth after from earth totally 87 years

Question 3.
The oldest living thing In the world is:
(a) Douglas Fir
(b) the Oak
(c) Bristlecone pine
(d) the Cedar

Answer

(c) Bristlecone pine

Question 4.
The oldest things that are mentioned are:
(a) factual
(b) hypothetical
(c) imaginary
(d) realistic

Answer

(c) imaginary

Question 5.
Mr Wonka collects Items from the oldest things to make:
(a) a mixture
(b) a solution
(c) a drug
(d) an experiment

Answer

(c) a drug

Question 6.
The drug will not work as:
(a) no one wishes to grow old
(b) It is poison
(c) It Is bitter
(d) it Is dangerous for children

Answer

(a) no one wishes to grow old

Question 7.
The life-expectancy of man is:
(a) 50-80 years
(b) 80-100 years
(c) 60-90 years
(d) 80-90 years

Answer

(b) 80-100 years

Question 8.
Mr Wonka took from Bristlecone pine.
(a) a pint of salt
(b) a pint of sap
(c) a pinch of sap
(d) a pinch of salt

Answer

(b) a pint of sap

Question 9.
Mr Wonka got from Arabia
(a) 51 year old horse
(b) 10 year old dog
(c) 100 year old dog
(d) Vita Wonk

Answer

(a) 51 year old horse

Question 10.
Mr Wonka got from Tibet
(a) a medal
(b) 207 year old rat
(c) 500 year old flower
(d) a rare dog

Answer

(b) 207 year old rat

Question 11.
Find out one word from the above lines that is antonym of ‘expanding’
(a) Wrinkling
(b) shrinking
(c) falling
(d) Dropping

Answer

Answer: (b) shrinking

Question 12.
Find out one word from the above lines that is antonym of ‘smooth’
(a) Uneven
(b) crease
(c) wrinkle
(d) fold

Answer

Answer: (a) Uneven

Question 13.
What lives the longest of all given below?
(a) A tree
(b) a dinosaur
(c) a shark
(d) a lizard

Answer

Answer: (a) A tree

Question 14.
The uniqueness of the Great Glass Elevator is that Mr. Wonk can __
(a) travel the world
(b) see through
(c) Protects from animals
(d) disappear

Answer

Answer: (a) travel the world

Question 15.
The Arabian horse are distinct because they
(a) lived for 10 years
(b) lived for 2 years
(c) lived for 5 years
(d) lived for 25 years

Question 1.
According to Charlie what lives the longest?
Answer:
According to Charlie a tree lives the longest.

Question 2.
Who did Mr. Wonka asked Charlie to confirm Bristlccone pine trees live the longest?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka asked Charlie to confirm the fact with any deridrochronologist.

Question 3.
How did Mr. Wonka travel?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka used to travel across the world in the Great Glass Elevator.

Question 4.
Whose knucklebone were collected by Willy Wonka? Where did the old fles collected by Mr. Wonka live?
Answer:
Mr. Willy Wonka collected the knucklebones of a 700 years old Grimalkin that lived in a cave on Mount Popocatepetl. The old Flea used to live on Crumpets that was a 36 years old cat.

Question 5.
What was special about the Arabian horse? Mr. Wonka collected whose tow-nail?
Answer:
The Arabian horse lived for 5 years which is quite unusual for any normal horse. Mr. Wonka collected the toenail clipping of a 168 years old Russian farmer called Petrovitch Gregorovitch.

Question 6.
On whom did Mr. Wonka tested the oily black liquid?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka tested the oily black liquid over an Oompa – Loompa volunteer.

Question 7.
What was the need for Mr. Wonka to invent Vita – Wonk?
Answer:
It Vita – Wonk after taking many people have grown younger to an extent that their ages have gone in minus. All such people have disappeared and will be back only after they spend all those minus years being invisible. To counter these changes Mr. Wonka decided to invent a new drug to help people to grow older.

Question 8.
What were the ancient things that Mr. Wonka collected?
Answer:
Mr. Wonka had collected five ancient things. Mr. Wonka collected a pint of sap from a 4000 years old Bristlecone pine tree, whiskers of a 36 years old cat called Crumpets, an egg laid by a 200 years old tortoise that belonged to the king of Tonga. He also collected tail of 207 years old rat from Tibet and tail of 51 years old horse in Arabia.

Question 9.
What changes in the appearance of Oompa – Loompa volunteer after taking the drops of Vita – Wonk?
Answer:
The obvious changes of again appeared on Oompa-Loompa. After taking drops of Vita-Wonk the Oompa-Loompa volunteer began to wrinkle and shrivel its hair started falling. Within no while the changes were visible and become an old man who looked around 75 years old.

Question 10.
How has the of invention of Vita-Wonk progressed?
Answer:
Willy Wonka took much pain. He travelled across he globe in his Great Glass Elevator to collect items for Vita-Wonk. He collected samples from some of the oldest living creatures in the world. He mixed these items, boiled and bubbled them several times in his inventing room and then invented a one tiny cupful of an oily black liquid. He tested this on a 20 years old Oompa – Loompa volunteer and within minutes he turned into a 75 years old creature. This was how Vita-Wonk was discovered.

The Invention of Vita Wonk Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
How does the Roald Dahl story to infuse the creativity increase the power of imagination in the children?
Answer:
The children are a powerhouse of imagination and creativity. The story boosts the spirit and it gives wings to the imagination of the children. Roald Dahe has a humorous and creative writing style that suits to the delicate mind of children. The language, description of characters is simple. Yet bombastic words used in the lesson helps cognitive development of child.

Question 2.
Why the impact of inveritions and discoveries need to be regulated?
Answer:
Life is an ongoing process with development and growth. Various invention and discoveries benefitted humanity and nature: Yet a few were disastrous. Human mind is highly creative but its energy should be used in doing general good for everybody. The medicine for making young did no good to Mr. Wonka, so he prepared antidote named. Wonka – Vite. Nature needs to be balanced. Service to nature should be aimed at with every research/invention.

Question 3.
(i) What trees does Mr Wonka mention? Which trees does he say lives the longest?
(ii) How long does this tree live? Where can you find it?
Answer:
(i) Mr Wonka mentions fir, Oak, cedar and Bristlecone Pine trees lives the longest.
(ii) Bristlecone Pine lives for over 4000 years and one can find them upon the slopes of wheeler peak in Nevada, USA.

Question 4.
Who 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:
With the exception of 4000-year-old Bristlecone Pine, the things mentioned in Mr Wonka’s list are purely Imaginary.

Question 5.
Why does Mr Wonka collect item from the oldest things? Do you think this is the right way to begin his invention?
Answer:
Mr Wonka wanted to create an item that will make people older so he collected items from the oldest thing. This is in fact a foolish way to begin an invention.

Question 6.
What happens to the volunteer who swallows four drops of the new invention? What is the name of the invention?
Answer:
The moment the brave twenty years old Oompa-Loompa volunteer swallowed four drops of the new invention, he began wrinkling and shriveling up all over. His hair started dropping off and his teeth started falling out. Before Mr Wonka knew it, the volunteer had suddenly become an old man of seventy five. The name of the invention was Vita-work.

The Invention of Vita Wonk Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
Mr. Wonka said, “ So once again I rolled my sleeves and set to work. Once again I squeezed my brain,
searching for the new recipe… I had to create age… to make people old… old, older, oldest… ‘Ha-ha!’ I cried for now the ideas were beginning to come. “What is the oldest living thing in the world? What lives longer .then everything else?’

(i) Who is I in the above line?
(ii) Whom is he talking to?
(iii) Why did he roll up his sleeves?
(iv) What was he looking out for?
(v) Write three degree of adjective’s (old) from the passage.
Answer:
(i) T is Mr. Wonka in the above lines.
(ii) He was talking to Charlie.
(iii) Mr. Wonka rolled up his sleeves in search for new recipe.
(iv) He was looking out for the oldest living things in the world.
(v) old-older-oldest.

Question 2.
Let me just say quickly that in the end, after lots of boiling and bubbling and mixing and testing in my inventing Room, I produced one tiny cupful of oily black liquid and gave four drops of it to a brave twenty-year-old Oompa-Loompa volunteer to see what happened.” “What did happen?” Charlie asked. “It was fantastic!” Cried Mr Wonka. “The moment he swallowed it, he began wrinkling and shrivelling up all over and his hair started dropping off and his teeth started falling out and, before I knew it, he had suddenly become an old fellow of seventy-five! And thus, my dear Charlie, was Vita-Wonk invented!”

(i) What did Mr. Wonka tell Charlie in the end?
(ii) Who had volunteered to take the medicine?
(iii) What did happen to the volunteer?
(iv) What signs of ageing appeared on him?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘shriveling up’.
Answer:
(i) Mr. Wonka told Charlie that he boiled, mixed and tested black liquid.
(ii) A twenty years old Oompa – Loompa volunteered to take the medicine.
(iii) The volunteer grew older to the age of seventy five. Wrinkles appeared on his face.
(iv) The volunteer began wrinkling; shrivelling up his hair and his teeth began to fall.
(v) To contract.

 

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CHAPTER – 6 Expert Detectives | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 6 Expert Detectives

MCQs

Question 1.
The expert detectives were:
(a) Nishad and Mr Nath
(b) Nishad and Seven
(c) Maya and Ramesh
(d) Maya and Nishad

Answer

(d) Maya and Nishad

Question 2.
Nishad and Maya got an unexpected holiday from school due to
(a) the Bandh
(b) heavy rains
(c) the Parade
(d) Founders Orders

Answer

(b) heavy rains

Question 3.
Nishad finds out about Mr Nath:
(a) from his mother
(b) from his father
(c) from Ramesh
(d) from the visitor

Answer

(c) from Ramesh

Question 4.
The problem between the two children could be resolved only by:
(a) Ramesh
(b) the doctor
(c) their mother
(d) their teacher

Answer

(c) their mother

Question 5.
Nishad’s Impression about Mr Nath was that he was:
(a) a monster
(b) a patient
(c) a crook
(d) very poor

Answer

(d) very poor

Question 6.
The mother had told the children about the scars on the face of Mr Nath. They were:
(a) chicken pox marks
(b) birth marks
(c) burn scars
(d) accident marks

Answer

(c) burn scars

Question 7.
Mamma’s clinic was located at:
(a) Gurgaon
(b) Birmingham
(c) Girgaum
(d) Hyderabad

Answer

(c) Girgaum

Question 8.
A bar of chocolate was given to:
(a) Nishad
(b) Seven
(c) Mr Nath
(d) Raniesh

Answer

(c) Mr Nath

Question 9.
Nishad was disappointed when he met Mr Nath because he
(a) had scars on his feet
(b) did not return his marble
(c) didn’t ask Nishad to come In
(d) was a patient

Answer

(c) didn’t ask Nishad to come In

Question 10.
Maya wrote the facts on a piece of paper because
(a) It was her habit to do so
(b) she thought it was the way of the detectives
(c) her mother had asked her to do so
(d) she had met a detective and seen him working

Answer

(b) she thought it was the way of the detectives

Question 11.
The first impression of Mr. Nath on seven was that he ___
(a) Weak
(b) Monster
(c) crook
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 12.
Who brings food for Mr. Nath
(a) Mr. Mehta
(b) Ramesh
(c) Maya
(d) Nishad

Answer

Answer: (b) Ramesh

Question 13.
For Maya and Nishad was hidden in the trunk is ___
(a) silver and gold
(b) gold biscuits
(c) important clothes
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) silver and gold

Question 14.
When did Nishad go to see Mr. Nath?
(a) on his birthday to see Mr. Nath?
(b) on his mother’s birthday
(c) on Mr. Nath birthday
(d) never

Answer

Answer: (b) on his mother’s birthday

Question 1.
What is the real name of seven?
Answer:
Nishad’s name meant the seventh note on the musical scale, so Maya called him seven.

Question 2.
Who is Maya?
Answer:
Maya is the sister of Nishad and the narrator in the lesson ‘Expert Detectives’.

Question 3.
What was Maya’s prediction for Mr. Nath’s scares?
Answer:
Maya assumed that Mr. Nath would have got his scars in a shoot – out with the police.

Question 4.
What was the apprehension of Mr. Nath for seven’s second visit?
Answer:
Mr. Nath thought Nishad had visited him again to his place in search of his marbles.

Question 5.
How did Nishad and Maya spend their holiday?
Answer:
Nishad was lying on his bed and reading a comic book on his unexpected holiday and Maya was jotting down the line of investigation.

Question 6.
What is the difference of opinion of both siblings?
Answer:
Maya was calling Mr. Nath; an escaped crook. In contrast to it, Nishad took him as an ordinary man.

Question 7.
“Mr. Nath was a mystery for both’. How has the Nishad’s opinion changed about him?
Answer:
Nishad turned sympathetic towards Mr. Nath seeing his gaunt appearance. His attitude changed further when he came to know that he used to give regular tip to Ramesh for bringing his food. Then he also remembered his mother’s words that Mr. Nath was a polite man.

Question 8.
What did Maya think about the visitor of Mr. Nath?
Answer:
Maya thought that Mr. Nath’s visitor was his accomplice in his crimes. She believed that he kept all the . loot with him and shared the money.

Question 9.
What all facts Maya collected about Mr. Nath?
Answer:
Maya collected the following facts, His name was Mr. Nath and they must find out his first name. Other tenants at Shankar house called him mad strange and unfriendly. He didn’t speak with anyone and lacked manners. He never received any letters and been living as tenant in room no. 10 in Shankar house. He didn’t use to work anywhere and was at his room the whole day. All the kinds and some of the grown up people in Shankar house were scared of him. He had no visitor except the same man on every Sunday. Ramesh used to get his food from the restaurant downstairs and Mr. Nath was not much bothered about it. He used to pay him immediately and also used to give tips.

Question 10.
What did Nishad give Mr Nath? Why?
Answer:
Nishad gave a bar of chocolate to Mr. Nath because he thought the Mr Nath was poor and starving.

Question 11.
What is “strange” about Mr. Nath’s Sunday?
Answer:
Every Sunday Mr. Nath used to have the same visitor at his home and the two used to have lunch together

Question 12.
Why did Nishad and Maya get a holiday?
Answer:
Nishad and Maya got a holiday because of a heavy downpour. The streets were flooded due to the rain. Since no traffic could move through the flooded roads, they got a holiday.

Expert Detectives Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Children are inquisitive in nature and are compassionate too. Discuss.
Answer:
Nishad resisted the idea that Mr. Nath is a crook. He wanted to investigate the truth. Yet did not give, upon the idea. Mr. Nath was a suspicious character. Both of them wanted to peep inside his life. When Nishad visited Mr. Nath along with his mother, who went to see him as a patient, he found him feeble and lonely. He was moved by the pathetic state of Mr. Nath. At the end of the story, he went out to befriend such a lonely person.

Question 2.
The kids representative of a special dimension for creativity in children’s world. How?
Answer:
Mr. Nath was not leading a normal life, as he lived alone and got his food from a restaurant. He is visited by a visitor on Sunday’s only. The creativity is evident when Maya jotted down the line of investigation Nishad had curious mind too. Children have sharp intellect and observation. They were obsessed with the idea to get to know about Mr. Nath. They enquired from Ramesh, who brings food for him. Nishad tried to enter into his house to investigate. They came with loads of idea. Yet their motive wasn’t to make fun of him. They were forgiving, compassionate and soft hearted who are willing to lend their helping hand to the needy. For them, everyone should be happy.

Question 3.
What does Nishad find out about Mr Nath from Ramesh?

  • What he eats
  • When he eats
  • What he drinks, and when
  • How he pays

Answer:
Nishad finds out from Ramesh that Mr Nath took two meal in a day every morning and evening. • He was not particular about what he eats, it’s always the same food two chapattis, some dal and a vegetables. He drank two cup of tea, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. He pays cash and tips well.

Question 4.
Why does Maya think Mr Nath is a crook? Who does she say the Sunday visitor is?
Answer:
Maya thinks that Mr. Nath is a crook because he doesn’t talk to anyone and has no friends. She believes that his scars are result of shoot out with police. He doesn’t work anywhere and sit at home all the day and there are no visitors at his place except the Sunday morning guest. He is not bothered about his meals and pays the money in cash. She thinks that the Sunday visitor is his partner in the crime. He keeps the money from loot and comes to give Mr. Nath his share.

Question 5.
Did Nishad agree with Maya about Mr Nath? How did he feel about him?
Answer:
No, Nishad did not agree with Maya about Mr. Nath. He wanted to find out why Mr. Nath was so thin and so lonely. He also wanted to know why he did not have any friends and lived alone. When Maya said recognise him and in from the police, Nishad responded by saying that perhaps no one had ever tried to make friends with him. He finally said that he liked Mr. Nath and was going to try and be his friend. Maya’s theories did not make any impression on him.

Expert Detectives Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
“But Maya, Mr Mehta told us he doesn’t work anywhere, so how can he possibly have money to pay for food?” Nishad said. “Exactly!” I exclaimed. “He must have lots of money hidden somewhere, maybe in that trunk in his room. It’s probably full of silver and gold and jewels and…” “What rubbish, “Nishad interrupted. “I know I’m right, stupid, “I told him. “By the way, Seven, did you see his scars? I couldn’t, it was too dark, but I bet he got them during a shootout with the police or something.”

(i) Who is T in the above lines?
(ii) What was the information imparted by Mr. Mehta?
(iii) Where was the money in Maya’s opinion?
(iv) What couldn’t Maya see in the dark?
(v) Give antonym of‘Hidden’.
Answer:
(i) T is the narrator in the above lines.
(ii) Mr. Mehta informed that Mr. Nath didn’t work anywhere.
(iii) In Maya’s opinion, the money was hidden in the trunks in Mr. Nath’s room.
(iv) Maya couldn’t see the scars.
(v) Visible.

Question 2.
On the Monday following Mamma’s birthday, Seven went alone with her to the Clinic at Girgaum as I was spending the evening with a school friend. When they returned, Nishad told me he’d been to see Mr Nath and I felt most annoyed that I hadn’t been there. Seven had been quite upset about Mr. Nath’s gaunt appearance and was sure that he was starving. He told me that he had knocked loudly on Mr Nath’s door that evening and said, “Open the door quickly, Mr Nath.”

(i) Where did he go for Mamma’s birthday?
(ii) Why was the narrator angry? ‘
(iii) What was Seven upset about?
(iv) When did Seven go to Mr. Nath house?
(v) What is the present participle of word ‘knock’?
Answer:
(i) He went to his mother’s clinic at Girgaum.
(ii) The narrator was angry as she wasn’t taken to Mr. Nath’s house.
(iii) Seven was upset about Mr. Nath’s gaunt appearance.
(iv) Seven went to Mr. Nath’s house in the evening.
(v) Knocking.

Question 3.
“Criminals can look quite ordinary, smarty,” I retorted. “Did you see the pictures of the Hyderabad housebreaker in the papers yesterdays? He looked like any man on the street.” Nishad looked doubtful. The monsoons broke the next day. Dark clouds accompanied by blinding flashes of lighting and roaring rolls of thunder burst with all their fury, flooding the streets with a heavy downpour. School was to have reopened after the summer holidays, but no traffic could move through the flooded roads and there was an unexpected holiday.

(i) Why did Maya Mention about Hyderabadi house breaker?
(ii) Who said ‘smarty’ and to whom?
(iii) How was the streets flooded?
(iv) Where were they going to?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘down pour’.
Answer:
(i) Because she wanted to convey the idea that criminal could look quite ordinary.
(ii) Maya called smarty to her brother ‘seven’.
(iii) The streets were flooded with the heavy rainfall in monsoons.
(iv) They were going to school after summer holidays.
(v) A heavy fall of rain.

Question 4.
A brilliant thought occurred to e just then. “That man must be Mr Nath’s accomplice in crime,” I said. “Maybe keeps all the loot and he comes now and then to give part of it to his partner, Mr Nath, for expenses. That’s it! I’m right.” “If you insist on calling him a criminal, I don’t think I want to discuss anything with you, Maya,” said Nishad angrily. “He can’t be such a bad man if he gives Ramesh such generous tips.”

(i) What ‘brilliant thought’ occurred to her?
(ii) Why did the partner visit in Maya’s opinion?
(iii) Why was Nishad angry?
(iv) What was his argument in support of his answer?
(v) What is the meaning ‘loot’?
Answer:
(i) The ‘brilliant thought’ that occurred to her was that the visitor could be an accomplice in his crime.
(ii) Maya thought that the partner visit him to give share of the loot to Mr. Nath.
(iii) Nishad did not like when his sister call Mr. Nath, a criminal, so Nishad was angry.
(iv) He argued that Mr. Nath gave generous tips to Ramesh.
(v) Theft.

 

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CHAPTER – 5 Quality | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 5 Quality

MCQs

Question 1.
The two Gessler brothers believed:
(a) in producing the quantity of boots
(b) in producing the quality boots
(c) to employ servants
(d) to be prompt in business

Answer

(b) in producing the quality boots

Question 2.
The author visited the boot-shop:
(a) frequently
(b) often
(c) infrequently
(b) just once a year

Answer

(c) infrequently

Question 3.
The author’s complaint about ‘the boots that creaked’, left Mr. Gessler:
(a) annoyed
(b) in trouble
(c) in sorrow
(d) shocked

Answer

(d) shocked

Question 4.
Mr. Gessler’s complaint about the big firms was that they:
(a) spoiled his business
(b) produced worthless boots
(c) delivered only quality
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(a) spoiled his business

Question 5.
The author felt pity so he ordered:
(a) a pair of boots
(b) many pairs of boots
(c) to mend the boot that creaked
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(b) many pairs of boots

Question 6.
Mr. Gessler died of:
(a) cholera
(b) slow starvation
(c) rabies
(d) a shock

Answer

(b) slow starvation

Question 7.
Mr. Gessler’s shop was taken over by:
(a) the English
(b) his elder brother
(c) an English man
(d) his younger brother

Answer

(c) an English man

Question 8.
The main distinction of the shop of Mr. Gessler was:
(a) its modem look
(b) its quietness
(c) the red colour
(d) its neatness

Answer

(b) its quietness

Question 9.
When the author met Mr. Gessler after his brother’s death, he found him suddenly
(a) very happy
(b) very sad
(c) very old
(d) very wise

Answer

(c) very old

Question 10.
Mr. Gessler died of
(a) starvation
(b) heart attack
(c) accident
(d) some other disease

Answer

(a) starvation

Question 11.
Prove that Mr. Gessler was not an Englishman?
(a) He did not have any etiquettes
(b) Inferences of his mother
(c) He disliked Englishman
(d) He was beaten by an Englishman?

Answer

Answer: (b) Inferences of his mother

Question 12.
Where did Mr. Gesaler live?
(a) he lived in London in his shoe shop
(b) he lived in Brisbane in a hut
(c) he lived in Queensland
(d) he lived in New York

Answer

Answer: (a) he lived in London in his shoe shop

Question 13.
What material Mr. Gessler used to make the boots?
(a) finest quality leather
(b) rough leather
(c) soft rexin
(d) imported rough rexin

Answer

Answer: (a) finest quality leather

Question 14.
The name plate was missing at Mr. Gessler’s shop as –
(a) it was broken
(b) it was out of fashion
(c) it was taken out by someone
(d) it was stolen away

Answer

Answer: (c) it was taken out by someone

Question 15.
Mr Gessler smiled while replying the question because he
(a) agreed with the speaker
(b) felt proud of his work
(c) was pleased that someone had praised him
(d) none of the above

Answer

Answer: (b) felt proud of his work

Question 16.
What did the author placed the order for?
(a) gloves
(b) boots
(c) socks
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) boots

Question 17.
What has caused the slow business for shoe maker?
(a) the author had brought shoes from a big firm
(b) the author’s shoe didn’t last long.
(c) the fact that the Mr. Gessler was losing on business and was having a difficult time.
(d) the author had not visited Mr. Gessler’s shop for long The author was turned out to be

Answer

Answer: (c) the fact that the Mr. Gessler was losing on business and was having a difficult time.

Question 1.
How was Mr. Gessler’s language?
Answer:
Mr. Greesler spoke English with an influence of his mother tongue which proved that his wasn’t an Englishman.

Question 2.
Who lived in London in his show shop?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler lived in London in his shoe shop.

Question 3.
What was written on the sign board at the shop?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler’s shop didrx’t had any other signs except Gessler Brother written on it.

Question 4.
What was Mr. Gessler guess regarding the discomfort in shoes? .
Answer:
Mr. Gessler pressed with his finger at a particular point and he could make it out that the left boot wasn’t giving comfort to the author.

Question 5.
How were the shoes of distinct?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler made boots from the finest quality leather and craftsmanship.

Question 6.
Why did Mr. Gessler fail to recognize the author?
Answer:
The narrator did not come to Mr. Gessler’s shop and secondly, Mr. Gessler failed to recognise the author during his final days which proves that he had really grown old.

Question 7.
How did the narrator express his gratitude for the shoemaker?
Answer:
The author went to the shop to thank Mr. Gessler for making the great boots. Every time, he gave orders to help them financially.

Question 8.
Why was the author visit the shop?
Answer:
The author preferred boots made by Mr. Gessler because Mr. Gessler’s boots were durable. They were made from best leathers and fitted perfectly well. The author was very attached to Mr. Gessler.

Question 9.
The narrator was awestruck at the craft and skill. Describe his appreciation for him?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler made boots only on orders. His boots were perfect in size. They lasted long and were made from the best leathers.

Question 10.
The passion of Mr. Gessler wasn’t fruitful. How?
Answer:
Author had mistaken Mr. Gessler for his elder brother because he looked too old. There was thin lining of hair left on the top portion of his head. During the last meeting with the author within a period of one year. Mr. Gessler had grown older by around 10 years. He looked tired and exhausted. The hardships of the trade have taken a toll on his health. He even failed to recognize the author at first.

Quality Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
‘The states of the shoemakers did not change’. Yet they moved the writer? Do you agree or not.
Answer:
The shoemakers were German, they did not change their accent. They died in rags, but never failed to deliver what they were good at. Their craftsmanship, dedication was evident from their work. They could not beat the rising consumerism yet succeeded in winning hearts. They could have changed according to the time, yet they relentlessly worked. Their perfection, dedication was unmatched. A craftsman never compromise with quality. So did they.

Question 2.
Why did the author choose to visit the shoemakers?
Answer:
The author was fascinated and charmed by the perfectionist shoemakers. He wanted to help them by placing maximum orders. They were sincerely worked on the orders to the level of satisfaction of customer’s satisfaction. He observed the changes in appearance, felt sorry for their distressed state. He was devastated by the untimely death of the genius of their craft.

Question 3.
What was the authors opinion Mr Gressler as a boot maker?
Answer:
The author was impressed with Mr Gessler. He liked the boots made only on order and those boots perfectly fitted the customers. Their boots had the best materials and lasted long. He found the work mysterious and wonderful.

Question 4.
Why did the author visit the shop so infrequently?
Answer:
The boots made by Mr. Gesslers lasted terribly lasts longer than the usual like having something beyond temporary. Therefore, the author visit the shop so infrequently.

Question 5.
What was the effect on Mr Gessler of the author remark about a certain pair of boots?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler at first found the remark unbelievable. He argued that the author might have got them wet. He was shocked. He told the author that he would either repair them or adjust the money in his bills.

Question 6.
What was Mr. Gessler’s complaint against – “big firms”?
Answer:
Mr. Gessler’s complaint against big firms was that they got customers only because of advertising, and because of any quality work. Mr. Gessler, who loved his job and who used to make good quality boots, had very little work because people preferred the big firms.

Question 7.
Why did the author orders so many pairs of boots? Did he really need them?
Answer:
The author got shocked and filled with sorrow when he knew about the death of Mr. Gessler’s elder brother. In order to help him, he ordered so many pairs of boots. No, he did’t really need them.

Quality Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
Without a word he would leave me retiring whence he came, or into the other portion of the shop, and I would continue to rest in the wooden chair inhaling the incense of his trade. Soon he would come back, holding in his hand a piece of gold-brown leather. With eyes fixed on it he would remark, “What a beautiful biece!” When I too hard admired it, he would speak again. “When do you wand dem?” And I would answer, “Oh! As soon as you conveniently can.” And he would say, “Tomorrow fordnight?” Or if he were his elder brother: “I will ask my brudder.”

(i) Why was the narrator inhaling ‘the incense’?
(ii) What ‘was a beautiful piece’ for the German shoemaker?
(iii) What would have been reply of his brother?
(iv) What was the accent of shoemaker and his brother?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘whence’.
Answer:
(i) When the narrator has to wait for him, he was inhaling the foul smell in the shop.
(ii) The beautiful piece was a piece of gold- brown leather.
(iii) He would have replied ‘I will ask my brudder’.
(iv) The shoemaker and his brother were having German accent.
(v) ‘From what or which place’.

Question 2.
Once (once only) I went absent-minded into his shop in a pair of boost bought in an emergency at some large firm. He took my order without showing me any leather and I could feel his eyes penetrating the inferior covering of my foot. At last he said, “Dose are nod my hoods.” The tone was not one of anger, nor of sorrow, not even of contempt, but there was in it something quiet that froze the blood. He put his hand down and pressed^’finger on the place where the left boof was not quite comfortable.

(i) Why was the author conscious about?
(ii) Where was the shoe making looking at?
(iii) Why did he comment oh the shoes?
(iv) How can it be said that he was an expert?
(v) Give antonym of‘inferior’.
Answer:
(i) The author was conscious about wearing a pair of books bought from large firm.
(ii) The shoemaker was looking at the author’s shoes.
(iii) He commented on the shoes as they were of inferior quality.
(iv) He touched exactly at uncomfortable place on shoes.
(v) Superior.

Question 3.
“Dey get id all, “ He said, “dey get id by advertisement, nod by work. Dey take id away from us, who lofe our boods. Id gomes to dis – bresently I haf no work. Every year id gets less. You will see.” And looking at his lined face I saw things I had never noticed before, bitter things and bitter struggle and what a lot of grey hairs there seemed suddenly in his red bread!

(i) What does the expression ‘Dey get id all’ mean?
(ii) Why did not he have any work?
(iii) What were the sign’s of his struggle?
(iv) Explain ‘Every year id gets less’.
(v) Change ‘advertisement into verb.
Answer:
(i) It means that the big firms sell their product by advertising.
(ii) He did not have any work because most of their customers have turned away.
(iii) The sign of his struggle were the advent of grey hairs in his red beard.
(iv) It means that every year their business was going down.
(v) Advertise.

Question 4.
Low starvation, the doctor called it! You see he went to work in such a way! Would keep the shop on; Wouldn’t have a soul touch his boots except himself. When he got an order, it took him such a time. People won’t wait. He lost everybody. And there he’d sit, going on and on. I will say that for him-not a man in London made a better boot. But look at the competition! He never advertised! Would have the best leather too, and do it all himself. Well, there it is. What would you expect with his ideas?”

(i) Who died to starvation?
(ii) Why ‘would not have a soul touch his boots’?
(iii) What was his best quality?
(iv) What has failed him?
(v) What is the meaning of the expression ‘bitter struggle’?
Answer:
(i) The German shoemaker died of starvation.
(ii) He wanted to do his job with perfection so he would not have a soul touch his boots except himself.
(iii) His boots were of best leather and were stitched with perfection.
(iv) The competition and consumerism has failed him.
(v) ‘Bitter struggle’ means a struggle where lots of opposition and criticism is faced

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CHAPTER – 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 4 The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom

MCQs

Question 1.
The neighbors hoped that the dog would find for them
(a) treasure
(b) diamonds
(c) money
(d) jewels

Answer

(a) treasure

Question 2.
Instead of the treasure, they found:
(a) a box
(b) a dead kitten
(c) a snake
(d) a bag

Answer

(b) a dead kitten

Question 3.
The farmer was lovable as:
(a) he was kind
(b) man could ever be
(c) the dog gave him gold
(d) the neighbors helped him

Answer

(a) he was kind

Question 4.
‘When the pastry was ready
(a) it turned Into gold coins
(b) It got burnt to ashes
(c) the fire place was clean and tidy
(d) the neighbors called him

Answer

(a) it turned Into gold coins

Question 5.
Mourning took place when the:
(a) dog barked
(b) dog followed the master
(c) dog died
(d) dog fainted

Answer

(c) dog died

Question 6.
Thus the mill was turned
(a) Into ashes
(b) upside down
(c) to hit it hard
(d) Into pieces

Answer

(a) Into ashes

Question 7.
The dog’s spirit haunted him, The word means:
(a) troubled
(b) followed
(c) advised
(d) killed

Answer

(a) troubled

Question 8.
The high road near the village was In the news because of:
(a) the new construction
(b) a grand celebration there
(c) the visit of daimio
(d) Its renovation

Answer

(c) the visit of daimio

Question 9.
Daimio was delighted to see
(a) the cherry tree blossom
(b) the old man
(c) the cherry tree
(d) the ashes

Answer

(a) the cherry tree blossom

Question 10.
The dog’s master
(a) got the gifts
(b) was Invited to the castle
(c) was thanked by the king
(d) all the above

Answer

(d) all the above

Question 11.
The greedy neighbor
(a) got the reward
(b) was invited to the castle
(c) was beaten to death
(d) ran away out of fear

Answer

(c) was beaten to death

Question 12.
The moral of the story Is that one should not be
(a) short-tempered
(b) selfish
(c) Jealous
(d) kind

Answer

(c) Jealous

Question 13.
The ___ of the old couple was responded well by the dog.
(a) misery
(b) love
(c) wealth
(d) health

Answer

Answer: (b) love

Question 14.
When the dog was scratching at a place, the old man thought that there must be __ buried.
(a) a fish
(b) seed
(c) a pile of gold
(d) a knife

Answer

Answer: (a) a fish

Question 15.
The wicked couple was __ the dog.
(a) revengeful to
(b) insensitive towards
(c) hitting at
(d) jealous of

Answer

Answer: (b) insensitive towards

Question 16.
The old man came under the pine tree ___
(a) to mourn the death of his dog
(b) to dig for gold
(c) to hide his gold
(d) to take rest

Answer

Answer: (a) to mourn the death of his dog

Question 17.
During the New Year, the rice pastry turned out to be ___
(a) delicious food
(b) waste
(c) a heap of gold coin
(d) poisonous food

Answer

Answer: (c) a heap of gold coin

Question 18.
The boiled rice of wicked people turned into __
(a) lumps of foul mass of worms
(b) brown rice
(c) gold coins
(d) delicious food

Answer

Answer: (a) lumps of foul mass of worms

Question 19.
The old man collected the __ and ___ over the cherry tree.
(a) manure, spread
(b) dried leaves, spread
(c) ash, sprinkle
(d) insecticide, shower

Answer

Answer: (c) ash, sprinkle

Question 1.
How did the old couple treat their dog?
Answer:
The old couple treated the dog as their own child. The old farmer had created a cushion made of blue crepe for the dog. During the meals they used to feed the dog plenty of rice and tidbits of fish from their own chopstick.

Question 2.
Did the farmer forget his virtues after becoming rich?
Answer:
No, he didn’t. The kind farmer bought a piece of land hosted a feast for his friends and helped his poor neighbours when he became rich.

Question 3.
Describe the change, the cherry tree, underwent after the kind old man poured a pinch of ash over it.
Answer:
It was winter season and the cherry tree in the old couple’s garden didn’t have leaves. The old man sprinkled a pinch of the ashes and blossoms sprouted out of it. Pink flowers came on it and their fragrance filled the air.

Question 4.
How did the farmer please the daimios?
Answer:
The daimio was pleased by seeing the magic of the withered cherry tree bursting into blossom.

Question 5.
Why did the leader ignored the kind old man sitting on the cherry tree?
Answer:
The leader of the van allowed the old man to remain seated at the cherry tree considering him to be very old.

Question 6.
What preparations did the kind old couple make for the New Year?
Answer:
For the New Year the old couple planned to make rice pastries and bean sauce.

Question 7.
Why daimios did punish the wicked couple?
Answer:
The wicked farmer was killed brutally by the daimios men and was thus punished for his greed.

Question 8.
How did the dog repay to the love of his masters?
Answer:
The dog was treated like a family member by the old couple. The dog made his masters rich by giving them gold coins. His masters became prosperous with it and bought a piece of land.
He then asked them to collect the ashes which had the power to sprout blossoms of a withered tree. The magic was seen by the daimio who had rewarded the old couple.

Question 9.
The wicked farmer wanted to be rich like his neighbour. What happened every time when he tried to do so?
Answer:
First time when the neighbour tried to be rich, all he got was a foul smelling dead kitten. In their second . attempt, the old couple got heap of worms from the dough of rice pastry and bean sauce. In the third attempt, the old man failed to create magic with the ashes. He spoiled daimio’s procession and was killed by his men as punishment.

Question 10.
Why did the neighbours kill the dog?
Ans.
The neighbours killed the dog in anger. They have expected the dog to help them get a treasure, but the dog had rather taken them to a foul smelling dead kitten.

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
The unconditional love of old couple made them rich. Elucidate.
Answer:
The old couple was issueless so when they found a little dog, they look after as if it were their child. Once he was taken to a heap with buried gold by digging. Later during the New Year feast, they were made rich. Further the king showered him with gifts.

Thus if we spread selfless love to the animals, they too reciprocate with their bountiful love. So without having selfish interests one should unconditionally love the animals. The one who has selfish interest, would remain empty handed.

Question 2.
How does the story underscores values such as honesty, compassion, diligence with a hint of magical realism?
Answer:
The love of the dog for old couple was obvious as they look after it with affection. The story is different as magic of his appearance in dreams and of changing food into gold. These elements create interest of the reader. Moreover, the love, kindness and compassionate behaviour made the couple rich. However, they did not leave their virtues; they were appreciated by the king also.
On the contrast, the cruel and wicked couple were punished for their misdeeds.

Question 3.
The old farmer is a kind person. What evidence of his kindness do you find in the first two paragraphs.
Answer:
The old farmer is a kind person. He loved his dog as if it was his own baby. He fed it with fish with his v- own chopsticks and all the boiled rice it wanted. He was patient and kind to everything that had life and often dug up a sod on purpose to give food to the birds.

Question 4.
What did the dog do to lead the farmer to the hidden gold?
Answer:
The dog came running to the farmer and kept on whining and ruining to and for till the farmer followed him. The dog began a lively scratching. Thinking it was possibly a buried bone or fish, the farmer struck his hoe in the earth and found the hidden gold.

Question 5.
(i) How did the spirit of the dog help the farmer first?
(ii) How did it help him next?
Answer:
(i) The spirit of the dog came in the farmer’s dream and first asked him to chop the pine tree and make mortar and hand-mill out of it. With the mortar and mill it gave the farmer heaps of gold,
(ii) The dog’s spirit again came in the farmer’s dream for the second time and told the farmer to collect ‘the ash of the mortar and the mill and sprinkle it on the withered trees and they will blossom’. The farmer did this in front of the daimio and was awarded with lavish gifts.

Question 6.
Why did the daimio reward the farmer but punish his neighbour for the same act?
Answer:
The daimio rewarded the farmer for making an old withered cherry tree blossom once again. Like the farmer his greedy neighbour also sprinkled ashes over a withered cherry tree. However, the result this time was different. The tree did not blossom, while the wind blew the dust into the noses and eyes of the daimio and his wife. This was the reason why the greedy neighbour was punished.

The Ashes that Made Trees Bloom Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
One day the dog came running.to him, putting his, paws against his legs and motioning with his head to some spot behind. The old man at first thought his pet was only playing and did not mind it. But the dog kept on whining and running to and fro for some minutes. Then the old man followed the dog a few yards to a place where the animal began a lively scratching. Thinking it was possibly a buried bone or bit of fish, the old man struck his hoe in the earth, when, lo! a pile of gold gleamed before him.

(i) What was the intention of the dog?
(ii) Why was the dog ‘whining and running’?
(iii) What did the old man think was buried?
(iv) What was there when he struck his hoe?
(v) Write the past participle ‘gleam’.
Answer:
(i) The dog wanted to take his master to a heap.
(ii) The dog was excited to show his master the heap of riches.
(iii) The old man thought that it was possibly a buried bone or bit of fish.
(iv) There was a pile of gold gleamed when struck his hoe.
(v) Gleamed.

Question 2.
So the old man chopped down the tree and cut out of the middle of the trunk a section about two feet long. With great labour, partly by fire, partly by the chisel, he scraped out a hollow place as big as a small bowl. He then made a long handled hammer of wood, such as is used for pounding rice.

When New Year’s time drew near, he wished to make some rice pastry. When the rice was all boiled, granny put it into the mortar, the old man lifted his hammer to pound the mass into dough, and the blows fell heavy and fast till the pastry was all ready for baking. Suddenly the whole mass turned into a heap of gold coins. When the old woman took the hand-mill, and filling it with beans began to grind, the gold dropped like rain.

(i) What did the old man do to the tree?
(ii) What did he wish to make for New Year?
(iii) What did they do when the rice was boiled?
(iv) What happened to the food?
(v) Give the meaning of ‘Pounding’.
Answer:
(i) The old man chopped down the tree and cut out of the middle of the trunk a section about two feet long.
(ii) When New Year’s time drew near, he wished to make some rice pastry.
(iii) When the rice was all boiled, granny put it into the mortar, the old man lifted his hammer to pound the mass into dough.
(iv) The whole mass turned into a heap of gold coins. When the old woman took the hand-mill and filling it with beans began to grind, the gold dropped like rain.
(v) It means repeated and heavy striking or hitting someone or something.

Question 3.
Not long after that, the good old man dreamed again, and the spirit of the dog spoke to him, telling him how the wicked people had burned the mill made from the pine tree. “Take the ashes of the mill, sprinkle them on the withered trees, and they will bloom again,” said the dog-spirit.

Questions
(i) Who came in good old man’s dream?
(ii) What did wicked man do with the mill?
(iii) What instruction did the spirit give to the old man?
(iv) What change happen to the withered trees?
(v) Give past participle of ‘spoke’.
Answer:
(i) The spirit of the dog came in the good old man’s dreams.
(ii) The wicked man had burned the mill.
(iii) The spirit instructed the old man to take the ashes of the milk and to sprinkle them on the withered trees.
(iv) The withered trees started blooming again.
(v) Spoken.

Question 4.
Now, in? the days of the daimios, it was the custom, when their lord passed by, for all the loyal people to shut up their high windows. They even pasted them fast with a slip of paper, so as not to commit the impertinence of looking down on his lordship. All the people along the road would fall upon their hands and knees and remain prostrate until the procession passed by. The train drew near. One tall, competent man marched ahead, crying out to the people by the way, “Get down on your knees! Get down on your knees!” And everyone kneeled down while the procession was passing.

(i) What was the custom of the daimyo’s?
(ii) What did they paste on high windows?
(iii) How long did they remain prostrate?
(iv) Who cried out to the people?
(v) Write an antonym competent’.
Answer:
(i) In the days of the daimio’s, it was the custom, when their lord passed by, for all the loyal people to shut up their high windows.
(ii) They pasted the windows with a slip of paper.
(iii) They remained prostrate until the procession passed by.
(iv) One tall, competent man cried out to the people to get down.
(v) Incompetent/ inefficient.

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CHAPTER – 3 Gopal and the Hilsa-Fish | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 3 Gopal and the Hilsa-Fish

MCQs

Question 1.
The king was fed up:
(a) with the daily routine
(b) of the talk of hilsa fish
(c) of his courtiers
(d) of lying down

Answer

(b) of the talk of hilsa fish

Question 2.
Gopal was clever so he:
(a) cheated the king
(b) disguised himself
(c) went to the king’s courtiers
(d) made his arguments, strong

Answer

(b) disguised himself

Question 3.
The king challenged Gopal to bring the huge hilsa:
(a) in the open place
(b) to show to the public
(c) to the palace
(d) to sell It In the market

Answer

(c) to the palace

Question 4.
Gopal wished to fulfil the dream
(a) of his master
(b) of his employer
(c) of the king
(d) of the courtiers

Answer

(c) of the king

Question 5.
It was important to execute things:
(a) which were against his wishes
(b) which were three in number
(c) which were not liked by his
(d) as he was ordered by the king wife

Answer

(b) which were three in number

Question 6.
Most of the people thought him to be:
(a) a beggar
(b) a rag-picker
(c) a mad man
(d) a politician

Answer

(c) a mad man

Question 7.
The king had to order to allow him in
(a) the gateman
(b) the mad man
(c) his servants
(d) the courtiers

Answer

(c) his servants

Question 8.
The king enquireci why Gopal:
(a) had come in that guise
(b) had come with a hilsa fish
(c) did not listen to the servants
(d) shouted at the servants

Answer

(a) had come in that guise

Question 9.
Gopal clearly reminded the king of:
(a) the challenge
(b) the talk of hilsa
(c) the reward
(d) the season of husa

Answer

(a) the challenge

Question 10.
The day was different as:
(a) the king was in a relaxed mood
(b) there were no guards
(c) there was a great feast of fish
(d) no one talked of the hilsa-fish

Answer

(d) no one talked of the hilsa-fish

Question 11.
Gopal was a different person. He had dared
(a) to top the rivals
(b) to climb the top ladder of success
(c) to achieve the impossible once again
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(c) to achieve the impossible once again

Question 12.
The man carrying the fish seemed to be:
(a) a mad man
(b) a vendor
(c) a fish seller
(d) more important

Answer

(d) more important

Question 13.
It was the season for __. Fisherman could think of nothing other than this
(a) whale
(b) octopus
(c) Hila fish
(d) crocodile

Answer

Answer: (c) Hila fish

Question 14.
The challenge given to Gopal was ___
(a) to bring Hilsa fish without mentioning its name
(b) to steal the crown
(c) to invade into enemy’s territory
(d) to make the king laugh

Answer

Answer: (a) to bring Hilsa fish without mentioning its name

Question 15.
‘He’s gone mad!’ Why did Gopal’s wife say so?
(a) He smeared himself with Ash
(b) he was half shaven
(c) he wore tom clothes
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 16.
The king congratulated Gopal for
(a) doing his duty
(b) winning the challenge
(c) fooling his wife
(d) duping the guards

Answer

Answer: (b) winning the challenge

Question 17.
The king said, “why are you dressed up in this ___ fashion”.
(a) ridiculous
(b) regrettable
(c) trendy
(d) wise

Answer

Answer: (a) ridiculous

Question 18.
Why does the man want to buy Hilsa fish?
(a) to win the challenge
(b) because everyone talking about the fish
(c) price of the Hilsa fish has gone down
(d) because to please his wife

Answer

Answer: (a) to win the challenge

Question 1.
How were the customers convinced by the fishmongers?
Answer:
The fishmongers convinced the customers by saying that the price had been down that day.

Question 2.
What do you know about Gopai?
Answer:
Gopai known for his wisdom and presence of mind and was a courtier in the king’s court.

Question 3.
What did Gopal’s wife think about him? Why did she feel that?
Answer:
Gopal’s wife thought that her husband had gone mad. She felt that he was dressed too shabbily for a normal man to.

Question 4.
What were the remarks of two men on seeing Gopai in the market?
Answer:
On seeing Gopai a man said that he must be a madman while the other called him a mystic.

Question 5.
Why did the king congratulating Gopai?
Answer:
The king congratulated Gopai for winning the challenge that he forced upon him to bring the fish to the court without being in any kind of conversation about it.

Question 6.
What happened when the king hear his courtiers talking about Hilsa fish?
Answer:
The king was irritated as everyone was discussing nothing but the fish. When his courtiers were talking about Hilsa fish, he lost his temper and warned them that they were courtiers and not fishermen. But the talking soon felt guilty, looking at his nervous and humble courtier when he had rebuked. His tone changed and he said that it was the season of Hilsa and nobody could be stopped from talking about it.

Question 7.
What strange things did Gopai do?
Answer:
Gopai had half-shaven his face. Smeared ash over himself. Had put on rags and was looking disgraceful. His wife asked Gopahthe reasons for-such weird acts. Gopai told her that he was going to buy Hilsa fish. At last even she concluded that Gopai had gone mad.

Question 8.
Why did the king want no more talk about the hilsa-fish?
Answer:
Everyone around the king was talking about hilsa fish. This had infuriated the king so he didn’t want anyone to talk about the Hilsa fish.

Question 9.
What did the king ask Gopal to do to prove that he was clever?
Answer:
The king asked Gopal to buy a Hilsa-fish and bring it to the palace without anyone asking anything about the fish throughout the way to prove that he was clever.

Question 10.
What three things did Gopal do before he went to buy his hilsa fish?
Answer:
Before he went to buy hilsa fish, Gopal half-shaved his face, smeared himself with ash, and wore disgraceful rags.

Question 11.
How did Gopal get inside the palace to see the king after he had bought the fish?
Answer:
When Gopal asked the guards to let him meet king, they refused. Therefore, he began to dance and sing loudly. On hearing his loud song, the king sent his messenger to call him in the court.

Question 12.
Explain why no one seemed to be interested in talking about the hilsa fish which Gopal had bought.
Answer:
No one was interested about the Hilsa fish. Gopal had bought because of Gopal’s condition. He was wearing rugs, his face was half-shaven and ash was smeared over his body. People were more interested in his appearance than the fish.

Gopal and the Hilsa-Fish Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
If a person take challenges, he put in his efforts to win it. How?
Answer:
One should be resolute and firm. Yes, we should not give up in any situation. We should find out a solution to come out of it. Sometimes it might be tough to find the solution, but if we try hard nothing ‘ is impossible. We learn from the efforts we make in life. If we won’t make efforts then our learning will stop.

Question 2.
What was the challenge given to him by the king? How he won it?
Answer:
Gopal happily accepted the challenge of buying a huge Hilsa fish from the market and to ensure on the way from the market to the palace no one should talk to him about the fish. He was an intelligent man. He dressed up like a mad man and his appearance caught everyone’s attention. He reached the court without anyone talking about the fish as everyone was drawn towards his appearance.

Question 3.
Why was Gopal stopped entry to the palace? What did he say to the king?
Answer:
Gopal looked suspicious or rather mystic since he had dressed himself filthily. Moreover his beard was half- shaven and ash was smeared on it. In addition to that the guards barred his entry palace. He started dancing and singing loudly so that the king might hear him and call him inside. The king ordered him to be taken inside but he could not recognize him. When Gopal reminded him of his challenge and proved that he had fulfilled it the king was surprised and burst into laughter.

Gopal and the Hilsa-Fish Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
King: I’m sorry I lost my temper. It is the Reason for Hilsa – fish and no one Not even Gopal can stop anyone from talking about Hilsa. Not even for five minutes!

Questions
(i) Who said these lines and to whom?
(ii) Why did he lose his temper?
(iii) Whose name did he mention in his comment?
(iv) Why did the king ask for forgiveness?
(v) Give synonyms of ‘temper’.
Answer:
(i) The king said these lines to the courtier.
(ii) He lost his temper when he heard everyone talking about Hilsa fish.
(iii) The king mentioned the name of Gopal in his comment.
(iv) The king asked for forgiveness as he snubbed a counter very harshly.
(v) Mood.

Question 2.
Gopal: Strangely enough no one seems to be interested in Hilsa fish today! From the market to the palace and in the court, not a soul has spoken a word about Hilsa fish!
Questions
(i) Why was it ‘strangely enough’ for Gopal?
(ii) Who has spoken these lines and to whom?
(iii) Where did he come from?
(iv) What were his expectations?
(v) Choose the adverb of‘strange’ from the passage.
Answer:
(i) It was strangely enough because no one talked about Hilsa fish that day.
(ii) These lines are spoken by Gopal to the king.
(iii) He had come from market to the court.
(iv) He was expecting that anyone would talk about Hilsa fish.
(v) Strangely.

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CHAPTER – 2 A Gift of Chappals | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 2 A Gift of Chappals

MCQs

Question 1.
The grandmother took Mridu to:
(a) Rukkus house
(b) Mannf s house
(c) Music teacher
(d) Rukku Manm’ s house

Answer

(d) Rukku Manm’ s house

Question 2.
The pair of chappals was:
(a) torn
(b) quite small
(c) covered with dust
(d) both (a) and (c)

Answer

(c) covered with dust

Question 3.
The secret was not shared as:
(a) Tapi will get angry
(b) the elders did not like any kitten
(c) Mrldu will tell the aunt
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(b) the elders did not like any kitten

Question 4.
Ravi got milk for the kitten from:
(a) the market
(b) the kitchen
(c) the cupboard
(d) the fridge

Answer

(b) the kitchen

Question 5.
Ravi spoke high of M.P. Poonal
(a) to impress Mrldu
(b) to show off his knowledge
(c) as he was related to It
(d) both (a) and (b)

Answer

(a) to impress Mrldu

Question 6.
A ‘kreech1ng sound
(a) sent shivers to M.P. Poonal
(b) startled Mridu
(c) frightened Mahendran
(d) both (b) and (c)

Answer

(d) both (b) and (c)

Question 7.
The music master was experienced. His music:
(a) had high notes
(b) impressed Lalli
(c) could not be learnt by Lalli
(d) both (b) and (c)

Answer

(d) both (b) and (c)

Question 8.
A sharp V-shaped line between Hukkii Manni’s eyebrows suggested:
(a) she was happy
(b) she was getting angry
(c) she was thinking hard
(d) both (a) and (c)

Answer

(b) she was getting angry

Question 9.
The chappals were given to the beggar because
(a) these chappals were dirty
(b) they belonged to the music master
(c) the children had taken pity
(d) Ravi was a naughty boy on the beggar

Answer

(c) the children had taken pity

Question 10.
Mridu told Rukku Manni all about the chappals because
(a) she was a truthful girl
(b) she was against Ravi
(c) she thought Rukku Mannl would punish her If she didn’t tell her the truth
(d) she thought Rukku Manni won’t be so angry if she knew the truth

Answer

(d) she thought Rukku Manni won’t be so angry if she knew the truth

Question 11.
Rukku Manni gave some refreshments to Mridu because
(a) Mridu had spoken the truth
(b) Mridu was her guest
(c) Mrldu was hungry
(d) she was Mridu’s mother

Answer

(b) Mridu was her guest

Question 12.
The chappals given to the music master
(a) pleased him
(b) displeased him
(c) irritated him
(d) were refused by him

Answer

(a) pleased him

Question 13.
The chappals of music teacher were
(a) brand new
(b) old
(c) colourful
(d) stolen

Answer

Answer: (c) colourful

Question 14.
Where did Ravi hide the kitten?
(a) backyard
(b) behind a thick bitter berry bush
(c) torn football
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 15.
Pati will ___ for Paddu mama’s house of she knows we have a
(a) be happy, dog
(b) be angry, cat
(c) leave, cat
(d) leave, dog

Answer

Answer: (c) leave, cat

Question 16.
___ was the little kitty’s name
(a) Mahishasur
(b) Mridu
(c) Mahapat
(d) Mahendran

Answer

Answer: (d) Mahendran

Question 17.
The cat was a descendant from
(a) Chola dynasty
(b) Pallava dynasty
(c) Chalnkya dynasty
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Pallava dynasty

Question 18.
The cats were worshipped in
(a) Poona
(b) Mahabalipuram
(c) India
(d) Egypt

Answer

Answer: (d) Egypt

Question 19.
The sound that cones from Lalli’s violin was
(a) screeching
(b) melodies
(c) whizzing
(d) kreeching

Answer

Answer: (d) kreeching

Question 1.
Who visited Rukku Manni’s place?
Answer:
Mridu is a young girl. Mridu went to Rukku Manni place alongwith her Tapi.

Question 2.
What was the surprise for Mridu?
Answer:
Ravi took Mridu to the backyard to show her the newly foundation.

Question 3.
What was Kama famous for?
Answer:
Kama from Mahabharat used to give away everything he had which even included his gold earnings.

Question 4.
Why was beggar wait outside Ravi’s garden?
Answer:
The beggar was leaning against the trunk of the neem tree in Ravi’s garden for alms from ladies of the house.

Question 5.
What did Mridu see in front of Ravi’s house?
Answer:
Mridu had seen the pair of chappals in front of Ravi’s house belonged to the music teacher

Question 6.
How did the music teacher react to the act of Ravi?
Answer:
The music teacher compared Ravi with the lord Hanuman and called him a Hanuman incarnate.

Question 7.
How was the name of the cat different?
Answer:
Ravi had named the kitten Mahendraverma Pallava Poonai in short. They were calling him Mahendran. Mridu liked the name because it sounded real to her and was different from the usual cute names kept for cats in general.

Question 8.
What was the source of information about legacy of cat?
Answer:
Ravi felt that his cat was a descendant of the Rishi cat of Mahabalipuram. He claimed that during his class trip to Mahabalipuram, he had seen statue of a cat there which he believed was an ancestor of this cat. He felt that the lion in the emblem of the Pallava king was a close relative of his cat.

Question 9.
Has Lalli learnt playing guitar?
Answer:
Lalli kept on going off tracks, It was like her train getting derailed again and again while the teacher’s was running smoothly on the track.

Question 10.
What was beggar’s expectation from the ladies of the household?
Answer:
The beggar felt that the ladies of the household were very kind. They have enabled him survive for a week by giving him food to eat. He called them generous and found it hard to believe that they wanted to send him away.

Question 11.
Ravi was confident and opinated. Do you agree or not?
Answer:
Ravi was an intelligent child. He had good observation skills and possessed sound knowledge of history. He was playful, but had a good sense of humour. He managed to get milk for the kitten in front of Paati’s eyes. He also applied his intelligence and gave music teacher’s chappals to the beggar. He was kind and generous and remembered the story of Karan which Rukku Manni had told him.

Question 12.
What was Ravi’s argument for his charity of chappals to the beggar? ‘
Answer:
Ravi was upset with the elders because he had always been told by them to be kind towards animals, but he had to hid milk for kitten. Rukku Manni had told about Karan who would give away everything he had to help others. Ravi had tried to help the beggar by giving away the music teacher’s chappals to him, but still Rukku Manni scolded him.

A Gift of Chappals Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
The children move by seeing the pathetic state of the needy. What trait do they have should they be appreciated or scolded?
Answer:
The love of animals especially for young and dependent ones is evident in the story as well. But they passion to look after them is often looked down upon by elders. Rather than allowing them to follow their heart, they are instructed to be at safe distance from them. In juxta position of what is preached and practiced, confuses the young and sensitive minds.

Question 2.
Children’s world is full of spontaneity and imagination. Elucidate.
Answer:
Ravi hid the kitten to a safe place yet was excited to display it to Mridu, the like-minded one. He fed it with his own share of milk without letting Patti to know about it. When he donated slippers to beggar after seeing his blisters. He wanted to give his own. He christened the kitten after relating its ancestors to be from Mahabalipuram Rishi cat. Thus their world is full of imagination and spontaneity as they have creative minds.

A Gift of Chappals Extra Questions and Answers Reference to Context

Question 1.
Mridu didn’t have much time to wonder about whose slippers they were, because Ravi dragged her to the backyard, behind a thick bitter-berry bush. There, inside a torn football lined with sacking and filled with sand, lay a very small kitten, lapping up milk from a coconut half-shell. “We found him outside the gate this morning.. He was mfewing and mewing, poor thing,” said Meena. “It’s a secret. Amma says Paati will leave for our Paddu Mama’s house if she lmows we have a cat.”

(i) Where was Mridu taken to?
(ii) What was there inside a tom football?
(iii) How was it drinking milk?
(iv) Where did they find the kitten?
(v) Find the word which means ‘wrapping’.
Answer:
(i) Mridu was taken to the backyard.
(ii) There was a very small kitten inside a torn football.
(iii) It was drinking milk from a coconut half shell.
(iv) They find the kitten outside the gate.
(v) Lapping.

Question 2.
Mahendran looked up, alarmed. He had just been sharpening his claws on the edge of the coconut shell. But worse than Ravi’s awful whoop EEK was a ‘Kreech…!’ from the window. What a weird sound! If Mridu was startled, M.P. Poonai was frightened out of his wits. Hair standing on end, he bounced up and scurried towards a bamboo tray of red chillies that had been set out to dry. Trying to hide beneath it, he tipped a few chillies over himself. “Mi-a-aw!” he howled miserably.

(i) Why was Mahendran alarmed?
(ii) What was the kitten doing with the coconut shell?
(iii) Where did he hide himself?
(iv) Why did he try to hide himself?
(v) Find out a word antonym of ‘bold’ from the passage.
Answer:
(i) Mahendran was alarmed when it heard screeching sound.
(ii) The kitten was sharpening his claws on the edge of coconut shell.
(iii) He hid himself beneath a bamboo tray.
(iv) When he heard the screeching sound of violin played by Lalli.
(v) Timid.

Question 3.
Mridu crept up to the window. Lalli was sitting a little distance away, awkwardly holding her violin and bowstring, her elbows jutting out and her eyes glazed with concentration. In front of her, with most of his back to the window, was the bony figure of the music master. He had a mostly bald head with a fringe of oiled black hair falling around his ears and an old-fashioned tuft. A gold chain gleamed around his leathery neck, and a diamond ring glittered on his hand as it glided up and down the stem of the violin. A large foot stuck out from beneath his gold-bordered veshti edge, and he was beating time on the floor with the scrawny big toe.

(i) Where did Mridu creeping upto?
(ii) What was Lalli holding?
(iii) Who was sitting in front of her?
(iv) What was the teacher wearing?
(v) Give the meaning of‘scrawny’.
Answer:
(i) Mridu crept upto the window.
(ii) Lalli was holding her violin and a bowstring.
(iii) The music teacher was sitting in front of her.
(iv) The teacher was wearing a gold bordered edged dhoti and a gold chain with a diamond ring.
(v) An unattractive thin and bony person or an animal.

Question 4.
Mridu and Meena followed Ravi. out. The beggar was already in the garden, making himself quite at home. He had spread his upper cloth under the neem tree, and was leaning against its trunk, apparently prepared to take a little snooze while he waited for the alms to appear. “Go away!” said Ravi sternly. “My Paati says it’s time you found another house to beg from!” The beggar opened his eyes very wide and gazed at each of the children one by one. “The ladies of this house,” he said, at last, in a voice choked with feeling, “are very kind souls”.

(i) Who was there in the garden?
(ii) What preparation were made by the beggar?
(iii) What did Ravi tell him?
(iv) Why did the beggar open his eyes wide?
(v) Change the word ‘apparent’ to an adverb.
Answer:
(i) There was a beggar in the garden.
(ii) The beggar spread the cloth and leaned against the tree.
(iii) Ravi told him to go away and to find another home.
(iv) The beggar opened his eyes wide as he was expecting alms from them.
(v) Apparently.

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CHAPTER – 1 Three Questions | CLASS 7TH | NCERT ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

SCIENCE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS FOR CLASS 7th

Get Chapter Wise MCQ Questions for Class 7 ENGLISH with Answers prepared here according to the latest CBSE syllabus and NCERT curriculum. Students can practice CBSE Class 7 Science MCQs Multiple Choice Questions with Answers to score good marks in the examination.  Students can also visit the most accurate and elaborate NCERT Solutions for Class 7 History. Every question of the textbook has been answered here.

Chapter - 1 Three Questions

MCQs

 

MCQs

Question 1.
The answers to the three questions will enable:
(a) the hermit to go to the king
(b) the king to lead a peaceful life
(c) the king to be always
(d) the subjects to lead a good life successful

Answer

(c) the king to be always

Question 2.
The king was not satisfied with the answers as:
(a) they were lengthy
(b) they all were different
(c) they were dull
(d) they served no purpose

Answer

(b) they all were different

Question 3.
The king went to see the hermit in:
(a) his cage
(b) simple clothes
(c) his cave
(d) a hurry

Answer

(b) simple clothes

Question 4.
The king dug the beds
(a) because he loved gardening
(b) to help the hermit
(c) to pass time
(d) to get his answers

Answer

(b) to help the hermit

Question 5.
The wounded man was
(a) a friend of the hermit
(b) a friend of the king
(c) an enemy of the hermit
(d) an enemy of the king

Answer

(d) an enemy of the king

Question 6.
The king dressed the wounds of:
(a) the hermit
(b) his guard
(c) the horse
(d) the bearded man

Answer

(d) the bearded man

Question 7.
The bearded man was the:
(a) relative of the king
(b) friend of the king
(c) king’s sworn enemy
(d) guard of the king

Answer

(c) king’s sworn enemy

Question 8.
The bearded man asked for:
(a) water
(b) property
(c) forgiveness
(d) money

Answer

(c) forgiveness

Question 9.
The king ‘had done him’ wrong as:
(a) he had killed his brother
(b) he had killed his sister
(c) he had seized his property
(d) Both (a) and (b)

Answer

(d) Both (a) and (b)

Question 10.
The king sent a/an to look after him.
(a) doctor
(b) unaesthetic
(c) quack
(d) servant

Answer

(a) doctor

Question 11.
The king was happy that.
(a) he had won a friend
(b) he had killed his enemy
(c) his action had pleased
(d) his enemy was wounded the hermit

Answer

(a) he had won a friend

Question 12.
The answers of the hermit.
(a) satisfied the king
(b) failed to satisfy the king
(c) confused the king
(d) amused the king

Answer

(a) satisfied the king

Question 13.
The king sent messengers throughout his kingdom to
(a) find anyone to answer to his questions
(b) promise to pay a large sum of money
(c) find the hermit
(d) enjoy vacations

Answer

Answer: (a) find anyone to answer to his questions

Question 14.
The reply to his first question was
(a) to prepare a timetable
(b) to avoid foolish pleasures
(c) to form a council of wise men
(d) all of these

Answer

Answer: (d) all of these

Question 15.
The king was ___ with the answers he received.
(a) satisfied
(b) not satisfied
(c) different
(d) bewildered

Answer

Answer: (b) not satisfied

Question 16.
The hermit lived in a ____ which he never left.
(a) jungle
(b) hut
(c) den
(d) palace

Answer

Answer: (a) jungle

Question 17.
The king left his ___
(a) horse with his bodyguard
(b) to walk in his garden
(c) to fight the enemy
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) horse with his bodyguard

Question 1.
Why did the king send two messengers throughout his kingdom?
Answer:
The king sent his messengers throughout his kingdom to look for wise people.

Question 2.
How did the king promise to reward the person who would answer his questions correctly?
Answer:
The king promised to reward the person with a huge sum of money. If anyone gave suitable answer to his question.

Question 3.
Where did the king find place?
Answer:
The king finally found solace by seeking the hermits advice who lived in a distant jungle.

Question 4.
Where did the hermit live?
Answer:
The hermit lived in the forest

Question 5.
Why did the king refuse to give reward to anyone?
Answer:
The king was not satisfied with the answers of the wise men. They all had given different answers to the same questions because of which he was unable to come to a conclusion, so he refused giving the reward to anyone.

Question 6.
What had compelled the king to leave his guards and horse?
Answer:
The king knew that the hermit meet only ordinary man so left behind his horse and bodyguards and went to meet the hermit in his hut in the woods all alone.

Question 7.
What do you gathered about the wise hermit from the lesson?
Answer:
The hermit was a weak old man and used to live amidst the woods which he would never leave. He was digging the ground in front of his hut for sowing seeds when king arrived and the tedious task had made him tired.

Question 8.
Who was the intruder? What made him visit the hermit?
Answer:
The intruder was enemy of the king he had planned to attack the king but was instead attacked by the king’s bodyguards, as they had recognized him. He had received a wound in his stomach. He was rushing towards the hermit’s hut for help.

Question 9.
Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?
Answer:
The king wanted to know answers of his three questions because he wanted to be a successful ruler.

Question 10.
Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom
(i) to fetch wise men.
(ii) to find answers to the questions.
(iii) to look for the wise hermit.
(iv) to announce a reward for those who could answer the questions.
Mark your choice.
Answer:
(ii) to find answers to the questions.

Three Questions Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type

Question 1.
What were the replies the king received for his first question?
Answer:
In reply to his first question, the king was advised to follow a timetable by some men. There were some people who were of the opinion that it was impossible to decide the right time in advance. The king was suggested to keep a note of all happenings around him, avoid indulging in excessive pleasure and do everything that seemed important at any particular time. Along with this he should have a team of intelligent people to guide to him to the right thing at the right time.

Question 2.
King has right sense of judgement. Do you agree or not? Give examples in support of your answer.
Answer:
The king wanted to be a good ruler and has a fair sense of judgement. He was seeking answers for the three questions which he thought would help him in his mission. The king was kindhearted, when he found the old man tired of digging the ground, he offered him his help. He kept on bandaging the bearded man’s wound until blood stopped coming out from it. He was down to earth, he dressed up like a common man spent the night sleeping on floor at the hermit hut. He forgive the wrong and promised to help him in every possible way.

Question 3.
The king is the main character of the story. Explain giving three examples.
Answer:
The whole story revolves around the king. The king had known the hermit’s nature of meeting only ordinary men. So, he gave up his king’s attire, left behind his soldiers and the horse and went alone to meet him. He offered the hermit his help in digging the ground. He did this till evening. This helped him avoid the attack planned by the bearded man. He helped the bearded man bandaging his wound and offered him water. He saved his life. This helped him made friends with his enemy.

Question 4.
Do you think we should help people in need? Why so?
Answer:
We should always help people in need. We have been sent to this world to do good to others. If we are good and kind towards other, people will respect us for our kindness. Being kind and helpful keeps us happy from within. We feel happiness when we bring smile on the face of others. We earn their good wishes and blessings in return; It makes us a good human being. To help others is the greatest motto of humanity and we should adhere to it. The king is an embodiment of humanity and kindness. What more can be learnt from him.

Question 5.
The king helped the hermit digging the beds. He even slept on the floor of the hut and lived like a simple man in the hermit hut. What lesson we learnt from this?
Answer:
The lung wasn’t carried away with immature suggestions of his courtiers. The king found the old hermit tried digging the beds so he offered his help to the man. He was accustomed of comfort and lavishness in his palace still at hermit’s home he slept on the floor. At our homes we get all the luxuries but if one day there comes a situation where we have to live without them we should be prepared for that. At the end, we must say that he was an embodiment of intellect humility and decisive in true sense.

Question 6.
Why was the king Advised to go to magicians?
Answer:
Some of the wise men thought that in order to decide right time for doing something, one must look into the future and only magicians were able to do that. So, they advised the king to go to the magicians.

Question 7.
In answer to the second question, whose‘advice did the people say would be important to the king?
Answer:
In answers to the second questions, some said that the people most necessary to the king were his councillors, other said, the priests. A few others chose the doctors. And yet others said that soldiers were the most necessary.

Question 8.
What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
Answer:
In answer to the third questions, some said that the most important thing was science. Others said fighting and yet others chose religious worship.

Question 9.
Did the wise men win the rewards? If not, why?
Answer:
No, the wise men didn’t win the reward because their answers were so different from each other and king was not satisfied with their answers.

Question 10.
How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Answer:
The king and the hermit helped the wounded man by providing him the shelter and protected from the army. The king washed and covered the would of the man with his handkerchief. But the blood would not stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until it stopped bleeding. They took him to hut for taking rest and king also gave him fresh water after being relaxed.

Question 11.
(i) Who was the bearded mem?
(ii) Why did he ask for the king’s forgiveness?
Answer:
(i) The bearded man was an enemy of the king. He wanted to take revenge of his brother’s death by killing the king and taking away all his property.
(ii) The bearded man asked for the king’s forgiveness because he wanted to kill but the king has saved his life. He was grateful to the king now.

Question 12.
The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
Answer:
The king forgave the man. He showed his forgiveness by telling him that he would send his servants and his own doctor to look after him. He also promised to give back the man his property.

Question 13.
What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write each answer separately. Which answer do you like most, and why?
Answer:
In answer to king’s first question the hermit said that there is only one important time ‘Now’. It is the only time when you have power to act. In answer to king’s second question, the hermit said that the most important person is the one with whom we are at the present. In response to king’s second question, the hermit answered that the most important things to do is to do that person good. I like the answers of the first question the most because time has the supreme power. It can take you to height if you do something good and can also make you fall on ground if you won’t act in presence. One should live and act according to present.

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CHAPTER – 10 Struggle for Equality | CLASS 7TH | NCERT CIVICS IMPORTANT QUESTIONS & MCQS | EDUGROWN

Chapter - 10 Struggle for Equality

MCQs

Question 1.
Which is full of examples of persons who have come together to fight against inequality and for issues of justice?
(a) Geography
(b) Economics
(c) History
(d) Biology

Answer

Answer: (c) History

Question 2.
What makes people of India equal?
(a) Religion
(b) Sex
(c) Vote
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (c) Vote

Question 3.
Which of the following creates difficulty for poor people?
(a) Privatisation
(b) Casteism
(c) Sex distribution
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Privatisation

Question 4.
Deficiency of what makes difficulties for poors to establish their business?
(a) Deficiency of money to buy good resources
(b) Deficiency of efforts
(c) Deficiency of skills
(d) Deficiency of time

Answer

Answer: (a) Deficiency of money to buy good resources

Question 5.
Mainly the domestic workers have to face
(a) love of owner
(b) insult of owner
(c) respect of owner
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (b) insult of owner

Question 6.
What is the major reason of inequality?
(a) Poverty
(b) Religion
(c) Casteism
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Poverty

Question 7.
People who are known and respected because of
(a) fight for equality
(b) struggle for equality
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these

Answer

Answer: (a) fight for equality

Question 8.
Thousands of people are displaced, what is the reason behind it?
(a) Foundation of dams
(b) Forest areas are declared sanctuaries for animals
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above

Answer

Answer: (c) Both (a) and (b)

Question 9.
What is central to Indian Democracy?
(a) Equality
(b) Discrimination
(c) Both of these
(d) None of these

Answer

Answer: (a) Equality

Match the contents of Column A with that of Column B.

Column AColumn B
1. Constitution(a) Rallies, chakka jam etc.
2. Tehri Dam(b) Living document
3. Creative expressions(c) Poems, songs, paintings etc.
4. Protest(d) Uttarakhand
Answer

Answer:

Column AColumn B
1. Constitution(b) Living document
2. Tehri Dam(d) Uttarakhand
3. Creative expressions(c) Poems, songs, paintings etc.
4. Protest(a) Rallies, chakka jam etc.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words.

1. All Indians are equal before ……………

Answer

Answer: law

2. Full form of TMS is ………….. a federation of ……………

Answer

Answer: Tawa Matsya Sangha, fishermen

3. Tawa river joins river …………… in Hoshangabad.

Answer

Answer: Narmada

4. Tawa dam began to be built in ……………. and …………. was completed in the year

Answer

Answer: 1958, 1978

State whether the given statements are true or false.

1. Poverty and lack of resources are the reasons of inequality in lives of people.

Answer

Answer: True

2. The Tawa Matsya Sangha is in Maharashtra.

Answer

Answer: False

3. In 1994 the government gave the right for fishing in Tawa reservoir to locals.

Answer

Answer: False

4. With the TMS taking over the fishing rights the earning of fishermen increased.

Answer

Answer: True

Question 1.
What does the Indian Constitution recognise? What does it state?
Answer:

  • The Indian constitution recognises all Indians as equal before the law.
  • It states that no person can be discriminated against because o^ his religion, sex, caste or whether he is rich or poor.
  • All adults in India have the equal right to vote during elections.
  • This ‘power over the ballot box’ has been used by people to elect or replace their representatives.

Question 2.
Why does the feeling of equality that the ballot box provides not extend to the most people’s lives?
Answer:
The feeling of equality that the ballot box provides does not extend to most people’s lives. The following reasons are responsible for this:

  • The increasing privatisation of health services and the neglect of government hospitals have made it difficult for most poor people like Kanta, Hakim Sheikh and Aman to get good quality healthcare.
  • A small juice seller does not have the resources to compete with all of the major companies who sell branded drinks through expensive advertising.
  • Farmers like Swapna do not have sufficient resources to grow cotton and so have to take a loan from the traders to grow their crops. This forces them to sell their cotton at a lower price.
  • Melani like the millions of domestic workers across the country, is forced to endure the insults and hardships of working as a domestic help because she has no resources to set up something on her own.

Question 3.
State the main reasons why people do not have equality.
Answer:

  • Poverty.
  • Lack of resources.
  • Discrimination on the basis of religion, caste and sex.
  • Lack of dignity and respect for certain communities.

Question 4.
Are people discriminated on the basis of religion, caste or gender?
Answer:
Sometimes religion, caste or gender leads to inequality. The Ansaris had the resources to pay the rent but were not able to find apartment on rent. People were reluctant due to their religion.

  • Om Prakash Valmiki had to sweep the the school yard because he was Dalit
  • Women’s work is considered less valuable than men’s work.
  • All these discriminations were social, cultural or gender based Most of the times poverty, lack of dignity or respect for certain communities comes together. It becomes difficult to identify where one ends and other begins.
  • Dalit, Adivasi or Muslim girls drop out of schools. This is the combined effect of lack of resources, poverty or social discrimination.

Struggles for Equality

Question 1.
How do some people fight for removal of inequality in the society?
Answer:

  • Throughout the world—in every community, village, city and town, there are some people Who are known and respected because of their fight for equality.
  • These people stood up against the act of discrimination that theydaced or which they witnessed.
  • They are respected because they treat all persons with dignity and are therefore trusted.
  • They are called upon to resolve issues in the community.
  • Often these persons become more widely recognised because they have the support of large number of people who have united to address a particular issue of inequality.
  • In India there are several struggles in which people have come together to fight for issues that they believe are important.

Women started women’s movement to raise issues of equality.

  • The Tawa Matsya Sangh in Madhya Pradesh is another example of people coming together to fight for an issue.
  • There are many such struggles like these among beedi workers, fisher folk, agricultural labourers and slum dwellers and each group is struggling for justice in its own way.
  • There are also many attempts to form cooperatives or other collective ways by which people have more control over resources.

Tawa Matsya Sangh

Question 1.
What leads to displacement of people and communities?
Answer:
There are many reasons which displace people and communities for example:

  • When dams are built or forests are declared sanctuaries, thousands of people are displaced
  • Villages uprooted and people have to start afresh.
  • In urban areas, when bastis of poor people are relocated outside the cities
  • Their work, children’s schooling gets disrupted due to distance.
  • This displacement has become a widespread problem. People or different organisations usually come together to fight against this. For example Tawa Matsya Sangh

Question 2.
What is TMS?
Answer:
TMS – federation of Fisherworker’s cooperative fights for the rights of displaced forest dwellers of the Satpura forest in Madhya Pradesh

Question 3.
How was Tawa Matsya Sangh formed?
Answer:
Formation of Tawa Matsya Sangh

  • Tawa river originates in the Mahadeo hills of Chindwara district.
  • It flows through Betul, before joining the Narmada in Hoshangabad.
  • The Tawa dam began to be built in 1958 and was completed in 1978.
  • It submerged large areas of forest and agricultural land.
  • The forest dwellers were left with nothing.
  • Some of the displaced people settled around the reservoir.
  • They apart from their meagre farms found a livelihood in fishing.
  • They earned very little.
  • In 1994 the government gave the rights for fishing in the Tawa reservoir to private contractors.
  • These contractors drove the local people away and got cheap labour from outside.
  • They began to threaten the villagers, who did not want to leave, by bringing in hoodlums.
  • The villagers stood united and decided to set up an organisation and do something to protect their rights. Thus, the Tawa Matsya Sangh was formed.

Question 4.
How did Tawa Matsya Sangh achieve its goal of fishing right?
Answer:
Achievement of Goal of Fishing Right:
The newly formed Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS) organised a Chakka jam (road blockade), demanding their right to continue fishing for their livelihood.

  • In response to their protests, the government created a committee.
  • The committee recommended that fishing rights be granted to the villagers for their livelihood.
  • A five-year lease agreement was signed.
  • With the TMS taking over, the fishworkers were able to increase their earnings substantially because they set up the cooperative which buys the catch from them at a fair price.
  • The cooperative arranges to transport and sell this in markets where they get a good price.
  • They have now begun to earn more.
  • The TMS has also begun giving the fishworkers loans for repair and for buying new nets.
  • By Managing to earn a higher wage as well as preserving the fish in the reservoir, the TMS has shown that when people’s organisations get their rights to livelihood, they can be good managers.

Question 5.
Describe creative expression against inequality.
Answer:
Creative Expression against Inequality

  • Some people join protest movements to fight inequality.
  • At the same time others use their pen, or their voice, or their ability to dance and draw attention to issues of inequality.
  • Writers, singers, dancers and artists have also been very active in the fight against inequality.
  • Often poems, songs and stories also inspire us and make us believe strongly in an issue and influence our efforts to correct the situation.

The Indian Constitution as a living Document

Question 1.
Give an account of the Indian Constitution as a living document.
Answer:
The Indian Constitution as a Living Document

  • The foundation of all movements for justice and inspiration and for all the poetry and
    songs on equality is the recognition of equality among people. ‘
  • The Indian Constitutipn recognises the equality of all persons.
  • Movements and struggles for equality in India continuously refer to the Indian constitution to make their point about equality and justice for all.
  • The fishworkers in the Tawa Matsya Sangh (TMS) hope that the provisions of the Constitution will become a reality through their participation in this movement.
  • By constantly referring to the Constitution, they use it as a ‘living document’ i.e., something that has real meaning in our lives.
  • In a democracy, there are always communities and individuals trying to expand the idea of democracy and push for a greater recognition of equality on existing as well as new issues.

Question 2.
‘Issues of Equality Are Central to a Democracy’. Explain the statement.
Answer:
Indian Constitution recognises the equality of all. Constitution helps people in their struggle for equality through laws and through government schemes

  • Every person is equal before law
  • No one is discriminated against on the basis of religion caste race or gender
  • Everyone has access to all public places
  • Untouchability is abolished

Question 3.
What is important to curb discrimination?
Answer:
Inequality affects poor and marginalised the most. Dignity and self respect of every individual should be realised to have social and economic equality. We must ensure adequate resources to support and nurture their families.

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