Q.1. Read the passage carefully: ( 2 x 5=10Marks )
When I came home from the hostel for the first time, I was looking quite depressed and pale.
I had lost interest in food and this naturally showed in my dull face and sunken eyes.
But after the vacation when I set off for the hostel, there was a servant walking with me with a huge tin of homemade ghee and a large sack of super-fine rice. He cooked my food separately in the hostel. Day by day I grew pink and strong. I generally survived on rice and slept a lot. Once I slept for thirty six hours at a stretch. Having a short nap after the breakfast is my hobby almost. For that I have been missing my lunch too.
When he returned home from the hostel the narrator looked-
The narrator had lost interest in –
After vacation he left for the hostel in the company of-
soon------------became his hobby.
What did the narrator bring with him to hostel?
Read the poem given below and choose the correct option. (1 × 5 = 5)
BALLOONS
Whenever I see
Gas balloons go up
I wonder where we'd end up
If we're balloons.
Would we go far away
To some unknown destiny?
Or will it be carefully decided goal
We would work our way to ?
Balloons! How much they're
like human beings so
different from each other
in colours, shapes, design and sizes
Some live long and some don't
Just like us some find
A pair of loving hands and some don't
They get lost, burst or destroyed
Like we do
At times
They rub cheeks affectionately
Occasionally you can hear
them whisper secrets
As only friend will
And once in a while, in the chill
of the night, or mist of dawn
you may find one tear
flowing down
silently
The poem describes the similarities between.................. .
Just as we are unaware about the fate of balloons, we are also.......... .
Outwardly balloons are different from each other in........... .
The line used to describe the rustling sound of balloons is..................... .
The word from the poem that comes closest in meaning to ‘fate' is
George smokes. He ________ for five
Somebody ________ all my porridge. The plate is empty.
We ____________ this novel now a days.
Ram and Shyam are doing _______ work properly.
. ................... my brother and I were upset when we heard the news.
Fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate option. ( 1 X 5=5Marks )
India is home to many great (15)_______ and women. Sardar Patel was(16) ______amongst them.(17) _______as the Iron Man of India, Vallabh (18) _______born on 21st October 1875 in a farmer’s family at Nadiad (19)_______Gujarat.
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Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him to open a Computer Club in your school.
OR
Write a letter to your younger sister advising her to read newspaper regularly.
Sachin of Class VII A has lost his library book in the playground during the recess. He wants to put up a notice on the School Notice Board. Write his notice in not more than 50 words. Put the notice in a box.
OR
Write a STORY : “The Loin and the mouse” in 50-60 words.
Read the poem and answer the questions given below: (2 X 5 = 10 )
You may see a butterfly
Rest upon a buttercup
And unfold its drinking straws
To sip the nectar up.
You may scare a rabbit
who is sitting very still
though at first you may not see him
When he hops you will.
a) Name the poem and the poet .
b) What does the butterfly do on a buttercup ?
c) Who does " you " refer to in the above stanzas ?
d) How does the rabbit sit ?
e) Find two words in the above stanza which mean
‘Relax’ and ‘move by jumping on feet’
OR
Read the extract given below and answer the following questions.
“He can’t be poor if he’s a crook on the run,” I told
him. “He’s probably got millions of rupees stashed
away somewhere in that room.” ““Do you really think
he’s criminal, Maya? He doesn’t look like one,”
Nishad looked doubtfully.
“Of course he’s one, Seven,” I said, “and he certainly
isn’t starving. Mr Mehta told us that Ramesh brings his
meal up from the restaurant downstairs”.
a) Name the speaker in the above lines.
b) Who is being referred as ‘crook’ in the above lines?
c) Who has been referred as ‘Seven’ in the above lines?
d) Why does the speaker think that the man is starving?
e) Find a word from the above lines that is synonym of ‘hide’.
Answer ANY FIVE questions in not more than 30 words. ( 3x 5 = 15 Marks)
a) Why was the bear looking sorry for himself in the evening? Why did the cook get angry with her mistress?
b) What are the three main ways in which a fire can be controlled or put out ?
c) Describe the Cat and the Dad situation in the beginning and at the end of the poem.
d) Explain elaborately India’s dominance in the world cricket today.
e) How did Tilloo’s father manage to survive on the surface of the planet?
f) What type of a shopkeeper was Mr. Purcell?
g) What happened to the volunteer who swallowed four drops of the new invention? what was the name of the invention?
h) Why does the poet run away seeing the garden snake? What lesson does the young poet learn from his mother?
Answer any one question within 80 words. [5 Marks]
Why did the author not go for the bicycle ride he had planned with his friend?
OR
Chandni is epitome of freedom. Discuss whether Chandni was confident or foolish.