Section-A (Reading) Bhagat Singh

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1 SAMPLE PAPER TERM I SESSION ENGLISH CLASS- VII Tme allowed: 3 hrs Maxmum Marks: 80 Ths paper s dvded nto three sectons: Secton A (Readng) - 20 marks Secton B (Wrtng - 20 marks Grammar) - 10 marks Secton C (Lterature) - 30 marks General Instructons: Attempt all questons n seral order. Do not copy the questons. Do not wrte anythng on the queston paper. Wrte n neat and clear handwrtng. 1. Read the passages carefully: Secton-A (Readng) Bhagat Sngh Bhagat Sngh, the great revolutonary and martyr, was only 23 when n 1931 he was hanged n the Lahore jal for havng thrown a bomb n the legslatve assembly hall n Delh on Aprl 8, Ths was the culmnaton of a lfe devoted to the great task of frst makng Inda free from the Brtsh rule and then buldng Inda nto a strong naton. Bhagat Sngh dreamt of an Inda where there would be respect for every relgon and where all Indans would get the basc necesstes of lfe. Bhagat Sngh was born n 1907 n a well-to-do Skh famly of Punjab full of love for the country. As a chld, hs deal was hs uncle Ajt Sngh, who was a great freedom fghter. Two ncdents played a major role n shapng Bhagat Sngh s lfe. In Jallan Walla Bagh n Amrtsar, a peaceful gatherng of unarmed people was subjected to ndscrmnate frng at the orders of General Dyer. Bhagat Sngh ran away from school to vst the ste. He was greatly moved by the bullet marks n the walls of the Jallan Walla Bagh. He brought back wth hm some blood-soaked mud n a lttle bottle to remnd hm of Brtsh cruelty. The second ncdent was Lala Rajpat Ra s death n Lala Rajpat Ra was also Bhagat Sngh s deal. He was leadng a protest march when he was beaten up wth laths, and he ded soon after. Bhagat Sngh felt hghly agtated and he wanted to rase a strong protest. Bhagt Sngh thought of throwng a bomb n the Assembly Hall as a means of protest. The dea of so many Englshmen gettng klled delghted hs frend Chandra Shekhar Azad. But Bhagat Sngh sad that he ddn t want to kll anybody, he only wanted to make the Brtsh Rulers hear. Bhagat Sngh and hs frends ddn t try to run away after throwng the bomb. They were arrested and put to tral. In a statement that Bhagat Sngh made durng hs tral, he sad, The bomb was necessary to awaken England from her dreams. Our sole purpose was to make the deaf hear, and gve a tmely warnng

2 Answer the questons based on your understandng of the paragraph. 1.1 Choose the correct opton: (0.5x4= 2). Bhagat Sngh has been referred to as a martyr because... a. He bult Inda nto a strong naton. b. He was hanged for protestng aganst the Englsh. c. He threw a bomb n the Assembly Hall n Delh.. Bhagat Sngh brought blood-soaked mud from Jallanwala Bagh to. a. Throw t nto the Assembly Hall b. Smear hs forehead wth c. Remnd hm of Brtsh atroctes Bhagat Sngh threw a bomb n the Assembly Hall to.. a. Kll the Englshmen present there. b. Warn the Brtsh government c. Get arrested v. Bhagat Sngh was 23 years of age when. a. He got marred. b. He joned the revoluton for the struggle for ndependence. c. He was hanged. 1.2Why was Bhagat Sngh moved by the Jallanwala Bagh ncdent? (1) 1.3What message dd Bhagat Sngh want to convey to the Brtsh through the statement(1) made by hm durng hs tral? 1.4Complete the followng statements: a. Bhagat Sngh s lfe was devoted to the cause of. b. Bhagat Sngh s nspraton n chldhood was.. c. Bhagat Sngh wanted to strongly protest aganst the Brtsh after ) ) (1x4=4) 1.5. Fnd the words from the passage whch mean the followng:(1x2=2) a. Comng to an end b. Wthout any careful thought or plannng 1.6. Fnd words from the passage whch mean the opposte of the followng words: (1x2=2) a. Volent b. Caught 2. The Slent Valley n Kerala has a long hstory behnd t. In ancent tmes, the rver flowng through ts thck forest was named Kunthpuzha, after Kunth, the Pandavas mother and the Valley tself was called Sarundhar, another name for Draupad, the Pandavas wfe. The Slent Valley s an as calm and peaceful as ts name, for t s one of the very few forest n Inda where people do not leave, not even the trbal people. The Valley s home to many specal anmals ncludng a rare monkey called the lon-taled macaque, whose tal has a tuft as on a lon s tal and who has a whte mane. Other rare anmals are the great Indan hornbll and the Nlgr goat. And nterestng Brd found n the Valley s the eagle owl, whose hoot s lke a woman s scream. There are also many useful varetes of plant n the Slent Valley.

3 In the 1970 s, the government of Kerala made plans to construct a Dam on the rver Kunthpuzha to generate electrcty. Enlghtened people felt that the dangers nvolved n buldng the dams were more serous than the benefts of gettng extra energy. If the dam was bult, thousands of trees would be submerged n the water reservor of the dam and many anmals would lose ther natural habtat. Depleton of forest cover would negatvely affect ranfall. And, there be no trees, more and more fertle sol would get washed away, and agrculture would suffer. So there was a strong opposton to the constructon of the dam. Even school and college student partcpated n the protest. Fnally n 1980, the central government asked the government of Kerala to stop the constructon of the dam. Soon after, the Slent Valley was declared a natonal park. 2.1Choose the correct optons:. In ancent tmes the Slent Valley was named.. a. Kunth b. Kunthpuzha c. Sarandhar d. Draupad (0.5x4=2) Whch of these s not found n the Slent Valley? a. Anmals and brds. b. Trbal people c. Useful plants d. Thck forests There was a protest aganst the constructon of the dam because. a. It would generate extra energy b. It would be dangerous for constructon labourers c. It would lead to excessve ranfall d. It would be a threat to the envronment The eagle owl s hoot s lke a. An owl s hoot b. An eagle s cry c. A woman s scream d. A baby s rattle 2.2Why was the Slent Valley declared a natonal park? (1) 2.3Menton any two adverse consequences of buldng a dam n the Slent Valley? (1) 2.4Fnd words from the passage whch mean the followng: (1x2=2) a. Below the surface of water. b. Substantal reducton. 2.5Fnd words from the passage whch mean the opposte of a. Recent b. Weak (1x2=2) Secton- B ( Wrtng and Grammar) 3.You arematthew/margaret, the class montor.your class s gong on a three day trp to Agra and Fatehpur Skr.Wrte a notce for the notce board nvtng names for the trp. Gve detals about the dates of the trp and the expendture nvolved. (5)

4 4.You are Parag/Parul studyng n J.D.Brla School. Wrte a letter to your frend tellng hm/her about the house functon held at your school (5) 5. Wrte a paragraph on Tme and tde wats for none n about 100 words. (5) 6. Study the followng notes about the experences of an adventure enthusast who went on hs frst trekkng expedton to Hmalayas. Complete the paragraph based on the clues gven below: (0.5x10=5) Memorable experence Travel duraton 2 weeks Nanda Dev Trekkng package. Actvtes trekkng, rock clmbng. New experences- sleepng n tents and learnng to use backpacks. Water shortage and tolet problems. Magnfcent Hmalayan vews Jm Corbett Park. An Experence worthwhle. It a. trekkng experence for a perodb.. I chose the c. package. The actvtesd.. It was the frst tme e. and also learntf. We had some challenges lke g.. We enjoyed the h.. The package also ncluded.. In short thsj.. 7. Rearrange the followng words to form meanngful sentences. (0.5x2=1) a. vctory/one/behave/defeat/and/should/gracefully/n/both b. what/performance/gave/that/occason/an/mpressve/she/on 8. Jon the followng sentences usng a sutable conjuncton. (0.5x2=1) a. You wll never progress n lfe. You must change your atttude b. Do not be unfar.do not tolerate unfarness. 9. Fll n the blanks wth the correct form of the adjectves gven n the brackets. (0.5x4=2) a. Whch anmal s supposed to be the? (cunnng) b. Very few people have been as as Gautam. (lucky) c. The proposal came from a peon. ( good) d. Hs sster got marred recently. (old) 10.Change the sentences as drected: a. Sunl sts n the watng hall of hs doctor s clnc. (Past contnuous). b. I am sufferng from malara. (present perfect) (0.5X2=1) 11. Change the voce of the followng sentences: (1x2=2) a. Let ths bcycle be sold off. b. Do you obey your parents?

5 12. The followng passage has not been edted. There s an error neach lne. Wrte the ncorrect word and the correcton n the answer sheets. (0.5x6=3) Incorrect Correct Inda s very fortunate that t have many a. rvers. Ther famous rvers are Ganga, b. Yamuna, and Narmada.some of the rver lke Ganga, c. whch orgnated from the Hmalayas, flow d. throughout the year. They provde water for both drnkng and rrgatonal purpose e Some rver n Inda are consdered very sacred and worshpped. f. Secton- C ( Lterature) 13. Read the followng extracts carefully and answer the questons that follow:(10) ) A gant marquee, booms and flounders past you, Lke a swan at sea. a. Name the poem and the poet. b. What do you mean by gant marquee? c. Name the smle used n the poem.( 1x3=3) ) The old clothes-man cres, n tone monotonous a. Name the poem and the poet. b. Who s shoutng and what s he shoutng about? c. What mpresson you get of hs character?(1x3=3) ) Hs mage n the blue plate faded. He had solated hmself a. Who s he n the above lnes? What makes hm solate hmself?(2) b. What does solated hmself mean n the story?(1) c. How does Vasht feel after ths?(1) 14. Answer the followng questons n bref: (2x6=12) a. Before the street lamps were ntroduced, what dd people do on cloudless moonlt nghts? Whydd they need to wat for these weather condtons? b. Why dd Munn want Halku to gve up tenant farmng? c. In what respects were Bertha and Grace dfferent from each other? d. Why dd Har lke talkng to the old man n the shop? How dd he help Har? e. How dd Isabel deal wth the wtch, the bear and the doctor? f. What made Har both frghtened and happy? 15. The dog Jabra seems to be qute an ntellgent anmal and dsplays many human qualtes. What do you thnk he thought about everythng that happened n the story? (3) 16. You are Har, one of the characters of The Sr Krshna Eatng House. Wrte a dary entry n around 100 words expressng your feelngs and thoughts on your frst vst to The Sr Krshna Eatng House. \ (5)