BHAGWAN INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, PUNE

FLYING BIRDS ACADEMY ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL

SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION APRIL 2024
Subject: -English Literature STD: - VII DIV: -A
Marks: - 80 / /2024
General Instructions:
1. Please read the instructions carefully
2. This Question Paper consists of sections: Section A, Section B
3. All questions of a particular section must be attempted in the correct order.
4. SECTION A- READING AND COMPREHENSION (48 MARKS):
1. An unseen passage. (12MARKS)
2.TWO seen passages (24 MARKS)
3. A seen poem (12 MARKS).
5. SECTION B- Textual Questions (16 MARKS)
6. SECTION C – Vocabulary (16 MARKS)
Section A Reading and Comprehension 48
Q.1. Read the given unseen passage and answer the questions 12
Though Grandfather provided the household with as large a variety of pets as one could wish
for, my favourite was the little black goat who followed me from the mustard fields one day.

Each year before the monsoon rains came, the little Song River was a narrow stream. I liked
watching the fields and tea gardens. I had been sitting on the bank of a small irrigation canal,
gazing a couple of fishermen fishing in the muddy water, when I felt something bump my elbow.
Looking around I found at my side a little goat, jet black and soft as velvet with lovely grey eyes.
She continued to look at me. I looked in my pockets for nourishment and finding a ginger
biscuit, held it out to her. A little later when I got up to leave the little goat behind. But her legs
were stronger than I had supposed. There was nothing I could do but carry her home and
present her to Grandfather.

“Not another pet!” said Grandmother when she saw the goat in the veranda. It was easy to
understand Grandmother’s objections. The recent destructiveness of Toto, our monkey, who
had torn curtains and broken dishes, had set Grandmother dead against having any more pets.
Grandfather by my side had to pretend that he had purchased the goat as an investment.
“Goat’s milk is very good for our health,” he told grandmother. The prospect of milk made
grandmother more tolerant of the new pet, even though she knew it would be some time before
the goat could give any. My goat was soon named Tinker Bell, after the fairy in Peter Pan. I tied
a little bell to her neck so I’d always know by its tinkling where she was,
A Find the words in the passage which mean the opposite of the following (Antonyms) 2
1. Lost:……. 2. Doubtful: …………….3 hard:……….. 4. Sold: ……………
B Find the words from the passage which mean the same as the following. (synonyms) 2
1. Most likeable 2. Fast:……………… 3. Bought:………… 4.patient:
……………..
C Complete the following sentences. 2
1. I liked watching the ………. and the …………….. .
2. The little black goat followed me from …….……. to …….……..
D Find from the passage past tense form of 2
1. Rise:………………. 2. Tie:……………………3. Feel:……….. 4. Make:
……………
E Answer these questions 4
1. Who followed the child back home from the fields?
2. How did grandfather persuade grandmother to keep the goat?
3. What did they name the goat?
4. Describe the goat.

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 Q.2. Read the given seen passage and answer the questions 12
The next morning Viola went to Dukes court as Cesario. She pleased him with her fine speech
and graces. Duke Orsino was delighted and he immediately made her one of his pages. She
served him for many days with such devotion that she soon became his favourite attendant. The
Duke confined in her the whole story of his love for Lady Olivia he told her about lady Olivia's
refusal to listen to him or even see him. He spoke with such softness that Viola felt great
concern for him. In fact soon enough Viola was moved by his plight and found herself falling in
love with him. She spoke to Duke Orsino about his many qualities she said that it was a pity
Lady Olivia was blind to them for any women would be lucky to be with him "My lord if a lady
were to love you as you loved Lady Olivia would love her back?" She asked.

But Duke Orsino denied that it was possible for any woman to love as he did. He said "No
woman's heart is big enough to hold so much love!" Although Viola greatly respected the
Duke's opinions. She disagreed. She knew her love to be deep and true. She said "Ah but my
lord women are as true of heart as men are. My father had a daughter who loved a man she
loved that way I would have loved you if I were a woman. While Viola was hinting about her
feelings the Duke's messenger appeared. "My Lord I went to Lady Olivia as you instructed. I
was not allowed into the lady's presence but she sent the message through her maid. She said
that for another seven years, no man could even look up on her face. She has decided to
remain veiled in sad remembers of her dead brother".

On hearing this Duke exclaimed "What love if she loves her poor dead brother so much, how
deeply will she love the man who owns her heart!"
Then he turned to Viola and said, "Cesario, I have told you all the secrets of my heart. Go good
youth to lady Olivia's house. Stand at her doors until she grants you an audience when you see
her tell her about my deep love for her" Viola went off on her mission but most unwillingly. She
was to conceive a lady to become the wife of the man she herself secretly wished to marry!
However Viola was determined to be true to her word she stood at Lady Olivia's door and
insisted on being admitted. The servants gave all kinds of excuses the lady was ill , she was
asleep, she was away but we all are not leave.
A Find from the passage the words or phrases which mean 2
1. Good manners 2. Formally meets you
B Find from the passage the antonyms of 2
1. Agreed 2. Willingly
C Who said these words to whom? 2
1. "What love if she loves her poor dead brother so much, how deeply will she love
the man who owns her heart!"
2. "My Lord I went to Lady Olivia as you instructed. I was not allowed into the lady's
presence but she sent the message through her maid.
D Fill in the blanks 2
1. He _________________ made her one of his page.
2. Viola ________________ respected the duke's opinions.
E Answer these questions 4
1. How did Cesario please Duke Orsino?
2. What message did Lady Olivia send through her maid to the duke's
messenger?
3. What thought did Duke Orsino have upon hearing the message sent by Lady
Olivia through her maid?
4. What excuses did the servants give to Cesario?

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 Q.3. Read the given seen passage and answer the questions 12
By the time he reached home he had more or less decided to sell the cow he could always by
her back when he had cash in hand he told himself but all hill bro clues when he made this
suggestion to Dhaniya and the girls the girls wear even more upset than Dhaniya we want late
our cow go the declared get the money you need from somewhere else sorry was in a fix the
girls wear really deeply attached to their cow always embarrassed and fed her before putting
morsel into her own mouth who fondly the cow looked at the girls!

But Hori had made up his mind and Dhaniya reluctantly agreed. It was decided that Hori would
take the cow away at night, after the girls were asleep. Gobar, their son, did not offer any great
objection to this scheme. When evening fell, Hori went and stood before the cow. It seemed to
him that her large, black, expressive eyes were full of tears.

Have you tired of me so soon?" she seemed to ask. 'I you promised would never sell me. Tell
me, what wrong did I do? I complained. Whatever you fed me, I accepted gratefully and was
content.' "I can't! I can't sell her, Dhaniya," Hori said to his wife. "See the piteous way she's
looking at us! Let her be. I'll borrow some money.

If God wills it, we'll be able to pay it back once we get the sugarcane crop." Dhaniya looked at
her husband with pride and affection. "This cow comes as an answer to our prayers," she said
"How can we part her? Borrow the money you need tomorrow."

The weather was extremely sultry. There was not the slightest breeze.
The sky was overcast but there was no sign of rain. Hori took the cow outside and tethered her.
Dhaniya protested but Hori said "Let her get a breath of fresh air. She suffers in the heat like we
do."
A Find from the passage the words which mean 2
1.hot and humid
2. in a difficult situation
B Who said these words 2
1." We won't let our cow go!"
2. " This cow has come as an answer to our prayers."
C Fill in the blanks 2
1. Whatever you fed me I accepted……………………
2. Hori has made up his mind and Dhaniya ……………. agreed.
D Name the lesson from which this extract is taken and write the name of the author. 2
E Answer these questions 4
1. How do we know that Rupa loved the cow?
2. Who did not offer any great objection to the scheme?
3. What did the cow seem to ask Hori?
4. Why do you think Dhaniya filled pride and affection towards her husband when
he said he could not sell the cow?
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 Q.4. Read the given poem and answer the questions 12
The sleep that flits on baby's eyes
Does anybody know from where it comes?
Yes, there is a rumour that it has its dwelling
where, in the fairy village among shadows of the forest dimly lit with glow-worms,
There hang two timid buds of enchantment.
From there it comes to kiss baby's eyes.

The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps

Does anybody know where it was born?
Yes, there is a rumour
that a young pale beam of a crescent moon the edge of a vanishing autumn cloud,
and there the smile was first born in the dream of a dew-washed morning
The smile that flickers on baby's lips when he sleeps.

The sweet, soft freshness that blooms on baby's limbs does anybody know where it was
hidden so long? Yes, when the mother was a young girl it lay pervading her heart
in tender and silent mystery of love –
The sweet, soft freshness that has bloomed on baby's limbs.
A find from the poem the words which mean 3
1. Moves quickly and lightly
2. love that is not known yet
3. beetle like insects which glimmer in the dark
B Fill in the blanks. 3

1. The poet wishes to know where the __________ that flits on the baby's eyes comes from.
2. The forest is not completely dark because it is dimly lit by the__________
3. A __________ can be seen flickering on the baby’s lips when he sleeps.
4. The baby’s limbs have a__________
C Answer these questions. 3
1. Where does the sleep that flits on the baby’s eyes live?
2. How does the poet describe the birth of the smile on the baby’s lips?
3. What filled the mother’s heart when she was a young girl?
D Tick (✓) the correct answers. 3
1. Identify the figure of speech used in the line, From there it comes to kiss baby’s eyes.
a. personification ________ b. simile ________ c. metaphor ________
2. Which of these word pairs is not an example of alliteration?
a. two timid ________ b. sweet, soft ________ c. dew-washed ________
3. Which of these word pairs is an example of alliteration?
a. her heart ________ b. glow-worms ________ c. silent mystery ________
Section B Textual Questions 16
Q.5 A Answer these questions 8
1. What was the angel writing in the book?
2 Explain these lines of the poem
Thus meet we five in this still place,
At this point of time at this point in space.
3. Which sounds does the poet find louder than the sea and the wind?

4 Why was Sunday the worst day of the week for Jochen Bruck?
Q.5 B Read these lines and answer the questions 8
1 I 'm sorry you were rudely attacked….. come to my house and rest a while"
1. Who said these words and to whom?
2. Who had attacked the listener and why?
2 And saw , within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom
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 1. Whose room is being spoken about in these lines?
2. What has made the room rich?
3. The little throats that sing and rise up into the light with lovely ease.
1. What is the poet mean by little throats?
2. Where do the little throats rise up to?
4 A shaded lamp and a waving blind and the beat of a clock from a distant floor
1. What time of the day is referred to in these lines?
2. Why does the blind 'wave'?
Section C Vocabulary 16
Q.6 Given below are some words Write their antonyms. 4
1. progressive b___ ___ kw ___ ___ d
2. deter e___ c___ ___ r___ ge
3. emancipation b___ n ___ ___ ge
4. exhort d ___ ___ c ___ ___ r ___ ___ e
5. orthodox l ___ b ___ r ___ l
Circle the correct phrases to complete these sentences. 4
6. The engineer (looked over / looked down ) the project plan carefully.
7. Rahil (looks into / looks up ) to her teacher for help and guidance.
8. The management is ( looking into / looking back ) new ways to solve the problem.
9. My grandmother ( looked for / looked up ) her reading glasses all over the house.
10. Santosh is a nurse. He ( looks up / looks after ) patients in Ward No. 12.
There are many words in English that begin with ‘back-’. Fill in the blanks with the ‘back-’ 4
words given in the box.
backlog backpacker backbreaking backup backlash
11. Loading and unloading sacks of sand was _______________ work.
12. The __________________ preferred dorms to hotels during his travels.
13. Sunita wondered how to finish the __________ of work within a week.
14. Following the ____over the new laws, the government agreed to the protestors’ demands.
15. Do you have a __________________ plan just in case this plan fails?
Replace the underlined words in the sentences with words from the box. 4
amused recalled candid optimistic injured
16. The Duke was hopeful that Lady Olivia would ultimately return his love.
17. Duke Orsino and Viola entertained themselves with song and chatter all evening.
18. Antonio had wounded the Duke’s nephew in a fight some years ago.
19. The Duke remembered his faithful page’s affection towards him.
20. Lady Olivia was honest about her feelings for Cesario.
TOTAL 80

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