Punjab State Board PSEB 7th Class English Book Solutions English Reading Comprehension Unseen Passages Exercise Questions and Answers, Notes.
PSEB 7th Class English Reading Comprehension Unseen Passages
Read the following passages and answer the questions given below each:
1. Two kittens got a large loaf of bread. They were very happy. But they could not divide it equally between themselves. They started fighting. Then they went to their mother cat to divide the loaf. The cat was clever. She divided the loaf into three pieces. She gave two pieces to each of them and kept one for the future. Both kittens enjoyed the bread happily and again started playing. After sometime they were again hungry and to their surprise their mother again gave them some bread which made them happier.
Question 1.
Why were the two kittens happy ?
(a) Because they got a bone.
(b) Because they got a toy.
(c) Because they got a mouse.
(d) Because they got a loaf.
Answer:
(d) Because they got a loaf.
Question 2.
Whose help did the kittens take to divide the loaf ?
(a) lion
(b) monkey
(c) dog
(d) mother cat.
Answer:
(d) mother cat.
Question 3.
The kittens started ………….. after eating bread.
(a) playing
(b) fighting
(c) singing
(d) eating
Answer:
(a) playing.
Question 4.
In how many pieces the cat divided the loaf ?
(a) two pieces
(b) four pieces
(c) three pieces
(d) five pieces.
Answer:
(c) three pieces.
Question 5.
How many pieces did the kittens eat ?
(a) one piece
(b) two pieces
(c) three pieces
(d) none.
Answer:
(b) two pieces.
2. A few days later, Prem Chand resigned his job of Inspector of Schools after having worked in the department for twenty years. He was a free man after all. Now, he could write novels and stories about his country and its people. In his books, he dealt with the lives of the peasants and workers. He revealed the greed and meanness of the money-lenders, landlords and priests. He attacked the social evils, like dowry and early marriage.
He held society responsible for the sins of women. The heroes of Prem Chand’s stories and novels fight against cruelty and injustice. Prem Chand valued love and tolerance, particularly Hindu-Muslim unity.
Question 1.
Before he started writing novels, Prem Chand was …………..
(a) a great writer
(b) a great social-reformer.
(c) Inspector of Schools
(d) a principal in a school.
Answer:
(c) Inspector of Schools.
Question 2.
What did Prem Chand value particularly ?
(a) Hindu-Muslim unity
(b) Love and tolerance
(c) Injustice and cruelty
(d) Dowry and early marriage.
Answer:
(a) Hindu-Muslim unity.
Question 3.
In his books, Prem Chand revealed the greed of ……………..
(a) Indian women
(b) peasants, workers and priests
(c) landlords, moneylenders and priests
(d) all the above.
Answer:
(c) landlords, moneylenders and priests.
Question 4.
Prem Chand’s novels and stories deal with …………
(a) the lives of peasants and workers
(6) curse of child labour
(c) problems of schools
(d) none of these.
Answer
(a) the lives of peasants and workers.
Question 5.
Who did Prem Chand hold responsible for the sins of women ?
(a) leaders
(b) society
(c) social reformers
(d) free men.
Answer:
(b) society.
3. Trees are useful to man in three very important ways they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade and they help to prevent droughts and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the services of the trees are the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that with them he has lost the best faced friend he had.
The people in the villages must be persuaded to stop cutting trees for fuel and for selling it to city people. Unless the Government has a good system of control or it can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.
Question 1.
What do trees help to prevent ?
(a) sun and shade
(b) cutting of trees for wood
(c) drought and floods
(d) heavy rains.
Answer:
(c) drought and floods.
Question 2.
Man has not realized that …………. .
(a) the services of the trees are most important
(b) the services of the trees are of no use
(c) the cutting of trees is most important
(d) all the above.
Answer:
(a) the services of the trees are most important.
Question 3.
Man has lost the best faced friend he had. Who is this ‘best friend’?
(a) people who cut trees
(b) the government
(c) trees
(d) man himself.
Answer:
(c) trees.
Question 4.
The villagers cut tree for ………….
(a) fuel
(b) selling it to the city people
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b).
Answer:
(c) both (a) and (b).
Question 5.
Trees give man ……………. .
(a) wood and other products.
(b) shade
(c) fuel
(d) all these.
Answer:
(d) all these.
4. Maharaja Ranjit Singh is very well known to all of us. He was very kind to all. He loved his people very much. He did not want them to be poor. He gave money and gold to the poor people. Thus he made them rich.
People believe that ‘Paras’ is a wonder stone. It turns iron into gold. In the same way poor people came to Maharaja Ranjit Singh and became rich. So they called him ‘Paras’.
One day he was riding a horse. He was passing through the streets of Lahore. All the people welcomed him. They were shouting, “Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ki Jai.” They showered flowers on him. They were very happy to see their generous king.
Question 1.
What kind of king was Maharaja Ranjit Singh ?
(a) cruel
(b) dishonest
(c) kind and generous
(d) proud.
Answer:
(c) kind and generous.
Question 2.
Maharaja Ranjit Singh made his people rich because
(a) he loved his people very much
(b) he did not want them to be poor
(c) he was very kind to all
(d) all the above.
Answer:
(d) all the above.
Question 3.
Why is ‘paras’ called a wonder stone?
(a) because it is very shining
(b) because Maharaja had it
(c) because it turns iron into gold
(d) because it can turn everything into gold.
Answer:
(c) because it turns iron into gold.
Question 4.
One day Maharaja was passing through the streets of …………
(a) Lahore
(b) Amritsar
(c) Multan
(d) Patna Sahib.
Answer:
(a) Lahore.
Question 5.
People welcomed their generous king by …………… .
(a) showering holy water on him
(b) giving him precious gifts
(c) showering flowers on him
(d) by turning iron into gold.
Answer:
(c) showering flowers on him.
5. Mithu was a milkman. He had a number of cows. He milked them every morning and every evening and sold the milk. But he did not sell pure milk. He was a dishonest man and he always added a lot of water to his milk.
One day, Mithu took a bag of money and started for the weekly fair. He wanted to buy a cow. The fair was in a village a few kilometres away.
Question 1.
What did Mitu have ?
(a) a number of sheep
(b) a small and a big cow
(c) sheep and goats
(d) a number of cows.
Answer:
(d) a number of cows.
Question 2.
Mithu was ……………. .
(a) an honest man
(b) a dishonest man
(c) a good man
(d) none of these.
Answer:
(b) a dishonest man.
Question 3.
Mithu never sold …………
(a) pure milk
(b) impure milk
(c) cow milk
(d) water added milk.
Answer:
(a) pure milk.
Question 4.
Where did Mithu go to buy a cow ?
(a) in a city
(b) in a weekly fair
(c) in a monthly fair
(d) to a farmer in his village.
Answer:
(b) in a weekly fair.
Question 5.
Where was the fair held ?
(a) in a city
(b) in a ground
(c) in a village
(d) near the canal.
Answer:
(c) in a village.
6. The blind beggar gave the violin to him. The gentleman stood by his side and began playing. People began gathering round him. In a short time the crowd became very large. The music was very sweet and no one among them moved away. After some time the man stopped playing. All the people dropped coins into the beggar’s cap. It became very heavy. The dog was not able to hold it and dropped it. The coins fell on the road. The blind beggar gathered all the coins and the gentleman helped him. The beggar now had a lot of money and was very happy.
Question 1.
The beggar was ………..
(a) old and weak
(b) young and healthy
(c) deaf and dumb
(d) blind.
Answer:
(d) blind.
Question 2.
Who played on violin for the beggar ?
(a) some people
(b) a gentleman
(c) his companion
none of these.
Answer:
(b) a gentleman.
Question 3.
Why did no one move away ?
(a) because the music was very sweet
(b) because the crowd was very large
(c) because the road was filled with coins
(d) all the above.
Answer:
(a) because the music was very sweet.
Question 4.
The beggar’s dog dropped the cap because ………..
(a) it was old and torn
(b) it became very heavy
(c) he did not like its colour
(d) the musician had stopped playing.
Answer:
(b) it became very heavy.
Question 5.
The coins in the cap fell ………….
(a) in the street
(b) into the lake
(c) on the road
(d) on the violin.
Answer:
(c) on the road.
7. One day there was a magic show in the big hall in Mohan’s school. All the pupils of the school and all the teachers were there. The hall was full. The boys and the girls were sitting on the floor in rows. The smaller boys and the girls sat in the front rows and the bigger boys in the back rows. The headmaster and the teachers sat in chairs behind the boys.
The magician, Mr. Parshuram, stood on a platform. He wore a black coat and a tall black hat. He had a wand in one hand and a handkerchief in the other. There was a big table in front of him.
Question 1.
Where was the magic show held?
(a) in the playground in Mohan’s school
(b) in the big hall in Mr. Parshuram’s school
(c) in the big hall in Mohan’s school
(d) in the staff room in Mohan’s school.
Answer:
(c) in the big hall in Mohan’s school.
Question 2.
Who was Mr. Parshuram?
(a) headmaster
(6) headboy
(c) a teacher
(d) a magician.
Answer:
(d) a magician.
Question 3.
Who sat in the front rows ?
(a) smaller boys and girls
(b) bigger boys and girls
(c) The headmaster and the teachers
(d) Mr. Parshuram.
Answer:
(a) smaller boys and girls.
Question 4.
Which one of the following things do not belong to Mr. Parshuram ?
(a) wand
(b) black coat
(c) white hat
(d) handkerchief.
Answer:
(c) white hat.
Question 5.
Where did Mr. Parshuram stand?
(a) on a table
(b) on a platform
(c) in the front row
(d) behind the boys.
Answer:
(b) on a platform.
8. Once there was a rogue. He was always playing tricks on the people. He was giving them a lot of trouble and so they asked the king to punish him. The king ordered his soldiers to bring the rogue before him.
The rogue was brought before the king. He said to the rogue, “You must do three tasks or you will be punished.” The rogue asked the king what the three tasks were.
Question 1.
What was the rogue doing to the people ?
(a) playing games with them
(b) playing tricks on them
(c) helping them in trouble
(d) stealing their money.
Answer:
(b) playing tricks on them.
Question 2.
What did the king order his soldiers to do ?
(a) to bring the rogue before him
(b) to punish the rogue
(c) to keep a watch on the rogue
(d) to bring the rogue before the poeple.
Answer:
(a) to bring the rogue before him.
Question 3.
The rogue was brought before …………
(a) the people
(b) the judge
(c) the king
(d) the soldiers.
Answer:
(c) the king.
Question 4.
The rogue was asked to do ……..
(a) two tasks
(b) one task
(c) four tasks
(d) three tasks.
Answer:
(d) three tasks.
Question 5.
The rogue was giving a lot of trouble to ………… .
(a) the soldiers
(b) the king
(c) the people
(d) all the above.
Answer:
(c) the people.