Class VII Ray and Martin Question Bank 2025 Page 76 Solved

Class VII Ray and Martin Question Bank 2025 Page 76 Solved 

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Class: VII | Subject: English

 

Section A: Reading Skill (Seen)

1. Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Passage:

Far down the earth, there lived dark Pluto, king of the land of the dead. He had often asked some goddess to come and live with him, but no goddess was willing to live among the dead. So Pluto was very lonely.

One day Pluto came to earth and was driving along in his swift chariot. Behind some bushes he heard voices and laughter. He was curious. He stopped his chariot, and walked to the bushes. There he saw Proserpine laughing and playing with her companions who formed a circle round her.

Pluto was charmed at the sight of the lovely maiden. He looked at Proserpine and thought, “I must make her my queen. Her bright face will make even my dark kingdom look bright and beautiful.” But he knew that it would be useless to ask the maiden to be his queen. So he stepped into the circle and carried her to his chariot.

 

A. Tick (✓) the correct answer:

(i) The king of the land of the dead was —

✅ (c) Pluto

(ii) Pluto came to the earth on a —

✅ (a) chariot

(iii) Pluto heard Proserpine’s voice —

✅ (d) behind some bushes

(iv) Seeing Proserpine, Pluto was —

✅ (c) charmed

 

B. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False statements:

(i) The goddesses were unwilling to live with Pluto in the hell.✅ T

(ii) One day Pluto came to the earth.✅ T

(iii) Pluto wanted to make Proserpine his queen.✅ T

 

C. Answer the following questions:

(i) Who was Pluto and where did he live?

→Pluto was the king of the land of the dead, and he lived far down the earth.

(ii) Why was Pluto lonely?

→ Pluto was lonely because no goddess was willing to live with him among the dead.

 

D. Find out the word from the passage that means ‘Eager to know something’:

→ Curious

 

Section B: Reading Skill (Unseen)

2. Read the passage and answer the questions:

Passage:

Hamlet, the prince of Denmark, was once the happiest young man in the country. But a great trouble came into his life. His father died suddenly in a mysterious way. So Hamlet became very sad and upset. Hamlet was told that the old king who was wise and good, had died from the bite of a snake when the king was asleep one afternoon in the garden. Soon after his death, Claudius, brother of the dead king and uncle of Hamlet, married the queen and then became the king. Hamlet did not like his mother to marry again so quickly and the more he thought about the affair, the sadder he became.

 

A. Answer the following questions:

(i) Who was Hamlet?

→ Hamlet was the prince of Denmark.

(ii) How was Hamlet’s father by nature?

→ Hamlet’s father was wise and good.

(iii) Who was Claudius?

→ Claudius was the brother of Hamlet’s father and Hamlet’s uncle.

(iv) Why did Hamlet become sad and upset?

→ Hamlet became sad and upset because his father died suddenly and his mother married Claudius very soon after.

 

B. Write ‘T’ for True and ‘F’ for False. Give supporting statements:

(i) The death of Hamlet’s father was natural.

→ ❌ F

Supporting statement: “His father died suddenly in a mysterious way.”

(ii) Marrying the queen, Claudius became the new king.

→ ✅ T

Supporting statement: “Claudius... married the queen and then became the king.”

(iii) Hamlet was very happy with his mother’s second marriage.

→ ❌ F

Supporting statement: “Hamlet did not like his mother to marry again so quickly.”

 

Section C: Grammar and Vocabulary

3. Fill in the blanks with proper forms of verbs given in the brackets:

(i) The boy always speaks the truth.

(ii)My mother is cooking now.

(iii)  We shall go to Darjeeling next week.

 

4. Change the narration of the following sentences:

(i) Rabi says, “I always speak the truth.”

→ Rabi says that he always speaks the truth.

(ii) The girl said to her friend, “Are you writing a letter now?”

→ The girl asked her friend if she was writing a letter then.

(iii) The boy said to his friends, “I went to the museum yesterday.”

→ The boy told his friends that he had gone to the museum the previous day.

 

5. Underline the participle adjectives in the given sentences:

(i) A rolling stone gathers no moss.

(ii) She threw away the withered flowers.

 

6. Write the plural form of the following nouns:

(i) Ox → Oxen

(ii) Child → Children

(iii) Sheep → Sheep

(iv) Goose → Geese

 

Section D: Writing Skill

7. Write a story using the following hints. Give a suitable title and add a moral.

[Hints: A lion sleeping – a mouse entered into his nose – the lion became angry-about to kill the mouse-the mouse begged for mercy – lion took pity on the mouse – freed the mouse – the lion caught in a hunter’s net – Mouse cut the net with its sharp teeth – the lion was freed – thanked the mouse.]

The Lion and the Mouse

One day a lion was sleeping peacefully. Suddenly a little mouse entered into his nose by mistake. The lion woke up angrily and caught the mouse. The poor mouse begged for mercy. The lion took pity and let him go. After a few days, the lion was caught in a hunter’s net. The mouse heard his roar and ran to help him. It cut the net with its sharp teeth and set the lion free. The lion thanked the little mouse.

Moral: Kindness is never wasted.

 

8. Write a letter to your friend about your visit to a place of interest.

[Points: Name of the place – date of visit – your companions – the places you visited – the things you enjoyed and your feelings.]

Your Address

Date

Dear Rakesh,

I hope you are well. I want to share my recent visit to Darjeeling with you. I went there on 10th May with my parents and sister. We visited Tiger Hill, the Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, and the beautiful tea gardens. I enjoyed the toy train ride the most. The view of the snow-covered Kanchenjunga was amazing. It was a refreshing and memorable trip. Hope to visit again soon.

Yours lovingly,

Your name

Friend's Address