Passage - 2 | English Grammar Class 7 PDF Download

Q.5. Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow each of them:
The Hermit said, “If you had not pitied my weakness yesterday and had not dug these beds for me, you would have gone away. Then that man would have attacked you and you would have wished you had stayed with me. So the most important time was when you were digging the beds. And I was the most important man, and to do me good was your most important business. After¬wards, when the man ran to us, the most important time was when you were caring for him, because if you had not dressed his wounds he would have died without having made peace with you. So he was the most important man, and what you did for him was your most important business.”

Answer the following questions briefly:
(i) What had the listener done to the Hermit ?

The listener had pitied the Hermit’s weakness and dug the beds for him.

(ii) What would have happened if he had not helped the Hermit ?

If the listener had not pitied and helped the Hermit, he would have gone away. In that case he would have been killed.

(iii) What, according to the Hermit is the most important time ?

According to the Hermit, the most important time is the ‘present time’.

(iv) Find a word in the passage which means the same thing as ‘job’.

‘Business’.

Q.6. Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow each of them:
1. The grand fare was set before the friend and Moti Lai waited in agonising silence. Today surely, his friend would not say that it did not compare with the feasts of his village. With the great variety of food served, dinner took a long time.
2. At last the friend spoke, ‘Today, your food, dear Moti, was fit for the table of a king. But still, it cannot compare with the feasts I have at home.”
3. Moti Lai nearly dropped down in disappointment. What were the feasts of his friend’s village like? How lavish were they that the rich fare of his valley could not even compare with them ?
4. At lunch the next day, the food was so delicious that passers-by stopped and licked their lips at just the smell of it. Moti Lai bit his lips nervously. Yet once again Kisan Lai’s response was, “I would really have said that the food today was incomparable had I not tasted the feasts at home.”
5. Moti Lai silently acknowledged defeat and for the rest of Kisan Lai’s Stay, though he always had the best of food served, he no longer tried to compete with the food Kisan ate in his village. Eventually, Kisan Lai went away.
6. The years rolled by. One winter, Moti Lai decided to leave his snow-bound land for a while to enjoy the warmer climate of the plains. He decided to visit his friend. It would be a good opportunity, he felt, to taste the famous feasts of Kisan’s village and their feasts had never really left Moti Lai’s thoughts.
7. Kisan Lai was delighted to see his friend after so many years. “Do stay and rest here awhile”, he said and Moti Lai willingly accepted.
8. That evening Moti Lai spent the hours in great expectation. Dinner was served. A servant brought in two plates. Rotis, a bowl of curd, salad, dal and a plate of vegetables was all that had been served. Then the servant departed. Moti Lai waited expectantly. The servant did not reappear. His friend turned to him and said, “Please start your meal.” Moti Lai gulped down the food without a word. He told himself to be patient. Surely, tomorrow the delicacies of the village would be served to him, he thought.

Answer the following questions briefly:
(i) Moti Lai had invited his friend to
(a) enjoy a ball
(b) attend the party
(c) a grand feast
(d) share his joy

Correct option is (c) a grand feast

(ii) Moti Lai wondered
(a) why his friend spoke rudely
(b) how the village feast was better than the valley feast
(c) why he was so silent
(d) why he never relished the good food

Correct option is (b) how the village feast was better than the valley feast

(iii) Kisan Lai never approved of valley food as
(a) nature was its best in the plains
(b) he believed in simple living
(c) it was very rich and oily
(d) both (i) and (iii)

Correct option is (b) he believed in simple living

(iv) The noun form of ‘agonising’ is
(a) agonised
(b) agony
(c) agonises
(d) will agonise

Correct option is (b) agony

(v) Kisan Lai was very happy
(a) to see his friend the next day
(b) to see his friend after so many years
(c) to serve his friend rich food
(d) to serve his friend fruits and delicacies

Correct option is (b) to see his friend after so many years