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Birsa Munda Class 7 English Odisha Board
Board | Odisha State Board |
Class | 7th |
Subject | English |
Part | (Test – I) |
Lesson | 04 |
Topic | Question Answers Solution |
TEST – 1
6.) Match the pairs of words which sound alike at the end part.
1.) Pool – cool
2.) Trees- Breeze
3.) Sun- Run
4.) High – Sky
5.) You – True
6.) Too – Zoo
7.) Learn – Turn
8.) Soldier – Keeper
9.) Day – Away
10.) Arm – Farm
7) Read the poem and answer the questions that follow.
i.) What is the poem about ?
Answer: The poem is about the fox’s love for the grapes.
ii.) What was the fox doing one day ?
Answer: The fox was moving on one day.
iii.) What did he see above his head?
Answer: He saw a vine with lovely grapes, above his head.
iv.) What were the grapes like?
Answer: The grapes were lovely, rice ripe and purple-red.
v.) ‘He’ in the third line is used for the fox.
8) Read the following paragraph and write the answers to the following in complete sentences.
i.) What is the paragraph about?
Answer: The paragraph is about a jackal’s plight in attempt to search for food.
ii.) Where did the jackal live?
Answer: The jackal lived in a forest.
iii.) Why did he become very hungry one day?
Answer: One day he didn’t get any food, so he became very hungry.
iv.) When did the jackal come into the village?
Answer: In the evening, the jackal came into the village.
v.) What was he searching for in the village?
Answer: He was searching for food in the village.
vi.) Where did he move in the village?
Answer: He did move in the village.
vii.) What did he fall into?
Answer: He fell into a washer-man’s tub which was full of blue water.
viii.) What happened to him when he fell into the tub?
Answer: When he fell into the tub, he became blue.
ix.) Why couldn’t the other jackals know him?
Answer: The other jackals couldn’t know him because he became blue after falling into the blue water.
x.) Who is ‘He’ in the last line?
Answer: “He” refers to the jackal in the last line.
LESSON- 4
BIRSA MUNDA
SGP-1
Comprehension Questions:
1.) What is this para about?
Answer: This para is about Birsa Munda’s childhood.
2.) Where was Birsa born? When?
Answer: Birsa was born in Bihar (now in Jharkhand) in 1875.
3.) Who was his father?
Answer: Sugana Munda was his father.
4.) What was his father?
Answer: His father was a labor.
5.) Where did Birsa begin his study?
Answer: Birsa began his study in a school at Katanga.
6.) Did he continue his study? Why?
Answer: No, he didn’t continue his study because of poverty.
7.) What work did Birsa do at a young age?
Answer: Birsa worked as a cowboy of a landlord.
8.) Did Birsa like the work?
Answer: No, Birsa didn’t like the work.
9.) Who was his master? Was he a good man? How do you know this?
Answer: His master was a landlord. He wasn’t a good man because removed Birsa from his job.
10.) Why did the master get angry with Birsa?
Answer: The master got angry with Birsa because he saw Birsa reading book leaving the cows to graze on paddy fields.
11.) Why did Birsa lose his job?
Answer: The master saw Birsa reading a book leaving the cows to graze on paddy fields which made him lose his jobs.
12.) Why does ‘he’ in the last line refer to?
Answer: ‘He’ refers to the master of Birsa.
13.) Which quality of Birsa do you like most?
Answer: Birsa’s passion for studying is what I like the most.
SGP-2
Comprehension Questions:
1.) Which quality of Birsa is described in this passage?
Answer: This passage is about Birsa’s anti- superstition quality.
2.) What happened to Birsa while he was cutting wood?
Answer: Birsa’s left leg was wounded while he was cutting wood.
3.) There is a word in the 2nd sentence which means’ doctor.’ Find the word.
Answer: Quack
4) Why did Birsa go to a village quack?
Answer: He wanted to get cured by the village quack so Birsa went to him.
5.) What did the quack advise Birsa?
Answer: The quack advised Birsa to sacrifice goat to cure himself of his wound.
6) Did Birsa follow his advice? Which line says so?
Answer: No, Birsa didn’t follow his advice.
Birsa didn’t do this- this line says so.
7.) Would you obey the quack’s advice if you were Birsa?
Answer: No, I wouldn’t obey the quack’s advice.
8.) Is the tradition of sacrificing animals to Gods or Goddesses good? What did Birsa do to check this superstition?
Answer: No, the tradition of sacrificing animals to Gods or Goddesses isn’t good. Birsa told people not believe in superstitions.
9.) Birsa told people not to follow this type of superstition. Did people like it? How do you know this?
Answer: Yes, people did like his thought. People started following Birsa this is how we get to know about it.
10.) The writer says in this para that Birsa fought against three things. What are they?
Answer: The three things were superstitions, cruel money-lending and policemen.
11.) A lot of people became Birsa’s followers. What qualities of Birsa could have attracted them towards him?
Answer: Birsa’s quality of fighting against evil customs could have attracted people towards him.
12.) Why did the British Government join hands with the money-lenders and the land lords?
Answer: The British Government considered Birsa as their threat so they joined hands with the money-lenders and the land lords.
13.) Who fought against the followers of Birsa?
Answer: British Government fought against the followers of Birsa.
14.) Where was the British force defeated by Birsa and his followers?
Answer: At Khunti, the British force was defeated by Birsa and his followers.
SGP-3
Comprehension Questions:
1.) What is the third para about?
Answer: The third para is about Birsa’s movement against the British Government.
2.) Why did the British Government get angry with Birsa?
Answer: Birsa continued to fight against the British Government without getting arrested which made the British Government angry with him.
3.) Which battle was very painful for Birsa?
Answer: The battle at Dhumari Hill near Ranchi was very painful for Birsa.
4.) What happened in this battle at Dhumari hill?
Answer: In this battle at Dhumari hill, innocent tribal including women and children were killed.
5.) Was Birsa arrested in this battle? What did he do?
Answer: No, Birsa wasn’t arrested in this battle. He fought against the British Government.
6.) What did the Government declare for Birsa’s capture?
Answer: The Government declared rewards for Birsa’s capture.
7.) Who helped the Britishers to arrest Birsa?
Answer: Nine people of Jerkel village helped the Britishers to arrest Birsa.
8.) Where and when did the British army arrest Birsa?
Answer: Birsa was captured in his sleep by nine Jerkel village people. He was handed over to the police in Ranchi.
9.) Who does ‘they’ in the second sentence in para-4 refer to?
Answer: ‘They’ refers to the nine people of Jerkel village who went to capture Birsa.
10.) Were the persons of Jerkel village right to help the Britishers to arrest Birsa?
Answer: It was wrong to capture Birsa. The persons of Jerkel shouldn’t have captured Birsa as he was doing only good by fighting for his people and their welfare.
11.) Where was Birsa handed over to the police?
Answer: Birsa was handed over to the police in Ranchi.
12.) What happened when he was handed over to the police?
Answer: When Birsa was handed over to the police, hundreds of his followers gathered there.
13.) What did Birsa tell his followers?
Answer: Birsa told his followers not to feel disappointed and think that he was running away leaving them behind. He also told them that they should fight till the end of their lives.
14.) Which words of Birsa do you like most?
Answer: Do not think our fight has come to an end. We’ll continue our fight till we die- This is such a powerful line that motivated me very much.
SGP-4
Comprehension Questions:
1.) What does the writer talk about Birsa Munda in the last paragraph?
Answer: The writer talks about Birsa’s death in the jail. Also he mentions about institutes that are named after him.
2.) What was said about Birsa’s death?
Answer: It was that Birsa died of cholera.
3.) Do all the people believe it?
Answer: No, all the people didn’t believe it.
4.) What do many people suspect?
Answer: People suspect that he was poisoned.
5.) The writer says that after 100 years of Birsa’s death, ‘he still lives in our memory.’ Why does he say so?
Answer: It was Birsa’s unconditional love of the motherland and his sacrifices that make people remember about him even today.
6.) What have the Government of India and many other state governments done in the memory of Birsa Munda?
Answer: The Government of India and many other state government have named many institutes such as Birsa Munda Airport, Birsa Institute of Technical Education, etc. in the memory of Birsa Munda.
7.) Which quality of Birsa Munda do you like most?
Answer: Birsa Munda’s unconditional love for the nation and his never giving up attitude is what I like about him the most.
8.) How many years did Birsa Munda live?
Answer: Birsa Munda lived for 25 years.
9.) Can you tell some names of freedom fighters of Odisha who have sacrificed their lives for our motherland ?
Answer: Chandra Sekhar Behera, JayeeRajaguru, ChakhiKhuntia,Sarala Devi are some names of freedom fighters of Odisha who have sacrificed their lives for our motherland.
2.) Comprehension Activities:
(a) Complete the following sentences choosing the most appropriate alternatives from the options.
i.) Birsa Munda was born in the year 1875.
a.) 1875
b.) 1857
c.) 1900
d.) 1885
ii.) He worked as a cow-boy because his family was poor.
a.) his father was cruel
b.) his family was poor
c.) he did not like to study
d.) he did not study well
iii.) Birsa was fond of reading books.
a.) moving in the forest
b.) guarding cows in the jungle
c.) reading books
d.) talking to many people
iv.) He did not obey the village quack’s advice to sacrifice a goat because he did not believe in superstitions.
a.) he believed in superstitions
b.) he did not like him
c.) the quack was a messenger of the British government
d.) he did not believe in superstitions
v.) The Birtish force was defeated in a battle inKhunti.
a.) Katanga
b.) Khunti
c.) Ranchi
d.) Jerkel
vi.) The British police killed hundreds of innocent tribals at Dhumari hill.
a.) at Khunti
b.) at Dhumari hill
c.) at Ranchi
d.) at Jerkel
(b) Put the following characters in order as they are used in the text.
1.) Birsa Munda
2.) Sugma Munda
3.) The landlord
4.) The village quack
5.) The village of Jerkel
6.) The police of Ranchi
(c) Given below are some sentences about Birsa Munda. They are not in order . Order them writing their serial numbers in brackets.
1.) A village quack advised him to sacrifice a goat to cure his wound. (4)
2.) He worked as a cowboy of a landlord from his early days. (2)
3.) The British rulers became his enemy. (7)
4.) Once his left leg was wounded while cutting wood. (3)
5.) He did not believe it and told people not to believe in superstition. (5)
6.) He fought against money lenders and policemen. (6)
7.) He fought against the British force in the jungle with his followers. (8)
8.) The British Government declared reward to capture him. (9)
9.) At last by the help of a man of Jerkel village, the police arrested him. (10)
10.) He died in Ranchi jail on 30th May 1900. (11)
11.) Birsa Munda was born in a poor family in 1875. (1)
Session 6
Vocabulary
Match words under ‘A’ with the words under ‘B. Write the word numbers of ‘A’ in the boxes of ‘B.’ One is done for you. Then write them in the blank places provided below.
1.) Landlord
2.) Blind belief
3.) Village quack
4.) Money lender
5) Paddy field
6.) British Government
7.) Innocent tribals
8.) Small hut
9) Usage:
(a) Fill in the blanks with the words choosing from brackets.
(from, in, of, against, at, with)
1.) Birsa Munda was born in a poor family in 1875.
2.) He studied in a school at Katanga.
3.) The landlord removed Birsa from the job.
4.) Birsa told people not to believe in superstition.
5.) He was against blind belief or superstition.
6.) He fought against the British force with his followers.
7.) Birsa went to the village quack to cure himself of his wounds.
(b) Now write the second forms of the following verbs in the space provided.
1.) Study- Studied
2.) Remove – Removed
3.) Defeat- Defeated
4.) Kill- Killed
5.) Arrest- Arrested
6.) Continue- Continued
7.) Declare- Declared
8.) Search- Searched
9.) Capture- Captured
10.) Gather – Gathered
11.) Die- Died
12.) End- Ended
(c) Match the words under ‘A’ with the words under ‘B’. Write the numbers of ‘A’ in the boxes of ‘B’.
1.) Birsa was born in a poor family.
2.) His left leg was wounded.
3.) The British force was defeated.
4.) Small battles were fought between the British police and Birsa’s followers.
5.) Tribals including women and children were killed in the battle at Dhumari hill.
6.) He was handed over to the police at Ranchi.
7.) It was suspected that he was poisoned.
8.) A university has been named after him.
Session-7
Writing
(a) Write the answers to the following questions in the space provided below.
i.) Where and when was Birsa born?
Answer: Birsa was born in Bihar(now in Jharkhand) in 1875.
ii.) Why did the landlord remove Birsa from his job?
Answer: The landlord saw Birsa reading a book leaving the cows to graze on paddy fields and this made the landlord angry with Birsa and remove him from his job.
iii.) What made Birsa go to the village quack?
Answer: Birsa got his left leg wounded while cutting wood and to get its cure, he went to the village quack.
iv.) What did Birsa tell his people not to do?
Answer: Birsa told his people not to believe in superstitions.
v.) Why did the British Government join hands with the money-lenders and the landlords?
Answer: Birsa fought against the British, money-lenders and the landlords and this made him as a threat to them, so the British Government join hands with the money-lenders and the landlords.
vi.) In which battle did Birsa and his followers defeat the British police?
Answer: In the battle at Khunti, Birsa and his followers defeated the British police.
vii.) Where and when was Birsa arrested?
Answer: Birsa was captured in his sleep by nine Jerkel village people. He was handed over to the police in Ranchi.
viii.) When did Birsa die and how?
Answer: It is said that Birsa died of cholera.
(b) Fill in the Bio-data form of Birsa Munda
- Name : Birsa Munda
- Father’s name : Sugana Munda
- Place and year of birth : Bihar, 1875
- Year of birth : 1875
- Profession of father : Labor
- Place of his primary
- Education : Katanga
- Likes : Reading books
- Dislikes : Superstition, money- lending
- Qualities : Patriotic, Tribal freedom fighter, determined
- Aim in life : To give freedom to tribal people and abolish superstition
- Work he did for people : Fought against British .Fought against superstition, Fought for the rights of tribal people
- Place and year of death : Ranchi
(c) Now complete the sentences with the above information in the following paragraph about Birsa Munda.
Birsa Munda was born in Bihar (now Jharkhand) in 1875. His father’s name was Sugana Munda. His father was a labor. Birsa took his primary education in a school at Katanga. He liked to read books. He disliked superstitions, money- lending and British government. He was a true patriotic who fought for his people and never gave up for what he believed in. He wanted to abolish superstition completely. He also wanted to get India free from the clutches of the British. He died in Ranchi.
9.) Let’s Think:
i.) Think of ways to abolish the tradition of animal sacrifice.
Answer: The tradition of animal sacrifice is cruel. We can abolish it by creating awareness among the people. Also it is important to stop the practice of black magic or superstition under the pretext of anything. We should educate people regarding this issue so that no animal could fall prey to such cruel acts.
ii.) Let’s think of way to remember our great heroes.
Answer: It is important to remember to remember our great heroes not only on their birth or death anniversary but also on other days. We can organize various events related to freedom fighters irrespective of the month or day. We can also have competitions keeping freedom fighters as the main theme.
FOLLOW – UP- LESSON
TILKA MAJHI
SGP-1
Comprehension Questions:
1.) Where was Tilka Majhi born? When?
Answer: Tilka Majhi was born in a small village near Bhagalpur in Bihar in 1750.
2.) What are the Murmus ?
Answer: The Murmus are priests among the Santals.
3.) Who did Tilka worship ?
Answer: Tilka worshipped’ Marang Buru.
4.) How did people look up to him?
Answer: Tilka Majhi grew up to be a religious man so people looked up to him.
5.) What did they call him?
Answer: People called him ‘Tilka Baba.’
6.) What was Tilka good at?
Answer: Tilka Majhi was good at using bows and arrows.
7.) What did he teach to the young men of village?
Answer: Tilka Majhi used to train shooting arrows to the young men of village.
SGP-2
Comprehension Questions:
1.) The Santals are born free and hardly obey any control, which sentences have this idea?
Answer: The very first line gives us the idea. The Santals, as you know, are freedom-loving people.
2.) What did they do to get their bread ?
Answer: They cleared the forests, prepared fields and grew different kinds of crops to get their bread.
3.) How did they help the king ?
Answer: They helped the king when there was a war.
4.) Who became the ruler of their land after the Plassey battle ?
Answer: The British became the ruler of their land after the Plassey battle.
5.) What did the British want ?
Answer: The British wanted more money to be collected.
6.) What did the king do collect rent from the tribals ?
Answer: The king appointed outsiders to collect rent from the tribals.
7.) What were given as ‘Pattas” to landlords ?
Answer: Some tribal villages were given as ‘Pattas’ to landlords.
8.) How did the landlords trouble the tribals ?
Answer: The landlords asked the Santlas to pay mpre taxes and often took away their property and lands, in this they troubled the tribal.
9.) What did Tilka ask people not to do ?
Answer: Tilka asked people not to pay the taxes.
10.) What did the government do to bring the Santals under control ?
Answer: The government brought the Santals under control by appointing a new collector in Bhagalpur.
11.) Who was Cleareland?
Answer: Cleareland was the new collector in Bhagalpur
12.) What did he do to bring the Santals under control?
Answer: To bring the Santals under control, Cleareland appointed soldiers from other tribes to fight against the Santals.
13.) Did Tilka like it? What was his plan?
Answer: Tilka didn’t like it. His plan was to kill Cleareland.
SGP-3
Comprehension Questions:
1.) How was Cleareland killed?
Answer: Cleareland was killed by shot of an arrow from a distance by Tilka on 23rd January, 1784.
2.) What did the Government do to control the tribals ?
Answer: The Government brought more soldiers and weapons in order to control the tribals.
3.) How long did the tribal rebellion continue ?
Answer: The tribal rebellion continued for about a year.
4.) What happened to it at last ?
Answer: At last, they made a sudden attack on Tilka and his followers.
5.) How did the great son of soil breathe his last ?
Answer: The great son of soil was killed mercilessly. They hanged him from a tree.
6.) Where is Tilka Chhak? Who was it named after ?
Answer: The place where Tilka was hanged is known as TilkaChhak. It is named after Tilka Majhi.
7.) Who was Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a freedom fighter.
8.) What is he called ?
Answer: He is called as Simanta Gandhi.
9.) When did he visit TilkaChhak ? Why ?
Answer: He visited TilkaChhak in 1969. He visited to pay his respect to great martyr Tilka Majhi.
10.) Can you name some tribal leaders of Odisha who were great freedom fighters ?
Answer: Buddhu Bhagat, Tirot Singh, Laxman Nayak are some tribal leaders of Odisha who were great freedom fighters.
(a) Match A with their ideas under B. Write paragraph numbers in brackets.
1.) The birth of Tilka Majhi – Paragraph No. 1
2.) Tilka Baba- Paragraph No. 2
3.) Good at using bows and arrows –Paragraph No. 3
4.) Trained young men at shooting arrows –Paragraph No. 3
5.) Santals- freedom- loving people – Paragraph No. 4
6.) Bengal, Bihar and Orissa under British rule – Paragraph No. 4
7.) People were forced to pay more rents- Paragraph No.4
8.) People’s property and land taken away- Paragraph No. 4
9.) British collector Clearland tried to bring – Paragraph No. 5
10.) The Santals under control- Paragraph No. 5
11.) Cleareland was killed – Paragraph No. 6
12.) Government tried to put down the rebellion – Paragraph No. 6
13.) Tilka Majhi was arrested and hanged-Paragraph No. 6
(b) Write the answers to the following questions.
1.) Where and when was Tilak Majhi born ?
Answer: Tilka Majhi was born in a small village near Bhagalpur in Bihar in 1750.
2.) What did he teach to the young men of the village ?
Answer: Tilka Majhi used to train shooting arrows to the young men of village.
3.) Who became the ruler of their land after the Plassey Battle ?
Answer: The British became the ruler of their land after the Plassey battle.
4.) What did the king do to collect rent from the tribal ?
Answer: The king appointed outsiders to collect rent from the tribals
5.) How did the landlords trouble the tribals ?
Answer: The landlords asked the Santlas to pay mpre taxes and often took away their property and lands, in this they troubled the tribal.
6.) What did Tilka ask people not to do ?
Answer: Tilka asked people not to pay the taxes.
7.) What did the government do to bring the Santals under control?
Answer: The government brought the Santals under control by appointing a new collector in Bhagalpur.
8.) How long did the tribal rebellion continue ?
Answer: The tribal rebellion continued for about a year.
9.) How did the great son of soil breathe his last ?
Answer: The great son of soil was killed mercilessly. They hanged him from a tree. The British killed him.
10.) Who was Khan Abdu Chaafr Khan ?
Answer: Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a freedom fighter.
11.) When did he visit Tilka Chhak? Why ?
Answer: He visited TilkaChhak in 1969. He visited to pay his respect to great martyr ,Tilka Majhi.
TAIL-PIECE :
BRANDING BABIES BY HOT IRON RODS- A BAD PRACTICE
Comprehension Questions:
1.) What is the topic about ?
Answer: The topic is about the ill-practice of branding the babies.
2.) What happens to two to three babies in our state every month ?
Answer: Every month two or three babies due to branding in our state.
3.) When do illiterate people or grandparents call a village quack ?
Answer: When a baby has a fever or diarrhea or any other diseases, the illiterate people or grandparents call a village quack.
4.) Do you think it is a good practice ?
Answer: No, it is not at all a good practice. It is an evil practice.
5.) What does the village quack do ?
Answer: The village quack puts hot iron rods on the stomach of the babies as a cure.
6.) Why does he put the hot iron rods on the stomach of the babies ?
Answer: To cure the babies, he puts the hot iron rods on the stomach of the babies.
7.) Do the babies get well? What happens to them ?
Answer: No, the babies instead of getting well, they die.
8.) Where should we go to if we suffer from a disease ?
Answer: We should always go to a qualified doctor, if we suffer from a disease.
9.) Who shouldn’t we go to ?
Answer: We shouldn’t make a mistake of going to illiterate disari or a village quack.
10.) What have you got to do? Why ?
Answer: We have to aware people regarding such ill-practices. We should tell people not to go to a disari or a village quack.
11.) What should you tell the people ?
Answer: We should tell people to go to hospital for treatment.
12.) What do you think is a better place to go- a village quack or a doctor ?
Answer: It is always best to go to a doctor.
13.) What should you do ?
Answer: We should form a group to fight against the bad and blind practices of branding in and around your village and locality.