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Chapter-1   Whale-The Lord of the Ocean
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) ______________ can grow about a hundred feet long.
(b) A stretch of ______________ may spread over miles and miles on sea water.
(c) Because of the presence of ______________ these whales have got the name 'Sperm Whale'.
(d) The ______________ whales live together in groups and ruthlessly attack and kill any animal they catch.
(e) No one wants the largest animal to ______________ from our planet.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Whales are the smallest creatures on Earth.
(b) Whales are of various kinds and sizes.
(c) The blue whales live entirely on plankton.
(d) Blue whales do not have lungs and stomach.
(e) Normally, whales do not attack or kill human birds.
(f) The whales has a thin larger of protein under its skin.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 A whale consumes between ___________ of food at a time.

(i)

two to four tons

(ii)

three to four tons

(iii)

two to three tons
Q-2 Sperm whales can dive up to ___________ deep in the sea to fight fierce battle with the giant squids.

(i)

one thousand feet

(ii)

fifteen hundred feet

(iii)

two thousand feet
Q-3 Whales can hold their breath for ___________.

(i)

two to three minutes

(ii)

three to five minutes

(iii)

quite long intervals
Q-4 The blubber of a large whale may yield about ___________ of whale oil.

(i)

ten tons

(ii)

twenty tons

(iii)

thirty tons
Chapter-2   Bodhisattva, The Great
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Some of the courtiers were ___________ of Bodhisattva.
(b) The king saw a ___________ watering the plants in the hot sun.
(c) The horse-trader met the ___________ and showed him the horses.
(d) I’ll see that ___________ is done to you.
(e)The ___________ too was present.
(f) There is ___________ in his words.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Bodhisattva was an honest administrator.
(b) The king dismissed the Bodhisattva and appointed the gardener.
(c) The gardener had a deep knowledge of administration.
(d) All the traders were happy with the new administrator.
(e) The administrator paid the trader five measures of rice.
(f) The worth of five measures of rice was ten rupees as decided by the new administrator.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 King Brahmadutta was the ruler of:

(i)

Varanasi

(ii)

Awadha

(iii)

Magadha
Q-2 Bodhisattva’s job was to purchase:

(i)

horses

(ii)

elephants

(iii)

both of them
Q-3 The king dismissed Bodhisattva and appointed the:

(i)

cobbler

(ii)

gardener

(iii)

farmer
Q-4 The gardener-turned administrator ordered the servants to tether the horses in the:

(i)

gardens

(ii)

houses

(iii)

royal stables
Chapter-3   The Raigarh Fort
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) I would buy you an ___________ of bangles.
(b) Shivaji had decided to make this his ___________.
(c) He looked down at the rows and rows of ___________ around him.
(d) Balu overheard a ___________ between two shopkeepers.
(e) In the evening he sat up and made a big colourful ___________.
(f) The boy is a ___________ by caste and he lives with his mother.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The boy lived with his father in a village.
(b) Balu’s mother loved much wearing necklace.
(c) Balu wanted to buy armful of bangles for her mother.
(d) The fort was made by Shivaji for his headquarters.
(e) Balu did not find the secret path of the fort.
(f) Shivaji was the Greatest Maratha Leader.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Balu’s mother was very fond of wearing:

(i)

bangles

(ii)

fancy clothes

(iii)

fancy slippers
Q-2 Balu’s mother sold her last:

(i)

house

(ii)

bangle

(iii)

ear ring
Q-3 The hill was a part of the:

(i)

Rajmahal hills

(ii)

Shahyadri mountain

(iii)

Vindhyas
Q-4 Balu slipped into the fort through the:

(i)

main gate

(ii)

mountainside

(iii)

secret opening
Q-5 The gate still stands in the Raigarh fort and is called the:

(i)

Royal Gate

(ii)

Alahi Darwaza

(iii)

Chor Darwaza
Chapter-4   To Blossoms
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Your ___________ is not so past.
(b) And so to bid good ___________?
(c) But you are lovely ___________.
(d) Their end, though ne’er so ___________.
(e) And after they have shown their __________.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The full form of ‘ne’er, is:

(i)

never

(ii)

no ever

(iii)

not ever
Q-2 The poet thinks that the flowers must:

(i)

fall soon

(ii)

stay for sometime

(iii)

blossom
Q-3 The word ‘glide’ means:

(i)

to glow

(ii)

solemn promise

(iii)

to move smoothly
Chapter-5   Invaluable Resource– 'Oil'
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Oil is ___________ in many ways.
(b) A few other creatures yield oil, but none so much as the ___________.
(c) ___________ oil has been known from very old times.
(d) Mineral oil has changed the methods of ___________ on land and sea.
(e) Scientists are in no doubt about the formation of __________.
(f) The fourth area is the part near the ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Oils play a very important part in our life.
(b) No one would like a dinner cooked in vegetable oil.
(c) One should put vegetable oil into one’s scooter
(d) There are five main groups of oil.
(e) Great quantities of animal oil come from whales.
(f) The livers of cod and halibut yield harmful oil.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The oil used in cooking is called:

(i)

vegetable oil

(ii)

animal oil

(iii)

mineral oil
Q-2 The main groups of oil are:

(i)

animals

(ii)

vegetables

(iii)

all of these
Q-3 Great quantities of animal oil come from:

(i)

frog

(ii)

whale

(iii)

hippopotamus
Q-4 Perfumes may be made from the oil of:

(i)

animals

(ii)

vegetables

(iii)

flowers
Chapter-6   The Rowland Ruby
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) I know I’m early, but the ___________ didn’t take as long as I expected.
(b) About a matter of utmost ___________ that concerns the fortunes of the ___________ family.
(c) One of you has it in his ___________ papa, I ___________, but we shall soon see.
(d) We’ve already ___________ your estimable butler and ___________ him up in his pantry.
(e) Then I found the door was open and after some ___________ entered.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 “You looked solemn enough.” Solemn means:

(i)

angry

(ii)

unhappy

(iii)

serious
Q-2 “I thought it was a big stone, worth pots of money.”

(i)

invaluable

(ii)

admirable

(iii)

precious
Q-3 “Cut all that out, boss.” The phrase in italics means:

(i)

stop squabbling

(ii)

don’t mention it

(iii)

let them go out
Q-4 “Do you want to swing for murder?” Here swing for murder means:

(i)

get killed

(ii)

get arrested

(iii)

get hanged
Chapter-7   Letter to a Daughter
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) I am afraid I can tell you very little in these ___________ of mine.
(b) Our ___________ is millions and millions of years old.
(c) You read history in ___________.
(d) We cannot merely sit down and ___________ everything.
(e) These and other like things are our books for earth’s early ___________.
(f) Probably it rested on some ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Nehruji has written this letter to Indira Gandhi.
(b) Indira Gandhi was Nehruji’s only daughter.
(c) The earth has been formed hundred of years ago.
(d) We can know history of the earth by reading the books.
(e) Mountains and rocks can tell us much about the world.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Though India is a big country but England is only a little:

(i)

island

(ii)

city

(iii)

playground
Q-2 If we want to know something about the story of this world, we must think of all the:

(i)

countries

(ii)

people

(iii)

both of them
Q-3 To be able to read any language, you will have to learn its:

(i)

grammar

(ii)

alphabet

(iii)

stories
Q-4 If the river had carried the stone on, it would have become:

(i)

larger

(ii)

larger and larger

(iii)

smaller and smaller
Chapter-8   Columbus Day
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Who thought the ___________ was round.
(b) And ___________ thought he would fail.
(c) Still this brave ___________ kept sailing on.
(d) They landed with a ___________.
(e) That is why we celebrate ___________ each year.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Columbus was a :

(i)

wise man

(ii)

foolish man

(iii)

scientist
Q-2 Columbus planned to sail across the:

(i)

river Ganga

(ii)

sea

(iii)

lake
Q-3 Who did not believe on Columbus?

(i)

himself

(ii)

the crew men

(iii)

Kings
Q-4 Who rebelled against Columbus?

(i)

Kings

(ii)

People of America

(iii)

the crew
Chapter-9   The Open Window
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Framton wondered whether Mrs Sappleton, the lady to whom he was ___________ one of the letters of introduction, came into the nice division.
(b) In crossing the moor to their ___________ snipe-shooting ground they were all three ___________ in a treacherous piece of bog.
(c) She broke off with a little ___________.
(d) She ___________ on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the ___________ for duck in the winter.
(e) Then she suddenly ___________ into alert attention-but not to what ___________ was saying.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Mrs Nuttel was a very self possessed young lady.
(b) Mrs Sappleton’s husband and her two younger brothers went off for shooting.
(c) Mrs Sappleton’s husband came back but her younger brothers never came.
(d) Mr Sappleton died of hunger.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The self-possessed lady was of:

(i)

ten

(ii)

fifteen

(iii)

sixteen
Q-2 “Her great tragedy happened just three years ago.” Who said?

(i)

Mr Nuttel

(ii)

Sappleton

(iii)

Child
Q-3 A large French window opened on to a:

(i)

meadow

(ii)

lawn

(iii)

river
Q-4 Poor Aunt always thinks that they will:

(i)

die

(ii)

kill

(iii)

come back some day
Chapter-10   Nehruji's Love for Ganga
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) I have been attached to the ___________ and the ___________ rivers in Allahabad.
(b) That chain I would not break, for I ___________ it and seek inspiration from it.
(c) The major portion of my ashes should, however, be ___________ off otherwise.
(d) When I die, I should like my body to be ___________.
(e) No part of these ___________ should be retained or preserved.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Nehruji loved the Ganga very much.
(b) Nehruji wanted to die in India only.
(c) The Ganga had been to Nehruji a symbol and memory of the past of India.
(d) Nehruji received much love and affection from Indian people.
(e) Nehruji did not want his ashes to be thrown in the fields of Bharat.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Nehruji received so much love and affection from:

(i)

Indian people

(ii)

his wife

(iii)

his daughter
Q-2 Nehruji desires to have a handful of ashes thrown into the Ganga in:

(i)

Banaras

(ii)

Haridwar

(iii)

Allahabad
Q-3 The Ganga is a river of:

(i)

South Africa

(ii)

India

(iii)

Russia
Q-4 Nehruji wrote this Will and Testament in:

(i)

Madras

(ii)

Bombay

(iii)

New Delhi
Chapter-11   No Men Are Foreign
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) Beneath all ___________, a single body breathes.
(b) Their ___________ are ours, and in their ___________ we read.
(c) Remember, they have ___________ like ours that wake.
(d) That we shall ___________ betray, ___________.
(e) Our hells of ___________ and ___________ outrage the innocence.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 No men are strange, no countries are:

(i)

foreign

(ii)

native

(iii)

villages
Q-2 They, too, aware of:

(i)

sun

(ii)

air

(iii)

all of them
Q-3 In every land is common life that all can:

(i)

recognise

(ii)

understand

(iii)

both of them
Chapter-12   Mahatma Gandhi
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) I literally believed in the story of ___________.
(b) This ___________ put me to shame.
(c) I must have been about seven when my father left ___________ for ___________.
(d) ___________ was a new subject.
(e) I could not write correctly the word __________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Gandhiji found Sanskrit difficult.
(b) Mr Gimi was an educational inspector.
(c) Gandhiji left English and accepted Sanskrit.
(d) Gandhiji saw a play, the Bhakt Prahlad.
(e) Gandhiji received no punishment.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 Gandhiji is called the:

(i)

teacher of India

(ii)

father of the nation

(iii)

brother of the country
Q-2 Gandhiji spent his childhood in:

(i)

Delhi

(ii)

Porbandar

(iii)

South Africa
Q-3 Mr Giles was the:

(i)

educational inspector

(ii)

trader

(iii)

villager
Q-4 The Headmaster of the school was:

(i)

Mr Giles

(ii)

Dorabji Edulgi

(iii)

Nehruji
Chapter-13   The Ass has No Brain
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The Fox would not trust the ___________.
(b) You know, I am the ___________ of the Forest.
(c) The Lion went limping towards the ___________.
(d) He thanked the Fox for his ___________.
(e) The Fox pretended to be very ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The Lion was in good health.
(b) The Lion chose the Fox as his Minister.
(c) The Ass had no brain.
(d) The Fox met a fat Ass.
(e) The Lion killed the Ass with a heavy blow on the head.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The King of the forest was a/an:

(i)

Fox

(ii)

Lion

(iii)

Wolf
Q-2 The minister of the King was:

(i)

Ass

(ii)

Tiger

(iii)

Fox
Q-3 The Lion lost his:

(i)

home

(ii)

money

(iii)

meal
Q-4 The Lion thanked the Fox for his:

(i)

innocence

(ii)

foolishness

(iii)

cleverness
Chapter-14   The Magic Mill
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) They had nothing to make ___________.
(b) We have enough ___________ here to put out a dozen fires.
(c) The Chief Dwarf was stirring some ___________ that was boiling in a ___________.
(d) I am hungry and have come to boil the ___________.
(e) He placed the Mill behind the ___________ door.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The Poor Brother approached the dwarfs but they paid not attention to him.
(b) The Seven Dwarfs took the Poor Brother to their home.
(c) The Seven Dwarfs said that the Magic Mill will grind anything in the world except snow and ham.
(d) The Poor Brother carried the Mill to the fields and commanded it to grind rich crops of wheat, oats, barley, and corn.
(e) The Rich Brother did not want to stop the Mill.
(f) The Poor Brother carried the Magic Mill home and placed it behind the bedroom.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 In the twinkling of an eye, the ____________ little dwarfs had rolled the snowball through an entrance.

(i)

seven

(ii)

six

(iii)

eight
Q-2 The Poor Brother carried the Mill to the fields and ____________ it to grind rich crops of wheat, oats, barley, and corn.

(i)

commanded

(ii)

ordered

(iii)

asked
Q-3 The Poor Brother ____________ when he found out what had happened.

(i)

cried

(ii)

scolded

(iii)

laughed
Q-4 The Mill will grind out enough ____________ to fill the hold of the ship.

(i)

sugar

(ii)

salt

(iii)

wheat
Chapter-15   An Idiot
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) That ___________ was powerful mean.
(b) He made me ___________ against it with my hands spread.
(c) I was ___________ enough to lay him out.
(d) I didn’t want to hurt his ___________.
(e) And lose the ___________ of the good white folks down town.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 That cop was powerful mean who called me:

(i)

Black boy

(ii)

White boy

(iii)

Red boy
Q-2 The cop punched the boy in the:

(i)

head

(ii)

face

(iii)

back
Q-3 The cop drug the boy by the:

(i)

hand

(ii)

leg

(iii)

collar
Q-4 The cop ___________ the boy:

(i)

kicked

(ii)

cuffed

(iii)

cussed
Chapter-16   Endangered Sunderbans
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) The Sunderban has a mono-crop ___________ pattern.
(b) The steady destruction of so many varieties of ___________ in turn, has badly affected ___________ which depend on them.
(c) The activity is also eroding the ___________ long embankment.
(d) ___________ poaching is taking place in the entire Sunderbans area.
(e) West Asia is suspected to be another major destination for ___________ fur.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) The depletion of mangroves is due to increase of water level.
(b) Poor people collect Tiger Prawn seeds and in the process destroy other seed varieties.
(c) The food chain in the Sunderban has remained undisturbed.
(d) Tigers are the best conservators of the forest.
(e) The forest guards are successful in combating poaching in the Sunderban.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 The Sunderbans is located in:

(i)

West Bengal

(ii)

Kerala

(iii)

Himachal Pradesh
Q-2 Most of the people depend on:

(i)

agriculture

(ii)

forests

(iii)

mining
Q-3 The trees which are found in the Sunderbans are the:

(i)

neem trees

(ii)

peepal trees

(iii)

sundari trees
Q-4 The depletion of mangroves is due to the increasing levels of:

(i)

water

(ii)

land

(iii)

salinity
Chapter-17   Half a Rupee Worth
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) But even then he never closed his ___________.
(b) ___________ was in his blood.
(c) He loaded his wife with ___________ and ___________.
(d) It might have continued thus but for the ___________.
(e) ___________ due to accidental toppling off of rice ___________ and suffocation.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) Subbiah sold fruits and vegetables at the market gate.
(b) Rice was in Subbiah’s blood.
(c) Subbiah did not love his wife and children.
(d) Subbiah wished to be in his father’s business since childhood.
(e) Subbiah’s greed led to his tragic death.
Multiple Choice Questions
Q-1 At the market gate, Subbiah sold:

(i)

rice

(ii)

wheat

(iii)

clothes
Q-2 Subbiah loved the smell of:

(i)

flowers

(ii)

gunny bags

(iii)

sweets
Q-3 Subbiah kept tethered at the backyard of his home five prized:

(i)

cows

(ii)

buffaloes

(iii)

both of them
Q-4 He loaded more gold on his:

(i)

wife

(ii)

daughters

(iii)

both of them
Chapter-19   Plants have Life
Q-1 Fill in the blanks:
(a) A thermometer ___________ our temperature.
(b) J.C. Bose ___________ the Crescograph.
(c) Many great people are known for their ___________.
(d) It showed that the ___________ are capable of felling.
(e) Bose was greeted with thunder of ___________.
Q-2 True or False:
(a) J.C. Bose built a wonderful machine called ‘Crescograph’.
(b) Bose was born in America.
(c) Bose was by nature, a ‘yes-man’ of science.
(d) People laughed at Bose.
(e) J.C. Bose could not attend the Paris Congress of Science.