Textual Questions & Answers of 'The Book of Nature' of Class-VII

 The Book of Nature

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity -1

Underline the appropriate alternatives:

 
a)      India is in fact a ( big / small / huge ) part of the earth’s surface.
 
b)      Once upon a time the earth was too ( cold / dark / hot ) for any living being to survive.
 
c)      Fossils are ( type of wild animal / one kind of hard rock / the remains of old living beings).
 
 

Activity - 2

Answer the following question in the complete sentences:
 
(a) What must we do to know about the tale of this world?
Ans: To know about the tale of this world, we must think of all the countries and all the people that have inhabited it and not merely of one little country where we may have been born.
 
(b) How old is the earth?
Ans: Our earth is millions and millions of years old.
 
(c) Who roamed the earth before the arrival of human beings?
Ans: Before the arrival of human beings, only animals roamed on the earth.
 
 

Activity - 3

Fill in the blanks with suitable words from the text. The first letters of the words are given:
 
a)      As a subject, history is quite interesting.
 
b)      We have good relations with our neighbouring countries.
 
c)      Plants need air, water, and sunlight to grow.
 
d)     Can you imagine how big the Universe is?
 
e)      You should study regularly if you want to be a good student.
 
 

Activity - 4

Make meaningful sentences with the following words:
 
a)      Interest: I have no interest in dancing.
 
b)      Surface: We live on the earth’s surface.
 
c)      Inhabited: They inhabited in a mud hut.
 
d)     Together: We go to school together.
 
e)      Scientist: I want to be a scientist.
 
 

Activity 5

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers.
 
(a) Fairy tales are rich in imagination.
Ans: True ,    Supporting Statement: “This would be very interesting for we could imagine anything we wanted to and would thus make up the most beautiful fairy tales.”
 
(b) We have no means to know about the far-off days.
Ans: False ,     Supporting Statement:  “But although we have no books written in those far off days, fortunately we have somethings which tell us a great deal as well almost as a book would.”
 
(c) The alphabet of nature is like the Hindi or the English alphabet.
Ans: True ,       Supporting Statement: “So also you must learn the alphabet of nature before you can read her story……… .”
 
(d) We can learn a lot about our world from the rivers and mountains.  
Ans: True ,       Supporting Statement: “If a little pebble can tell you so much, how much more could we learn from all the rocks and mountains and the many other things we see around us?”
 
 

Activity - 6

Complete the following sentences with information from the text:
 
(a) No book could have been written in old times because men did not exist then.
 
(b) To be able to read any language one has to learn its alphabet.
 
(c) A small pebble was definitely a part of a big rock.
 
(d) On the beaches at the seaside, little children can play and make castles out of the sand.
 
 

Activity - 7

Fill in the following chart with information from the text:
 

Statement	Reason
1. Fairy tales need not be true.	They are based on imagination.
2. A piece of rock looks different from a pebble.	A piece of rock has plenty of edges and rough corners unlike a pebble.
3. A bit of rock looks different from a pebble.	Rain washes it down.
4. All pebbles do not become sand.	The river does not carry all the pebbles.

 
 

Activity - 8

Answer the following question:
 
(a) Which are the things around us that tell us about the earth’s early tale?
Ans: Rocks and mountains and seas and stars and rivers and deserts and fossils of old animals are the things around us that tell us about the earth’s early tale.
 
(b) Why does a pebble have a smooth surface?
Ans: A pebble becomes smooth because it rolls at the bottom of the river and its edges are worn away and so its rough surface becomes smooth and shiny.
 
(c) How does a pebble become grains of sand?
Ans: If a pebble is carried away by a river, it becomes smaller and smaller till at last it is reduced to a grain of sand.
 
(d) What does the author mean by “The Great Book of Nature?”
Ans: By ‘The Great Book of Nature’ the author wants to say that Nature itself is a great book which has seas, rocks, mountains, rivers, and deserts as its pages. This book of nature can teach us many things about our world.
 
 

Activity - 9

Rearrange the sentences in the correct order by writing the numbers in the brackets. One is done for you:
 
i. The rock is taken to a big river by the little river. (2)
 
ii. At last it is turned into grains of sand. (6)
 
iii. It becomes a pebble. (4)
 
iv. A bit of rock is pushed by a mountain stream into a little river. (1)
 
v. The pebble becomes smaller because it is carried on and on by the river. (5)
 
vi. The edges of the rock are worn away and its rough surface is made smooth. (3)
 
 

Activity - 10

Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B. One is done for you:
 

A	B
1. Fascinating	(a)  The set of letters in a language (4)
2. Merely	(b)  Top visible side (5)
3. Fortunately	(c)  Became damaged by use (6)
4. Alphabet	(d)  Only or just (2)
5. Surface	(e)  Luckily (3)
6. worn	(f)   very interesting or charming (1)

 
 

Activity - 11

Replace the underlined words with suitable opposite words from the box. There are some extra words:

Hint words: Hopeful, lost, add, left, ugly, late, sad, rough

a)      The man became famous in the early years of his life.
Ans: The man became famous in the late years of his life.
 
b)     She is looking very happy.
Ans: She is looking very sad.
 
c)      The trunk of this huge tree has a smooth bark.
Ans: The trunk of this huge tree has a rough bark.
 
d)     Jatin found his pencil box on his way to school.
Ans: Jatin lost his pencil box on his way to school.
 
e)      Smita learnt to subtract.
Ans: Smita learnt to add.
 
 

Activity - 12 (a)

Read the paragraph below and put the apostrophe ( ’ ) mark in the proper places:

Rahims father is a well-known person. The honourable M.L.A of the area is his relative. He has donated a good sum of money to the local library for buying new books. The library is located near the girls high school. Sabinas brother and Akrams sister often visit the library. They like to read childrens story books and Tagores poems. Their parents also go there to read newspapers after the days work.

Ans: Rahim’s father is a well-known person. The hon’ble M.L.A of the area is his relative. He’s donated a good sum of money to the local library for buying new books. The library is located near the girls’ high school. Sabina’s brother and Akram’s sister often visit the library. They like to read children’s story books and Tagore’s poems. Their parents also go there to read newspapers after the day’s work.
 
 

Activity - 12 (b)

Rewrite the following passage using contracted forms of words wherever applicable:

The teacher said, “We all know you are a good student. I cannot understand why you have done such a thing. You should not behave rudely with your classmates. Promise me, you will always remember what I have said.”
The student realized his mistake. He said, “Sir, I am sorry. I shall never behave like this.”
 
Ans: The teacher said, “We all know you’re a good student. I can’t understand why you’ve done such a thing. You shouldn’t behave rudely with your classmates. Promise me, you’ll always remember what I’ve said.”
The student realized his mistake. He said, “Sir, I’m sorry. I’ll never behave like this.”
 
 

Activity - 13 (a)

Fill in the chart correctly:

Pronouns	Possessive Adjectives	Possessive Pronouns
I	My	Mine
We	Our	Ours
You	Your	Yours
He	His	His
She	Her	Hers
It	Its
They	Their	Theirs

 
 

Activity - 13 (b)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives:
 
Yesterday I forgot to take back my pen from Sunil. I gave him mine in the class because he didn’t bring his.
 
The little girl has torn her clothes. “But why are your clothes dirty?” asked the mother of the girl’s elder brothers. “We have soiled our clothes while playing outside”, they said.

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