Textual Questions & Answers of 'The Vagabond' of Class-VII

 

The Vagabond

Textual Questions & Answers

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Activity 1

Choose the correct answer from the given alternatives:
 
(a) The vagabond wishes to have his bed -
(i) in a frosty field
(ii) in the bush
(iii) at a roadside inn.
Ans: (ii) in the bush
 
(b) The vagabond prays for a life -
(i) in close contact with nature
(ii) devoted to social work
(iii) spent in comfort and luxury
Ans: (i) in close contact with nature
 
(c) The vagabond does not seek -
(i) the heaven above him
(ii) wealth
(iii) the road below him
Ans: (ii) wealth
 
 

Activity 2

Identify which of the following statements are True and which are False. Give a supporting statement for each of your answers:
 
(a) The vagabond wants the way to be far away from him.
Ans: False ,   Supporting Statement: “And the byway nigh me.”
 
(b) The vagabond dips the bread in the river water.
Ans: True ,   Supporting Statement: “Bread I dip in the river.”
 
(c) When autumn comes the birds are going to be happy with their chirpings.
Ans: False ,      Supporting Statement: “Or let autumn fall on me / Where afield I linger, / Silencing the bird on tree.”
 
(d) The vagabond will not fear to face Autumn or Winter.
Ans: True ,   Supporting Statement: “Not to autumn will I yield / Not to winter even!”
 
 

Activity 3

Complete the sentences meaningfully:
 
(a) The vagabond is a person who wanders from one place to other without any purpose.
 
(b) The vagabond wants a life of natural beauties.
 
(c) The vagabond asks for the heaven above him and the road below.
 
(d) The vagabond does not want a friend to know him.
 
 

Activity 4

Answer the following questions:
 
(a) What kind of a life does the vagabond want?
Ans: The vagabond wants a life in close contact with nature.
 
(b) What are the things that do not interest the vagabond?
Ans: The things that do not interest the vagabond are wealth, hope, love and a friend. 
 
(c) What would the vagabond do when winter falls?
Ans: When winter falls, the vagabond will remain out in the field enjoying the change in nature. He will not change his life style in fear of winter.
 
(d) How does the poet describe a field in autumn?
Ans: The poet describes a field in autumn as frosty. It looks as white as a meal.
 
(e) Why does the poet repeat the second stanza once again?
Ans: The poet repeats the second stanza to say boldly that being a lover of nature he is ready to face all the challenges of life and nature.
 
(f) What message does the poet want to give through the poem?
Ans: Here the poet’s message is that human life is meaningful only in the presence of nature.
 
 

Activity 5

Match the words in Column A with their meanings in Column B:
 

A	B
1 ) Love	A stream or rivulet [4]
2) Heaven	That which is near [3]
3) Nigh	A feeling of care and understanding [1]
4) Lave	A person who stands by at al times [6]
5) Frosty	Covered  with thin ice [5]
6) Friend	A place where a soul finds peace and his God [2]

 
 

Activity 6

Fill in the blanks with the antonyms of the words given in brackets:
 
(a) There is a cold (warm) breeze blowing from the sea.
 
(b) His coat is black (white) in colour.
 
(c) After spring comes summer (winter).
 
(d) From the mountain top, I could see the river flowing below (above).
 
(e) I do not want to be late (early) for the meeting.
 
 

Activity 7

Make as many new words as you can from the poem by adding suffixes. One is done for you:
 

Suffix	Words
(a) _y	wealthy, earthy, bushy, starry
(b) _less	friendless, loveless, hopeless
(c) _full	Hopeful
(d) __ly	manly, likely
(e) __th	Warmth
(f) __side	roadside, riverside
(g) __er	jollier, busier, blower, sooner
(h) __r	lover, giver, later

 
 

Activity 8 (a)

Find participle adjectives from the given sentences:
 
(a) He got down from a running bus.
 
(b) The loaded truck hit the tree.
 
(c) I met a charming woman today.
 
(d) Don’t eat rotten mangoes.
 
(e) Cricket is an exciting game.
 
 

Activity 8 (b)

Make new sentences with the participle adjectives that you have found in Activity 8 (a).
 
Running: Don’t jump from a running bus.
 
Loaded: Don’t try to overtake a loaded lorry.
 
Charming: The girl is very charming.
 
Rotten: Don’t eat rotten mangoes.
 
Exciting: Football is an exciting game.
 
 

Activity 9

Punctuate the following passage:
 
“Do you know Watson?” said Holmes, as we sat together at the end of the garden in the darkness, “I have really some hesitation in talking to you tonight. There is a risk of danger.”
“You know I welcome it. But you have evidently seen more in these rooms than was visible to me.”
“You saw the ventilator?”
“Yes, but I do not think that it is such a very dangerous or unusual thing to have a small opening between two rooms. It was so small that a rat could hardly pass through.”
 
 

Activity 10

Complete the sentences with adjectives in their proper degree:
 
(a) Ram is older (old) than Shyam.
 
(b) Mt. Everest is the highest (high) peak in the world.
 
(c) A mango is as sweet (sweet) to taste as an apple.
 
(d) Darjeeling is cooler (cool) than Siliguri.
 
(e) Kolkata is the largest (large) city in West Bengal.
 
(f) Sita is taller (tall) than Reshma.
 
 

Activity 11

Fill in the blanks with the plural nouns given in the help box. There are some extra words.
 
species, headquarters, means, series, spectacles, tongs, congratulations
 
(a) You have won the match, congratulations!
 
(b) The police headquarters were not far away.
 
(c) He did not have the means, but he had the capacity to build an empire.
 
(d) The test series was so exciting that all were glued to the television.
 
(e) He held the burning coal with the help of tongs.

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