_English_

Time allowed: 3 hours Class: VII

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:-

 Read each question carefully and follow the instructions.

 This question paper is divided into four sections.
 All questions are compulsory

SECTION-A (READING)
1. Papaya is a healthy fruit with a list of properties that is long and exhaustive. You can
munch on it as a salad, have it cooked or boiled or just drink it up as milkshake or juice.
Papaya has many virtues that can contribute to our good health. The most important of
these virtues is the protein digesting enzyme it has. The enzyme is similar to pepsin in its
digestive action and is said to be so powerful that it can digest 200 times its own weight in
protein. It assists the body in assimilating the maximum nutritional value from food to
provide energy and body-building nutrients. Papain in raw papaya makes up for the
deficiency of gastric juice and fights excess of unhealthy mucus in the stomach and
intestinal irritation. The ripe fruit, if eaten regularly corrects habitual constipation,
bleeding piles, and chronic diarrhea. The juice of the papaya seeds also assists in the above
said ailments.
Papaya juice, used as a cosmetic, removes dark spots on skin due to exposure to sunlight,
and leaves the skin smooth and delicate. A tablespoonful of its juice, combined with a few
drops of lemon juice, should be consumed daily for a month in case of lever disease. The
fresh juice of papaya, mixed with honey can be applied over inflamed tonsils, for
diphtheria and other throat disorders. It dissolves the membrane and prevents infection
from spreading.

a. What is the main quality of papaya? (2 marks)

b. How does a raw papaya battle harmful mucus in the stomach? (2 marks)
c. How does papaya’s use in cosmetic consumed ? (2 mark)
d. Mention how papaya help in treating irritated tonsils? (2 marks)
e. Give the synonyms for ‘assimilate’ and ‘inflamed’ in the context of the phrase.
(2 marks)
 (a) The main quality of papaya is to assimilate body-building nutrients from the food
that provides energy with the help of its digestive enzyme.
 (b) Raw papaya has papain substitutes for the gastric juice deficiency that battles
harmful excess mucus in the stomach.
 (c) Papaya in cosmetic helps to remove skin blemishes and dark spots occurs due to
exposure to sunlight and make it soft and smooth. It can be applied raw of mixing it
with other ingredients like lemon
 (d) Irritated tonsils can be treated by applying fresh papaya juice mixed with honey.
 (e) Assimilate – incorporate, digest, learn, grasp, absorb

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 Inflamed – provoke, fire, ignite, angry

2. A disease of the brain neurocysticircosis, or formation of a cyst in the brain, that was
known to affect few people till about five years ago has become common among all ages.
Neurologists are concerned with the rapid rise in the incidence of neurocysticircosis, the
condition in which tapeworms attack the brain sometimes manifesting as convulsions or
severe headaches or even causing permanent damage to vision. But there are more
worrying aspects to the disease. Water and green leafy vegetables, specifically those grown
In fields are fast becoming the most favoured route for tapeworms to enter human bodies.
Neurologists are now asking people to avoid eating raw vegetables. Neurocysticircosis is a
parasitic infection of the central nervous system. The eggs of the tapeworms make their
way from the intestines to the bloodstream and ultimately to the brain. The worms can
create havoc inside the brain depending on the site of invasion. Lesion caused by
neurocysts can affect sight, damage the spinal cord and even cause psychiatric illnesses and
seizures.
Tapeworm infections are passed in the bowel of a person who is infected. The egg travels
through the food pipe to the stomach. It has three pairs of hooklets and in the small
intestine, it burrows through the wall. From here it enters the bloodstream and gets
deposited in three major organs: the brain, eyes and muscles. The disease is said to be most
dangerous if not treated timely. Seizures and headaches are the most common symptoms.
In the muscles it may cause lumps under the skin. Although rare, cysticerci may float in the
eyes and caused disturbed vision.
People especially children have become so conscious about their diet that they want to eat
more salads. Raw vegetables should definitely be boiled. The infection is found only on
outer surface of vegetable so peeling them can be a major prevention.

a. Why do neurologists suggest people to evade eating raw vegetables? (2 marks)

b. How is neurocysticercosis damaging for human beings? (2 marks)
c. What are the most general symptoms of neurocysticercosis? (2 marks)
d. What are the precautions taken to prevent this disease? (2 marks)
e. What is the synonym of ‘havoc’ and ‘deposited’? (2 mark)

 (a) Neurologists suggest people to evade eating raw vegetables because they have
insects like tapeworm which attacks brain, eyes and muscles.
 (b) It is damaging for Human beings as it can affect digestion, vision, spinal cord,
intestine and muscles movement.
 (c) Headaches and Seizures are general symptoms in rare cases low vision level is
experienced.
 (d) As a precautionary step we should peel the raw vegetables and boil them before
eating to kill the germs and removing the surface of the vegetables can give greater
protection from them as they are most on the surface.
 (e) havoc – chaos, confusion, damage, wreck, loss
Deposited – collect, invest, install, settled, accumulate

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 SECTION-B (WRITING)
3. Write an application to the Principal of your school requesting him/her to let you go
home early since you are unwell.
Or
Your best friend stood first in his school’s debate competition, write a letter congratulating
him.
 Format - Content - Expression
4. Write a short paragraph in about 80 words on any of the following topic:
(a) Hobby
(b) Importance of education
(c) Healthy lifestyle
 Format - content- expression

5. Write an Article on ‘Global warming and its harmful effects on earth’ in about 150-200
words.
 Format – Content – Expression
 What is Global Warming
 Why it is harmful
 What are the harmful effects on earth
 Solutions to combat Global Warming

SECTION – C (GRAMMER)
6. Combine the following pair of sentences using words in the bracket.
(a) I have to complete an assignment. A book report (and)
(b) Ram works very hard he can earn money for his family (so that)
(c) I like to eat fruits raw. I do not like juices made out of them (but)
 (a) I have to complete an assignment and a book report.
 (b) Ram works very hard so that he can earn money for his family.
 (c) I like to eat fruits raw but I don’t like juices made out of them.

7. Change the following into passive voice

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(a) They called off the business meeting.
(b) His grandfather looked after him.
(c) They will send him away to boarding school.
 (a) The business meeting was called off.
 (b) He was looked after by his grandfather.
 (c) He will be sent away to boarding school.

8. Make a question using clues.

a)____________ (Where / Why) is the Taj Mahal?
b) ____________ (Which / How) is the largest planet in our solar system?
c) ______________(What/ Why) are you doing in my kingdom?
 (a) Where
 (b) Which
 (c) What

9. Rewrite the following jumbled words into meaningful sentences.

(a) Lost/train/I/bag/my/the/in
(b) Clever/Birbal/witty/extremely/was/and
(c) The/work/on/going/repair/kitchen/the/in/is
 (a) I lost my bag in the train.
 (b) Birbal was extremely clever and witty.
 (c) Repair work is going on in the kitchen.

10. Fill in the blanks with appropriate verb form

(a) We_________ each other for a very long time
(b) We _________from our mistakes in the past.
(c) The Professor ___________ an interesting question yesterday in the class.
 (a) have known
 (b) have learned
 (c) asked

11. Fill in the blanks with A, An, The

(a) Burj Khalifa is_____ tallest building in the world.
(b) Ram ordered _____ orange juice and _____ plate of rice.

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(c) Those people has______ telecom service.
 (a) the
 (b) an, a
 (c) a

12. In each of the following sentences remove a word or phrase to make the sentence
grammatically correct and rewrite it.
(a) The question is if that man can be trusted with
(b) They can’t decide whether they should to get on holidays now or wait.
(c) I don't want that lady to come here ever over again.
 (a) The question is whether that man can be trusted.
 (b) They can’t decide whether they should go on a holiday now or wait.
 (c) I don’t want that lady to come here ever again.