Class 7 English The West Wind

A2.
Ans 1. Memories of his homeland bring tears to the poet's eyes. The West Wind comes from the west lands, where his homeland lies. Thus every time the poet hears the West Wind, tears come to his eyes.
Ans2. The land is picturesque- full of delicious fruits, pure air and tranquility. The air resounds with the song of the birds. Therefore, the poet calls that land a 'fine land.'
Ans3. The West Wind is the speaker in the third, fourth and fifth verses. He is asking the poet to return home.
Ans4. The West Wind describes the warm sunshine, the flowers in bloom, rabbits running in the corn fields. It is springtime, so; one can hear the wild bees and the larks. This pristine beauty will be like a soothing balm for the poet's aches.

A3.
Ans1. This line indicates that the West Wind is very keen that the poet return home. It keeps calling him as if to ensure his return.
Ans2. These lines refer to the beauty of the west lands during spring time. This is an inspiration for the poet.
Ans3. These lines express the poet's determination to take the road westwards and return to his homeland.
A4.
Ans1. The poet uses the word "warm" in two senses. Firstly, it indicates the arrival of spring after the bitterly cold winter. Secondly, it is 'warm' as it is full of love and affection.
Ans2. The West Wind has been personified. Therefore, the poet feels he can hear it calling to him from his homeland.
Ans3. The west land is the poet's homeland. It is where he belongs. So, he says that he will find warmth and comfort there.

Class 7 Advertising and Media

Exercise III
Ans1. Advertising is the process of publicising a product or service by drawing people's attention to the product.

Ans2. A variety of media, like magazines, newspapers, radio, television and billboards are used for advertising.

Ans3. A brand is a name given to a product or service. The manufacturer creates a brand image for his product. He or she gives it a name and then tries to associate the name with certain desirable qualities. Advertisements are made focusing on the particular quality of the product. So the name of the product, or the brand gets associated with certain qualities. This becomes the brand image.

Ans4. Advertising can be of different types like commercial advertising, social advertising and political advertising.

Ans5. Commercial advertising seeks to sell a product or service by using a variety of techniques.

Ans6. When advertising is done for non- commercial purposes, and is used instead to educate, inform or motivate people, it is called social advertising.

Ans7. Political advertising involves the use of media and public places by political parties to inform the public about their agendas and programmes.

Class 7 Towns, Trade and Craftspeople

Exercise III
Ans1. During the Sultanate period, many of the larger villages slowly grew into towns called qasbas, which became centres of various crafts and trading activities.

Ans2. Delhi was both an administrative and a trade centre during the Mughal Period.

Ans3. In the South, Madurai, in the Deccan, Hampi, in the east Konark and in the west, Somnath were main temple towns.

Ans4. Spinning, weaving and printing of fine textiles, gem- cutting, metallurgy and high quality pottery were some of the crafts people of Medieval India were engaged in.

Ans5. Palampore was a variety of printed fabric, popular in the Mughal and Deccan courts. The borders of these pieces were block printed while the centre depicted the 'tree of life' motif made by hand.

Ans6. Masulipatnam was famous for 'Kalamkari' cloth which got its name from the 'kalam', the pen like tool used to draw designs on the cloth. Vegetable or mineral dyes were used to colour the cloth.

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Class 7English The Little Matchseller

Q1. Why was the little girl outdoors on such a cold and dark night?
Ans. The little girl was outdoors on such a cold, winter night to sell matchsticks and earn money.

Q2. Why did she look a 'picture of sorrow'?
Ans. The little girl looked a 'picture of sorrow' as she crept trembling with cold and hunger, barehead and barefoot. Her feet had turned blue due to cold.

Q3. Why didn't the little girl try to return home?
Ans. The little girl didn't try to return home because she had not sold any matchsticks. She was sure to get a beating from her father if she went home empty handed. Moreover, it was cold inside her home too.

Q4. How did she try to protect herself from the cold?
Ans. The little girl seated herself in a corner formed by two houses and drew her legs close to keep herself warm.

Q5. What did the little girl see when the wall became transparent?
Ans. As the little girl lit the second matchstick, the light fell on the wall and the wall became transparent. On the other side of the wall, she saw a table covered with a snow white tablecloth; upon it was a splendid porcelain service and delicious, hot food.

Q6. "Oh, take me..........burns out."
Qa. Who said to whom?
Ans. The little girl said these words to her grandmother.

Qb. Why did she say,"you go away when the match burns out....?"
Ans. The stove, the roast goose and the Christmas tree - all had disappeared when the match burnt out. She was afraid that her grandmother would also vanish as soon as the match would burn out.

Qc. Why did she want to be taken along?
The girl was alone, hungry, cold and uncared for. So, she wanted her grandmother who had loved her like anything, when she was alive, to take her along.

A3.
Ans to Q3. The little girl didn't want her grandmother to go away. She needed the warmth of her love and comfort. So, she lit the whole bundle of matchsticks to make sure that her grandmother doesn't disappear like the stove, the roast too and the Christmas tree, once the match burns out.

Ans to Q4. Her grandmother was the only person who had ever loved her and cared for her. But she was no more. As the little girl sat in a corner of the street, cold and hungry, she couldn't help but think of her grandmother.

Q. Why did it seem to the girl that the goose hopped towards her?
Ans. The little girl was so hungry that it seemed to her that the roast goose hopped towards her, inviting her to eat itself.