KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

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Karnataka State Syllabus Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

India through the Eyes of a Foreigner Questions and Answers, Summary, Notes

C. Listening, Speaking and Writing:

Take turns with your partner to ask or answer these questions. Explain to him or her why you think your answer is correct. Quote from the text if necessary. Write down your answers.

Question 1.
Mark Tully thought he would be closely connected with other in many activities in India. (True / Not True)
Answer:
True

KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

Question 2.
Mark was not able to make friends in India (True / Not True)
Answer:
Not True

Question 3.
“That, of course, is only part of the truth,” he says. What is “part of the truth”?
Answer:
Often the author was asked why he stays in India, he used to stay because of his friends was one part of the truth.

Question 4.
He watched the sunset in 2 places. What was the difference?
Answer:

  1. In the great Himalayan national park, the snow-covered mountains glitter in the sunset.
  2. In the Arabian sea, the sun slid like a great red dome below the horizon.

Question 5.
He says he liked the early summer smells of India. What are they? Why do they evoke nostalgia in him?
Answer:

  1. The dry scent of early summer in Delhi as the blue Jacarandas, the scarlet Gulmohar and the other trees come into flower.
  2. The sweet smell of the queen-of-the night,
  3. The freshness of the pine trees.

KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

Question 6.
Why was the smell of pines particularly refreshing for him?
Answer:
After a long, hot, and dusty drive across the plains, the freshness of first of pine trees in the Himalayas refreshes him.

Question 7.
The student has to write the answer.

Question 8.
Mark tells us about these things-the great works of our literature, our folk art, ways of worship, our monuments and the Indian food. Give examples of these things in your own words.
Answer:
The great works of our literature are great epics like Ramayana and Mahabharatha and the love poetry. Folk arts like folk songs and classical music with ragas that though start with simplicity end with happiness. Ways of worshipping are, in mosques worshippers bowing their heads in prayer and the colourful informality of the Priests performing the evening rites in Hindu temple, the sound of priests singing the Sikh scriptures carrying across the water of the sacred tanks.

Question 9.
Mark says he is perhaps the only foreigner who believes India and Indians are very special. ( True / Not True)
Answer:
Not True

Question 10.
Why, do you think, we Indians accept Mark, a foreigner, as one of us?
Answer:
We Indians accept Mark as one of us because he loves India, Indians, our art, culture, festivals, food, and literature. He feels that there is no place in the world like India and Indians.

Exercise – 1:

Answer these questions using the present participle and say how it is used:

Question a.
What is Peacock doing?
Answer:
The peacock is dancing. (is singing compound form of the verb dance.)

KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

Question b.
What is the bird doing?
Answer:
The bird was flying. (was flying compound form of the verb fly.)

Question c.
What will you be doing this evening?
Answer:
I will be going for a walk.

Question d.
What is mother cooking all morning?
Answer:
Mother is cooking for the evening party is cooking the present continuous form of the verb cook.

Exercise – 2:

Respond to the given sentences using the present participle:

  1. The peacock dances – The peacock is a dancing bird.
  2. Is that book good? – Is that book good for reading?
  3. There are no buses today. How did you come? No buses are running today. How did you manage to come?
  4. Why did you open the door – I heard you open the door.

E. Writing:

Working with your partner, supply the missing words in the passage below:

A long time a g o an old m a n lived in London. His name was Benjamin Lewis Rice. One m o r n i n g he went to a b o o k Exhibition to see some books. He went i n t o a stall and l o o k e d at some titles. Then he went up to the guide in the s t a l l greeted him, and introduced h i m s e l f. After talking to the man pleasantly h a p p y things in general he burst out:

“Ayya, Kannadadalli mathandonave? Muddada Kannada kiviya neke biddu thumba dinagaladavu.” (“Ayya, shall we speak in Kannada? It is many days since I heard that sweet language)

Born in Bangalore in 1837, this scho l a r l y type of English m a n had also held high administrative positions in the old Mysore State in C o o r g, He was Director of Public Instruction, Secretary for Education and the Mysore Archaeological Department’s first Director. What is more, he was a scholar. He had mastered k a n n a d a and translated into e n g l i s h almost 9G00 inscriptions from Karnataka. His v e r y notable works are the Epigraphica Carnatica and the Gazetteers.

KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner

Use this phrase and makes a sentence:

Mahabaleshwar/ If you are game / is the place for you? farm-fresh strawberry munching/ located close’ to the bustling city Mumbai / not mention spectacular views, / and monkey-watching afternoons / for wonderful walks and treks.

Located close to the bustling city Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar has served as a much needed place for vacation. But if you are game for some wonderful walks and treks, not to mention spectacular views, farm-fresh strawberry munching and monkey antics watching afternoons Mahabaleshwar is the place for you.

A Puzzle: In the olden day’s people used two devices to know the time of the day. One device had only one moving part. The other had thousands of moving particles. What were the two devices?

The answer is hidden in these jumbled phrases. Reorder them to find out the answer.

a. made narrow in the middle / can run slowly / An ‘hourglass’ / form the top half to the bottom / like a figure 8 / is a glass container / taking just one hour / so that the sand inside.
b. used especially in former times / on a scaled dial / which shows the time / is an apparatus / by the shadow of a rod / A sundial.
Answer:
The two devices are:
a. Thousands of moving particles – An hourglass.
b. Only one moving part – A sundial. Wordsworth’s poem “The Solitary Reaper” is dominated by one central figure, a girl standing alone in a field harvesting grain. She is described as solitary, and it is this solitariness that sets her apart.

India through the Eyes of a Foreigner Summary in English

Mark Tully, the moment he landed in India had a lot of pleasant experiences. He was surrounded by friends from various fields. The friends made him involve himself with this country. Whenever he was asked why were you continuing to stay in India? His reply was because of his friends!

He was fascinated by India’s natural beauty like snow-covered mountains in the north, some standing like a red dome below the horizon in the extreme south. The dry scent of early summer in Delhi, the various flowers, and the freshness of the first of pine trees it the foothills of the Himalayas. He liked the folk songs and classical music with ragas.

He loved Indian epics and poetry. The art of the Pradhan tribe which fascinated him occupies his one wall of his flat. The color of Indian Festivals, the solemn dignity of the courtyards of mosque, the prayers performing evening rites in Hindu temple, such priests singing all fascinated him. He was thrilled to see the Taj Mahal and forts of Rajasthan. He liked the food in the open-air dhabas as well as delicious vegetarian Thalis food.

He is of opinion that there are more interesting things other than this. He is not a poet to describe. But according to him all the foreigners believe that India is the best place to visit and Indians are the best. The Indians have accepted him as part of India.

India through the Eyes of a Foreigner Summary in Kannada

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KSEEB Solutions for Class 7 English Prose Chapter 5 India through the Eyes of a Foreigner