Class 7 Blossoms : chapter-wise English solution (Lesson 2)

                                                                   Lesson - 2

Activity – 1

a) Emperor Akbar was walking = ii) in the royal garden

b) Birbal was Akbar's = i) most trusted and faithful 

c) The emperor was = iii) the worried

d) The fastest thing on earth is = i) the human mind

e) The neighbour was outwitted by = ii) Birbal

Activity – 2

a) T

S.S. :- An idle thought, which came to me in passing, is now my cause of worry.

b) F

S.S. :- His garden was lined with trees that produced the tastiest and juiciest fruits in the whole kingdom.

c) F

S.S. :- O great and powerful King, what is troubling you?

d) T

S.S. :- ... Birbal offered to answer his question.

e) T

S.S. :- All around, people were amazed at the wisdom of Birbal...

Activity – 3

It is a - (iii) story.

Activity – 4

Activity – 5

a) Akbar asked Birbal a simple riddle what the fastest thing on this planet was.

b) Most of the people of the court of Akbar were puzzled to hear the riddle that was troubling Emperor Akbar.

c) When the neighbour realised that he was outwitted, he withdrew his claim immediately.

d) The human mind is the fastest thing on earth.

 Activity – 6

Cause	Effect
1. He could not find an answer to a simple riddle.	1. Akbar was troubled.
2. Emperor Akbar asked Birbal to solve a riddle.	2. Birbal solved the problem with a proof.
3. The neighbour argued that he had just sold him the well, not the water in it.	3. The neighbour wanted to charge money for drawing water from the well.

                                                                Activity – 7

a) Ans. The things that the great Emperor Akbar loved were arts, sciences, literature and music.

b) Ans. Akbar did not have peace of mind because he could not find an answer to a simple riddle what the fastest thing in the planet was.

c) The problem presented by the man from the audience was that his neighbour wanted to charge him money for drawing water from the well despite being sold it to him.

d) Using his wisdom and power of human mind, Birbal solved the problem by saying the rent for keeping water in the well would equal the charge of drawing water.

                                                                  Activity – 8

a) confused = puzzled

b) demand = claim

c) argument = dispute

d) surprised = amazed

Activity – 9

a) Sheila has the longest hair in the class.

b) Mr. Ghosal is busier than Mr. Patnaik.

c) We should be careful in our speech.

d) Shenawaz is as thin as Pralay.

e) The owl is considered as the wisest of all.

f) His house is farther away from my house than Sanjeev’s.

Activity – 10

a) It is raining now.

b) Dr. Manmohan Singh is visiting Kolkata today.

c) Hari was studying at 9 p.m. yesterday.

d) The boys are playing in the field now.

e) Rahim was talking to his friend when his mother called him.