ACHIEVEMENT TEST (2021-2022)

VMC GHSS WANDOOR

ENGLISH
Time: 45 minutes

Class 7 Score: 25 marks

Instructions:

 Five minutes is given as cool off time.

 This time should be used to read the question paper.
 You are not supposed to write during the cool off time.
 Attempt the question according to the instructions.
I. Read the following extract from the chapter “The Computer” and answer the following
questions.
The first mechanical adding machine was made by pascal in France, and
improved upon by Leibniz in Germany. But it was Charles Babbage of England who
made the first calculating machine, called the ‘difference engine’, in 1922. Later, he
designed the even more powerful ‘analytical engine’, but could not get it made. Its
basic design is remarkably similar to the modern electronic computer.
The Processing of the data with mechanical machines started with the 1890 U.S.
census. It was done with punched cards & tabulating machine, designed and made by
Herman Hollerith. Later these machines came to be used in business, Industry and the
government for processing data. The first electronic computers were made in the late
forties in the USA, Germany and England. ENIAC, made in the USA, is the best known
among these first generation computers.
1) Who invented the first mechanical adding machine?
2) What was the name of first calculating machine made by Charles Babbage?
3) Name the engine which is remarkably similar to the modern electronic computer?
4) Who designed puncher cards and tabulating machines?
5) What is the best known first generation computer made in the USA?
II. Read the lines from the poem ‘Book’ and answer the questions.
The room we sit in melts away
And we find ourselves at play
With someone who, before the end
May become our chosen friend
Or we soul along the page
To some other land or age
Here’s our body in the choir,
But our mind is over these
Each book is a magic box
Which with a touch a child unlocks.
 6) Who is our chosen friend?
7) Write any two rhyming words from the poem.
8) Identify metaphor from the poem.
9) Where we sail along the page?
10) How did a child unlock a book?
III. Supply the missing word in the following passage choosing the right from the box given below
11) a) First mechanical adding machine b) made c) Pascal in France, and improved up by
Leibniz d) Germany ,But it e) Charles Babbage f) England who made the first calculating
machine. (was,the,by,in,of,was)
12) Write a short note on the advantages of computer.
(Hints: communication, Cheap Quick access to knowledge, calculation)
13) Prepare a profile of Eleanor Farjeon with hints given below (5)
Birth: 13, February 1881
Occupation: English author of children’s stories and play, poetry
Pen Name: Tomfool
Notable works: Morning Has Broken
Notable award: Carnegie Medal, Regina Medal
Died: 5 June 1965
14) Analyze the pie diagram of ‘Books by Genre’ and answer the following.

Fantasy
Horror
27%
35%

Scifi
23%

Thriller
Historical 40%
17%
Comic
10%

a) Which is your favorite Genre?

b) Which is the highest read genre?
c) Name the Least read genre?
d) What is the percentage of Horror genre in the diagram?