Women in Space class 7 Questions Answers SCERT, Assam

Women in Space class 7 Questions Answers SCERT, Assam: Women in Space is the chapter 8 from class 7 SCERT, Assam English text-book Sunbeam English Reader. Here you'll get Women in Space class 7 Questions Answers SCERT, Assam. 

Women in Space class 7 All Questions Answers

ACTIVITIES

(a) Who was the first Indian woman astronaut ?

Ans: The first Indian woman astronaut was Kalpana Chawla. 

 

(b) Why was the satellite Kalpana-I built ?

Ans: The satellite Kalpana-I was built in memory of Kalpana Chawla after her death. It was built to study the weather condition. 

(c) Where was Kalpana Chawla from ?

Ans: Kalpana Chawla was from Karnal in Haryana. 

(d) What was Kalpana Chawla's dream ?

Ans: Kalpana Chawla's dream was to fly in space. 

(e) What does NASA do ?

Ans: NASA is the National Aeronautical and Space Administration of America and it sends satellites to space. 

(f) What was the aim of the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87 ?

Ans: The aim of the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87 was to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.

(g) How did Kalpana Chawla die ?

Ans: The space vehicle in which Kalpana Chawla with seven other astronauts were traveling back to earth, it caught flames at the height of 61,000 meters above Texas. They all died in this incident.

Women in Space class 7 SCERT Solutions

Q2. In the lesson, you read about some important dates and numbers. See whether you remember what each number stands for.

1961: _____________________________________________________

1997: _____________________________________________________

STS-87: ____________________________________________________

61,000m: ___________________________________________________

Ans: 1961: Kalpana Chawla was born in 1961 at Karnal in Haryana.

1997: Kalpana Chawla joined the Columbia Space Shuttle Flight STS-87 in 1997.

STS-87: It was a space vehicle that carried seven astronauts to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.

61,000 m.: While their return journey to earth, the seven members including Kalpana Chawla on board, STS-87 caught fire at a height of 61,000 meters.

Q3. Make a poster of Kalpana Chawla for your science exhibition in the box below. Include her childhood information and her work details in your poster.

Class 7, Chapter 8 Women in Space, English

Q4. Let’s learn some grammar: 

Read the following sentences about Manas and Mayuri.

(i) Manas said to Mayuri, “Hello, Mayuri! Have you completed the project on “Women in space ?”

(ii) Manas greeted Mayuri and asked her whether she had completed the project on women in space. The words spoken by a person/persons can be reported in two ways : Direct and Indirect.

When we quote the exact words spoken by a person, we call it Direct Speech. Note that the exact words spoken by the speaker Manas are put within inverted commas.

There are some rules for changing Direct speech to indirect speech.

• In indirect speech no inverted commas are used,

• The part used before the inverted commas (for example: Manas said to Mayuri) is called reporting clause. The verb (for example: said) in a reporting clause is called a reporting verb.

• We can also make the speaker’s words a part of our own sentence. When we do so, the words are in Indirect speech/  Reported Speech. While reporting a speech, we make changes to some of the words in Direct Speech.

Here is a sentence in Indirect speech. Write the sentence in Direct speech in the space below. Remember to use inverted commas.

Mayuri said that she had read about it on the internet.

Ans: Mayuri said, “I have read about it on the internet.

(b) In column A below are two sentences in Direct speech. In column B these are the matching sentences in Indirect Speech. Are the sentences in column B correct? If not, write them correctly in column C.

Column A                            Column B                      Column C

Mayuri said to               Mayuri said to

Manas, “Do you           Manas that does he

know what NASA it?” know what NASA it?

Manas said, “Our       Manas said that Our

country will always    Country would always

remember her.”          remember her.

Ans:  

Column A                            Column B                      Column C

Mayuri said to               Mayuri said to     Mayuri asked Manas

Manas, “Do you           Manas that does he      if he knew 

know what NASA it?” know what NASA it? what NASA is. 

Manas said, “Our       Manas said that Our   Manas Said that

country will always    Country would always their country 

remember her.”          remember her.              would always 

                                                                           remember her. 

Women in Space class 7 Assamese Medium

Q5. Let’s revise:

Forms                        Examples with use

(i) base form                Look: Look at the moon.

(ii) S form                Looks: He looks at the moon.

(iii) past form       Looked: He looked at the moon

(iv) ing form               Looking: He is looking at the moon.

Now fill in the blanks with suitable forms of verbs:

(i) Mayuri _________ Manas on her way to school. ( s  form of meet )

(ii) I’m sure shev_________ flying in space. (past form of love )

(iii) It has _________ to the sky. (part participle of fly )

Ans: (i) Mayuri meets Manas on her way to school.

(ii) I’m sure she loved flying in space.

(iii) It has flown to the sky.