7th Samacheer English – A Prayer to the Teacher – Quiz
1. Who delivered the speech “A Prayer to the Teacher”?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Subroto Bagchi
C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
D) Rabindranath Tagore
Ans: B) Subroto Bagchi
2. Subroto Bagchi was the founder and CEO of:
A) Infosys
B) Mindtree
C) Wipro
D) TCS
Ans: B) Mindtree
3. The speech was delivered as a convocation address at the:
A) International Academy for Creative Teaching
B) Indian Institute of Science
C) National Defence Academy
D) University of Madras
Ans: A) International Academy for Creative Teaching
4. Where was the International Academy for Creative Teaching located?
A) Chennai
B) Bangalore
C) Hyderabad
D) Mumbai
Ans: B) Bangalore
5. On which date was the convocation address delivered?
A) January 6, 2005
B) January 26, 2005
C) August 15, 2005
D) September 5, 2005
Ans: A) January 6, 2005
6. The speaker asks teachers to go beyond the syllabus and teach students:
A) Only examination techniques
B) Values and skills for a useful and meaningful life
C) Only computer skills
D) Only textbook lessons
Ans: B) Values and skills for a useful and meaningful life
7. What is the first value that the speaker prays the teacher to teach?
A) Competition
B) Inclusion
C) Wealth
D) Obedience
Ans: B) Inclusion
8. According to the speaker, boundaries are meant to be:
A) Feared
B) Protected at all costs
C) Pushed, not lived in
D) Ignored completely
Ans: C) Pushed, not lived in
9. “I clean my house but empty my garbage on the road” shows lack of:
A) Intelligence
B) Inclusion
C) Courage
D) Communication
Ans: B) Inclusion
10. The speaker says that the maid's hunger is not included in:
A) His work
B) His hunger
C) His education
D) His success
Ans: B) His hunger
11. The neighbour's child is outside the speaker's zone of:
A) Schooling
B) Parenting
C) Friendship
D) Employment
Ans: B) Parenting
12. In the rat race of common entrance tests and cut-throat competition, people say our survival depends on our power to:
A) Impress
B) Question
C) Remain silent
D) Travel
Ans: A) Impress
13. According to the speaker, the more we want to impress, the less we:
A) Learn
B) Communicate
C) Read
D) Compete
Ans: B) Communicate
14. Good communication should enable us to speak and write so that we can:
A) Impress everyone
B) Convey what we feel
C) Win every argument
D) Avoid questions
Ans: B) Convey what we feel
15. The speaker asks the teacher to teach him to communicate with people who are:
A) Only wealthy
B) Less gifted and less privileged
C) Only highly educated
D) Only his own age
Ans: B) Less gifted and less privileged
16. More than simply making the student learn, the teacher should teach the student:
A) How to learn to learn
B) How to memorise everything
C) How to avoid difficult things
D) How to copy notes quickly
Ans: A) How to learn to learn
17. Why will one-time learning not be good enough?
A) The student will need to learn newer and more difficult things
B) Books will disappear
C) Examinations will stop
D) Teachers will not be available
Ans: A) The student will need to learn newer and more difficult things
18. What kind of learning brings joy according to the speech?
A) Learning only easy lessons
B) Learning newer ways to learn
C) Memorising answers
D) Learning only from textbooks
Ans: B) Learning newer ways to learn
19. The speaker wants students to appreciate the ______ nature of things.
A) Competitive
B) Interconnected
C) Expensive
D) Separate
Ans: B) Interconnected
20. Which action does the speaker mention as causing harm to small creatures?
A) Reading books
B) Indiscriminate use of fertilizers and pesticides
C) Planting trees
D) Protecting birds
Ans: B) Indiscriminate use of fertilizers and pesticides
21. Urban decay is linked in the speech with:
A) Consumerism
B) Silence
C) Inclusion
D) Reading
Ans: A) Consumerism
22. Seeing scavenging birds on the city's skyline makes the speaker wonder why ______ are disappearing.
A) Wild animals
B) Singing birds
C) Clouds
D) Trees
Ans: B) Singing birds
23. Why does the speaker say people become enslaved?
A) Because they ask too many questions
B) Because they do not ask questions
C) Because they read books
D) Because they communicate
Ans: B) Because they do not ask questions
24. What can emerge through asking and answering questions?
A) Wealth
B) Truth
C) Competition
D) Silence
Ans: B) Truth
25. The sea does not get ______ for the fish it gives us.
A) Interest
B) Royalties
C) Salary
D) Rent
Ans: B) Royalties
26. Which of the following does NOT get paid for its services according to the speech?
A) The sun
B) The air
C) The river
D) All of these
Ans: D) All of these
27. What can the speaker contemplate in silence?
A) The power within
B) His examination marks
C) The power of money
D) The opinions of others
Ans: A) The power within
28. When does the speaker ask the teacher to teach him to raise his voice?
A) Whenever he wants attention
B) When his silence can hurt another life
C) During every argument
D) Only during examinations
Ans: B) When his silence can hurt another life
29. From “A Prayer to the Teacher”, which of the following is NOT stated in the passage about learning?
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A) Learning new ways to learn brings joy to us.
B) We should learn newer and more difficult things.
C) The process of learning will become critical.
D) We do injustice to nature by cutting trees.
Ans: D) We do injustice to nature by cutting trees.
30. Which statement best expresses the overall message of “A Prayer to the Teacher”?
A) Education should focus only on examinations.
B) Teachers should help students develop values, communication, questioning, humility, inclusion and a broad world view.
C) Students should avoid difficult questions.
D) Success depends only on competition.
Ans: B) Teachers should help students develop values, communication, questioning, humility, inclusion and a broad world view.
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