ICSE Class 7 English Literature : Book 'Gulmohar' — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: Swaminathan is the protagonist of the extract from Swami and Friends by R. K. Narayan. He has no real interest in cricket and mainly wants to do what Rajam does.

A: Rajam is Swaminathan’s new friend. He is honest, has a vivid imagination, starts the cricket club, and takes the club very seriously.

A: He does not show real interest in cricket. He mainly wants to imitate Rajam and follow what Rajam does.

A: Newton was an unpopular, solitary, brilliant college student. At that time, he was not yet the famous scientist known for his great discoveries.

A: He bought a prism at the annual market near his college and liked it so much that he promptly bought another, even though he had very little money.

A: The Great Plague was a serious bubonic plague outbreak in London in 1664-1665. It killed an estimated 100,000 people, almost a quarter of London’s population, in eighteen months.

A: Benjamin Driscoll is the protagonist. He is a settler on Mars who works hard to plant trees and make the air fit for humans to breathe.

A: He is called slight because his body is thin and delicate. Mars's thin air has made him weak and tired, so his body is not strong like an Earth-normal body.

A: His main mission is to plant many kinds of trees so that they will make oxygen. He wants Mars to have air that humans can breathe more easily.