What is financial infrastructure?

The network of banks, payment systems and stock markets that helps manage money

What are the main things a bank does?

Holds deposits and lends money as loans

How do banks make money?

They pay lower interest on deposits and charge higher interest on loans

Earning interest on previous interest as well as on the original amount

Who are the two main characters in 'The Tunnel' and how do they meet?

A curious village boy, Suraj, and Sunder Singh, the lonely tunnel watchman, meet when Suraj walks out to the railway tunnel in the jungle.

What danger threatens the safe passage of the night mail?

A leopard hides inside the tunnel; Suraj and Sunder Singh hear it and must frighten it away before the train arrives.

How do Suraj and Sunder Singh drive the leopard away?

They shout together and raise the lamp, scaring the leopard out of the tunnel just in time for the night mail to pass safely.

What does 'The Tunnel' show about Sunder Singh's character?

It shows his calm courage, his solitary life and his deep belonging to the jungle, where he feels safer than in the town.

What is the main feeling expressed in the poem 'Travel'?

A restless wanderlust — the speaker longs so strongly to travel that she would take any train, no matter where it is going.

How does the speaker of 'Travel' sense trains she cannot see?

By day she hears the whistle though the railway is miles off, and by night she imagines the red cinders glowing on the sky.

What accident changed Arunima Sinha's life?

She was thrown from a train and lost a leg, which had to be amputated, ending her career as a national volleyball player.

What ambition did Arunima Sinha set for herself during recovery?

Inspired by an article about Mount Everest, she vowed to climb the world's highest peak despite her prosthetic leg.

What did Bachendri Pal mean by saying Arunima had conquered 'the Everest within'?

She meant that Arunima had already overcome the far greater inner challenge of despair and self-doubt, so the mountain was conquerable.

What common theme connects the three readings in this unit?

They link the excitement of travel and adventure with courage, resilience and determination in the face of danger and hardship.

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CBSE Class 7English Poorvi

Chapter 4: Travel and Adventure

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Unit 4 of Poorvi is built around the spirit of travel, exploration and courage. The opening prose, 'The Tunnel' by Ruskin Bond, follows a curious village boy, Suraj, who walks out to a railway tunnel cut through the jungle and befriends Sunder Singh, the solitary watchman who tends it and signals the trains. Returning at night, the two hear a sawing sound that proves to be a leopard inside the tunnel; by shouting together and raising the lamp they frighten the animal away just before the night mail passes safely. The story celebrates an unlikely friendship and the watchman's calm courage and oneness with jungle life. The unit's poem, 'Travel' by Edna St. Vincent Millay, expresses an irresistible longing for journeys: the speaker hears trains by day and imagines their glowing embers by night, and feels she would board any train no matter where it is going. The third reading is the inspiring true account of Arunima Sinha, a national volleyball player who lost a leg in a train accident yet, guided by mountaineer Bachendri Pal, became the first Indian woman amputee to climb Mount Everest. Together the readings unite the thrill of adventure with the deeper courage, resilience and determination that real journeys demand.

The Tunnel (prose) — Suraj, Sunder Singh and the leopardTravel (poem) — Edna St. Vincent Millay and wanderlustArunima Sinha (prose) — first Indian woman amputee on EverestTheme: travel, adventure, courage and resilienceLiterary devices: imagery and personification

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Sunder Singh

The brave, solitary tunnel watchman in 'The Tunnel' who lives at one with the jungle and helps frighten the leopard away.

Suraj

The curious village boy who befriends the watchman and shares the adventure with the leopard and the night mail.

Wanderlust

The strong longing to travel that drives the speaker of the poem 'Travel', who would board any train at all.

Arunima Sinha

The volleyball player who, after losing a leg, became the first Indian woman amputee to summit Mount Everest.

Bachendri Pal

The first Indian woman to climb Everest; she mentored Arunima and told her she had already conquered 'the Everest within'.

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