🤝 Chapter 8 - We All Are One

Real Life of Our World - Class 7 | Easy Q&A

📝 A. Fill in the Blanks

1. Here nobody bothers about the religion, caste and other divisions.
2. Be it games or outing all are together.
3. Others' happiness and sadness are common to the class.
4. Love and selflessness will replace hatred and selfishness.
5. Children from different parts of our country went to him for studying.
6. The next was the most interesting one.
7. Guru walked ahead singing praising the beauty of nature.
8. No one had any different opinion.

💬 B. Answer in Easy Language

Q1. What do the companions do in hours of need?
Ans: In hours of need, friends help each other and make a plan together how to escape punishment from parents.
Q2. What happens when this long joint journey ends?
Ans: When school life ends, even hard-hearted students cry. They promise to be friends forever. At that time nobody cares about religion, caste or class because true friendship has no discrimination.
Q3. What will happen when we follow equality?
Ans: There will be prosperity and progress everywhere. Love will replace hatred, selflessness will replace selfishness, unity will replace diversity and everyone will be happy. Country will not be divided.
Q4. Where did the guru live?
Ans: Guru lived on Mandhar Hills in Gurukula system time. Students from different parts of country came to him and stayed with him like his own children.
Q5. What was special about the guru?
Ans: Other teachers taught only high-caste students. This guru taught deserving students from ALL categories - rich, poor, any religion or caste. He treated all equal.
Q6. What was the most interesting test?
Ans: Mango orchard test. Guru asked them to collect ripe mangoes. There were many varieties but all were sweet and tasty. Students could not choose the best. Their answer was - "All are equally good."
Q7. What was the final test?
Ans: Guru took them for an outing to a big mountain. They became tired, thirsty and hungry. Then he gave them rest, water and food. Then took them to a river and asked to stay under water till 100 counts. They could not even count 50 and came out struggling for air. Guru proved that our physical needs and feelings are same.
Q8. How can we live as true children of God?
Ans: We are all children of same God. We should break chains of inequality, not give importance to caste/religion, not discriminate in name of God, and follow path of equality. Religions are only different ways to God.
Q9. What is the moral of the story?
🌟 The essence of all religion is one. Only their approaches are different. 🌟
God created us equal. We made the divisions.

✔️ Choose Carefully - Equality in Society

✅ 1. Discourage all types of discriminations.
❌ 2. Keep the children of various religions separately.
✅ 3. Celebrate important festivals of all religions together.
✅ 4. Teach children from smaller classes the principles of equality.
✅ 5. Make children understand importance of equality through stories.
❌ 6. Allow only single religion in a school.
✅ 7. Say the prayers of all religions in schools on different occasions.
✅ 8. Strict punishment must be given to people who spread religious hatred.
✅ 9. God loves all religions equally.
WE ALL ARE EQUAL 🤝
Remember, God created us as His own children. Religions are only various ways to God and we all are one and equal.
Chapter 8 - We All Are One | Real Life of Our World - 7 | Notes