English Rainbow Important Questions Chapter 14 Florence Nightingale Class 7 UP Board यूपी बोर्ड

Important Questions For All Chapters – English Class 7

Short Questions with Answers

1. How did Florence get her name?

• She was named after the city Florence in Italy.

2. When was Florence born?

• She was born on May 12, 1820.

3. What did Florence want to do in her life?

• She wanted to become a nurse.

4. Why didn’t Florence’s parents want her to be a nurse?

• They thought nursing was not a good job for rich ladies.

5. Why did Florence want to help people?

• She felt God told her to help others.

6. What were hospitals like in Florence’s time?

• They were dirty, and there was no proper care for patients.

7. Why did Florence go to Germany?

• To learn about nursing in a hospital.

8. What name was Florence given during the war?

• She was called “The Lady with the Lamp.”

9. What did Florence do at the hospital in Sentari?

• She cleaned the hospital and gave better food, clothes, and care to patients.

10. When did Florence die?

• She died on August 13, 1910.

Long Questions with Answers

1. Why didn’t rich ladies want to become nurses in Florence’s time?

• In those days, nursing was a low-paying job and not respected by society, so rich families did not want their daughters to take up this profession.

2. How did Florence care for her grandmother?

• When her grandmother fell ill, Florence stayed by her side, cared for her, and this experience made her more determined to help others.

3. What did Florence do after returning from Germany?

• After learning nursing in Germany, Florence became the head of ‘Care of the Sick’ in London, where she started training nurses and became well-known.

4. How did Florence make the hospital in Sentari better?

• She cleaned the hospital, built a kitchen to serve better food, brought clean sheets and clothes for the patients, and worked hard to improve hygiene.

5. Why is Florence called ‘The Lady with the Lamp’?

• During the Crimean War, she visited soldiers at night with a lamp in her hand to check on them and comfort them.

6. What did Florence do for nurses?

• Florence started the Nightingale School for Nurses, raised the status of nurses in society, and brought respect to the profession.

7. Why is Florence famous in the world?

• She made nursing a respected profession, worked tirelessly during the Crimean War, and introduced many improvements in hospitals.