B.1 . THINK AND TELL
Q. 1. What complaint did the courtiers make to Raja Krishna Chandra ?
Ans . Gopal loved to make everyone a fool , was their complain .
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Q. 2. How did Krishna Chandra decide to amuse himself ?
Ans . By making Gopal a fool , to amuse himself .
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Q. 3. What did Raja tell Gopal ?
Ans . A story of his dream .
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Q. 4. What were the two pools filled with in Raja’s dream ?
Ans . One pool was filled with Kheer , the other with muck .
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Q. 5. In which pool did Gopal fall ?
Ans . In the pool of rotten dung .
Q. 6. Whose dream finished earlier ?
Ans . Raja’s dream .
Q. 7. Who was licking whom in Gopal’s dream ?
Ans . Raja and Gopal were licking each other .
B.2 . THINK AND WRITE
B.2.1 . Write ‘ T ‘ for true and ‘ F ‘ for false statement .
1. Gopal was a great fool .False
2. Raja actually had a strange dream . False 3.Raja fell in the pool filled with milk .True
4. The courtiers mocked at Gopal on hearing Raja’s dream .True
5. Raja punished the courtiers for laughing at him .False
- B.2.2 . Answer the following questions briefly
- 1. What did Gopal love doing ?
Ans . Make everyone appear like a fool .
Q. 2. What did the king think on hearing the courtiers complaint ?
Ans . To amuse himself by baiting Gopal .
Q. 3. How did the pool like in which the king fell look like ?
Ans . Pool of kheer .
B.2.3 . Answer the following question in about 70 words .
Q. 1. What happened to the people who tried to get their back at Gopal ?
Ans . The people who tried to get their backs at Gopal were self made fools by the jester Gopal . There was no one in the court who did not try to make Gopal a fool . But , in the end they looked like utter idiots . SVM CLASSES SPECIAL BIHAR BOARD Q. 2. What was the king’s dream ? Describe . - Ans . The king said that last night he had a strange dream . In his dream , Gopal and he were going for a walk . Suddenly , they reached to a place having two pools . One pool was filled with Kheer and the other with smelly dung . He him self fell in the kheer made out of rich milk . And Gopal fell into the pool of muck .
- Q. 3. What did Gopal say on hearing the king’s dream .
Ans . Gopal calmly said that he also had seen the same dream . The king’s dream had ended earlier , while his dream continued a bit longer . Further in his dream he saw that they both came out of their pools . Then both of them licked each other as to clean each other .
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- 4. Sketch the character of Gopal , the jester .
Ans . The jester , Gopal was an intelligent man . He was pleased to crack joke on others . He liked very much to get a person’s back . But when the other courtiers tried to do the same , they would find themselves in Gopal’s hand , becoming were idiots . Even the king could not get at his back . Gopal was a person of great wit .
Q. 5. Can you guess the king’s feeling at Gopal’s reply ? What would you do if someone replied you in that manner ?
Ans . The king might have been greatly surprised at Gopal’s reply . He wanted to make Gopal a fool . But , instead Gopal had made him a fool . And in front of all the courtiers . The king might have gone fired with anger . And he could have badly punish Gopal . But as he was that day in good mood . He pardoned Gopal and instead of punishing him , praised him . If someone would have replied to me in that manner . I would become angry on the person . I would cut my relations with him . I would stop talking to him . C. WORD STUDY
C.1 . Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the words given below : clean , dreamt , longer , courtiers , jester , dung
1. Gopal was a …………… in the Raja’s court .
2. Raja ……………. that Gopal fell into the pool of horribly smelly .
3. On hearing Raja’s dream , the …………… burst out laughing .
4. Gopal had a ……….. dream .
5. Gopal and the king were licking each other in order to ……….. themselves .
Ans . 1. Jester , 2. dreamt , 3. courtiers , 4 longer , 5. clean .
C.2 . Find out from the story the words which are opposites ( antonyms ) of the words given below :
appreciate , hated , never , thin , weep , began , pushed .
Ans . Opposite words ( antonyms ) Appreciate. – Unappreciate
Hated – Loved
Never – Always
Thin – Thick
Weep – Laugh
Began – Ended
Pushed – Pulled
C.3 . Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B :
A. B
jester. enjoyed
dung. unluckily
Kheer comic character in a
medieval court
unfortunately. quality of being humble humility. entertain
relished animal waste
amuse a pudding made of rice ,
sugar and milk
Ans .
Words Meaning
Jester comic character in a
medieval court
Dung. animal waste
Kheer a pudding of rice ,
sugar and milk
Unfortunately. unluckily
Humility. quality of being humble
Relished. enjoyed
Amuse. entertain.2.1 . Add what you think are appropriate punctuation marks to the sen tences below .
1. Our neighbours dog likes to chew bones .
2. Anshus sister is a doctor in Apollo Hospital .
3. Last week we read The Catbird Seat a short story by James Thurber ,
4. Our three children Anu Anil and Aniket like playing cricket .
5. In three weeks time we have to begin school again .
6. Doesn’t she know that we dont drink coffee . .
7. Its important that the puppy learns to find its way home .
8. She did not hear her childrens cries . 9. My friend’s name has two As .
10. The man whose face was white said that he had spent his two weeks vacation in Sikkim .
11. No the taxi driver said politely I cannot take you to the airport in fifteen minutes .
12. Anwesha is trying hard in school this semester her father said .
13. When did Roosevelt say We have nothing to fear but fear itself .
14. There was only one thing to do study till dawn .
15. The following are the primary colours red blue and yellow .
16. We reached home at 1015 AM .
17. We had a great time in Delhi the kids really enjoyed it .
18. Some people work best in the mornings other do better in the evenings .
19. The girls father sat in a corner .
Ans
1. Our neighbour’s dog likes to chew bones .
2. Ashu’s sister is a doctor in Apollo Hospital
3. Last week , we read , ” The Catbird Seat ‘ , a short story by James Thurber .4. Our three children -Anu , Anil and Aniket , like playing cricket .
5. In three weeks ‘ time , we’ll have to begin school again .
6. Doesn’t she know that we don’t drink coffee .
7. It’s important that the puppy learns to find its way home .
8. She did not hear her children’s cries .
9. My friend’s name has two A’s .
10. The man whose face was white , said that he had spent his two weeks vacation in Sikkim .
11. No , said the taxi driver politely , ” I can not take you to the airport in fifteen minutes ?
12. ” Anwsha is trying hard in school this semester ” , her father said .
13. When did Roosevelt say : ” We have nothing to fear but fear itself . ”
14. There was only one thing to do , study till dawn .
15. The following are the primary colours : red , blue and yellow .
16. We reached home at 10:15 A.M.
17. We had a great time Delhi , the kids really enjoyed it .
18. Some people work best in the mornings , others do better in the eve nings .
19. The girl’s father sat in a corner .
- LET’S TALK
Work in groups and discuss the following :
” It’s not right to mock at others . ”
Ans .
Amar : Is it right to mock at others ? Ranu : No , it is a bad manner .
Sunil : When we mock at others , they become annoyed . So , it is not right to mock at others .
Prashant : I too agree with you all . To mock at others should be avoided .
- COMPOSITION
Write a paragraph on either of the following topics :
1. Pleasure of having fun at others .
2. There is no life without humour .
Ans . 1. Pleasures of having fun at others : It is real pleasure to have fun with others . To do this a person needs a great sense of humour . But it should be kept in mind that we shouldn’t cross the limit . The person’s prestige or his ego shouldn’t be hurt we are going to have fun at . Once , I sticked a bill on my friend’s back — ” Only for Rs . 100 ” . Wherever the boy went peels of laughter raised . The boy couldn’t understand why all were laughing at him . When he was shown the bill from his back , he was firstly angry , then he too laughed . So , we should be limited while having fun at others .
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