Q-1] Write Synonyms.
1] Emperor – King
2] Witty – Wise
3] Wit – Humour
4] Usually – Generally, normally
5] Pleased – Happy
6] Dusk – Evening
7] Pat – Quick
8] Upright – Straight, not bent
9] Dwells – Live
10] Applauded – Praised
Q-2] Write Antonyms.
1] Usually x Rarely
2] Faster x Slower
3] Question x Answer
4] Adult x Minor
5] Continued x Stopped
6] Shorten x Lengthen
Q-3] Give one word for the following.
1] People who attend a King’s court -> Courtiers
2] Moves on hands and legs like an animal -> Crawls
3] To hurt others’ feelings -> Offence
Q-4] Answer in one sentence.
1] How did Akbar test Birbal’s wit and intelligence?
Ans: Akbar tested Birbal’s wit and intelligence by asking difficult questions.
2] How did Birbal explain the difference between a truth and a lie?
Ans: Birbal said it is the distance between two sense organs.
3] How did Birbal define heaven and hell?
Ans: Birbal explained that a heart in which love dwells is heaven, and a heart in which hatred dwells is hell.
Q-5] Read the given sentences and answer the questions that follow.
a) “What is it that goes from one place to another and yet stays at one place?”
- Who asked this question and to whom?
Ans: Akbar asked Birbal.
2. What was the reply given to the question?
Ans: Birbal replied, “A road.”
b) Akbar ordered one of his courtiers to draw a line on the floor.
- What did Akbar tell Birbal to do with the line?
Ans: Akbar told Birbal to make the line shorter without touching it or rubbing off its ends.
2. What did Birbal do with the line?
Ans: Birbal drew a longer line next to the first line and thus made the first line shorter.
Q-6] Answer the following questions.
1] What was the first question that Akbar asked Birbal?
Ans: Akbar asked Birbal, “Tell me the difference between a truth and a lie.” Birbal replied that it was the distance between two sense organs, the ears and the eyes.
2] How did Birbal justify his reply to Akbar’s first question?
Ans: Birbal explained that what we see with our…