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प्रश्न
Read the line given below and answer the question that follow.
‘You’re wounded!’ ‘Nay’, his soldier’s pride Touched to the quick, he said:
- Why did the boy contradict Napoleon’s words?
- Why was his pride touched?
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उत्तर
- The boy felt proud to die for his own country. So he contradicted Napoleon’s words by saying that he was killed and not wounded.
- His pride was touched quickly. He took pride and declared that he felt joy and thrill in giving his life for his own country.
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