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प्रश्न
Write down in your notebook two points for the following. How do you know?
the learned advisers who came to the court confused the king.
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उत्तर
None of the learned advisers could give satisfactory answers to the king's three questions as all of them had conflicting answers as they were not sure.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Expressions in English classified under different heads. Pair up with your partner, guess, and match the columns. (Use a dictionary.)
| A | B | |
| (1) Principle | (a) | a generally accepted, evident, truth |
| (2) Quotation | (b) | short striking messages for the public |
| (3) Moral | (c) | a short witty remark stating the truth |
| (4) Idioms | (d) | a popular, well-known truth |
| (5) Slogans | (e) | established expressions which do not convey exactly the same as individual words |
| (6) One-liners | (f) | words cited from a speech/text of a famous person |
| (7) Maxims | (g) | a lesson derived from a story or experience |
| (8) Proverb | (h) | a rule to govern one’s behaviour |
Let’s see if you remember a nursery rhyme you must have sung, as a kid :
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Fill in the missing words : ‘The time to be happy is ___________________ The ___________________ to be happy is here. And the way to be __________________ is to _________________ someone happy And have a little _______________ right here !’ |
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The hermit spoke usually to everyone.
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The King received all answers from the hermit.
Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.

Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.

Write down in your notebook two points for the following. How do you know?
the hermit was truly wise.
Choose the correct answer and fill in the blank.
The King wanted to know the ________ time to begin everything.
Consider this list of the different things that happened and rearrange them in the order of time, that is, what happened first, what happened next, and so on. Read the related paragraph again if you are uncertain.
- The bearded man resolved to kill the king.
- The king went alone to see the hermit.
- The king executed the bearded man’s brother.
- The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut.
- The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king.
- The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man.
- The bearded man came out of the ambush.
Read the following passage and do the activities.
B1. State whether the following statements are True or False in context to the passage.
- The king helped his friend who was wounded.
- The weather was hot and humid.
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Meanwhile, the sun had set and it had become cool. So the king, with the hermit's help, carried the wounded man into the hut. The man lay there quietly with his eyes closed. By now, the king was so tired after his walk and the work he had done, that he laid down himself and soon fell asleep. When he awoke in the morning, it took him some time to remember where he was and who was the strange bearded man lying by his side and gazing intently at him. "Forgive me!" said the bearded man in a weak voice, when he saw that the king was awake and was looking at him. "I do not know you, and I've nothing to forgive you for", said the king. "You do not know me, but I know you. I am that enemy of yours who swore to revenge himself on you because you executed his brother and seized his property. I knew you had gone alone to see the hermit, and I resolved to kill you on your way back. But the day passed and you did not return. So I came out of my ambush to find you. Your bodyguards recognized me and wounded me. I escaped from them but would have bled to death had you not dressed my wound. I wished to kill you but you have saved my life. Now it I live, and if you wish it, I'll serve you all my life." The king was very glad to have made peace with an enemy so easily and to have gained him for a friend. He not only forgave him but also said that he would send his men and his own physician to attend to him. The king then took leave of him and went out of the hut to look for the hermit. |
B2. Complete the word web in context with the king's qualities as understood from the passage.

B3. Find out the words from the passage which mean:
- Showing great attention to something.
- Kill someone as a legal punishment.
- To hide and wait for someone in order to attack them.
B4. Convert the words as directed.
- Write the noun form of 'quietly'.
- Write the adjective form of 'forgive'.
B5. Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king's arrival but also about the attack by his enemy?
