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प्रश्न
Answer the following question.
Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.
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उत्तर
I think the hermit somehow knew everything before the king arrived. He must have known about the plan of the king's enemy and so was able to deal with it purposefully when the king arrived. News about the ambush must definitely have come to his ears. Otherwise, he would not have been able to answer the king's questions in such a real and practical way. He was a hermit, a wise man, and nothing of importance would have escaped his consideration.
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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 |
Read the polite request/suggestion and complete the gaps in the responses. Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
| Shall we plan a class-picnic? | Agree (1) _____________ Refuse (2) ____________ |
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The people convinced the King to make a proclamation.
Read the story and answer whether the following statement is true or false.
The hermit spoke usually to everyone.
The character traits of the king and hermit are mixed up. Sort them out in the right box.
| feeble | helpful | enlightened |
| impatient | eager to succeed | wise |
| patient | convincing |
| KING | HERMIT |
|
_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ |
_______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ |
Complete the Tree diagram associated with the happenings in the story.

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

Answer the following question.
The learned people were sometimes divided in their opinions, different persons giving quite different answers; at other times, none of them gave an answer. They all suggested ways to look for an answer. Point out one example of each.
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.
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.
