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प्रश्न
Read the comic strip again. Make groups of four and frame some questions on what you have read. Each group should ask a question in turns. You cannot repeat the same question. The team which asks more questions is the winner.
e.g:
- Which are the foreign vegetables mentioned?
- What was sad for Columbus?
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उत्तर
- Corn, tomatoes and ladies fingers are the foreign vegetables mentioned.
- Columbus was looking for India and black pepper, but he found South America and the chilli So, he was sad.
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