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Time to answer

A. Colour the correct box.

1. Who invited Birbal to his country?

King of Nepal King of Persia

King of India King of Sri Lanka

2. With what did Birbal compare the King of Persia?

full moon half moon crescent moon no moon

3. Why was Akbar angry?

because Birbal called him the crescent moon

because Birbal called him the half moon

because Birbal called him Jahanpanah

because Birbal called him the full moon

B. Answer these questions.

1. Why were the people of Persia overjoyed?

2. How was Birbal treated in Persia?

3. What made Akbar embrace Birbal in the end?

Time to think and answer

1. Do you think Birbal was a wise man? Why? life skill logical thinking

2. Akbar was happy with the reply he got from Birbal. Do you feel happy only when
someone praises you? life skill self-awareness

Time to study language

Read these sets of sentences.

• The king had heard about Birbal. He wanted to meet him.

The king had heard about Birbal and he wanted to meet him.

The word and helps to join sentences having the same idea.

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