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B. Answer these questions.

1. What was Dasaratha’s reaction when the great sage Viswamitra arrived at his kingdom
one day?

2. What was the purpose of Viswamitra’s visit to Dasaratha’s kingdom?
3. How did Rama and Lakshmana defeat the rakshasas?

4. After the completion of the yagna, where did Viswamitra take Rama and Lakshmana
and why?

5. What was special about the bow in King Janaka’s palace?

6. What happened when Rama stepped forward to lift the bow?

Reference to the context

Read the lines from the story and answer the questions that follow.

‘You yourself have come seeking my dwelling. Is there anything in my power that I can do for you?’

a. Who is the speaker and who is being spoken to?

i. Viswamitra is the speaker and King Dasaratha is being spoken to.
ii. King Dasaratha is the speaker and Viswamitra is being spoken to.

iii. Viswamitra is the speaker and Janaka is being spoken to.

iv. Viswamitra is the speaker and Rama is being spoken to.
b. Why had the person come there?

i. to take King Dasaratha, the great warrior of Ayodhya with him

ii. to take Rama, the eldest of Dasaratha’s sons with him

iii. to take Laxmana, the eldest of Dasaratha’s sons with him
iv. to take Rama, the eldest of Dasaratha’s son for marriage with Sita

c. What did the speaker offer to do?

i. The speaker offered to accompany the visitor with his sons and do his bidding and serve
his need.

ii. The speaker declined to accompany the visitor as he wanted his sons to do the needful.

iii. The speaker offered to accompany the visitor with his army and do his bidding and
serve his need.

iv. The speaker offered to accompany the visitor along with the people of Ayodhya and do
his bidding and serve his need.

d. Did the speaker comply with the other person’s request?
i. The speaker was worried about his sons’ safety, so he didn’t accept the request.

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