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Let’s ponder

A. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow.

1. ‘I am all alone with no one to help me. I wanted to go to Kashi but I fell sick and couldn’t
go.’

a. Complete the following suitably.

The person want to go to Kashi because .

b. What kind of person do you think is the speaker?

i. kind and grateful ii. mean and selfish

iii. happy and contented iv. noble and generous

c. State whether True or False.

The speaker feels dejected because of his sickness.

d. What did the person do after he got better?

2. ‘C’mon Shashi. Don’t be like your old-fashioned father. You still want to cling to rules
made before we were even born? You are the ruler now! You can do what you want.’

a. Complete the following suitably.

The speaker of these lines is .

b. State whether True or False.

Shashi was the polar opposite of his father because he followed all the rules
while his father created them.

c. ‘You are the ruler now’, suggests that Shashi should .

i. do whatever he likes

ii. make sure that everyone gets equal amount of water

iii. work for the welfare of the people

iv. make decisions after consulting the elders

d. Replace the underlined phrase with a word from the extract.

I still hold on to the idea of a discussion before decision.

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