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c1. answer the following questions in one or two
sentences each :
1. Who was the visitor at Akbar's court one day?

2. What did he tell the king and courtiers?
3. What did he challenge the court?

4. What did Birbal tickle the Pandit’s ear with?

5. Was Pandit’s mother tongue Hindi? Mention his
mother tongue.
c2. say whether the following statements are True or
false.

1. A learned scholar once visits the court of Jahangir.

2. Birbal says he can speak many languages.
3. Birbal tickles Pandit's ear with a feather.

4. The Pandit admits his defeat.

c3. The paragraph below is the story you have just read.
Rearrange the sentences to make it meaningful. do
it in pairs.

a. Birbal came to the court the next day and told everyone
that the Pandit’s mother tongue was Telugu.
b. The Pandit could speak many languages fluently. He
challenged everybody at the court to name his mother
tongue.

c. A learned Pandit once visited the court of Akbar.
He told the King that he had mastery over different
languages.

d. Everyone in the court failed; the challenge was taken
up by Birbal.

e. The King questioned how he knew this and Birbal
narrated the incident that took place in the Pandit's

bedroom.

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