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The document is a lesson for Class III students about the story 'Birbal Cooks Some Khichdi'. It includes comprehension questions and answers related to the story, focusing on the actions and motivations of the characters, particularly Birbal and the Brahmin. The lesson concludes with the emperor rewarding the Brahmin with 2000 gold coins.

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Eng Birbal

The document is a lesson for Class III students about the story 'Birbal Cooks Some Khichdi'. It includes comprehension questions and answers related to the story, focusing on the actions and motivations of the characters, particularly Birbal and the Brahmin. The lesson concludes with the emperor rewarding the Brahmin with 2000 gold coins.

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ACE ACADEMY

CLASS – III
ENGLISH LITERATURE
BIRBAL COOKS SOME KHICHDI

A. Read the following statements and then put a tick mark (✔) against the
correct answer:

1. Birbal didn't want to go into the garden because:


(a) It was a very stormy day (b) It was a very cold day

2. Birbal was afraid of going into the cold garden because:


(a) he thought he would fall ill (b) he thought he would feel scared

3. Akbar dipped his hand into the lake and quickly took it out because:
(a) the water was very hot (b) the water was freezing

4. The poor man agreed to step into the freezing water if:
(a) he was paid a lot of money (b) he was given a new house

B. Answer the following questions:

Q. Why was the Brahmin shivering in the court?


A. The Brahmin was shivering as he was not wearing any warm clothes.

Q. Why was the Brahmin ready to stand in the icy cold water?
A. Brahmin’s family was starving. He had no money to feed them. He would do
anything to get some money.

Q. What was the Brahmin doing the whole night as he stood in the freezing lake?
A. He kept looking at the light of a lamp the whole night. He kept thinking of his family.
He kept wondering how much money would the emperor give him. He kept thinking of
the happy faces of his family when they would see the food.

Q. How did the lamp keep the Brahmin warm?

Q. Why did Emperor Akbar say that the Brahmin had cheated him?
A. Emperor Akbar said that the Brahmin had cheated him because he thought that the
light of the lamp had kept the Brahman warm in the cold water.

Q. Why didn’t Birbal come to the court next morning?


A. Birbal didn’t come to the court next morning because he was cooking khichdi.

Q. Why was Emperor Akbar surprised when he went to Birbal’s house?


A. Emperor Akbar was surprised to see that Birbal was cooking Khichdi by keeping the
pot far away from the fire.

Q. How did Birbal show the emperor that he was wrong?


A. Birbal’s clever response made Akbar realize his mistake. He pointed out that if the
Brahmin could stay warm in the icy cold water simply by seeing the light of a lamp
that was a kilometre away, then his pot of khichdi should also cook, as the fire was
just a meter away.

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Q. What reward did the emperor give to Brahmin in the end?
A. Akbar gave 2000 gold coins to the Brahmin as a reward in the end.

2 | PA 4

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