The Scholar’s Mother Tongue | Reading Comprehension | Class 4 | English | Answer

Passage 1

Read the given passage and answer the questions given below.

A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar. He told the King and his courtiers that he had mastery over many different languages.

The Pundit could speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out what his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the court to name his mother tongue. When everyone failed, the challenge was taken up by Birbal.

Answer

1. Name the king of the story.

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The name of the king was Akbar.

2. Who visited the court of Akbar?

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A learned pundit visited the court of Akbar.

3. What did the pundit tell the king?

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He told the king that he had mastery over many different languages.

4. What skill had the pundit?

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The pundit could speak many languages fluently that no one could find out what his mother tongue was.

5. What did he challenge everybody at the court?

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He challenged everybody at the court to name his mother tongue.

6. Who took up the challenge?

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Birbal took up the challenge.

7. Which word in the passage means ‘great skill’?

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The word ‘mastery’ in the passage means ‘great skill’.

8. Find the adjective in the sentence ‘a learned pundit once visited the court of Akbar’.

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The adjective is ‘learned’.

9. Choose the meaning of the phrase ‘taken up’.

Grabbed

Accepted

Donated

Denied

 

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Accepted

10. The people who assisted the king in ruling were called as

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The people who assisted the king in ruling were called as ‘courtiers’.

Passage 2

Read the given passage and answer the questions given below.

That night, Birbal went quietly to the Pundit’s room when he was asleep. He whispered into the Pundit’s ear and tickled it with a feather. The Pundit, half awake, cried out suddenly and shouted out words in his mother tongue.

Birbal came to the court the next day and told everyone that the Pundit’s mother tongue was Telugu. The Pundit was surprised and accepted the truth.

King Akbar then asked Birbal, “How did you find the truth?”

Birbal answered, “In times of difficulty, a person speaks only in his mother tongue.” He also told the King how he had gone to the Pundit’s room at night to find out the truth. 

Answer

1. Who entered the Pundit’s room when he was asleep?

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Birbal entered the Pundit’s room when he was asleep.

2. What did Birbal do to the Pundit when he was asleep?

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Birbal whispered into the Pundit’s ear and tickled it with a feather.

3. In which language did the Pundit shout out?

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The pundit shouted out in Telugu language.

4. What was the Pundit’s mother tongue?

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The Pundit’s mother tongue was Telugu.

5. Who found out the Pundit’s mother tongue?

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Birbal found out the Pundit’s mother tongue.

6. In which language does a person speak in times of difficulty?

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In times of difficulty a person speaks in his mother tongue.

7. Which word in the passage means spoke in a low voice?

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The ‘whispered’ means spoke in a low voice.

8. Which state did the Pundit belong to? ( Guess the answer from his mother tongue )

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The Pundit belonged to Andhra Pradesh.

9. The present form of the word tickled is

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The present form of the word tickled is ‘tickle’.

10. Make a sentence by using the word ‘mother tongue’.

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Mother tongue : We should respect our mother tongue.