Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following sentences.

(i) The king lost his temper easily._____

(ii) Gopal was a madman.

(iii) Gopal was a clever man. _

(iv) Gopal was too poor to afford decent clothes.

(v) The king got angry when he was shown to be wrong. _________

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Solution

(i) True

(ii) False

He was just acting as a madman so that people’s attention would be diverted from the hilsa-fish he was carrying.

(iii) True

(iv) False

He wore rags so that people would notice them, and not talk about the hilsa-fish.

(v) False

The king laughed and congratulated Gopal for achieving the impossible yet again.

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Gopal’s wife asked him___________________________________________

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(iii) I accept the challenge, Your Majesty.

Gopal told the king_______________________________________________

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Gopal told the guards_____________________________________________

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(v) Bring the man to me at once.

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