0.1. Read the passage given below and answer carefully (10)
One day the old emperor Shahjahan became ill. His son Aurangzeb, who always wanted to be the
emperor, put his father in a jail Jahanara begum, the eldest child of Shahjahan, did not leave her father
and went to jail along with him. She said, " I shall share the suffering of my father. He needs me in his
old age, and I shall never leave him." Shahjahan lived in the jail for seven years and then he died. During
that period princess Jahanara stayed with him and took care of him. After the death of her father she
returned to her own palace. She continued to live there and spent the rest of her life serving the needy
and the poor. Before her death she gave away all her money to the poor and the needy. She was highly
educated and well versed in Persian and Arabic, as well as a writer, painter and poet.Jahanara was
Shahjahan's preferred child. Legend says that once when Aurangzeb was severely sick, Jahanara to care
of him, Jahanara died on September 5, 1681, at the age of 67. Upon her death, Aurangzeb gave her the
posthumous title: Sahibat-uz-Zamani (mistress ofage).
On the basis of your reading the passage, answer the questions:
1. What was Aurangzeb's aim oflife?
2. Who was the eldest child ofShahjahan?
3. Pick out and write the line from the passage which shows that Jahanarabegum was a
caringdaughter?
4. What did Aurangzeb do when his father became ill?
5. Jahanara was a kind lady.Explain.
6. What did Jahanara do before herdeath?
7. Find words in the passage which mean the sameas:
a. King
(b)Sick
b. After death
c. ill
Answers
Answer:
1.emperor
2.Jahanar begum
3. during the period the princess jahanara stayed with him and took care him.
4. he put him in jail.
5.During
that period princess Jahanara stayed with him and took care of him. After the death of her father she
returned to her own palace. She continued to live there and spent the rest of her life serving the needy
and the poor. Before her death she gave away all her money to the poor and the needy
6.Before her death she gave away all her money to the poor and the needy
7. (I) emperor
(ii) ill
Answer:
1.emperor
2.Jahanar begum
3. during the period the princess jahanara stayed with him and took care him.
4. he put him in jail.
5.During
that period princess Jahanara stayed with him and took care of him. After the death of her father she
returned to her own palace. She continued to live there and spent the rest of her life serving the needy
and the poor. Before her death she gave away all her money to the poor and the needy
6.Before her death she gave away all her money to the poor and the needy
7. (I) emperor
(ii) ill
Explanation: