Question

1. Read the passage given below .

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

were Shahjahan’s preferred child. Legend says that once

when Aurangzeb was severely sick, Jahanara took 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 of age). On the basis of your reading the passage, answer the

questions: 10 marks

1. What was Aurangzeb’s aim of life?

2. Who was the eldest child of Shahjahan?

3. Pick out and write the line from the passage which

shows that Jahanarabegum was a caring

daughter?

4. What did Aurangzeb do when his father became ill?

5. Jahanara was a kind lady. Explain.

6. What did Jahanara do before her death?

7. Find words in the passage which mean the same as:

(a) King (b)Sick

8. Jahanara died at the age of ________

9. What are the two languages in which Jahanara had fluency?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1) Aurangzeb's aim of life was to be an emperor.

2) Jahanara Begam was his eldest child.

3) Jahanara said, " I shall share the suffering of my father.He needs me in his old age, and I shall never leave him."

4) Aurangzeb put his father in jail when he was ill.

5) Jahanara was kind lady as after returning back to her palace he spent her entire life serving the needy and the poor. before her death she gave all her money to poor and needy.

6) She gave all her money to poor and needy.

7) (a) King- emperor

(b) sick- ill

8) She died at an age of 65.

9) Persian and Arabic.

Answer 2

Answer:

what was Aurangzeb's aim in life?