Question

2. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
Every cheation has its periods of progress and fall. Many evaluations of the world, the Balon
and the Greece were once very high. But today Babylon has disappeared and the Greeks are
shadow of the ancient selves. India too had its period of ascendancy. There was a time wa
called 'A sparrow of Gold'. Our periods of history like the Gupta or the relen af Ashela were glorious
then came the downfall of India. Our country committed a mistake. We grewrich but ao poneral. we had
wealth, but no power to protect that wealth. As a result a number of Invaders packed we looted us and
then left. But some ruters came to stay. They exploited the country.
The coming of the British added to our woes and finished us. They took away whatever wealth was
left in the country. We were at rere level economically when they left India. At present we are nothich
and one of the top economies of the world. We are ako powerful no country can attack and lootasso zasily
Questions:
la) What do you know about the civilization of Babylon?
(b) What was the fate of the ceilization of Greece?
ic) What mistake contributed to the downtall of India?
(d) What was India's position in ancient time?
le) Find words from the passage which means the same as
of olden lime
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Answer 1

Answer:

e. A sparrow of Gold

Explanation:

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