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Assessment Time Remaining: 59m Total Marks : 60 1-1 2-1 3-1 4-1 5-1 6-1 7-1 7-2 7-3 8-1 8-2 8-3 8-4 8-5 8-6 8-7 9-1 9-2 9-3 9-4 9-5 8-5 2 Marks Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. The Fighting Vessel In a village lived a poor woman and her son, Chakalia Panda. There was nobody else in the family. Chakalia’s father had been a wood-cutter. He used to earn some money by cutting the wood from the nearby jungle and selling it. Chakalia had learnt a few tricks of cutting wood from his father but his father had passed away due to illness. Sadly, the mother and son were left to fend for themselves. After his father’s death, Chakalia started cutting wood and selling them. However, he wasn’t earning well. Because of this, they had to go hungry on many nights.the village that they lived, there was a pond which was believed to be the abode of mother Goddess. One day, distraught and upset with his life, Chakalia Panda wandered around that pond. He was just sitting around and dreaming about having a full meal. He had seen a kid, his age, having a thali that day and it made his stomach growl withhunger. He was just throwing pebbles in the pond, when he said to himself, “Oh Goddess! I want some good food. Nothing delicious or fancy but just some rice and dal.” To his utter surprise he saw a pot appear right in front of him. Out of curiosity he opened the lid, and smelled delicious rice and dal. He was ecstatic. He quickly devoured some, and then packed the remaining food for his mother. His mother, who had been hungry for the past two days, was too happy with the food to enquire about where he got it from.From next day on wards, he went about cutting wood as usual. A few days later, he again wandered to the pond. He sat there thinking, “What if I wish for the second time? Will the Goddess help me?” He sat next to the pond and said, “I want rice, I want dal, I want curry”. And the moment he stopped speaking, a pot appeared in front of him with dal, rice and curry. He ate some and took the other half home. From that day, this became a daily ritual. He used to sit next to the pond and demand different kinds of food from the Goddess. The goddess, taking pity on him, used to give him a pot full of food everyday. He would eat his fill and give the rest to his mother. Since the problem of food was solved, Chakalia Panda became lazier and stopped working altogether. The moment a pot became empty he would promptly go to the pond and start making demands.The Goddess was patient at first but eventually got annoyed and decided to teach him a lesson. The next time when Chakalia Panda came, he demanded, “Oh mother Goddess, I want dal, rice, curry and dessert too. It has been days since I have had sweets.”The Goddess who was angry at his behavior thought, “Sweets? Right! I will give you the right kind of sweet. It ought to teach you a lesson.” She filled his pot with slaps, kicks and punches. As was his practice, he opened the lid. As soon as he removed the lid, a series of kicks, slaps and punches covered him. Somehow he managed to close the lid and run for his life.Feeling angry and cheated, he hid the pot behind the house. But this incident got him thinking, “Why had the Goddess given me punches instead of food?” That day he did not sleep well. He had a weird dream. He saw himself as a hardworking boy, cutting wood, selling them for money and getting a pot of food everyday.All of a sudden, the scene changed. He was just sitting and eating and not doing a lot of work. That is when he realized his mistake. He had stopped doing his duty and become a demanding boy. He immediately regretted his actions. He stood up with his hands folded and prayed, “Oh mother Goddess, I promise to work hard and never be lazy again.” The Goddess was impressed by his humility and decided to forgive him. Next night, a thief came to the village. He came across Chakala’s house and saw the pot. He thought there must be treasure in it. No sooner did he remove the lid, he received a series of kicks, punches and slaps. The thief yelled in pain, and the noise woke up the villagers. They caught him red-handed and handed him over to the police.Chakalia Panda knew that the Goddess had forgiven him. He told the story of the pot and the lesson learnt to his mother. Now both the mother and son worked hard. The goddess , happy with their efforts, blessed them with food. They never slept hungry again. e. In the story, Chakalia stops working altogether and asks for a pot of food from the Goddess everyday. Why do you think he does this? What does this tell us about Chakalia’s character?​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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