Question

EIGHT - English
GHT - English
Section-'D' : Text-Book (Literature)-30 Marks
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that
follow:-
3
“Come and hire me," I cried, while in the morning I was walking
on the stone poved road. Sword in hand the king came in his
cannot. He held my hands and said "I will hire you with my power"
but this power counted for nought, and he went away in his chariot.
(i) These lines occur in the poem-
(a) The school boy
(b) The last bargain
(c) Geography lesson (d) The 'ant and the cricket
(ii) What was the speaker asking for?
(a) A job (b) A gold coin (c) Sea- hells (d) Food
(iii) The king was ready to hire the speaker-
fa) With his power (b) With his wealth
(c) With his arm
(d) With his Kingdom​

Answer 1

Explanation:

1.b

2.b

3.a

b-the last bargain

b-A job

a-power