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ENGLIS SECTION-A[READING] A. Read the passage and answer the following questions, Once upon a time, King Brahmadatta wanted a place which would stand on a single pillar. He thought it would be one of the greatest wonders of the world. He needed a strong tree for the pillar. He sent hundreds of wood-cutters all over the forest to find such a tree. The Wood-cutters looked everywhere. At last, they found a tall and magnificent Sal tree in the middle of the forest. The wood cutter got ready to cut down the tree. The tree grew very sad that it would die the next day. That night the tree spoke to the King in his dream. It said to him "O King! Can you tell your wood cutters to cut me in parts. First my top branches then my middle branches and then the trunk?" The King was surprised. "Why?" he asked. The tree told him, " If they cut me at one stroke, I might fall on the other trees and hurt them. So cut me limb by limb. It will spare the other trees being hurt". The King was moved by the tree's kindness. He decided not to cut the tree to build his palace. Answer the following questions: 1. What kind of palace did king Brahmadadatta wish to build? 2. What kind of a tree did the wood cutters find at last? 3. What did the tree want the king to do? 4. How did the tree want itself to be cut? 5. Find the opposite of the following words from the passage: a. Short b. Weak​

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ANSWERS :

Answer the following questions :-

1. What kind of place did king Brahmadatta wish to build ?

• King Brahmadatta wanted a place which would stand upon a single pillar. He thought that it would be one of the greatest wonders of the world.

2. What kind of a tree did the wood cutters find at last ?

• At last, the wood cutters found a tall and magnificent Sal Tree in the middle of the forest.

3. What did the tree want the king to do ?

• The tree wanted the king to tell his wood cutters to cut the tree in parts.

4. How did the tree want itself to be cut ?

• The tree wanted that, at first the top branches and then the middle branches and at last the trunk to be cut. Because if the wood cutters cut the tree at one stroke, it might fall on the other trees and would harm them.

5. Find the opposite of the following words from the passage :-

• a. Short - Tall.

• b. Weak - Strong.