Question

Greece revolved around their gods. The Greeks believed that the gods were immortal and

more powerful than human beings. They honoured their gods with festivals devoted to

sports.

The most important of these festivals were the four national festivals. They were open to

sportsmen from all Greek regions and colonies. Each of the festivals was held at a different

place and was celebrated in honour of a particular god. The Olympic Games were held in

Olympia which was an important religious center in ancient Greece. A magnificent temple

was built there in honour of the god, Zeus. He was regarded as the ruler of both gods and

men. People tried to please Zeus by excelling in sports, and many contests of skill and

strength were held.

It was believed that the Olympic Games were founded by the Greek hero, Hercules who was

known as the son of the god, Zeus. He performed twelve seemingly impossible tasks to

become the greatest ofall Greek heroes. He cleaned in a single day King Augeas' stables

which was an impossible task. The king was fabulously rich and had thousands and

thousands of animals. So his stables were extremely dirty and full of stink. Hercules

redirected the course of the river, Alpheus through the stables of the king. All the muck and dirt were washed out in a single day. To celebrate this achievement, he startedthe Olympic

Games in honour of his father, Zeus.

(A) Answer the following questions

1) What did Hercules do to prove himself great?


2) 'Life in ancient Greece revolved around their gods.' why ?
3) In ancient Greece the Olympic games were held at different religious centers – True/False

(B) Choose from the options and complete the sentences


(4) The Greeks celebrated festivals devoted to sport to _________

i) Gain physical structure ii) Honour there Giii) get poweriv) become immortal
5) They honoured Zues by_________

(i) Building magnificent temples (ii) Excelling in sports (iii) excelling in contests of skill

and strength (iv) doing all about things


6) The impossible taskperformed by Hercules was_________

(i) The cleaning of Augeas’ stables in a day (ii) removing the muck and dirt from King’s

stables (iii) redirecting the course of the River through the stables (iv) all of the above


7) The word phrase in the passage which means ‘deathless’ is_________

(i) Gods (ii) immortal (iii) human beings (iv) religious center


8) The antonym given in the passage for the word ‘dissatisfy’ is (i) honour ii) seemingly iii)

excel iv) please​

Answer 1

Answer:

1)He performed twelve seemingly impossible tasks to

2)Because he believed that Bhagban is immortal and has more power than humans

3)true

Explanation:

(4) The Greeks celebrated festivals devoted to sport to___get poweriv_________