One day walking in the garden with Birbal and other courtiers, emperor Akbar bent to pick up a sharp stone. With it he drew a line on the ground and said," Birbal, make the line shorter." He said with a glint of mischief in his eyes, he said, " But don't touch it, just make it shorter." The courtiers looked at each other. Birbal surely couldn't do this, could he? Perhaps he would finally be outwitted. But Birbal, calmly bent down to pick up another stone. He quietly drew a second line below Akbar's. Everyone looked at the two lines.Akbar's line was clearly shorter than Birbal's!! 1. Give the meaning of the phrase 'a glint of mischief'. 2. Give examples of one absolute concept and one relative concept. 3. What did Akbar mean when he said, "I thought I had outsmarted you this time"? 4. Find out at least two adjectives from the passage.
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1. with an intention to outwit Birbal through puzzling querry.
2. That the Earth is round is an absolute truth. It will never change.
That Jupiter is bigger than the earth is a relative concept.
3. Akbar thought that Birbal would be unable to reply to such puzzling question.
4. sharp, shorter.
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1. Glint of mischief means here that Akbar thought about a trick having some mischief also
2. Absolute concept : The length of the ruler is 1 meters
Relative concept would be that the length of 1 meters is shorter than 2 meters ruler
3. Akbar thought that he had tricked Birbal with his challenge and Birbal would not be able to solve the trick but this wasn't the case actually.
4. Outwitted. sharp
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