Question

One day walking in the garden with Birbal and the 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 paused and 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) What did Akbar pick from the ground ?

2) What did Akbar draw on the ground ?

3) How did Birbal answer Akbar’s question?

4) Find antonym of ‘Night’ from the given paragraph.

5) Give a suitable title to the story.

6) Name the characters of the​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Sharp stone

2. line

3. he drew a line longer than the one akbar had drawn and thus, akbar's line was shorter

4. day

5. The diminishing line

6. Akbar, Birbal, courtiers

Explanation: