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Q.2 Read the paragraph & answer the questions given below. (06)
Once Drona, a Brahman who taught archery to the Kuru princes, was approached by Ekavya,
a forest dwelling nishada(a hunting community). When Drona, who knew the dharma, refused
to have him as his pupil, Eklavya returned to the forest, prepared an image of Drona out of
clay, and treating it as his teacher, began to practice on his own. In due course, he acquired
great skill in archery. One day, the Kuru princes went hunting and their dog, wandering in the
woods, came upon Eklavya. When the dog smelt the dark nishada wrapped in black deer skön,
his body caked with dust, it began to bark Annoyed, Eklavya shot seven arrows into its mouth
When the dog returned to the Pandavas, they were amazed at this superb display of archery.
They tracked down Eklavya, who introduced himself as a pupil of Drona.
Drona had once told his favourite student Arjuna that he would be unrivaled amongst his
pupils. Arjuna now reminded Drona about this. Drona approached Eklavya, who immediately
acknowledged and honoured him as a teacher. When Drona demanded his right thumb as his
fee, Eklavya unhesitatingly cut it off and offered it. But thereafter, when he shot with his
remaining fingers, he was no longer as fast as he had been before. Thus Drona kept his
words: no one was better than Arjun.
1. Who was Drona?
2. Who was Drona's favourite student?
3. Why did Drona demand Eklavya's thumb?
4. Find synonym of 'students from the given paragraph.
5. Give a suitable title to the story.
6. Name the characters of the story.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. drona was a bramha thought archery to kuru princes.
2. Arjun was drona as favourite student
3. because Eklavya was not a prince
4. Eklavya- the great student
5. drona , Arjun Eklavya, dog ,pandav

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