Question

Q1 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
butterflies and bees came for nectar, she lifted her branches and swooshed them away.
she was vain. She never even whispered to neighbouring trees and bushes. When the
The Bora tree grew tall, her flowers bloomed and yielded large, luscious, rosy fruit. But
When the birds wanted to build nests in her branches she pricked them with her thorns.
She saw that children loved her juicy fruit, so she angrily dropped her flowers and
One day, the Great Creator came on a visit. All the trees greeted His coming and had
joyous tales to tell. But the Bora tree tossed her head and said, "My Lord and Master,
fruit. I sent the silly birds away because they would destroy the beauty of my branches
found no one who deserved what you gave to me, so I saved my strength and bore less
The Creator shook his head. "You did a foolish thing". He said. "What about kindness,
compassion and generosity? What about service to others? Have they no meaning for
you?" Even as the Lord spoke, the Bora's fruit grew small and sour; so did the leaves.
The bark became rough; thorns grew in plenty. To this day we see the Bora tree thus.
(a) The Bora tree justified her unhelpful and cruel attitude by saying that........ 1
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3. Marks of each question are indicated against it.
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yielded only a few fruit.
with their messy nest material”.
As the result of selfishness-she lost what she had.
Questions :
statements.
1.On the basis of your reading of the passage, complete the following
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(b) The Bora tree dropped her flowers because
2. Find a word from the passage which means the same as ‘originator
3. Find a word from the passage which means opposite of ‘lift?
4. Give a noun form of the word 'grow'
5. Answer the following questions.
(a) What is the moral of the story?
(b) What characteristics should the Bora tree have inculcated?
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Answer 1

Answer:

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