Read the given passages and answer the questions that follow each :
Birbal said, “Why, your majesty ?”
Akbar said, “How will the khichdi get cooked when it is one yard above the fire ? What is wrong with you, Birbal ?”
Birbal kept stirring the pot and replied, “Oh my Great Emperor, when it is possible for a person to receive warmth from the faintly glowing lights a mile away, then it should be possible for this khichdi, which is just a yard above the fire to get cooked.”
1. Who was cooking khichdi ?
2. How was he cooking it ?
3. Choose true and false statements
(a) Akbar started stirring the pot.
(b) Birbal’s khichdi was still uncooked.
4. Complete the sentences according to the meaning of the passage :
(a) It is not possible for a person to get warmth from lights ………….
(b) It was not possible for Birbal’s khichdi to get …………..
5. Match the words with their meanings :
| (a) glowing |
cooking |
| (b) receive |
bright |
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