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Name: ________________ English – XI Short Story 8
Time Allowed: 40 Minutes The Gulistan of Safi Total Marks: 35
Question 1. Translate the following paragraph into Urdu. 08
“If they fail, they are expected to bring the case before the Qazi to seek justice. But in the present case, the
parents have agreed to get my blood shed for the trash of this world. The Qati has issued a decree to kill me.
The king thinks he will recover his health only through my slaying and I See no other refuge besides God
Almighty. To whom I complain against your brutality, if l am to seek justice from your hand?"
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Question 2. Punctuate the following extract. 04

Extract: pay for the salt said the king lest it should become a custom and the village be ruined
Punctuation: ___________________________________________________________________________
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Question 3. Choose the correct synonym of underline words. 10

1. The foundation of oppression was small in the world.
(A) fountain (B) base (C) basic (D) structure
2. The slave had never been at sea and experienced any calamity.
(A) persecution (B) voyage (C) catastrophe (D) trial
3. The king could not comprehend the wisdom in the action taken by the sergeant.
(A) tolerate (B) understand (C) consent (D) swallow
4. The king was asked what harm could arise from such a trifling demand.
(A) trivial (B) steady (C) curious (D) casual
5. I see no other refuge besides God Almighty.
(A) denial (B) splendour (C) embankment (D) shelter
6. A man does not realize the world of safety until he has faced misfortune.
(A) fate (B) holiness (C) happiness (D) bad luck
7. “Pay for the salt, lest it should be a custom.”
(A) costume (B) tradition (C) tragedy (D) heritage
8. A tyrant does not remain in the world, but the curse on him abides forever.
(A) lives (B) penetrates (C) dies (D) afflicts
9. The king thought that he would recover only by slaying the boy.
(A) spattering (B) chattering (C) slaughtering (D) clattering
10. All hopes of recovery vanished.
(A) appeared (B) disappeared (C) looked (D) arrived
Question 4. Choose the correct answer. 05
1. In which language was “The Gulistan” of Sa’di originally written?
(A) in Greek (B) in Latin (C) in Persian (D) in English
2. A man does not realize the worth of safety from the ______ until he has tasted it.
(A) storm (B) disease (C) illness (D) misfortune
3. What was needed to cure the king in the Gulistan of Sa’di?
(A) heart (B) eye (C) bile (D) kidney
4. Who pacified the slave?
(A) the boatman (B) the king (C) a sergeant (D) a passenger
5. The slave had never experienced any __________.
(A) pleasure (B) rule (C) calamity (D) war
Question 5: Answer the following short questions. 08
i. What was the advice given by Nushivan to his people?
ii. Why did the boy look to the sky and smile?
iii. What was the remedy suggested by the physicians for the disease of the king?
iv. What should be the role of a Qazi?
Write answers here.
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