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The Ungrateful Jeweller

I. Choose the Correct Answer:

कृ तघ्न जौहरी

1. One who cuts wood is called a : (a) doctor

(b) jeweller

(c) woodcutter

(d) sculptor.

2. In the well the woodcutter saw :

(a) a monkey

(b) a tiger

(c) a snake

(d) all the three.

3. Whom did the woodcutter not see in the well?

a) a monkey

(b) a tiger

(c) a snake

(d) a rabbit.

4. Who helped the woodcutter first?

(At Grad

(a) a monkey

(b) a tiger

(c) a snake

(d) a rabbit.

(b) painful

(d) pained.

5. Make adjective of 'pain'.

(a) painfull

(c) painfully

Ans. 1. (c) woodcutter, 2. (d) All the three, 3. (d) a rabbit, 4. (a) a monke

5. (b) painful.

II. Fill in the Blanks:

1. The woodcutter could not earn money during the 2. The adjective of 'hope' is...........

3. The jeweller was

4. The... presented him a set of gold ornaments. 5. The comparative degree of 'bad' is..........

Ans. 1. rainy, 2. hopeful, 3. ungrateful, 4. tiger, 5. worse.

III. Very Short Answer Questions:.

Answer the following questions in one or two words.

Q. 1. One who saves others is called ?

Ans. Saviour.

Q. 2. What is the opposite word of 'ungrateful' ?

Ans. Grateful.

Q. 3. Who dropped some sweet fruits for the woodcutter ? (At Grade)

Ans. The monkey.

Q. 4. What did the tiger present the woodcutter ?

(At Grade)

Ans. A set a gold ornaments.

Q. 5. Was the woodcutter released from the prison finally ?

(At Grade )

Ans. Yes, he was released.

IV. Short Answer Questions:

Answer the following questions in 1-2 sentences.

Q. 1. Who were trapped in the well ?

Ans, A monkey, a tiger, a snake and a jeweller were trapped in the well.

Q. 2. What did the woodcutter do in search of some job ?

Ans. The woodcutter made a long journey on foot in search of some job.

Q.3. What did the woodcutter do when he heard help', 'help ' ?

Ans. When the woodcutter heard the sound, he peeped into the well. (At Grade )

Q. 4. What did the snake ask the woodcutter to touch on the queen's head to save her life?

(At Grade)

head.

Ans. The snake asked the woodcutter to touch his axe on the queens.
 Q.5. The comparative and superlative degrees of the adjective great' are given below. Write the
comparative and superlative degrees of 'sweet' and long'. ( At Grade)

(i) great

(ii) sweet

(iii) long

greater

Ans. (ii) sweeter-sweetest

(iii) longer - longest.

greatest.

V. Long Answer Questions:

Answer the following questions in 5-7 sentences.

Q.1. How did the tiger, the monkey and the snake help the woodcutter ?

Ans. The tiger once gave the woodcutter a set of gold ornaments, the monkey gave him sweet fruits one
day when he was very hungry and the snake helped him in coming

out of the prison.

Q. 2. What did the snake do to help the woodcutter ?

Ans. Snake bit the queen on her forehead such that she could not recover unless the woodcutter
touched her forehead with his axe. Thus the woodcutter gained king's favour and was freed.

Q. 3. In the story, if you were in place of the jeweller, what would you have done to the woodcutter ?
(At Grade )

Ans. If I were in place of the jeweller, I would be as grateful to the woodcutter as the tiger, monkey and
snake for saving my life. I would have helped the woodcutter in getting him a job. I would be so thankful
to him.

Q. 4. What would have happened to the queen if the woodcutter had refused to touch the queen's
forehead with his axe ?(At Grade)

Ans. The snake had bitten the queen just to help the woodcutter, as he was in prison. It only planned
that if the woodcutter touches the queens forehead with his axe, the poison. will be vanished. this way
the woodkeeper will gain kings favour and will be freed. If the woodcutter refused to touch the queens
forehead with his axe, she would have died.