CBA Eklavya the Brave Archer (Objective and Subjective)

Reference to the context

1. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

‘‘And he’s also a Royal teacher.’’

Who is speaking the above line and to whom?

a) Eklavya to Dronacharya.

b) Eklavya to Arjuna.

c) Arjuna to Dronacharya.

d) Arjuna to Eklavya.

ii. Whom does ‘he’ refer to in the above line?

iii. Why does the speaker say this?

2. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

‘‘I will never refuse anything you ask for.’’

i. Who is speaking the above and to whom?

a) Eklavya to Dronacharya.

b) Eklavya to Arjuna

c) Arjuna to Dronacharya.

d) Arjuna to Eklavya.

ii. Why does the speaker say this?

iii. What did the listener ask for and why?

Question Answers

i. How did Dronacharya and Pandavas come to know about Eklavya’s archery
skills

ii. Why does Dronacharya not accept Eklavya as his disciple?

ii. What special act of Eklavya stunned Guru Dronacharya and Pandavas?

iii. Why did Guru Dronacharya decide to ask Eklavya for his right hand thumb?