Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Long, long ago there lived in the land of
Madras a good and kind king called Ashyapati. He had a daughter named Savitri,
She quickly grew up. One day her father said to her, “It is time for you to be
married, but no one comes for you. So, go forth yourself, and choose the
husband you would like.”
So Savitri, riding in a golden car, visited
the holy places. One day as she was passing through a forest, she saw a tall,
handsome young man cutting wood. As soon as her eyes fell upon him, her heart
was filled with love. Here was her future husband. She made up her mind to
marry him and no other. She sent her attendants to inquire who he was. Soon
they returned and told her that his name was Satyavan, that he lived with his
parents in that forest and that his father was blind and had been driven from
the throne by his enemy. Though Satyavan looked like a wood-cutter, Savitri
felt that he was the man of her heart. So she at once set off to tell her
father about her future husband.
Questions:
(a) What part of the land did Ashyapati rule?
(b) What did he tell Savitri to do?
(c) Whom did she see while passing through a
forest?
(d) What was the effect on her when her eyes
fell on the young wood-cutter?
(e) What was the name of the wood-cutter?
(f) Whom did Savitri send to inquire who the
wood-cutter was?
(g) Pick out a word which means ‘persons who
attend on others‘ to obey their order.’
(h) Give the opposites of:— (i) tall, (ii)
enemy.
