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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. During his campaign in Punjab, Alexander visited a village. He found a headman listening to a dispute between two villagers. He wanted to know how the headman would give justice. So he watched the proceedings. One villager said that he had purchased a piece of land, where he found a pot full of gold. He wanted to return it to the man from whom he had purchased the land, because he had purchased only the land and not the hidden treasure; but the other man did not accept this. Alexander was curious to know how the village headman would pronounce his judgment. The headman asked both of them whether one had a boy of marriageable age and the other had a girl. When both said yes, he said that they should be married and gold should be given to them. Alexander was surprised and said that in his country such a problem would not arise and the buyer would quietly keep the treasure himself.1. What was the village headman doing? 2. Why did Alexander watch the proceedings? 3. What did the villager find in the land? 4. Why did he want to return the treasure? 5. What was Alexander curious about? 6. What was the judgment given? 7. What did Alexander say after hearing the judgment? 8. Pick out the word from the passage which means ‘bought’. |
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Answer» 1. The village headman was listening to a dispute between two villagers. 2. He wanted to know how the headman would give justice. 3. The villager found a pot full of gold. 4. He had bought the land but not the hidden treasure. 5. Alexander was curious to know how the headman would pronounce the judgment. 6. The village headman decided that the boy and the girl of the two villagers should be married and the gold should be given to them. 7. In his country the buyer would have kept the treasure with himself. 8. Purchased. |
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