FIRST LANGUAGE ENGLISH - KSEEB - CLASS 08 - SUPPLEMENTARY COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS - KING SINDBAD AND HIS FALCON

 

SUPPLEMENTARY READING – SECTION

UNIT – 1

KING SINDBAD AND HIS FALCON

I. Comprehension:

A. Answer in two-three sentences each:

1) Who was Sindbad? What was he fond of?

Ans: Sindbad was a king and he was very fond of racing and hunting.

 

2) What had the king brought up? What did he tie around its neck? Why?

Ans: The king had brought up a falcon as his pet. The king had a golden cup tied around her neck to provide her drink during hunting.

 

3) What did the falcon suggest to the king one day?

Ans: The falcon suggested that it was the right time for hunting.

 

4) How did the king threaten the hunting troop?

Ans: The king said, “Beware! Whoever allows the gazelle to escape from here, will be punished to death”.

 

5) Why does the falcon upset the cup with the “dripping liquid”?

Ans: The falcon upset the cup with the “dripping liquid” because it was poison.

 

6) When did the falcon succumb to death?

Ans: The falcon was sitting on his fist until he reached the camp and sat comfortably, the falcon, which was bearing the pain till then, suddenly gasped and succumbed to death.

 

7) What was the king’s reaction?

Ans: The repentant king cried aloud to lose his faithful companion who had saved his life.

B. Answer in three-four sentences each:

1) How did the king look after the falcon?

Ans: The king was pleasure loving person. He had brought up a falcon as his pet. Wherever the king went, the bird went with him, even at night the falcon stayed with him on his fist. The king had a golden cup tied around her neck to provide her drink during hunting.

 

2) How did the gazelle escape?

Ans:  The king set out hunting with the falcon on his fist. A gazelle was trapped within the net. The net was lifted by the king’s hunting troop from all the sides. Gradually, they began narrowing the net circle to trap the gazelle. She too moved towards the king and stood on her hind legs. She ten lifted her forelegs up to her breast, suddenly jumped above the head of the king, and escaped out of the maze.

 

3) How did the falcon help the king kill the gazelle?

Ans:  The falcon, the king’s hunting mate, flew high up and traced the fleeing gazelle. She at once swooped down and blinded the gazelle with her talons. The king immediately struck his mace at the blinded gazelle and ended the matter forever.

 

4) Why did the king take out the cup?

Ans: It was mid-day and the place where they were wandering was devoid of any water source. The king and his horse were thirsty. The king went further in search of water. Finally they reached a place, where water was seen dripping through the leaf of a tree. Then the king took out the cup from falcon’s neck to fill dripping liquid.

 

5) What action of the falcon made the king furious?

Ans: The king took out the cup from falcon’s neck to fill dripping liquid. He then placed the cup in front of the falcon. But surprisingly enough the falcon overturned the cup instead of drinking it. The king filled it again and place in front of the falcon. But the falcon upset it again with her talons. The king filled the cup with the dripping liquid and placed it in font on his horse, the falcon upset it again. The king became furious.

 

6) Why did the king cut off the wings of the falcon?

Ans: The king was thirst and he found dripping liquid and he took out the cup from falcon’s neck to fill dripping liquid. He then placed the cup in front of the falcon. But surprisingly enough the falcon overturned the cup instead of drinking it. The falcon repeated same twice and even it didn’t allow horse to drink and upset it again. Then the king became furious and shouted at the falcon in anger. In his fury, the king took out his sword and chopped off the wings of the falcon.

 

7) What did the falcon indicate to the king?

Ans: The falcon cried in pain and she then indicated the king to look up by raising her head. The king’s eye’s followed the falcon. He saw a poisonous viper lying up above the tree. The liquid, which he mistook as water, was drops of the snake’s poison.

 

8) How did the king’s men trap the gazelle?

Ans: The king and his men continued to travel till they reached a valley. His men formed a circular shroud of a net intended for the victim. Soon, a gazelle was trapped with the net.

 

9) Why did the falcon upset the cup again and again?

Ans: The falcon upset the cup again and again because the falcon knew that the dripping liquid was snake’s poison. The king tried to quench the thirst with that liquid everyone but the falcon understood it was poison and it upset it every time.

 

10) Why did the king repent?

Ans: The repentant king cried aloud to lose his faithful companion who had saved his life. The king cut off the falcon’s wings when it overturned the cup but the king came to know later that it was poison which was dripping and it had saved his life.

 

11) Why did the king call his pet unlucky and foolish thing?

Ans: When the king had gone for hunting at that time the king was thirst and he found dripping liquid and he took out the cup from falcon’s neck to fill dripping liquid. He then placed the cup in front of the falcon. But surprisingly enough the falcon overturned the cup instead of drinking it. The falcon repeated same twice and even it didn’t allow horse to drink and upset it again. The king got angry by that behavior and he called his pet unlucky and foolish thing.

  

12) How did the falcon save the king’s life?

Ans: The king was thirst and he found dripping liquid and he took out the cup from falcon’s neck to fill dripping liquid. He then placed the cup in front of the falcon. But surprisingly enough the falcon overturned the cup instead of drinking it. The falcon repeated same twice and even it didn’t allow horse to drink and upset it again. Falcon knew it was not water but the poison of viper was dripping. King came to know about it when falcon indicated at that direction and falcon saved the king’s life.

  

C. Answer the following in six-eight sentences each:

1) How did the king look after the pet falcon?

Ans: The king was pleasure loving person. He had brought up a falcon as his pet. Wherever the king went, the bird went with him, even at night the falcon stayed with him on his fist. The king had a golden cup tied around her neck to provide her drink during hunting.

 

2) How did the king hunt the gazelle?

Ans:  The king set out hunting with the falcon on his fist. A gazelle was trapped within the net. The net was lifted by the king’s hunting troop from all the sides. Gradually, they began narrowing the net circle to trap the gazelle. She too moved towards the king and stood on her hind legs. She then lifted her forelegs up to her breast, suddenly jumped above the head of the king, and escaped out of the maze. The falcon, the king’s hunting mate, flew high up and traced the fleeing gazelle. She at once swooped down and blinded the gazelle with her talons. The king immediately struck his mace at the blinded gazelle and ended the matter forever.

 

3) What made the king cry out aloud?

Ans: The king set out hunting with the falcon on his fist. After chasing gazelle the king was thirsty and he was searching water and his eye fell on dripping liquid from a tree and he was excited and went to fill it in the cup which was tied in the neck of falcon. He filled the cup and kept in front of falcon but falcon overturned it later king filled and kept again but the falcon overturned it. The king got angry and he kept the cup in front of horse but falcon overturned it again. The king was furious and screamed on the falcon by saying it foolish and unlucky then he took his sword and cut its wings. Falcon was in grief and it indicated him upside of the tree and king saw a viper. The dripping liquid was poison of the snake and king understood he had done mistake and he cried out aloud.

 

4) How did the falcon prove herself a faithful companion of the king?

Ans: The king was pleasure loving person. He had brought up a falcon as his pet. Wherever the king went, the bird went with him, even at night the falcon stayed with him on his fist. The king had a golden cup tied around her neck to provide her drink during hunting. The falcon, the king’s hunting mate, flew high up and traced the fleeing gazelle. She at once swooped down and blinded the gazelle with her talons. The king immediately struck his mace at the blinded gazelle and ended the matter forever. The falcon upset the cup again and again because the falcon knew that the dripping liquid was snake’s poison. The king tried to quench the thirst with that liquid everyone but the falcon understood it was poison and it upset it every time. The king cut off the falcon’s wings when it overturned the cup but the king came to know later that it was poison which was dripping and it had saved his life. The repentant king cried aloud to lose his faithful companion who had saved his life. Thus, the falcon proved herself a faithful companion of the king.

 

 

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