Shopping

While Najma and Ajmal were having their breakfast. Mother asked them to be ready to go with her for shopping. Children were surprised to hear this, because they had never been to the market before. The Mother explained them that in the past all the

purchases were made by their father. Now he was away from home and they had run short of groceries and other provisions. So she wants to make all purchases.They went to market in a taxi. They first visited muttonmarket. The mother explained the difference between beef and mutton. She told them that beef was the flesh of cows and calves while mutton was the flesh of goats and sheep. She bought one kilo of leg and one kilo of minced meat there. After it they went to fruit and vegetable market and bought a kilo of tomatoes, five kilos of onions, two kilos of potatoes, one kilo each of cabbage, cauliflower, turnips, green peas and two kilos of spinach and five kilos of carrots. After buying vegetables they bought bananas and apples. After it came the turn of spices and groceries. They bought one kilo of salt, a quarter of red chillies, a quarter of black pepper and other spices. They bought two carrots of soap flakes, three bars ofwashing soap, four cakes of toilet soap, a kilo bag of porridge, a jar of honey, one bottle each of tomato sauce and vinegar and two packets of biscuits. At the end they bought one kilo of dressed chicken and two dozens of eggs and returned home. Children enjoyed the shopping very much.

Question and Answers

Q.1 Why did mother ask Najma and Ajmal to go with her for shopping?
Ans. Mother asked Najma and Ajmal to go with her for shopping because their father was on tour and they also have run out of groceries and provisions.

Q.2 How much fare did the taxi driver demand?
Ans. The taxi driver demanded twenty rupees for the market.

Q.3 What did mother tell the taxi-driver?
Ans. The mother told the taxi driver that I would pay you fifteen rupees or you drive us to the traffic sentry there.

Q.4 Where did mother and children go first for shopping?
Ans. Mother and children went to the mutton market first.

Q.5 What is the difference between beef and mutton?
Ans. Beef and mutton both are meat. The beef is the meat of cows, calves and buffaloes. While mutton is the meat of goats and sheep.

Q.6 What did mother buy at the butcher’s shop?
Ans. Mother bought one kilo of leg and one kilo minced meat at the butchers shop.

Q.7 Where did mother go after making purchases at the butcher?
Ans. After making purchases at the butcher’s mother headed towards the vegetables and fruit market.

Q.8 How did the mother buy bananas and apples?
Ans. Mother bought ten bananas at a rate of fifteen rupees and one kg apples at a cost of twenty rupees.

Q.9 What did mother buy last of all?
Ans. After making all purchases mother went to a poultry shop. She bought eggs and one kilo of dressed chicken at a rate of twenty and ninety rupees respectively.

Q.10 How far is the market from the house of Najma and Ajmal?
Ans. The market was not so far from the house of Najma and Ajmal. It was about a distance of one thousands metres.

Q.11 What did mother ask the children to do when they reached back home?
Ans. Mother told Ajmal to polish your own and Najma’s shoes and told Najma to iron the clothes.

Q.12 When do we use Metre, Kilometre, Kilo and Litre?
Ans. These are all measuring units of different quantities. Metre is used for measuring Length, Kilometre for distance, Kilo for weights and Litre to measure liquids except with those of high viscosity.

Q.13 Give the reason why polythene bags are not being used all over the world? or What is / are the harmful effects of polythene bags?
Ans. Polythene bags are not being used all over the world because they are major source of water pollution. They lock the severage pipes and when the drains are chocked, the dirty water spills all over. There is no suitable way of disposing these bags.

Q.14 Why were Najma and Ajmal excited?
Ans. Najma and Ajmal were excited because the first time they were going for shopping. The idea of learning new and interesting things was making them excited

Speak Gently

Poet advises us to use kind words. He thinks that obedience secured by love is better than that which is result of fear. He further says that one should win hearts of others by sweet and kind words. King words cost nothing but lead to good results. We should treat little ones kindly. Again we should treat senior citizens kindly because they may leave us soon. Kind, words though they seem insignificant have a great effect on the heart of others. The reward of this will be gained during the life after death in the next world.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What is the message of the poem “Speak Gently”?
Ans. The message of the poem is that “we should speak gently to everyone because we can win the heart of the people by speaking gently and politely”.

Q.2 What is the result of adopting harsh attitude?
Ans. To speak harshly is a kind of ethical and social sin which can devastate our good deeds we should produce mildness in our character. This is the only way through which we can provide security to our good deeds which we have done in this mortal world.

Q.3 Why should we speak gently to the aged one?
Ans. We should speak gently to the aged one because their days are numbered. We should take care of them a lot.

Q.4 Why should we speak gently to the little children?
Ans. We should speak gently to the little children because they are like the blooming flowers. We can win their hearts by speaking in soft and mild accent.

A Village Fair

Bilal lived in a city and during the summer vacation he decided to go some where, because he got tired of the city life. He decided to pay a visit to his cousin Zubair in the village. It was just by the chance that when Bilal reached the village annual fair was being held in the village. The village was decorated with buntings and colourful flags. He found many shops there, where many people were making shopping. There were so many events there, every one was enjoying the event according to his taste and age.Children were gathered around merry – go – rounds and swings. There was a drum competition also. They also saw a dog and bear fight. They saw a monkey show. A clever monkey was copying an angryhusband it also played many other tricks to amuse the people.

The conjurers, jugglers and rope dancers showed their interesting tricks and people were delighted to see such tricks. Bilal then saw horse races, dog races, tent pegging and such other sports.

There were many other things to see but both friends felt tired and turned home ward.

Question and Answers

Q.1 Why was the village decorated?
Ans. The village was beautifully decorated with colourful buntings and flags because the annual fair was on full swing.

Q.2 Why was it the best time to visit the village?
Ans. It was the best time to visit the village because the villagers were celebrating annual fair which is held only once in year. Bilal luckily experienced the amazing sights of this fair.

Q.3 How did the juggler entertain the people?
Ans. The juggler entertained the people by juggling with seven balls at a time without dropping any of them. It was a great game of practice and skill.

Q.4 How did the conjurer perform his tricks?
Ans. Conjurer took Bilal’s handkerchief and tore it into pieces. When he returned to him Bilal was astonished to see it undamaged.

Q.5 What is tent-pegging?
Ans. Tent -Pegging is another popular sport. Wooden pegs are fixed in the ground. The riders had to pull them out with the help of lances as they rode.

Q.6 What made the dogs run in the dog race?
Ans. Dog race is a kind of fascinating entertainment for the villagers in which the skill of hound dongs is examined. In the fair, a rabbit was brought in the field and was let loose inform of the dogs, which made the dogs run.

Q.7 What was the special announcement?
Ans. Horse race was the special announcement. It attracted the attentions of the people a lot that’s why the people rushed to get a place in front.

Q.8 What kinds of shops had been setup for the fair?
Ans. Mostly the temporary shops had been set up for the fair. All kinds of goods from handkerchiefs to farming tools were available in these shops.

Q.9 What was the use of these shops for the villagers?
Ans. These shops are very useful for the villagers because they do their shopping to these shops. It is a good time for the sellers to avail business opportunity.

Q.10 What were the different entertainments in the fair for the children?
Ans. There were different entertainments for the children in the fair. These entertainments include swings, the monkey man show and the show performed by the circus people. Children enjoyed it a lot.

Beautiful Hands

Poetess praises the hands of the mother for their spiritual beauty. She says that although these hands are neither good looking nor small and one can think that they were beautiful ones. She has seen these hands they were the imagination of an artists. For her they are still attractive. Further she says for the pleasure of children these hands worked very hard instead of sorrows and worries. Poetess is sad for these hands because they are growing weak with the pace of time. The marks of pain and old age are on fore head, heart and hand. She feels that her death is fast approaching and one day these hands would be buried under the daisies. But she is hopeful that beyond this world of sorrows and sins lies beautifuland eternal world and her mother’s hands would be victorious there and after death she would get anopportunity of holding her mothers hands.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What words or phrases tell us that they are not pretty in the physical sense?
Ans. The words “ages and wrinkled” tell us that the hands are not beautiful in their physical appearance. It means that these hands are old and full of wrinkles. They are neither fair not small but rough and big.

Q.2 Why does the poetess praise the hands in the second stanza?
Ans. The poetess praises the hands in the second stanza because these hands carelessly worked hard inspite of exhaustion and utter fatigue in order to provide happiness of her children. The poetess is showing repentance because when she was young, she could’ve helped her mother in doing chars of daily life but she did not.

Q.3 In the third stanza, what does “These hands must folded be” mean?
Ans. The words, “These hands must folded be” mean that the death time of the poetess mother was near to come. The poetess is showing her grief because soon her mother would be under the layers of wild flowers in a folding manner.

Q.4 Who does the poetess praise in this poem?
Ans. In this poem, the poetess pays a high tribute to her mother’s hands for their spiritual beauty. She further defined these hands that they worked restlessly in spite of facing tribulations of life, so that her family might enjoys a happy life.

Q.5 Why does the poetess praise her mother’s hand in this poem?
Ans. The poetess praises her mother’s hand in this poem because these hands worked very hard to bring her up .These hands rested not  in order to provide comfort and happiness to her.

A Nation’s Strength

In this poem the poet tells about the secret of a nation’s greatness. He says that greatness of nation does not depend upon heaps of wealth or gold. He says that real strength of a nation lives in the men of character. These men up hold the cause of honour and truth, they remain united and face hardships for longperiod of time. Such men are brave, truthful, stead fast, self respecting and hard working. They do not care about their personal loss. They sacrifice their personal interest in the larger interest of their nation. They work while others enjoy a sound sleep. They bear every trial with courage. They dare and remain stead fast while others run away. They lay the foundation of a nation very deep. Then they take nation to the highest point of glory.

Q. Who wrote the poem “A Nation’s Strength”
A. The poem “A Nation’s Strength” has been written by “Ralph Waldo Emerson”.

Q. What do you know about the poet?
A. The poet was an American poet, essayist and philosopher. He believed that one should take the fullest advantage of the situation.

Q. What kind of people can lift the nation to the sky?
A. The poet believes that brave, courageous, sincere and honest persons can lift the nation to the sky.

Dignity of Work

One day Akhtar came late from the school and he was in angry mood. When mother inquired of him, he did not answer. At the lunch time his uncle Mr. Inayat came to visit them. At the enquiry of his uncle he explained that, social work week was being observed in his school and his teacher asked him to do inferior work. Mr. Inayat asked him whether their teacher did any work. He told him that his class teacher swept the class room and Head Master cleaned the bath room. Mr. Inayat told him that when his teacher had not felt insulted by doing inferior work, he should not have any cause for grumbling. Then he gave the example of the Holy Prophet (peace by upon him) who felt pride in doing work with his own blessed hands. He further told him that his companion were also like him. Hazrat Abu Bakar worked for widows and old neighbour. Hazrat Omar and Hazrat Ali did labour work. Hazrat Fatima did house hold work with own hands. Caliph Omar bin Abdul Aziz refused to hire a servant to help his wife.

Sultan Nasir-uddin earned his living by making caps and Emperor Aurangzeb by transcribing Holy Quran.

Their uncle also told them that in China and America people do not feel shame in doing inferior work. Even high officials do so.

After hearing such things Akhtar also realized his mistake and promised that he would not feel shame in doing work with own hands.

Question and Answers

Q.1 Why did Akhter not answer his mother?
Ans. Akhter did not answer his mother because he was came late from school and feeling cross and angry.

Q.2 What did Mr. Inayat tell the children?
Ans. Mr. Inayat usually used to tell interesting stories of different parts of the world. But on that particular day, he told the children about the importance of dignity of work.

Q.3 What reason did Akhter give his uncle for being cross?
Ans. Akhter told his uncle that he was made work like servant in the school.

Q.4 What did the teacher do himself?
Ans. The teacher swept the room and emptied the dustbin while the head master cleaned the bathroom.

Q.5 What did the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) love?
Ans. Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) loved doing work for himself and for others with his own hands. He used to mend His shoes, washes clothes and swept the room. He proudly joined his companions in digging ditch during the  Battle of Khandaq

Q.6 Were the companions of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) like Him?
Ans. Yes, the companions of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) like him. They were the complete sketch of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) personality and loved doing work with their hands.

Q.7 What did Hazrat Abu Bakr do?
Ans. Hazrat Abu Bakr was the founder of Caliphatehood. Hazrat Abu Bakr not only did his own work but also fetched water for widows and neighbours who was very old and had no one to work for them.

 Q.8 What did Hazrat Fatima do?
Ans. Hazrat Fatima was the dearest daughter of Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H). She fetched water, ground corn and swept the house.

Q.9 How did Sultan Nasir uddin earned his living?
Ans. Sultan Nasir-uddin was a very pious Emperor of Muslims. He earned his living by making caps.

Q.10 What does everyone do in China?
Ans. People at China believe that all ought to work. Everyone has to spend sometime each year working in the fields or in a factory. Even the Prime Minister and his wife do so.  They believed that all out of work and, no wonder, they are making such quick progress.

From a Railway Carriage

In this poem poet shares his experience of his first railway journey. He has been amazed by the speed of the train. He says that speed of train is faster then the speed of fairies and witches. It runs so fast that the bridges, houses, rows of thorny plants and ditches pass by in a moment.

It goes forward as quickly as army soldiers attack the enemy in the battle field. The train runs through common grassy lands where horses and cattle are grazing. All the sights pass as quickly as drop of train follows another drop. Many colourful buildings of stations appear and disappear in a glance due to the speed of train.

Poet sees a child climbing up steepy ground. He moves with difficulty and gathers black barries. He also sees a homeless person looking at the train with amazement. He sees some ladies making garlands of daisies in a common grassy village land. In the middle of road there was cart with load. Due to heavy load it was moving awkwardly. The cart man was sitting on the load. He also sees a river and a floor mill. All these scenes appeared and disappeared in a very short moment.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What does the poet see from a railway carriage?
Ans. He sees the beauty of the area. He also sees bridges, houses, ditches, meadows, horses, hills and  a boy who is collecting services hardly and a homeless person who is doing nothing but to stare the train and a man who is lifting the overloaded cart.

Q.2 What pleasures does the railway journey give to the poet?
Ans. The railway journey gives an immeasurable pleasure to the poet. Natural beauty provides him an everlasting joy which includes the sights of meadows, daisies, mill, river, hill plain etc. He is pleased because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.

Q.3 who is tramp and what was he doing?

Ans. A person who goes from one place to another place without any aim.  He was gathering brambles and watching the train passed by.

King Faisal

Shah Faisal of Saudi Arabia was born in 1907. He received religious education from his maternal grand father Shaikh Abdullah bin Abdul Latif. He had qualities of heart and head. He started his career as governor of HIjaz. Then he was appointed foreign Minister and Prime Minister. When his elder brother falls seriously ill he was chosen as king by the Council in 1964. He liked his people and ruled the country in very successful manner. He increased the produce of petroleum for development of his country. He established various factories in his country. He opened schools and hospitals. He brought vast area of desert under cultivation.

As he was true Muslim, so his strong desire was to unite Muslims of the world. He tried his best to achieve that goal. He was against the state of Israel and helped the Arab countries in their war against Israel.

King Faisal was sincere friend of Pakistan. He always helped Pakistan in difficult times.

He was killed by his nephew on 25 March 1975. His death was mourned by the entire Muslim world.

Question and Answers

Q.1 When was King Faisal born?
Ans. The Late King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was born in 1907. He was the second son of King Abdul Aziz Ibn Sa’ud.

Q.2 From whom did he receive his religious education?
Ans. He received his religious education from his maternal grand father Sheikh Abdullah Bin Latif.

Q.3 When was Faisal made the King?
Ans. Faisal was made King after the illness of his elder brother King Saud in 1964. He was chosen by the council of Ministers because of his wisdom and intelligence.

Q.4 How did Faisal rule Saudi Arabia?
Ans. Faisal ruled his county wisely and justly. Being an able ruler he possessed great qualities of Leadership. Saudi Arabia made great progress under his rule.

Q.5 How did he developed his country?
Ans. Faisal took all necessary steps to develop his country. He spent a lot of money to promote education. He opened many schools and universities where students were not only given free education but also awarded stipends to meet other need. He also spread a wide network of hospitals and dispensaries. New factories and mills were made great progress.

 Q.6 What were the feelings of King Faisal about Pakistan?

Ans. King Faisal was a sincere friend and well-wisher of the people of Pakistan. He gave generous help to this country on several occasions. He was an equal partner with Pakistan in holding the Islamic summit conference at Lahore in 1974.

 Q.7 Why was King Faisal against the State of Israel?
Ans. King Faisal was against the state of Israel, because of its enmity towards the Arabs. He made every possible effort to get back the Arab territories under the illegal occupation on Israel. In fact, he was a rare of the aggressive designs of European block, that why he condemned the illegal occupation of Israel.

Q.8 What did Faisal do for the Arabs in their war against Israel?
Ans. Faisal made every possible effort to get back the Arab territories and provided full financial support to Arabs. He never recognized the state of Israel and did not establish any kind of relation with it at any level. He was the one who introduce the Arabs as a community.

Q.9 When was King Faisal killed?
Ans. King Faisal was killed by a wicked nephew of his on 25th March, 1975.

Q.10 How did the Muslims feel over his death?
Ans. The Muslims of all over the world felt deep grieved over his death specially Pakistani people. There was not a single house in Pakistan which did not mourn his death, as if an elder of the family had passed away.

A Visit

Mr. Ahmed was a school teacher. His class was fond of going on picnic. Mr. Ahmed’s class felt very happy, when their Head Master granted them permission to visit any important place in school bus for one day.

Mr. Ahmed arranged the picnic to an agriculture Farm. Mr. Hassan the Manager of the Farm welcomed the boys at the gate and showed them around.

The boys were very much surprised to see such big Farm. It was wheat harvesting season and a big machine was working there. It was cutting the crop and making bundles of it. Thresher was separating grains from the chaff. The boys learnt from Mr. Hassan that ploughing, seeding, threshing and other such works are done by machines on the farm. By adopting that method of farming they get much produce in comparison to an ordinary farm. Beside the use of machines they use chemical fertilizer and provide tube well water to lands whole the year. They spray insecticides in order to protect the crop from harmful insects and diseases. He told them that they grow wheat, maize cotton, sugar can, grams, vegetables, oranges and mangoes. On vegetable farm boys were surprised to see growing there such vegetable which were out of season. They were informed that farm management intends to add dairy to it. They would be invited when dairy started working. Boys were of the view that visit was very informative for them.

Question and Answers

Q.1 Why were Mr. Ahmed’s pupil excited?
Ans. Mr. Ahmed’s pupils were excited because they were allowed a day off  to visit a Model Agricultural Farm.

Q.2 What surprised the boys when they reached the model farm?
Ans. When the boys reached the farm, they were surprised to see such a vast area of farm. They were also astonished to see mechanized farm.

Q.3 What is the name of the machine working in the wheat field?
Ans. “Combine” is the name of the machine working in the wheat field. Its function is to harvest the crop and tied it into sheaves.

Q.4 What does a thresher do?
Ans. A Thresher separates the grain from chaff. From one side of the machine, a golden rain of sweet smelling machine comes out while from other end the chaff comes out.

Q.5 How are ploughing, seeding and harvesting done on the model farm?
Ans. Ploughing, seeding and harvesting done on the model farm through machinery.

Q.6 How much work can one man do on the machine?
Ans. Machines have made the work easy for the farmer. A machine can perform the work of hundred men at the same time.

Q.7 What is an average produce from and ordinary farm?
Ans. The average produce of an ordinary farm is 15 to 20 quintals of wheat  for every hectare.

Q8 What is the produce per hectare on the model farm?

Ans. The average produce of model farm is 60 to 70 quintals of wheat  for every hectare.

Q.9 Why is there is difference in the output of the two?
Ans. There is a difference in the output of the two due to machinery. They use chemical fertilizers, seeds of good qualities, plentiful supply of water and spray insecticides  and machinery to enrich the soil while old method of farming are still used in the ordinary farm.

 Q.10 What do they do to kill germs and insects?
Ans. They spray pesticides and insecticides for the prevention of germs and insects. This process includes washing of tree trunks with lime water and removal of wild grass and weeds.

Q.11 What do they grow on the model farm?
Ans. They grow wheat, maize, cotton and sugarcane. Moreover, they also grow vegetables and they also have a large orchard, where they grow mangoes and oranges.

Q.12 Why were the boys surprised on the vegetable farm?
Ans. The boys were surprised on the vegetable farm to see the vegetable growing out of the season.

Little Things

This short poem shows the sensitive approach of the poetess to the little things. The poetess invites our attention to the importance of little things. She says that little drops of water make mighty oceans. Very vast and beautiful lands are made of little grains of sand. Similarly very short moments of time make endless ages. We should treat others with kindness and love. We should speak with others gently because our little words of love and little acts of sympathy and kindness can make our world the garden of paradise.

Question and Answers

Q.1 Write five lines about a little out of kindness done by you, and the result of it?
Ans. Once a poor woman came to my house. She asked us about some money because her only son was in the hospital and she needed the money to buy medicines for him. My mother did not believe on her story but I offered my whole collection of the year which was about 800 to 900 rupees. In return, the woman gave me so much prays that I felt very happy on my act.

Professions

(A) Teaching: Teaching is a noble profession. Teacher is the one who knows how to read God’s words, written in Holy book, or on human hearts or in nature.

The teacher must possess many important qualities. The first and most important quality of a teacher is that he must love and appreciate his profession. He must prefer the welfare of taught to his own. Another quality of a teacher is that he must have thirst for knowledge. He must be prepared to learn from each and every one, even younger and less gifted. A very important quality of a teacher is that he not only tries to know what is true, good and beautiful, but also seeks to incorporate them in life. He must practise what he preaches.

(B) Fishing: Fishing is an important occupation. Millions of people are engaged in this profession. The fisherman catches fish from the deep waters. They remain at the sea for days and weeks come back with large quantity of fish.

There are two modes of fishing, Inland or fresh water fishing and sea or marine fishing. Fresh water fish are caught from rivers, streams, canals, lakes and ponds. Fresh water fish is small but more tasty Marine fishing in Pakistan is done in Arabian Sea.

The Government of Pakistan is paying more attention to fishing industry. Loans are given to fisherman to buy bigger and better boats and nets of good quality. Weather stations have been built along the coast to inform the fishing boats of storms.

We get several by from fish, such as glue, manure and liver oil.

Questions and Answers

Q.1 What does “Akhund” mean?
Ans. “Akhund” is a Sindhi word derived from a Persian word “Khandan” which means “to read”. It is the best word to express the teacher dignity and status.

Q.2 How does a teacher fulfill, God’s command?
Ans. The teacher fulfills God’s command by acting upon the first revelation i.e. “to read” (IQRA). Teacher observes God’s Law by reading from the human heart, the nature and the Holy book.

Q.3 What are the qualities of a teacher?
Ans. Teacher possesses some personal and professionals qualities.

1. He/she loves and appreciates his /her profession.

2. He/she prefers the welfare and the progress of the students.

3. He/she always remembers the students.

4. He/she is thirst of knowledge.

5. He/she is ready to learn from everyone.

 Q.4 Why is fish important for us?
Ans. Fish is an important source of our food and several by-products are obtained from fish i.e. glue, manure, liver oil and many of the people earn their bread by catching fish .Moreover many of the people earn their living by catching fishes.

Q.5 What are the different modes of fishing?
Ans. There are two different modes of fishing.

1. Fresh water fishing :-

Freshwater fishing is done in rivers, Lakes, streams, ponds etc

2. Sea or marine fishing:-

Marine fishing is done in oceans, sea, coastal areas etc.

Q.6 Why do people like fresh water fish?
Ans. People like fresh water fish because it is usually small but more tasty. They are of very small size and easier to catch rather than marine fishing. It is usually caught from rivers, lakes, ponds, canals etc.

Q.7 Where is marine fishing done in Pakistan?
Ans. In Pakistan, marine fishing is done in the Arabian sea along the coast. The hazards of marine fishing include prolong stay of the fisherman in deep sea. The other danger is sudden change of weather, which can result in the loss of many lives.

Q.7 What are the dangers of marine fishing?
Ans. Sometimes, the weather turns rough without any warning. At that time these boats are at the mercy of the storm against which they are quite helpless.

The Wise Caliph

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed was a wise Muslim king of Baghdad. One day when he was holding court, Qazi of the city brought a disputed case before him. In fact two persons claimed the same horse. One of them was a beggar while other was a rich man. Qazi was unable to decide the case, so he brought it before the caliph for decision.

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed asked the rich man for presenting facts. The rich man told him that, while he was riding to the city on the horse, the lame fellow made a request to him for lift up to the city gate. When they reached the city gate, the beggar refused to get down and claimed that horse was his.

Then the beggar told his story. He said that, as he was riding his horse to the city that morning, the rich man tried to borrow his horse. As he was stranger for him, so he could not lend him his horse, but gave him ride up to the city gate. On reaching the city gate rich man refused to get down and claimed that horse was his.

Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed asked both of them to touch the horse, one by one. At first the beggar touched the horse. On his touch it winced, the horse expressed its pleasure by neighing when the rich man touches it. The caliph gave his decision that horse belonged to rich man.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What was caliph Haroon-ur-Rashid known and respected for?
Ans. Caliph Haroon-ur-Rashid was known and respected for his wisdom and justice. He used to disguise himself in a common man to know the problems and difficulties of the people.

Q.2 Why did he go through the streets of Baghdad?
Ans. He went through the streets of Baghdad in order to gain first-hand knowledge of people’s difficulties and problems. He believed that by adopting the common life style, he could experience the problems in true sense.

Q.3 What did the Qazi say to the Caliph?
Ans. Qazi approached to the Caliph saluted him and presented a puzzled case, which the Qazi could not settled. He told him that two men were fighting over the horse and claiming the ownership of it.

Q.4 What was the dispute between the rich man and beggar?
Ans. Horse was the dispute between the rich man and the beggar. Both of them were claiming the ownership of horse cum accusing each other of robbery.

Q.5 What did the rich man tell the Caliph?
Ans. The rich man told the Caliph that he was riding towards the city. On this way he saw a beggar, who asked for a ride up to city gate. Afterwards the beggar refused to get down from the horse and claimed that the horse was belonged to him.

Q.6 What did the beggar tell the Caliph?
Ans.The beggar told the Caliph that he had spent all his money on the horse. That morning the beggar was riding to the city and saw the rich man walking along the road. He asked for a lift because he was in hurry. I gave him a lift but afterwards he refused to dismount by claiming that the horse belonged to him.

Q.7 Why did the beggar refuse to get down the horse?
Ans.  The beggar refused to get down the horse because he wanted to rob the rich man of his horse.

Q.8 What did the horse do when the beggar touched it?
Ans. When the beggar touched the horse it winced as if it did not like the touch of his hand..

Q.9 What did the horse do when the rich man touched it?
Ans. When the rich man touched the horse it neighed and snorted with pleasure.

Q.10 What did the Caliph say to the beggar?
Ans. The Caliph said the beggar that he was a lair and wicked man.  He tried to rob an honest and respectable citizen. He deserved severe punishment, but I shall be merciful and forgive you this time, if he beg forgiveness of this gentle man

The Voice of God

Poet wanted to make conversation with God. In this regard he went up the tower of church. When reached at the top most of the tower he was directed by God to go back to the earth. If he wanted to find him, he should search him among the people because He (God) lives among the human being.

Question answer

Q1. Who wrote the poem “The Voice of God” and what do you know about the writer?

A. Louis I. Neuman wrote the poem“The Voice of God” . He was an American Poet. He was a religious man and this poem also shows his religious bend of mind.

Q2. Why did the poet climb the steeple?

A. The poet climbed the steeple to hear the voice of God. He thought that God lives only in the sky While He is omnipresent.

Q3. Why did God tell him to go down again?

A. God told him to go down again because He does not live only in the sky. He is every where, We may find Him by serving the suffering humanity and by removing their difficulties in the time of distress.