Gopal Bhand Can Count Stars

 16. Gopal Bhand Can Count Stars.

Word-meaning 

1. Outwitted - outsmarted

The young man outwitted the king.

2. pacing- walk first in one direction and then in another many times due to worry.

He was pacing in the room.

3. Excute - kill someone as a punishment.

The prisoner was executed.

4. Tangle- twist together in an untidy mass.

The children made a ball by tangling threads.

5. Matted- twisted together in a thick mass.

He put the matted wires into the drawer.

6. Absurd - completely unreasonable

His ideas were completely absurd.

B. 1. a) Gopal Bhand says this to Raja Krishna Chandra.

         b) Raja Krishna Chandra exclaims with sorrow and says that he is in deep trouble and that the Nawab has given him a job and if he doesn't do, it he(the Nawab) will execute him.

        c) On learning the facts, he says that it is very easy for him.

2. 'I have never been so entertainment in my whole life!'

a. who says this to whom?

Ans - Nawab says this to Gopal Bhand.

b. Why does he say this?

Ans- He says this because he got some silly answers for some absurd questions.

c. What effect does the speaker being entertained have on the listener?

Ans- The listener became glad and he too enjoyed finding the answers to his questions.

C. 1. The Nawab finds the books of no use to him because he cannot find the answers to his simple questions in those books.

    2. The problems that were troubling the Nawab are that he wanted to know how much the Earth measures from side to side and top to bottom and how many stars there are in the sky.

   4. In order to find the solution to the Nawab’s problem, Gopal Bhand wants a million rupees in advance.

   6. Gopal Bhand's answers to the Nawab are that the Earth measures as much as all the thread he has put in the baskets, and there are as many stars in the sky as there are stands of hair on the sheep.

   7. To hear Gopal Bhand’s  replies, the Nawab became very happy and said that he had never been so entertained in his whole life, and ordered to give Gopal another  million rupees.