The Story of Ekalavya ( New Oxford Modern English 4 by David Horsburgh and Nicholas Horsburgh)

 Course Book(The Story of Ekalavya)

Answer the following questions.

1. Who was Drona’s father?

Ans: Drona’s father was Bharadwaja.

2. Did Drupada give Drona any work in his kingdom?

Ans: No, Drupada did not give Drona any work in his kingdom.

3. What happened to the ball which the kuru Princes were playing with?

Ans: When Drona was travelling on the road to Hastinapur he met the Kuru princes. Their ball had fallen into an old well and however much they tried they could not get it out.

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4. How did Drona pull the ball out of the well?

Ans: Drona picked some blades of grass from beside the well. Then he held up a blade of grass and threw the grass into the well. Straight as an arrow, The blade of grass flew down the well and struck into the ball. Then drone sent a stream of grass down the well and each blade of grass stuck into the one below it, making a chain. Drona took hold of the grass chain, pulled up the ball and gave it to the princes.

5. Why did Ekalavya throw himself at Drona’s feet?

Ans: One day a young man came out of the forest. His name was Ekalavya and he had lived in the forest all his life. He wanted to become Drona’s pupil and learn the art of archery. He came one morning to Drona’s house and threw himself at the Drona’s feet.

6. How did Ekalavya learn archery?

Ans: Ekalavya was very disappointed when Drona refused him but as he thought of Drona as his teacher, he obeyed him and returned to the forest. There he made a clay image of Drona and prayed to it every day. He practiced day and night. He became so skillful in the art of the bow and arrow that he could shoot in the dark or without seeing the objects he was aiming at, or he could shoot things just by hearing the sound of them.

7. Why were the princes amazed when they saw the dog?

Ans: One day all the kuru princes were out hunting in the forest. One of their huge dogs ran ahead of them and suddenly came out the trees. In the middle of the clearing was the image of drone and the dog started to bark at it .Then, at that time Ekalavya was about a quarter of a mile away, deep in the forest. He heard the sound of the dog barking and pulling seven arrows from his quiver he let fly one after the other, straight at the dog. Each arrow pierced the dog’s mouth, without killing it, and made a pattern of arrows which stopped the dog barking. Seeing this the princes were amazed.

8. What did Ekalavya lay at Drona’s feet?

Ans: Ekalavya thought himself Drona as his own teacher.so when he saw Drona he immediately threw himself at the master’s feet and joined his hands in greeting.

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