Important Question for Chapter 1 A Bottle of Dew Class 6 English
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The funny idea that Rama Natha had was that there existed a magic potion. This potion had the power to convert anything into gold.2
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Madhumati, Rama Natha’s wife, suffered much because of her husband’s funny idea. Her husband spent a lot of money on this idea. She felt that if her husband went on spending money, they would be left with no money.3
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The sage told Rama Natha that he had heard on his Himalayan tours about the magic potion. It was that with a magic potion, one could make much gold.4
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The sage told Rama Natha that he should collect dew and store it in a bottle. When he had five litres of dew he should come to him. The sage would chant some magic words. Then the magic potion would convert the thing into gold.5
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Rama Natha started growing bananas on his land. During winter the banana leaves had dew on them. Then Rama Natha collected dew. He grew these bananas every year to call the dew.6
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The sage took the vessel of dew and smiled. He chanted some magic words and gave them back to Rama Natha.7
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When Rama Natha did what the sage told him to do, nothing happened. The sage asked Madhumati to open the box. It had stacks of gold inside.8
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The sage told Rama Natha that no potion could turn things into gold. Rama Natha and his wife worked very hard in their fields. Madhumati also worked hard to sell bananas in the market. Thus they worked hard which earned them a lot of money.9
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The moral of the story is crystal clear. There is no such potion that could convert things into gold. It is simply the hard work. If one worked hard one could earn lots of money.10
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow choosing the best option from among the given ones.
1. This was because he had a funny idea – he believed there was a magic potion that could turn any object into gold. He spent all his time to learn more about this potion. People cheated him often, promising to tell him about it, but he did not give up. His wife, Madhumati, was tired of this and also worried because she saw how much money Rama Natha was spending. She was sure that soon they would be without money.
Q1.On what did Rama Natha spend time?
(a) On the magic potion
(b) Planting bananas in the field
(c) In talking to people about the magic potion
(d) He spent time to know more about the magic potion
Q2.Madhumati worried on
(a) Rama Natha’s funny idea
(b) Rama Natha’s not giving up his idea
(c) Rama Natha’s meeting the people
(d) Cheating Rama Natha
Q3. Rama Natha’s not giving up caused
(a) Madhumati’s worries
(b) Wastage of time
(c) Financial loss
(d) All of the above
Q4. As per Rama Natha, What could Magic Potion do?
(a) Could make people healthy
(b) Could change water in soil
(c) Could convert any object into Gold
(d) Can change soil into silver
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1. (d) He spent time to know more about the magic potion2. (b) Rama Natha’s not giving up his idea
3. (d) All of the above
4. (c) Could convert any object into Gold
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Q1. When did Rama Natha collect dew?
(a) In September
(b) January
(c) Winter
(d) Magic potion
Q2. Where did Rama Natha take the dew bottle?
(a) to the fields
(b) to the market
(c) to the sage
(d) home
Q3. Where did Madhumati take the crop and what for?
(a) market for selling
(b) shops to deliver bananas
(c) fields
(d) coconut for selling
Q4. How much did Rama Natha collect the dew?
(a) two litres
(b) ten litres
(c) five litres
(d) seven litres
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1. (c) Winter2. (c) to the sage
3. (a) market for selling
4. (c) five litres
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Q1.What for did Rama Natha take the bottle to the sage?
(a) to obtain gold
(b) as a mark of respect
(c) to convert it into a magic potion
(d) for converting into the gold
Q2.What did the sage do to the bottle?
(a) throw water on the vessel
(b) broke the bottle
(c) transformed the water into gold
(d) muttered a few words over the water
Q3. What surprise did Rama Natha get?
(a) not finding gold as he expected
(b) that the water had turned into gold
(c) magic would surely act
(d) All of the above
Q4. How did Rama Natha react to seeing no gold?
(a) He felt shocked.
(b) He felt cheated.
(c) He got sad and shocked.
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1. (c) to convert it into a magic potion2. (a) muttered a few words over the water
3. (a) not finding gold as he expected
4. (d) All of the above
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4. Now the sage turned to the very surprised Rama Natha and said, “There is no magic potion that can turn things into gold. You worked hard on your land and created this plantation. While you looked after the trees, your wife sold the fruits in the market. That’s how you got this money. It was your hard work that created this wealth, not magic. If I had told you about this earlier, you would have not listened to me, so I have played a trick on you.”
Q1. What had made Rama Natha surprised?
(a) not getting gold
(b) nothing happening
(c) not seeing the effect of magic on the vessel
(d) All of the above
Q2. What did Rama Natha do to the fields?
(a) He tended them.
(b) sowed bananas
(c) watered the plantation
(d) All of the above
Q3. What did the hard work benefit Rama Natha?
(a) Lots of bananas
(b) Rama Natha and his wife had plenty of money.
(c) Rama Natha’s fields had gold.
(d) Rama Natha and his wife were sad.
Q4. How did the sage awaken wisdom in Rama Natha?
(a) by hard work
(b) through a trick
(c) in telling the truth
(d) none of the above
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1. (d) All of the above2. (d) All of the above
3. (b) Rama Natha and his wife had plenty of money
4. (b) through a trick