Chapter- 13      Gopal Bhand and Mahagyani 


  1. What is the title of the lesson?
    Answer:     The title of the lesson is Gopal Bhand and Mahagyani.

  2. Who ruled over a part of Bengal?
    Answer:     Raja Krishna Chandra ruled over a part of Bengal.

  3. When did Raja Krishna Chandra rule?
    Answer:     He ruled about two hundred years ago.

  4. Who was the court jester of the king?
    Answer:     Gopal Bhand was the court jester.

  5. Was Gopal Bhand well educated?
    Answer:     No, he had not studied books.

  6. What special quality did Gopal Bhand have?
    Answer:     He was very wise.

  7. Who was Mahagyani Pandit?
    Answer:     He was a very learned man.

  8. Where did Mahagyani Pandit come?
    Answer:     He came to the king’s court.

  9. What languages could Mahagyani Pandit speak?
    Answer:     He could speak all Indian languages fluently.

  10. What subjects did Mahagyani know well?
    Answer:     Philosophy and religion.

  11. How did Mahagyani answer questions?
    Answer:     Very wisely.

  12. How did people feel after talking to Mahagyani?
    Answer:     They were amazed.

  13. What could people not identify about Mahagyani?
    Answer:     His mother tongue.

  14. How did Mahagyani react when asked about his mother tongue?
    Answer:     He smiled arrogantly.

  15. What did Mahagyani say about a truly wise man?
    Answer:     A truly wise man would know his mother tongue easily.

  16. How did Raja Krishna Chandra feel about this?
    Answer:     He was very upset.

  17. What did the king announce?
    Answer:     A reward for anyone who could tell Mahagyani’s mother tongue.

  18. Who tried to identify the mother tongue?
    Answer:     All the scholars.

  19. Were the scholars successful?
    Answer:     No, they were not.

  20. What did the king say to the scholars?
    Answer:     “Shame on you.”

  21. How did the scholars react to the king’s anger?
    Answer:     They were silent.

  22. Who stood up after that?
    Answer:     Gopal Bhand stood up.

  23. How did Gopal Bhand stand up?
    Answer:     Hesitantly.

  24. What did Gopal Bhand ask the king?
    Answer:     He asked for a chance.

  25. What question did the king ask Gopal Bhand?
    Answer:     “How could you tell?”

  26. What was Gopal Bhand’s clever reply?
    Answer:     He said Mahagyani would tell himself.

  27. Did Gopal Bhand say he would speak?
    Answer:     No, he said he would not talk.

  28. When did the next event take place?
    Answer:     The next morning.

  29. Where was the king walking the next morning?
    Answer:     In his garden.

  30. What quality of Gopal Bhand is shown in the story?
    Answer:     Intelligence and cleverness.