Gujarat Board | Class 10Th | English (Blackbuck-Supplementary Reader) | Model Question Paper & Solution | Chapter – 10 The Ultimate Companion

1. When they came to the mountain Meru, all of them were tired and exhausted. And then, a dreadful thing happened. Draupadi fell down dead. The Pandavas were shocked but they could do nothing. They had to continue their journey. Sahadeva was the next to fall. “He was proud of his wisdom. That is why he had to die,” said Yudhishthira. Nakula died next. Yudhishthira told Bheema, “Nakula died because he was proud of his beauty.’ Then came Arjuna’s turn. Yudhishthira remarked, “Arjuna had said that he could kill the enemies all by himself. He had insulted all the great heroes by that remark. That is why he had to die.”

(1) When the Pandavas reached the mountain Meru, they were ……

(2) Who was the first to die?

(3) Why did Sahadeva die?

(4)Why did Nakula die?

(5) Why did Arjuna die?

(6) What had Arjuna said?

(1) When the Pandavas reached the mountain Meru, they were tired and exhausted.

(2) Draupadi was the first to die.

(3) Sahadeva died because he was proud of his wisdom.

(4) Nakula died because he was proud of his beauty.

(5) Arjuna died because he had insulted all the great heroes.

(6) Arjuna had said that he could kill the enemies all by himself.

2. Yudhishthira continued to climb up the mountain-path. When he was at the end of his journey, he saw a strange light all around him. He recognized Indra, the king of the gods, coming towards him in his chariot. When he came close, Indra stepped down from the chariot and said, “Get into the chariot, Yudhishthira. I have come here to take you to heaven.” But Yudhishthira refused to do so because he did not want to go to heaven without his brothers and Draupadi. He, therefore said, “If they all do not come with me, I will not go with you.”

When Indra heard this, he smiled and said, “My dear Yudhishthira, why do you worry about them? They are already in heaven. You alone will be allowed to enter heaven with your living body. Please get into the chariot.”

(1) What happened at the end of the journey?

(2) Who was in the chariot ?

(3) Why had Indra come to Yudhishthira ?

(4) Why did Yudhishthira refuse to go with Indra?

(5) What did Yudhishthira tell Indra?

(6) Why did Indra tell Yudhishthira not to worry about his brothers and Draupadi?

(7) Yudhishthira alone would be allowed ….

(1) At the end of the journey, Yudhishthira saw a strange light all around him.

(2) Indra, the king of gods, was in the chariot.

(3) Indra had come to Yudhishthira to take him to heaven.

(4) Yudhishthira refused to go with Indra because he did not want to go to heaven without his brothers and Draupadi.

(5) Yudhishthira told Indra that if his brothers and Draupadi did not go with him, he would not go with him (Indra).

(6) Indra told Yudhishthira not to worry about his brothers and Draupadi because they were already in heaven.

(7) Yudhishthira alone would be allowed to enter heaven with his living body.

3. Then suddenly, Yudhishthira turned to Indra and said, “Please let me take this dog into the chariot. It has been with me ever since I left Hastinapur. I would not like to go to heaven without him.” Indra laughed at his love for dog. He said, “How can a dog enter the heaven? Leave it alone and come with me.” Yudhishthira, however, remained unmoved. He shook his head and said, “My Lord, I cannot do that. This dog has shared all my troubles so far. He has been faithful to me. I cannot leave him behind. If I do so, all the good I have done so far will be destroyed.”

As soon as Yudhishthira uttered these words, a strange thing happened. The dog standing beside Yudhishthira took the shape of his father, Dharma. He addressed Yudhishthira, “My son, I am proud of you. You have always observed ‘dharma’ in your life. Even today you’ve observed it. It was a kind of a test and you have been successful. Go with Indra to the heaven. You deserve it.”

(1) Why did Yudhishthira want to take the dog to heaven?

(2) What did Indra tell Yudhishthira?

(3) Why could Yudhishthira not leave the dog behind?

(4) If Yudhishthira left the dog behind, ……

(5) What was the strange thing that happened?

(6) What did Dharma tell Yudhishthira?

(1) Yudhishthira wanted to take the dog to heaven because it had been with him ever since he left Hastinapur.

(2) Indra told Yudhishthira to leave the dog and go with him because a dog could not enter heaven.

(3) Yudhishthira could not leave the dog behind because it had shared all his troubles and had been faithful to him.

(4) If Yudhishthira left the dog behind, all the good that he had done would be destroyed.

(5) The strange thing that happened was the dog took the shape of Dharma, Yudhishthira’s father.

(6) Dharma told Yudhishthira that he was proud of him because he had always observed dharma.

A. cheap

B. precious

C. deserve

D. prize

Ans. C. deserve

A. trip

B. picnic

C. outing

D. walk

Ans. A. trip

A. welcome

B. goodbye

C. wish well

D. think well

Ans. B. goodbye

A. very scared

B. very angry

C. very tired

D. very fresh

Ans. C. very tired

A. dangerous

A. normal

C. chase

D. follow

Ans. D. follow

A. be bad

B. be good

C. be unworthy of

D. be worthy of

Ans. D. be worthy of