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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below them:Tansen was a famous singer at the court of Akbar. Once Akbar and Tansen went to meet Sant Haridas. Akbar was dressed, not as the Emperor, but as an ordinary man, an humble lover of music. He only wanted to hear Sant Haridas sing.Sant Haridas had been Tansen’s music teacher and he lived the austere life of a hermit. ? When Tansen and the Emperor reached his hut, he was busy with his daily chores. When they asked him to sing, he smiled, but said firmly,? “I am long past the age for singing.” Even S his favourite pupil could not persuade him to change his mind.But Tansen knew how to get around him. ? He offered to sing before his guru and he S deliberately made a mistake. “That is not the right note, Tansen,” cried his teacher, amazed. ? “What has happened to you ?” Tansen purposely made the same mistake again. Exasperated, Sant Haridas took the tanpura from Tansen’s hands and sang the right note. ? Then he went on to the next and the next.His melodious voice flowed across the forest, like the first glimmer of dawn and the fragrance of jasmine. Both Akbar and Tansen listened to him, hypnotised. The Emperor had not known that s music could sound like this! He had certainly s never heard anything like it before.(1) What does this passage tell us about Akbar?(2) How did Tansen cleverly trick his teacher into singing?(3) How was the effect of Haridas’s singing?(4) Write from the passage one word for :(a) very pleasant to listen to and(b) a light that shines weakly. |
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Answer» (1) This passage tells us that Akbar was greatly devoted to good music. He went s to visit Sant Haridas only to hear him sing. He was willing to dress up as an ordinary man in? order to hear a master singing. Such was his s love for music. (2) Tansen offered to sing before his guru and he deliberately made a mistake. The teacher; was amazed that Tansen could not sing the s right note. Tansen purposely made the same l mistake again. Exasperated, Sant Haridas took the tanpura from Tansen’s hands and sang the right note. Then he went on to the next and the next. Thus, did Tansen cleverly trick his s teacher into singing. (3) When Haridas sang, his melodious voice s flowed across the forest, like the first glimmer of dawn and the fragrance of jasmine. Both Akbar ? and Tansen were hypnotised listening to him. (4) |
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