Read the following text carefully.Alexander: The battle of Jhelum will

1.	Read the following text carefully.Alexander: The battle of Jhelum will go clown in the history of our country.First general: It’ll go down in the history of India, too. Second general: It’ll go down in the history of the world. Third general: I’ve never fought such a battle before. Fourth general: I haven’t either. Until the last moment, I couldn’t believe that we would be able to defeat the army of Puru. Alexander: Yes, it has been a great battle perhaps the greatest of my life. I must say every Indian soldier fought like a tiger. First general: They fought like devils,Read the following text carefully. Alexander: The battle of Jhelum will go clown in the history of our country. First general: It’ll go down in the history of India, too. Second general: It’ll go down in the history of the world. Third general: I’ve never fought such a battle before. Fourth general: I haven’t either. Until the last moment, I couldn’t believe that we would be able to defeat the army of Puru. Alexander: Yes, it has been a great battle perhaps the greatest of my life. I must say every Indian soldier fought like a tiger. First general: They fought like devils, Your Majesty. Alexander: The Indians are good soldiers. They know how to fight. They fight better than our men. Second general: But their generals aren’t so good as ours. Now answer the following questions. 1) Who do you think ‘Alexander’ was? 2) Between which two kings did the battle of Jhelum take place? 3) Why did Alexander think that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world? 4) According to Alexander, how did every Indian soldier fight? 5) After reading the passage why do you think did the Indians lose the battle?
Answer» 1) Alexander was the king of Macedonia. 2) The battle of Jhelum was fought between Alexander and Puru, a king of northern India. 3) Alexander thought that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history because he had never fought such a battle. The Indian soldiers fought very bravely. He could not believe that he would be able to defeat the Indians. The army of Puru fought better than the army of the Greeks. 4) According to Alexander every Indian soldier fought like a tiger. 5) All Indian soldiers fought bravely but because of the inefficiency of the Indian generals Indians lost their battle.

Read the following text carefully.Alexander: The battle of Jhelum will go clown in the history of our country.First general: It’ll go down in the history of India, too. Second general: It’ll go down in the history of the world. Third general: I’ve never fought such a battle before. Fourth general: I haven’t either. Until the last moment, I couldn’t believe that we would be able to defeat the army of Puru. Alexander: Yes, it has been a great battle perhaps the greatest of my life. I must say every Indian soldier fought like a tiger. First general: They fought like devils,Read the following text carefully. Alexander: The battle of Jhelum will go clown in the history of our country. First general: It’ll go down in the history of India, too. Second general: It’ll go down in the history of the world. Third general: I’ve never fought such a battle before. Fourth general: I haven’t either. Until the last moment, I couldn’t believe that we would be able to defeat the army of Puru. Alexander: Yes, it has been a great battle perhaps the greatest of my life. I must say every Indian soldier fought like a tiger. First general: They fought like devils, Your Majesty. Alexander: The Indians are good soldiers. They know how to fight. They fight better than our men. Second general: But their generals aren’t so good as ours. Now answer the following questions. 1) Who do you think ‘Alexander’ was? 2) Between which two kings did the battle of Jhelum take place? 3) Why did Alexander think that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history of the world? 4) According to Alexander, how did every Indian soldier fight? 5) After reading the passage why do you think did the Indians lose the battle?

Answer»

1) Alexander was the king of Macedonia.

2) The battle of Jhelum was fought between Alexander and Puru, a king of northern India.

3) Alexander thought that the battle of Jhelum would go down in the history because he had never fought such a battle. The Indian soldiers fought very bravely. He could not believe that he would be able to defeat the Indians. The army of Puru fought better than the army of the Greeks.

4) According to Alexander every Indian soldier fought like a tiger.

5) All Indian soldiers fought bravely but because of the inefficiency of the Indian generals Indians lost their battle.

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