The Scholar’s Mother Tongue

Mother Tongue means

• Dance form of a particular place

• Language in which my mother speaks

• language which a person has been speaking from childhood

Who came to Akbar’s court?

• A world famous dancer

• A person who had so many diamonds

• A pundit from Nepal

• I learned Pandit

The Pandit was fluent in

• Different dance forms

• Playing different musical instruments

• Different languages

• Reading Shloka

How did the learned Pandit challenge everybody?

• He told everybody to sing like him

• He challenged everybody to read shlokas in Sanskrit

• He challenged everybody to tell his mother tongue

• He told everybody to tell his family history

What was the mother tongue of the learned Pandit?

• Tamil

• Telugu

• Kannada

• Bengali

– – – – waistcoat (add a or An)

• A

• An

What is the opposite of whisper?

• Quiet

• Shout

• Laugh

• Play

Who entered in the Pandit’s room quietly?

• Akbar

• Birbal

• Salim

• Mansingh

The language used by the people of Andhra Pradesh is –

• Tamil

• Telugu

• Kannada

• Odia

What do you mean by irritated?

• Being happy

• Showing slight anger

• Challenging someone

• A light touch