GOPAL AND THE HILSA FISH

It was the season of

• mangoes

• Hilsa fish

• Anchovies

• apples

Householders were happy to get hilsa-fish at a/an

• cheap price

• market

• reasonable price

• imaginable price

When a courtier talked of hilsa-fish, the king could not bear it. So he

• paid least attention to him

• paid extra attention to him

• snubbed him

• regarded him as crazy

The king felt sorry for

• being unfriendly

• misunderstanding the courtier

• being unkind to the courtier

• losing his temper

Gopal accepted the challenge of

• stopping people from talking about hilsa-fish for sometime

• bringing Hilsa fish to the palace without anyone asking him about it.

• both 1 and 2

• neither 1 nor 2

To divert the attention of people and to win the challenge, Gopal

• half shaved his face

• smeared ash

• wore disgraceful rags

• All of them

No one seemed to be interested In talking about the hilsa-fish which Gopal had bought because

• his attractive appearance caught the attention of the people

• Gopal seemed less worthy of being talked about than the fish

• his ridiculous appearance caught the attention of the people

• the fish seemed less worthy of being spoken about

When the guards stopped him from entering the palace, Gopal started

• singing and dancing loudly

• shouting loudly

• screaming loudly

• arguing with the guards

Gopal was very clever. So he could

• stop people from talking about the hilsa fish

• win the challenge

• achieve the impossible

• All of them

The King lauded Gopal for

• winning the challenge

• achieving the impossible

• both 1 and 2

• neither 1 nor 2