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Olympiad (Class 4) Language and Literature — practice questions — page 2

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Which animal is NOT one of the four friends in the second part of the Panchatantra?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the second part teach about weak animals with different skills?Read the answer and worked solution →In the Panchatantra, a main story that holds other smaller stories inside it is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →The Panchatantra shares many stories with the Jataka tales. Who is said to have told the Jataka tales?Read the answer and worked solution →In fables like the Panchatantra, the animals often act like which kind of living beings?Read the answer and worked solution →An alphabet is a set of letters. What do these letters mostly stand for?Read the answer and worked solution →Which alphabet is called the first true alphabet, with letters for both vowels and consonants?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these scripts has letters for consonants only and leaves most vowels out?Read the answer and worked solution →A script shows vowels with small marks on consonants. Which language uses it?Read the answer and worked solution →Two letters that together make one sound are called a what?Read the answer and worked solution →Some words have a letter that is written but not pronounced. Which word starts with such a letter?Read the answer and worked solution →Which list of words is in alphabetical order?Read the answer and worked solution →Words are put in alphabetical order. Which word comes last: wolf, zebra, yak or xylophone?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which animal is NOT one of the four friends in the second part of the Panchatantra?

  1. Crow
  2. Mouse
  3. Lion
  4. Turtle
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Correct answer: C. Lion

The four friends are a crow, a mouse, a turtle and a deer, and a lion is not among them.

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What does the second part teach about weak animals with different skills?

  1. They must work alone
  2. They should compete
  3. They should never meet
  4. They do more together
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Correct answer: D. They do more together

The book says weak animals with very different skills can accomplish together what they cannot alone.

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In the Panchatantra, a main story that holds other smaller stories inside it is called what?

  1. A frame story
  2. A rhyme
  3. A riddle
  4. A headline
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Correct answer: A. A frame story

Each part has a main frame story, and the smaller tales are told inside it by the characters.

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