Q1Written answer
What did Akbar order one day?
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One day, Akbar drew a line on the floor and ordered his ministers to shorten the line without rubbing out any part of it.
NCERT · Class 2 · English
Unit 7: Story Make it Shorter
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3 questionsQ2Written answer
What did each minister do?
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Each minister looked at the line in a puzzled way. No one could think of a way to make it shorter as per the king’s order.
Q3Written answer
How did Birbal make the line shorter?
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Birbal drew a longer line under the first one without touching the first line. This made the first line shorter than the one drawn by Birbal.