Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Painting Questions & Answers.
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The Painting Questions & Answers
Question 1: Complete the sentences:
(a) The king and most of the courtiers were impressed with the paintings that the artist had shown.
(b) Tenali Raman said that he could paint better than the artist.
(c) The king promised Tenali Raman a bag of gold if he could make a painting better than the one the artist had made.
(d) Tenali Raman brought a painting covered with a cloth.
(e) When the king lifted the cloth, he saw that there was nothing but a blank canvas with only some black strokes in the corner and some grass painted below that.
Question 2: Read and answer the questions:
“you are very talented.”
(a) Who said these words?
Answer: The king said these words.
(b) Who is being called talented?
Answer: The artist is being called talented.
(c) Why is he said to be talented?
Answer: He is said to be talented because the king liked his paintings.
Question 3: Read and answer the questions:
“Perhaps he is so busy with his masterpiece that he has lost all track of time!”
(a) Who said these words?
Answer: One of the king’s courtiers said these words.
(b) Who is being talked about?
Answer: Tenali Raman is being talked about.
(c) Do you think the speaker likes the person being talked about?
Answer: No, I don’t think that the speaker likes Tenali Raman.
Question 4: What did Tenali Raman think of the artist’s painting?
Answer: Tenali Raman was not impressed with the artist’s painting because he did not find them to be good.
Question 5: What did the king tell Tenali Raman when he heard that Tenali did not like the paintings?
Answer: When the king heard that Tenali Raman did not like the paintings, he called him ‘an ignorant fool’ and said that the bits that could not be seen had to be imagined.
Question 6: How much time did the king give Tenali to complete his painting?
Answer: The king gave Tenali a month to complete his painting.
Question 7: Why did the courtiers snigger behind their hands?
Answer: The courtiers sniggered behind their hands because they knew Tenali Raman could not paint.
Question 8: Why did Tenali ask the king to use his imagination?
Answer: The king got angry because he could not see anything on the canvas but only some black strokes in the corner and some grass painted below that. Tenali reminded him that it was he who said that one should imagine the bits one could not see. So, the king should also imagine that the horse was grazing just outside the canvas.
So, these were The Painting Questions & Answers.