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Check your understanding, , C1. Answer the following questions in, a word, a phrase or a sentence each:, , Question 1., , Who was Ekalavya?, , Answer:, , Ekalavya was the son of Hiranya, Dhanus. the hunter chief of the, southern forest.
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Question 2., , Where did he go to learn archery?, Answer:, , He went to Dronacharya. the great, acharya of Pandavas and Kauravas to, learn archery., , Question 3., , Why did he want to lean archer?, Answer:, , He wanted to learn archery because, wolves have increased in his forest, and the fawns are unsafe. He could, not bear to see the poor animals, getting troubled by the greedy, wolves. Hence he wanted the learn, archery in order to protect the faurs, in the surroundings.
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Question 4., , Pick out the line in which Drona, praises the teacher of Ekalavya., Answer:, , That line is ‘your teacher must indeed, be a great one’., , Question 5., , What made Drona appreciate, Ekalavya’s skill?, , Answer:, , By seeing Ekalavya’s skillful trick of, Shabdavedhi Drona appreciated him., Ekalavya’s skill was uncomparable. It, was an extraordinary skill.
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Question 6., , How, according to Drona, did, Ekalavya become a good archer?, Answer:, , According to Drona, Ekalavya became, a good archer by his devotion. His, devotion only made him a good, archer.