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Instruction to parents

Screen the stories and choose those stories that will best suit to your child (a minimum of eight stories must be chosen). There are 26 stories in total suitable to all ages. In answering you are free to choose more stories. The summaries (page 2), available with the video, may help to choose the story. All of the videos are available at www.youtube.com/grandpakanai. But if you prefer a DVD, please contact agii2000@aol.com.

Quizzes for all stories are available in this book. After watching the story ask your child to complete the quiz instantly. Help him/her if necessary. Add your own experience into your discussion.

Print out the quizzes and mail to us as proof of participation or email your quizzes to agii2000@aol.com.

We can send you a new DVD suitable to your child’s age group and an attractive certificate of successful completion of Grandpa’s Summer Camp, 2011.

The program is sponsored by the Association of Grandparents of Indian Immigrants and organized by Rohini Chakravarthy, the granddaughter, along with her friends.

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SUMMARY OF THE STORIES PRESENTED

Volume 1: For all ages

1. Brave little Parrot (Jataka) The story is taken from Jataka (Buddhist tales), written around 100 CE. It illustrates the power of the desire to serve others. The story takes the journey through a forest on fire and how the brave little parrot did the task of putting it off.

2. Trifling loss (Tagore) This story is taken from Tagore collection of Samanya Khoti. In this appealing story, the righteous king does not hesitate to punish his queen and made her beg to compensate the loss she has caused to the poort.

3. Ganapathi (Mythological humor) This funny story from Indian mythology brings home the moral that none of us should have the ego of unlimited power. Sweet Little Ganesh, who was ready to devour the richest of the Devas, Kuber, was satisfied with a laddoo (round sweet) from his mother.

4. Monkey and crocodile (Panchatantra) Today’s stories of Disney stems from the ancient literature of India, the Panchatantra. This humorous story uses animal characters to convey an eternal message, “Hold to your wits in case of danger and calamities”.

5. Milkmaid (Ramakrishna) Spirituality is not a display of our academic achievement. Illiterate Ramakrishna, a noted saint from India, illumined many educated individuals of east and west with simple stories like this one. The learned Pundit had to yield to the milk maid for her faith.

6. Stone cutter (folktale) There is not end of our desire. Budha is noted for giving up his kingdom in search of eternal happiness. This folk tale from Rajasthan brings to light the fundamental concept of happiness, contentment.

7. Savitri (Mahabharata) This is one of the most famous stories taken from the eternal epic of Mahabharata. It is a story of human civilization. How Savitri, through her intense love and wits won over the God of Death, and got back her dead husband. It is a story that tells the human race that our righteous thinking will be rewarded one day, may not be within our own life time.

8. Prehistoric India (Our roots) This is a “must see” video for every growing child in the west. It took us nearly five years to make this excellent presentation with the input from many experts in this field. Their exploration has put together the history of ancient India, how it took birth and how it changed with time. Many contradictory thoughts have been straightened up with modern findings. It explains the link between Indus valley civilization, Saraswati civilization and the advent of Aryan civilization.

9. Ashoka (history) The greatest of the kings ever lived who at the zenith of his power gave up everything and became a disciple of Budha. Every child of Indian origin must know his/her roots and cannot

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separate from this great king of kings. His iconic Ashoka Chakra of India Government reminds of his legacy with our lives.

10.Chants from Upanishad (Indian philosopohy)We often lose the goodness of a spiritual thought by wrapping it with religion. Hindu heritage calls for universality. A human likes to know what happens after death. How to win over death. How to make one’s life most satisfying. This knowledge need to be sought for the entire human race. The ancient slokas with explanation attempt to bring solace to one’s heart. This is meant for the parents to watch and they should. Tell your children how these concepts came when world was in its cradle and the Hindu word was not discovered.

11.Angulimal (a story from Buddha’s life)

This heart-warming story depicts the way a bright young boy turned into a criminal due to miscommunication and neglect from the society. Yet, he was touched by Budha’s divinity t hat brought solace to his heart.

12. Barber Syamlal (short story) This inspirational story illustrates that God lives in the heart of his devotee; he who believes in Him. When the king realizes His presence in a barber, the king touches his feet and realizes that his wealth is so little in front of a blessed soul.

13.Learned Pundit (Ramakrishna)This is another of Ramakrishna’s way of communicating a great message – “Practical knowledge is more important than bookish knowledge” – through a humorous story.

Volume 2: For children under 10

14.Hope (a short story)Swami Yogananda first told this beautiful story during his discourse. Through the narration of two frogs Swamiji tries to emphasize, “Where is life there is hope”. It is a fundamental belief that helps to minimize our frustrations of daily life.

15.Priceless gain (Tagore): This story is taken from Tagore’s collection “Stories and tales (Katha o Kahini)” written in Bengali poem. Tagore received his Nobel Prize in literature in 1913. Through this story about Buddha Tagore tries to bring home the value of divine joy which is priceless.

16.Fairs and festivals of India.This lively and colorful presentation takes your child through various parts of India where different kinds of festivals are held. The narrator describes the significance and highlights of each festival and make you a part of the celebration.

17.Beggar king (Folktale of India) This is one of t he most appealing stories for the children. A powerful king was humbled by a poor farmer family when he lived with them for a night and sought their help in a critical moment of his life.

18.Blind men and elephant (Folktale of India) Our parochial believes may lead to the life of four blind men who could not perceive the magnanimity of the elephant by touching only a portion of his body.

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19.Brahmin’s dream (A short story) This amusing story, told by the famous writer and cartoonist of India, Shankar, tells us the day dreaming always ends of with disappointment.

20.Clever calf (A folktale from India) Here the grandfather is telling a story to his grandchildren in a casual setting. The story discloses the wit of a small calf and how he won the affection of the animals that surrounded him.

21.Dasharatha (Ramayana) The life of the righteous king Dasharatha, father of Rama, is depicted in this story with beautiful illustrations suitable for young kids. The focal point is the relationship between the four brothers – Rama, Lakshmana Bharata and Shatrughna – during their childhood days.

22.The fisherman who became a holy man (Ramakrishna)Ramakrishna, the Bengali sage, well known through his leading disciple, Vivekananda, was an unique story teller. This story illustrates the way he taught people to practice righteous life even with many short comings and enjoy the divinity with its grandeur.

23.Golden deer (Jataka)Jataka tales are Buddhist stories that try to dissipate the principles taught Lord Buddha. A hunter king was taught by a Golden deer that it is not worth to take life for one’s pleasure of eating. He later became a vegetarian.

24.Rainbow prince (Fairytale from Bengal). This is a fairy tale from Bengal traditionally told by all Bengali grandmothers to their grandchildren. It has numerous variations but we tried the capture the one which is most widely used.

25.Sage and dog (Mahabharata) The story is taken form Mahabharata that conveys the message that only the worthy recipients should receive the blessing from a righteous person.

26.Tiger and Brahmin (Panchatantra) The story is unique in many ways. The background music is provided by Rabishankar and the narration is made by the famous British actor _____ who played the role of Gandhi. The story attempts to convey the significance of wit at the time of calamity.

27.Bheema and Hanuman (Mahabharata)It is a mythological story told with humor. Hanuman (elder) Bheema were both sons of the Wind God (Pavana), though t hey lived in different times – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. When they met, Hanuman played a few tricks that fumigated Bheema but at the end Bheema recognized his elder brother and felt sorry for his actions.

28.Teacher (A page from history). Teachers of Nalanda, an ancient university of India that was located in today’s Bihar State, treated their students equally, may he be prince or a popper. Prince of Varanasi hated his teacher and wanted to punish him for dealing roughly with him. Then he realized that his strict education has shaped his life and prepared him to rule the country with responsibility. The illustrations came from one of our grandchildren and that made the story unique.

29.Parents are Gods (Mythology)This classical story illustrates the wit of Lord Ganesha who circled the world by circling around his parents. He considered his parents to be God.

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Instructions: Select the letter of the answer and write/type it on the blank space.

1. Brave Little Parrot

1. What do you understand by Jataka tales? ______

2. Why was the forest on fire? ______

3. What bird did the God turn into? ______

4. What put out the forest fire? ______

5. Did any animal come to help the parrot? ______

6. Was the parrot able to put out the fire? ______

7. How did the feathers of the parrot get burnt? _____

8. Why was the parrot happy? ______

9. What did the parrot say to the elephant? ______

10. Did the parrot go to the fox? ______

a) Buddhist taleb) Swanc) Feeling small before the parrotd) Lighting e) Nof) Someg) Come and help to carry waterh) Forest fire was gonei) Eaglej) By the cry of the eaglek) Firemanl) Cigarettem) Fairy talen) Folk tale o) Yesp) Yes with caution

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2. TRIFLING LOSS

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer and write/type on the blank space.

1. The story was originally written in ___

2. The location of the story was ___

3. The name of the queen’s maid was ___

4. The name of the river was ___

5. The name of the bathing ghat was ___

6. How did the king punish the queen ___

7. How did the queen warm herself ___

8. The queen went to take bath in the ___

9. The author of the story is ___

10. What is the moral of the story? ___

a) Made her beg to compensate the lossb) Barunac) Bengali poemd) Burning housese) Champak grovef) Dasaswamedh ghatg) Englishh) Eveningi) Gangesj) Jamunak) Malatil) Morningm) Rabindranath Tagoren) Sent her to jailo) Varanasip) Compassion for poor

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3. Ganapathi (Mythological humor)

Instructions: Select the letter of the answer and write/type on the blank space.

1. Who was Shiva? ___

2. Who was Kuber? ___

3. Who was Ganesh’s mother? ___

4. Why Ganesh chased Kuber? ___

5. Where did Kuber go to save his life? ___

6. How many tusks Ganesh had? ___

7. Why Shiva declined Kuber’s invitation? ___

8. Who first started eating in the party? ___

9. What did Ganesh’s mother give Ganesh to eat? ___

10. Who was Shiva’s wife? ___

a) Fruit cakeb) Sweet laddooc) Feeling small before the parrotd) Ganesh’s fathere) Nof) Parvati’s husbandg) Parvatih) He was hungryi) Twoj) Onek) Ganeshl) He was too busym) Saraswatin) Money lender to Gods o) Yesp) Wind God

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Instructions: Select the letter of the answer and write/type on the blank space.

4. Monkey and crocodile (Jataka)

1. Jataka tales are about? (Get help) ___

2. The book from which the story was taken was published in? ___

3. Which fruit the monkey loved most? ___

4. How did the monkey fool the crocodile that was about to drown him? ___

5. Why the crocodile could not catch the monkey when it jumped on his head? ___

6. What was the time of the day when the monkey was returning home after his visit to the island of mango trees? ___

7. What is the moral of the story? ___

8. The crocodile who was trying to eat the money was young or old? ___

9. How did the monkey find out that the crocodile was lying on his step stone? ___

10. Who was cleverer, monkey or the crocodile? ___

a Mango

b Young

c Buddha’s previous birth

d USA

e No

f Eat the monkey

g Crocodile answered when he

called.

h He left his heart on the tree

i The crocodile went to sleep

j His eyes were closed

k He left his head on the bank

l Watch out for crocodiles

m Morning

n Evening

o Yes

p Keep your wits in time of

calamity

q Old

r The monkey saw his dazzling

eyes

s Monkey

t Crocodile

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5. Milkmaid

1. Who was Ramakrishna? (Get help) ___

2. What did the milkmaid do for the Pundit? ___

3. When did she visit the Pundit? ___

4. Why did the Pundit fail to walk over the river? ___

5. Other than milking the cow, what else did the milkmaid do in the morning before delivering the milk to the Pundit? ___

6. Why did the milkmaid get late? ___

7. What is the moral of the story? ___

8. What was Pundit’s profession? ___

9. Why did the Pundit get mad with the milkmaid? ___

10. The name of which God did the milkmaid chant while crossing the river? ___

a Deliver milk

b A saint

c Everyday morning

d He did not have as much faith in God as he boasted

e Took care of her father

f She could not catch the boat

g Hari (Vishnu)

h She overslept

i Water the plants

j Practice what you preach

k Morning

l Evening

m Faith in God

n Read from the scriptures

o Old

p The milkmaid stole his shoes

q Shiva

r She was late in delivering the milk

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6. Stone cutter (folktale).

1. What is a folktale? (Get help)

2. Why was the stone cutter not happy to be the sun?__

3. Why did he want to be a merchant? __

4. Where was the tiger sleeping? __

5. What was his last wish? __

6. What did he do when he became wind? __

7. Why was he not happy when he was a king? __

8. On which animal did the merchant take ride? __

9. When did the stonecutter decide to get back to his old life? __

10. What is the moral of the story? __

a) Inside the cave of the

mountain

b) He was tired of his life

c) Contentment is the key to

happiness

d) Stories of Gods

e) Elephant

f) Because of the cloud

g) Because he had to fight too

many wars

h) To get back to his old life

i) To become woodcutter

j) Blew over fields and oceans

k) The sun bothered him

l) Camel

m) Traditional stories communicated from person to person by word of mouth.

n) Bullock

o) Because of heat

p) After he became a mountain

q) When he tried to become

wind

r) Stories of fairies

s) Never be a stone cutter

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7. Savitri (Mahabharata)

1. What is Mahabharata? (Get help) _____

2. Who wrote the Mahabharata? (Get help) ____

3. What was the first wish of Savitri? ____

4. What was the third wish of Savitri? ____

5. Why Yama gave back the life of Satyavan? ____

6. Why did Satyavan live in a hermitage? ____

7. Whose daughter was Savitri? ____

8. Who was Narada? ____

9. Who is the God of Death? ____

10. What was Satyavan doing before he died? ____

a) Because Satyavan prayed for his life

b) Sanskrit name of India

c) Vyas

d) To give Savitri many children from Satyavan

e) Yama

f) His father became blind and lost his kingdom

g) An epic scripture of Hindus

h) To give back the eye sight of her father in law

i) To keep his promise to give Savitri her children from Satyavan

j) A king

k) Give children to her father

l) Cutting wood

m) Eternal sage

n) Balmiki

o) Shiva

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8. Prehistoric India

1. Geologically speaking, the present day India was originally attached to _____?

2. Did people migrate to India before the Dravidian? _____

3. Who came to India first, Dravidians or Aryans? _____

4. Most anthropologists (according to the current presentation) believe that humans first evolved in _____

5. What were the occupations of primitive humans (Homo sapiens? _____

6. Where is Harappa? _____

7. Which deity of Dravidian civilization still continued to be worshipped? _____

8. Saraswati civilization took birth _____ Dravidian civilization. (before or after?)

9. Vedas and Upanishads were contributed by _____

10. Which was the first incarnation of Vishnu? _____

a) Eatern part of Africa

b) India

c) Hunting, fishing and gathering

d) Continental drift

e) No

f) Yes

g) Aryans

h) Dravidians

i) Two

j) After

k) In today’s West Pakistan

l) In today’s Nepal

m) Before

n) Matsyavatar

o) Yes

p) Agriculture

q) Gondowanaland

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9. Ashoka (history)

1. Why is Ashoka so important for the Indian to know? (Get help and write a few lines)

2. Who was Ashoka’s father? ____

3. What was the name of Ashoka’s wife? ____

4. Which war prompted Ashoka to become a Buddhist? ____

5. What was the name of Ashoka’s son? ____

6. Why Buddhism is not so popular in India? ____

7. Who succeeded Ashoka? (Google) ____

8. Where was Pataliputra, on today’s map of India? ____

9. How many brothers Ashok had? ____

10. Who was Ashoka’s wife? ____

11. Ashoke’s wife was a ___

a) Muslim

b) Allahabad

c) Two

d) Hindu

e) Three

f) Bindusar

g) Patna

h) Sutapa

i) Predominance of Hinduism

j) Mahendra

k) Bidishah

l) Cutting wood

m) Ajatshatru

n) Successor of Ashoka

o) Kalinga

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10. Chants from Upanishad

1. The chanting in the beginning was from ______?

2. Did “Hinduism” take birth when Upanishad was written? (Get help) ____

3. Rigveda was written before the Upanishad? ____(True of False) (Get help)

4. The prayer Om Sahan Bhabatu means ____

5. The knowledge beyond the earthly knowledge is called ____

6. “Mabid Bishavahai” means ____

7. Rishi Saunaka’s conversation with Angeera, the great seer of truth is mentioned in ____

8. The ultimate truth, as Angeera explains is the ____

9. Mangalacharn is the ____

10. Who can realize Brahman? ____

a) Who is free from his shackles of desire

b) Aparavidya

c) Paravidya

d) Who has read Ramayana and Mahabharata

e) Brahman

f) Kathopanishad

g) Let there be no misunderstanding between the disciple and the preceptor

h) Invocation prayer

i) Who has read Gita

j) Mundakaupanishad

k) Agnostic

l) Let the supreme protect us

m) Prayer of Benediction

n) Vedas

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11. Angulimal

1. Lord Buddha lived through _____

2. Where did Angulimal go to study? ____

3. Buddha lived for ____ years

4. The story of Angulimal is described in? ____

5. The name of the king where Buddha lived is ____

6. Kosala, an ancient kingdom of India, was located in today’s ____

7. The name of Angulimal came because he wore the garland of ____

8. Why people hated Angulimal? ____

9. Which was the capital of Kosal? ____

10. What was Angulimal’s real name? ____

a) Takshasheela

b) 1000 years before the birth of Christ (1000 B.C.)

c) Paramatthadipani of Dhammapala

d) 563-483 AD

e) 100

f) 80

g) Uttarpradesh

h) Bimbisara

i) Prasenajit

j) Little fingers

k) Give children to her father

l) Garland of budding flowers

m) He robbed and killed people

n) Sravasti

o) Ahimshak

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12. Barber Shyamlal

1. What did Shyamlal do? _____

2. What deity did Shyamlal worship? ____

3. Shyamlal belonged to which cast? ____

4. Did Shyamlal’s wife tell lie about Shyamlal? ____

5. Who came in disguise of Shyamlal in front of the king? ____

6. Who messaged the king? ____

7. Whose reflection did Badshah see in his oil pot? ____

8. What did the king do when he saw real Shyamlal? ____

9. Why did Shyamlal address, “Oh the dweller of Baikunth”? ____

10. What was Satyavan doing before he died? ____

11. What did Shyamlal do with the money Krishna left in his bag?

a) High caste

b) No

c) Yes

d) Low caste

e) Krishna

f) Cut king’s hair and give message.

g) Put him in jail

h) To give back the eye sight of her father in law

i) Fell on his feet

j) A king

k) Gave back to the king

l) Put in the bank to earn interest

m) Distributed to people

n) As Krishna lived in heaven

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13. Learned Pundit

1. What was the learned Pundit doing in t he story? _____

2. Who told the story? ____

3. In the time scale, when were the Upanishads written? ____ (Get help)

4.Did the Pundit know swimming? ____

5. What did the passenger say before jumping out of the boat? ____

6. Did the knowledge of Upanishad save the Pundit? ____

7. Can you tell, by looking at the sandalwood mark on the forehead of the Pundit, whether he worships Vishnu or Shiva? ____ (Get help)

8. How many other passengers were there other than the boatman and the Pundit? ____

9. The storm came when the Pundit said, “_____”?

10. What is the moral of the story? ____

a) “Three-quarter of your life is wasted”.

b) Crossing the river on a fairy boat

c) Before 1800 BC

d) Ramakrishna, a saint from Bengal

e) “Half of your life is wasted”

f) “Then your whole life is gone Punditji”

g) Yes

h) No

i) Vishnu

j) Shiva

k) Practical learning is more important than bookish learning

l) Four

m) Two

n) Bookish knowledge is required for getting practical knowledge

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14. Hope (a short story)

1. How many frogs participated in the story

2. While did the frogs go?

3. How did the big from die?

4. The small frog jumped out of the pail by landing

on ____

5. It all happened during _____

6. Who said “Where there is life there is hope”?

7. How many people came to rescue the frogs?

8. Where did the frogs fall?

9. What will happen when you churn milk?

10. Which other animals did you see in the picture?

a) “Cow

b) Milk pail

c) Forms butter

d) Evening

e) Big frog

f) Morning

g) English

h) Evening

i) Three

j) Two

k) Drowned in milk

l) Barn

m) Garden

n) Climbing on the wall of the pail

o) Due to heat

p) Little frog

q) None

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15. Priceless gain (Tagore)

1. What was the title of the original story? ___

2. What was the name of the gardener? ___

3. What was the name of the king? ___

4. Who was Buddha? ____ ____

5. What did the gardener pick up from his pond? _____

6. Whom did he try to sell his flower first? ___

7. Did the gardener sell his flower to Buddha? ___

8. What did the gardener get from Buddha, which he thought to be priceless? ___

9. Was the king on a horse? ___

10. When did Buddha take birth? (Google) ___

a) Sudas

b) Prasenjit

c) Around the time of Ashoke

d) Mali

e) Ajatshatru

f) A saint

g) Yes

h) No

i) Rose

j) Lotus

k) His blessings

l) Mulyaprapti

m) King of Magadh

n) About 600 years before the birth of Christ

o) A prince who left his pleasures in search of cause for human sufferings

p) A merchant

q) Guard

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16. Fairs and festivals of India

1. Diwali is observed during ____ season.

2. Holi is the festival of ______?

3. Durga Puja is celebrated during the month of

___.

4. Ratha Yatra festival is a big festival of ____?

5. Dewali is the festival of _____?

6. Holi comes in _____?

7. The temple of Brahma is located in ____?

8. Sonepur is located in ____?

9. Maha Mastakabhiseka is attended by ____?

10. Pongal is a _____ festival?

11. Kumbh means ____

1. Puri, Orissa

2. September-October

3. November

4. Light

5. Spring

6. Colors

7. Harvest

8. Autumn

9. Jains

10. Pushkar, Rajasthan

11. Muslims

12. Summer

13. Pitcher

14. Punjab

15. Bihar

16. Utttarpradesh

17. Gujrat state

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17. Beggar king (Folktale of India)

1. The king went out for ___ .

2. The king went to a _____ when he was lost?

3. What did the king give to the host before leaving? ___.

4. What did the guard do after reading the chit of paper? ____

5. What was the king doing when the farmer arrived

at the palace _____?

6. Why did the farmer return home without meeting

the king?

7. Which deity the king was praying to? ____

8. What did the king do when he heard the reason of

the farmer to return home empty handed? ____

9. What is the moral of the story? ___

10. Why the farmer went to the king?

a) Took to the palace with honor

b) September-October

c) Put him in jail

d) Praying in his temple

e) To seek help for the village facing famine

f) Farmer’s house

g) Battle

h) Sitting in his court

i) He found the king a begging

j) 10 gold coins

k) A chit of paper

l) Summer

m) King taking bath

n) Krishna

o) Shiva

p) Touched his feet

q) Share your belongings

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18. Blind men and elephant (Folktale of India)

a) Did the blind men ever saw an elephant? ___ .

b) How many blind men were there?

c) Raja is the Indian name for a ____.

d) Where did the king live? ____

e) What did the first blind man say about the elephant? _____

f) Why did the second blind man describe the elephant to be a snake?

g) Why did the third blind man thought the elephant

to be a spear? ____

h) The blind man who was touched the ear of the

elephant thought it to be _____ ?

i) What is the moral of the story? ___

j) Was the king a good person?

a) Drums

b) No

c) Yes

d) Three

e) King

f) Six

g) In a palace

h) Sitting in his court

i) It is like a wall

j) He was touching the tail.

k) A fan

l) Do not go near an elephant

m) He was touching the tusk

n) You know the whole when you put all its parts together

o) Yes

p) No

q) He was touching the trunk

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19. Brahmin’s dream (A short story)

1. What did the Brahmin do for living? ___ .

2. What did he get in his begging?

3. Where did he put the flour that he got from

begging?

4. Which animals did he dream to buy? ____. ____

5. What was his plan to do with the milk? ____

6. What did he plan to sell to the king? _____

7. Did the Brahmin plan to marry?

8. Did he plan to have children? ____

9. What did the Brahmin’s plan to do if the children disturbed him during his nap time ____ ?

10. What happened to the flour that he begged? ___

11. What is the moral of the story?

a) Put your daydreams into action.

b) No

c) Yes

d) She goats

e) Cow

f) A pot of ata or flour

g) Begging

h) Make sweets

i) Clothes

j) In an earthen pot and hang

over his head.

k) In his tin can under the shelf.

l) Don’t cook your pie in the air.

m) Fell on his head and on the floor.

n) Tiger for his zoo

o) Pearls and diamonds

p) Beat them

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20. Clever calf (A folktale from India)

1. Who is the author of the story? ___ .

2. Pancha Kalyani?

3. What was the name of the calf? ____.

4. All farm animals _____ her?

5. What was the name of the bull? _____

6. Did the bull like the calf that was so naughty to him?

7. Shyama was a ___ ?

8. What did the fox think of himself?

9. What was the fox’s plan? ___

10. Who kicked the fox into the air?

a) Bheema

b) Loved

c) Hated

d) Parbat

e) Five good qualities

f) Luthia

g) Shankar

h) Tagore

i) Cow

j) King.

k) Sheep

l) A friend of the calf

m) Maid who took care of the

farm animals

n) To kill the calf

o) Yes

p) No

q) The owner

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21. Dasharatha (Ramayana)

1. Where from this story was taken? ___ .

2. Who was Dasharatha?

3. How many children Dasharatha had? ____.

4. What was the name of Dasharatha’s eldest son? ____

5. Ayodhya was on the bank of river? _____

6. Who was Shravankumar?

7. Who was the brother who stayed close to

Bharata? ____

8. Who was Manthara?

9. Who was the mother of Rama? ___

10. Who was the royal priest of Dasharatha?

11. How did Dasharatha die?

12. Why Dasharatha was cursed?

a) Drums

b) King of Koshala

c) Ramayana

d) Four

e) Rama

f) Six

g) He killed the only son of a blind hermit by accident.

h) Saraju

i) Mahabharata

j) Shatrughna

k) Lakshman.

l) To keep his father’s promise to her queen Kaikeyi.

m) Maid of Kaushalya

n) He died of shock

o) Maid of Dasharatha

p) Kaushalya

q) Vashishtha

r) Biswamitra

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22. The fisherman who became a holy man (Ramakrishna)

1. Where was the fisherman stealing fish?

2. When the thief saw people chasing him, what did

he do?

3. At what time the fisherman went to steal? ____.

4. What is the moral of the story? ____

5. Why did the couple bring their child to the holy man? _____

6. Did the house owner personally come to see the thief, now a holy man?

7. Where did the fisherman hide his net? ____

8. Did the thief fool everybody?

9. Did the fisherman leave his old profession? ___

10. So, if you pray every morning, even you do not

believe in God, will you become a holy person?

a) He climbed up on a tree

b) To give a name

c) He posed like a holy man

d) Lake

e) In the early morning

f) At night

g) Private pond

h) Holy practices may help you

become holy.

i) Yes

j) No

k) Dug it underground

l) To bless

m) Under a bush

n) Never steal

o) Tell the truth

p) Drowned in the pond

q) He jumped out of the court

yard.

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23. Golden deer (Jataka)

1. Jatakatales are connected with the previous lives

of ___ . (Get help)

2. Before the king met the Golden deer, he was a _____?

3. The Golden deer was a ____.

4. The king went to hunt with his ____

5. The king lived in the city of ____?

6. Why did the golden deer offered his life to the king?

7. Why the king chose to become a vegetarian? ____

8. The first teaching of Buddha was in ____?

9. Another name of the Golden deer was ____?

10. In which language Buddha spread his message in

India? (Get help)

a) Sarnath (near Varanasi)

b) To save a pregnant doe

c) Buddha

d) Meat eater

e) Banaras/Varanasif) Stag

g) Vegetarian

h) Son

i) Cook

j) Female deer

k) Dalai Lama

l) When he heard that the golden deer is ready to give his life to save a doe

m) Banyan deer

n) Pali

o) Sanskrit

p) Hindi

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24. Rainbow prince (Fairytale from Bengal)

1. What was the name of the princess? ___ .

2. Whom did the princess choose to marry?

3. Where did the witch hide the consciousness of the prince? ____.

4. What happened to the caged birds? ____

5. What was the name of the maid of the princess? _____

6. Why did the princess get mad with her maid?

7. What did the maid do with the red bird? ____

8. What did the princess do with her maid?

9. Whom did the prince marry? ___ ____

10. What is the moral of the story? ____

a) Asked the guards to throw the maid from the top of the mountain

b) Malati

c) In a red parrot

d) Princess of Rainbow land

e) Nilanjana

f) Rupanjali

g) The prince of Rainbow land

h) She asked to free the caged birds

i) The maid of the princess

j) Be kind and compassionate

k) A friend of the princess

l) Put in the bird cage

m) Put in jail

n) She asked to marry her brother

o) The king set them free

p) Set her free

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25. Sage and dog (Mahabharata)

1. Mahabharata was written ______ Ramayana?

(Get help)

2. Name the first wild animal the sage transformed

the dog to ____

3. What was the last transformation of the dog? ____.

4. Did the elephant eat other animals? ____

5. Why did the sage get mad at the dog? _____

6. What is the moral of the story? ____

7. Which animal came after the leopard? ____

8. Where did the sage live?

9. Was the sage afraid of wild animals? ___

10. When the dog was transformed into tiger, did he

continue to have his austere diet?

a) No

b) In forest

c) Rhinoceros

d) After

e) Be grateful to people for their favor.

f) Prehistoric animal

g) Leopard

h) Wild elephant

i) He was planning to kill the sage.

j) Mouse

k) A gorilla

l) A fierce tiger

m) Before

n) Yes

o) At the same time

p) Sages must punish bad people

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26. Tiger and Brahmin (Panchatantra)

1. The story was taken from? ___ .

2. Are Brahmins good people?

3. To whom did the tiger swear? ____.

4. Where was the tiger when the Brahmin first met him? ____

5. Did the Brahmin set the tiger free from the cage? _____

6. Which animal did the Brahmin meet first?

7. How did the fox got the tiger back to the cage? ___

8. Was the peepal tree happy with his life? ____

9. Who saved the Brahmin from the tiger?

10. Whom did the Brahmin meet before meeting the

fox? ___

11. What is the moral of the story?

a) Vishnu

b) Yes

c) Mahabharata

d) Jataka

e) No

f) Panchatantra

g) Never trust a tiger

h) Elephant

i) Clever fox

j) Do not trust your enemy

k) Water buffalo

l) Eagle

m) In the cage

n) By asking the tiger to show where he was

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27. Bheema and Hanuman (Mahabharata)

1. Who humbled the arrogant Bheem? ___ .

2. Why Bheem and Hanuman were brothers? ____

3. Bheem was well known for his ____.

4. The name of the kingdom ruled by Pandavas and Kauravas was ____

5. Pandavas were the ___

6. What was the name of Bheem’s mother?

7. Kauravas were ___ ____

8. The eldest brother of the Kauravas was ___

9. Why the Pandavas were sent to exile? ___

10. Who was the wife of Bheema?

11. Draupadi was married to ____

12. When did Hanuman meet Bheema

a) Kunti

b) Archery

c) Kosal

d) Strength and valor

e) Hanuman

f) When Bheema went to fetch the fragrant flower for Draupadi

g) Hastinapur

h) Pavan (wind god) was their common heavenly father.

i) Five sons of Pandus

j) Sons of Dhritarashtra

k) Duryodhan

l) Cousins of Pandavas

m) Draupadi

n) Five Pandava brothers

o) The lost their kingdom in the dice game

p) When Bheema was taking bath in a lake

q) Kauravas

r) Because they were defeated in a war

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28. Teacher (A page from history)

1. The story starts with the king of _____?

2. How many children the king had?

3. Where was Nalanda on the map of India? ____.

4. Why was the prince punished? ____

5. How did the teacher punish him? _____

6. What was the name of the prince?

7. How did the prince go to Nalanda? ____

8. What is the moral of the story? _____

9. Why did the prince invite his teacher during

coronation? ___

10. Did the prince whip the teacher?

a) Keshab

b) Canning

c) Rahul

d) One

e) Four

f) He stole peas

g) Kashi

h) State of Bihar

i) Doing extra work

j) Ayodhya

k) To take revenge for the punishment he received from the teacher.

l) On car

m) Yes

n) On bullock cart

o) No

p) Punishment of a teacher is with the goal to make you a better person in future.

q) By train

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29. Parents are Gods (Mythology)

1. Who were Ganesh’s parents? ___ .

2. Who was Kuber?

3. How many tusks Ganesh had? ____ _____.

4. Who went to attend the party thrown by Kuber ? ____

5. What did Parvati give to Ganesh? _____ (Get help)

6. Who was the principle guest of Kuber’s party ?

7. Ganapathy was angry because _____?

8. Why Ganapathy chased Kuber?

9. What did you learn from this story? ___

10. Did Kuber have his lesson?

a) Two

b) A demon

c) Shiva and Parvati

d) Money lenders to Gods

e) One

f) Rama and Sita

g) Richest person in heaven and earth

h) Ganesha

i) A sweet laddoo

j) Other Gods laughed at him

k) Parvati

l) There was not enough food

m) Be aware of Ganesh

n) Don’t have a false pride

o) Yes

p) Luxmi

q) No

r) Saraswati

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