MATRIC ENGLISH SINDH BOARD INHERITORS

 

INHERITORS

 

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i.                    A poor farmer had two sons, Azam and Moazzam.

ii.                  Their mother had died in their childhood.

iii.               The boys inherited a property after the death of their father.

iv.                 The property consisted of a cow, a date-palm tree and a blanket.

v.                  Azam, the elder brother was very greedy and clever.

vi.                Younger brother, Moazzam was simple and trusting.

vii.              Azam suggested that they should divide the property left by their late father.

viii.           Azam divided the property verbally.

ix.                Moazzam was delighted with the generosity of his elder brother.

x.                  An old man of the village noticed how the younger brother was being cheated by the elder brother.

xi.                The old man advised Moazzam.

xii.              Moazzam started hitting the cow with a short stick.

xiii.            Azam climbed the date-palm tree to pick ripe dates.

xiv.             Moazzam started cutting the trunk of the tree with an axe.

xv.               Azam agreed to give Moazzam half of the dates.

xvi.             Moazzam washed the blanket.

 

Question and Answers:

 

Q.1    What property did the two brothers inherit from their father and what was the suggestions of Azam about the division of property?

Ans. After the death of their father, their father inherited a cow, a date-palm, tree and a blanket equally. Azam, the elder brother suggested that the front part of the cow, the upper part of the date-palm tree and the blanket from sunset till morning would belong to him. Whereas Moazzam was allotted with the rear part of the cow, the lower part of the tree and the blanket for the day time.

 

 

Q.2    Why did Moazzam agree to the division?

Ans. Moazzam was an innocent and simple boy and agreed to the division because Azam had cunningly presented the useless part of the property as the better ones. Furthermore, he believed that whatever his brother will divide, it will beneficial for both of them.

 

 

Q.3    Who fed the cow and who got the milk? and why did Azam not give dates to Moazzam?

Ans. According to the agreement between Azam and Moazzam, Moazzam was to feed the cow as the front part belonged to him and Azam got the milk as the rear part was his. Azam did not give the dates to Moazzam because the fruitful part of the tree belong to Azam.

Q.4    How did Moazzam teach the lesson to his elder brother?

Ans. After advising by an old man, Moazzam wisely foiled Azam’s tricks. When Azam was milking the cow he started hitting the cow’s head with a stick, when Azam was picking dates from the tree he started cutting the tree with an axe and when Azam took up the blanket, he found it wet which was done by Moazzam. In this manner, Moazzam was able to teach the lesson to his brother.

 

 

Q.5    What is the moral of the lesson “The Inheritors”?

Ans. The moral of the lesson is that falsehood has no ground bases to stand. We should be pragmatic in our dealings and we can answer cleverness by wisdom. We must obey our elder’s advice because their advice is as good as gold.

 

 

Q.6    Give the character sketch of Moazzam?

Ans. Moazzam was a very simple and trusting boy. He never hesitated in doing hard work. Obedience and innocence was also part of Moazzam’s nature.

 

 

Q.7    Give the character sketch of Azam?

Ans. Azam was agreed and a selfish person. Being an elder, he had an ordering style. He was always in the favour of cunning and falsehood. Laziness was also there in his character.

 

 

Q.8    How did Azam cheat Moazzam?

Ans. being selfish and clever, Azam took advantage of Moazzam’s simplicity by taking every beneficial part of the inheritance. He fleeted milk of cow, the fruit of the tree and blanket during the night for himself and awarded Moazzam with useless and work needed parts of inheritance.

 

 

Q.9    What was the effect of the old man’s advice on Moazzam?

Ans. The old man’s advice revealed the fact on Moazzam that he was being cheated by the cleverness of his elder brother. The old man made him realized that Azam was taking benefit of the inheritance. Being obedient, Azam accepted the advice of the old man and answered the cleverness of his brother with his wisdom.

 

Reference to the context:

 

"We shall just divide it verbally. For instance, the front part of the cow, which is the better part, shall be yours while the rear part shall be mine. Agreed?""

 

i.                   Name the chapter. Who spoke these words to whom?

Ans.     The name of the chapter is “The Inheritors”. Azam spoke these words to Moazzam.

ii.                 How did they divide the property?

Ans.     Azam who was clever and greedy he divided the property verbally.

iii.               What kind of person was Moazzam?

Ans.    Moazzam was simple and trusting. So, he agreed the division thinking that it was a fair division.

 

 

"I'm only hitting the front part which is mine, I shall do what I like with my part of the cow."

 

i.                   Name the chapter. Who spoke these words to whom?

Ans.     The name of the chapter is “The Inheritors”. Moazzam spoke these words to Azam.

ii.                 Why was he hitting the cow?

Ans.     The old man advised him to do so as his brother was not sharing anything with him. The elder brother was getting all the benefits from the property so he did this to make him realize.

iii.               What did the elder brother say to stop the younger brother?

Ans.    Azam, the elder brother agreed to share the milk with his younger brother Moazzam.