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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.
'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)
Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.
But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.
'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.
'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.
Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.
Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.
'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.
'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.
'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.
'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.
'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.
'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.
'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)
Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.
'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.
Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'
None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.
Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'
Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!'
'Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)
'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'
Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.
'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.
'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.
They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'
It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.
Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:
  • a)
    The Pandava who was the most able of all.
  • b)
    The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.
  • c)
    The Pandava who made the most of every situation.
  • d)
    The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the quest...
Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as a person who had immense ability and skill. He does not compare him with the other Pandavas, he is simply amazed at the skills Arjuna possesses and this makes him proud of Arjuna.
Hence, the correct option is (b).
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Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' 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However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2025 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?.
Solutions for Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? in English & in Hindi are available as part of our courses for CAT. Download more important topics, notes, lectures and mock test series for CAT Exam by signing up for free.
Here you can find the meaning of Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given at the end.'Brother! The twelve years of exile are almost getting over!' Yudhishtara called his brother Arjuna as all the five Pandavas with Draupadi were inside the hut, in the forest. 'We need to find a place to stay hidden for the next one year.' (The rules for the dice game played for the second time were that the Pandavas had to spend 12 years in exile and the next one year in disguise. If the Kauravas found the location of the Pandavas during the 13th year, when they were in disguise, the Pandavas would have to again go for 12 years exile and spend the 13th year incognito and so on..)Yudhishtara studied the third Pandava with quiet pride. There had always been a passion in Arjuna's eyes which could never be masked. However after Arjuna's visit to his father's domain in the heavens (Arjuna's biological father was Indra, the Lord of the Devas) Arjuna had become more mature, more restrained. Yudhishtara heard the stories of how Arjuna had fought with the three-eyed Lord Shiva with utmost wonder. Yudhishtara was stupefied when Arjuna narrated how he had vanquished the Nivatakavachas.But probably the most amazingly impossible fact was when Yudhishtara heard Arjuna sing for them. Arjuna the peerless warrior, whose arrows had never failed him, sang with the passion which almost brought tears to Yudhishtara's eyes. Yudhishtara realized that this brother of his was special. Whatever Arjuna did, he did it with passion and achieved excellence in it.'Where did you learn this?' Draupadi asked looking amazed, after Arjuna finished singing.'The gandharvas and the apsaras in the heavens! They taught me how to sing and dance!' Arjuna said looking a little embarrassed.Draupadi misread his embarrassment. 'Were the apsaras really beautiful?' She asked with a hint of jealousy in her voice.Arjuna laughed miserably shaking his head. 'I have not yet told you the entire story!' He said heavily.'What is it?' Draupadi asked sharply.'In the heavens, I watched Urvashi dance in my father's court!' Arjuna said as Draupadi's face grew darker. 'I remembered thinking that this was the woman who had married Puru, our ancestor! Urvashi was like our mother!' Arjuna said as Draupadi watched her husband perplexed.'However Urvashi thought that I was a very handsome man!' Arjuna said colouring up right to his roots.'What happened then?' Nakula asked his brother.'When I told Urvashi, I thought of her like our mother...she..she..' Arjuna looked down faltering.'What happened?' Yudhishtara demanded.'She cursed me to be a shandha!' Arjuna finished lamely. (A Shandha is a person who is neither a male nor a female)Draupadi watched her husband completely numb, her thoughts spiraling completely out of control. She tried talking and failed as her mouth just refused to listen to her mind.'WHAT?' Bheema thundered.Arjuna nodded. 'My father interfered!' Arjuna said looking down. 'He said that the curse was for the best! He modified the curse and let it be in force only for a year and that it would be in force for the one year that we were in disguise!' Arjuna said looking at his brothers and his wife. 'My father Indra said otherwise, the marks on my hand as an archer would have been impossible to hide! And that people would know immediately that I was Arjuna!'None of them could think of anything to say to it. It was not a situation which required any reply. Yudhishtara cleared his throat. 'So what do we do now?' He asked finally.Arjuna nodded his head. 'We send the sages accompanying us to Dwaravati! As a diversion!' Arjuna started. 'That way Suyodhana (Duryodhana) would believe that we have gone there! It would take a few months for his spies to know that we are not in Dwaravathi!'Yudhishtara smiled as he nodded. 'And in the meantime, the six of us go to King Virata's kingdom!''Why are we going to the Matsya kingdom?' Bheema asked. (King Virata ruled the Matsya kingdom.)'He is just and firm! He is not too young to give way to his whims, nor too old!' Yudhishtara said as the others nodded. 'I am going under the name of Kanka! I have now mastered the art of dice!' Yudhishtara said looking a little shamefaced. 'I will be with the king to entertain him during his free time!'Bheema nodded. 'Fine! I will join the royal kitchens of Virata, as a cook! I will go by the name of Vallabha!' Arjuna was about to shake his head when Bheema continued. 'I will tell the king that I am a part time wrestler! Otherwise he would not believe that I am only a cook!' Arjuna nodded satisfied.'I will go as Brihannila, a teacher of dance and music to the royal ladies, including Princess Uttara (King Virata's daughter)!' Arjuna said. Nakula and Sahadeva smiled.'I will go as Granthika, to look after the royal horses and Sahadeva would go as Arishtanemi, the tenderer of cows!' Nakula said smiling. 'We are both exceedingly good with animals!' The other brothers nodded. All of them knew too well the truth of the words.They all turned to Draupadi who sighed before she spoke. 'I will go as a Sairandhri to Queen Sudeshna! (A Sairandhri is a woman who works in the employment of another) I will tell them that I worked as a Sairandhri to Satyabhama, Krishna's favourite wife and then worked under Draupadi!' Draupadi smiled mirthlessly. 'I will call myself as Malini!'It was agreed that all of them would meet the king at various times and tell them that they had worked for Yudhishtara until now and that because they could not find him now, they were coming in employment to the Matsya King. And so it was done. The five brothers came in the court of King Virata.Q. Yudhishtara viewed Arjuna as:a)The Pandava who was the most able of all.b)The Pandava who possessed a sum total of multifarious qualities.c)The Pandava who made the most of every situation.d)The Pandava with whom he could empathize the most.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.
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