Ans. Azam and Moazzam were two brothers. They inherited a cow, a date-palm tree and a blanket.
Q.2 What was the suggestion of Azam about the division of property?
Ans. Azam was the elder brother. He was very greedy and clever. He suggested that the front part of cow, lower part of tree should be taken by Moazzam while the rest will go to him. And so far as the blanket was concerned, Moazzam would use the blanket in the day time only.
Q.3 Who fed the cow and who got the milk ?
Ans. The front part of the cow was given to Moazzam and the rear part was given to Azam . So Azam fed the cow and Azam got the milk.
Q.4 What was the effect of the old man’s advice on Moazzam?
Ans. Moazzam decided to teach a lesson of his elder brother. By acting upon the old man’s advice, he forced his elder brother to give him his due share. He was now happy and contended.
Q.5 Why did Azam give up cheating Moazzam?
Ans. Azam was a clever boy. He guessed that someone had advised Moazzam to do what he was doing. So he could not dupe him any more and gave up cheating his younger brother.