Class 5 English — Chapter 8: The Decision of the Panchayat

What you'll learn

• ▸Story Comprehension: The Decision of the Panchayat
• ▸Moral Lesson: Honesty and Justice
• ▸Role of the Panchayat and Village Chief
• ▸Vocabulary Expansion: Story-Related Words
• ▸Use of Prepositions
• ▸Understanding Suffixes: -less
• ▸Sequencing Events
• ▸Informal Letter Writing
• ▸Listening Comprehension
• ▸Reading Comprehension: Factual and Vocabulary

Chapter Summary

--- PAGE 1 --- 8 The Decision of the Panchayat Let us Read Once upon a time, there lived a farmer in a small village. He had two fields. He used to work very hard. When he prospered, he bought another field. There was a well next to it. Since the farmer needed a source of water for his fields, he bought the well from his neighbour. The neighbour was a cunning man. He thought of a plan to cheat the farmer. --- PAGE 2 --- The next day, when the farmer reached the well, he found the neighbour standing there. He refused to let the farmer take water from the well. On asking why, he replied, “I sold only the well to you, not the water. The water still belongs to me. You cannot take it.” The worried farmer didn’t know what to do. So, he went to the village chief and told her about his case, and said, “He is not letting me take the water.” The village chief fixed a day for a meeting of the Panchayat. The day came, and the members of the Panchayat gathered under the banyan tree in the cent…

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4. What did the farmer buy after he prospered? Get Solution →
5. What was located next to the field the farmer bought? Get Solution →
6. Why did the farmer buy the well? Get Solution →
7. How did the neighbour behave when the farmer went to take water from the well? Get Solution →
8. Where did the farmer go for help after the dispute? Get Solution →

Did you know?

• 💡 Ancient Egyptian judges sometimes wore blindfolds to symbolize fairness and impartiality.
• 💡 The world's oldest known laws, Hammurabi's Code, were written over 3,700 years ago.
• 💡 Some wells are so deep, reaching far underground, they can draw water from ancient reserves.
• 💡 India's traditional village councils, Panchayats, have governed local matters for thousands of years.
• 💡 Banyan trees, often meeting spots, are famous for their aerial roots that become new trunks.

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