Q1. Who is Gopi in the poem?
Ans: Gopi is a poor but kind-hearted girl who receives a magic brush.
Q2. What was Gopi asked to bring home at the beginning?
Ans: She was asked to bring firewood.
Q3. Where was Gopi sitting when she first appeared?
Ans: She was sitting under a tree.
Q4. What was she drawing pictures with?
Ans: She was drawing with a stick on the ground.
Q5. Who gave Gopi the magic brush?
Ans: An old man gave her the brush.
Q6. What did the man tell Gopi about how to use the brush?
Ans: He told her to use it only to help the poor and needy.
Q7. What was the first thing Gopi painted with the brush?
Ans: She painted a cow.
Q8. What happened when she painted khichdi?
Ans: The khichdi became real and everyone ate happily.
Q9. Whom did she paint a muffler for?
Ans: She painted a muffler for a poor boy.
Q10. What did Gopi paint for a grandmother?
Ans: She painted a walking stick for the grandmother.
Q11. Who heard about the magic brush?
Ans: The greedy Zamindar heard about it.
Q12. What did the Zamindar order Gopi to paint?
Ans: He ordered her to paint gold coins.
Q13. Why did Gopi refuse the Zamindar’s order?
Ans: Because she was told to use the brush only for the poor.
Q14. What punishment did the Zamindar give Gopi?
Ans: He put her in prison.
Q15. What did Gopi paint to escape the prison?
Ans: She painted a key.
Q16. How did Gopi leave the prison?
Ans: She unlocked the door with the key and ran away.
Q17. What did she paint to stop the Zamindar and his men from chasing her?
Ans: She painted a wide river.
Q18. What did Gopi threaten to paint if they kept chasing her?
Ans: She threatened to paint a storm.
Q19. How did the Zamindar react to Gopi’s warning?
Ans: He became frightened and stopped chasing her.
Q20. What did Gopi finally paint for the villagers at the end?
Ans: She painted fields full of crops.
Q21. What lesson does the poem convey about the use of power?
Ans: Power should be used to help others, not for greed.
Q22. What emotion do the villagers feel when Gopi returns?
Ans: They feel joy and gratitude.