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Extract from the Play
Summary in Bullet Points
- Shiv Datt clearly tells the Merchant that none of the four friends has ever seen his camel.
- The Merchant becomes angry because he cannot understand how they know so much about an animal they say they have never seen.
- Without asking how they found these details, he decides that they must have stolen the camel and sold it.
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This creates the main problem of the play: correct knowledge makes the innocent men look guilty.
indignant
= angry
deceivers = people who trick others or hide the truth
NCERT Poorvi pages 37–39
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Answer: The Merchant becomes suspicious because the men describe his camel exactly while claiming never to have seen it. This shows that he is distressed and quick to judge without asking for the reasoning behind their knowledge .
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Answer: The Merchant thinks they are deceivers because they know every detail of the camel but claim that they have never seen it. He assumes they are hiding the truth.
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Answer: The Merchant knows only that the men can describe his camel. He has no proof that they stole it. Instead of asking how they reached their conclusions, he immediately assumes theft. His anger turns an unexplained fact into an unfair accusation.
