Advertisements
Advertisements
Question
Why does the disciple’s decide to stay in the Kingdom of Fools? Is it a good idea?
Solution
The disciple was a great lover of food. He decided to stay back in the Kingdom of Fools because all food items were cheap here. He could buy whatever he wanted for a rupee and all he wanted was good, cheap food.
The disciple decision to stay back was not a good idea because anything could have happened to him in the Kingdom of Fools, as he was rightly told by the guru.
APPEARS IN
RELATED QUESTIONS
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
Answer the following question in one or two sentences.
In what ways did Kezia’s grandmother encourage her to get to know her father better?
Thinking about the Poem
In stanza 1, find five ways in which we all are alike. Pick out the words.
Discuss with your partner the similarities and differences between your dream
houses.
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace,
And saw, within the moonlight in his room,
Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom,
An angel writing in a book of gold:-
Read the lines given above and answer the following question.
What was Abou dreaming about?
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Trotter: Yes. You've been extraordinarily foolish, you know. You've run a very good chance of being killed by holding out on me. As a result, you've been in serious danger more than once.
Mollie: I don't know what you mean.
Trotter: (moving slowly above the sofa table to the Right of the sofa, still quite natural and friendly) Come now, Mrs. Ralston. We, policemen, aren't quite so dumb as you think. All along I've realized that you had first-hand knowledge of the Langridge Farm affair. You know Mrs. Boyle was the magistrate concerned. In fact, you knew all about it. Why didn't you speak up and say so?
Mollie: (Very much affected) I don't understand. I wanted to forget-forget. (She sits at the Left end of the sofa.)
(i) What was the 'Longridge Farm' affair?
(ii) Trotter revealed to Mollie some facts that he had uncovered about her past. What were they?
(iii) What did Mollie want to forget? How was she linked with the ‘Longridge Farm affair’?
(iv) How did Trotter manage a pass himself off as a policeman? How had he reached Monkswell Manor?
(v) What did Trotter reveal to Mollie about this true identity? How was Mollie saved at the end of the play?
Complete the following sentence by adding the appropriate part of the sentence given below.
The king requested the hermit___________________.
Answer the following question.
Why is it good to have rebels?
How did the kind old couple treat their dog?
Why/when did Abbu Khan become unhappy?
Do you think the man would ever come back to pick up the watch?
Have you seen animals or birds making houses in trees?
Discuss plan A, B and C and the reasons for their respective failures.
Which line in the poem suggests that you need a keen eye and a sharp ear to enjoy a meadow? Read aloud the stanza that contains this line.
What is amazing about he mounds of the ants?
Multiple Choice Question:
How can we play the game of words?
Find out the different kinds of work done by the people in your neighbourhood. Make different cards for different kinds of work. You can make the card colourful with pictures of the persons doing the work.
What does he see the gardener doing?
Study the following phrases and their meanings. Use them appropriately to complete the sentences that follow.
……………. when you are crossing the main road.
Complete the following sentence by providing a reason:
At the end of Act III, Scene III of the play The Tempest, Gonzalo urges the other Lords to follow the "three men of sin" because ______.
