Three Questions

THREE QUESTIONS
Comprehension Check
Question 1. Why did the king want to know answers to three questions?
Answer: The king wanted to know the answers to three questions as he wished to become a
great ruler.
Question 2. Messengers were sent throughout the kingdom
(i) to fetch wise men.
(ii) to find answers to the questions.
(iii) to look for the wise hermit.
(iv) to announce a reward for those who could answer the questions.
Mark your choice.
Answer: (ii) to find answers to the questions.
Comprehension Check
Question 1. Many wise men answered the king’s questions, ___________________.
Answer: Many wise men answered the king’s questions, but their answers were so varied that
the king was not satisfied.
Question 2. Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men
___________________.
Answer: Someone suggested that there should be a council of wise men to help the king act at
the right time.
Question 3. Someone else suggested that the king should have a time table
___________________.
Answer: Someone else suggested that the king should have a time table and follow it strictly.
Question 4. The king requested the hermit ___________________.
Answer: The king requested the hermit to answer three questions.
Question 5. The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, ___________________.
Answer: The king washed and dressed the bearded man’s wound, but the bleeding would not
stop.

Working with the text
Answer the following questions:
Question 1. Why was the king advised to go to magicians?
Answer:
Some of the wise men thought that to decide the right time to do something, one must look into
the future and only magicians were able to do that. So, they advised the king to go to the
magicians.
Question 2. In answer to the second question, whose advice did the people say would be
important to the king?
Answer: In answer to the second question, some wise men believed that the king should have
some councilors to give him advice, some others said priests, some other wise men said that
doctors’ advice was most important and yet others believed that the soldiers were the most
important.
Question 3. What suggestions were made in answer to the third question?
Answer: In answer to the third question, i.e. “What is the most important thing to do”, some wise
men responded that science was the most important thing, some others believed that fighting
was the most crucial thing to do for a king, and the others said that religious worship was the
most important thing to do.
Question 4. Did the wise men win the reward? If not, why not?
Answer: No, none of the wise men won the reward. That is because all of them came up with
different answers and the king was not satisfied with any of those answers.
Question 5. How did the king and the hermit help the wounded man?
Answer: First of all, the king cleaned the wound by washing it. Then he covered the wound with
his handkerchief. He continued to dress the wound until the bleeding stopped entirely. The king
gave some water to the wounded man to drink.
The king and the hermit carried the wounded man inside the hut and let him take rest in the hut
in the night.
Question 6. (i) Who was the bearded man?
(ii) Why did he ask for the king’s forgiveness?
Answer: (i) The bearded man was the king’s enemy. He had come there to take revenge from
the king of his brother’s death and take back his property.
(ii) He asked for the king’s forgiveness because he came to kill the king and the king saved his
life.
Question 7. The king forgave the bearded man. What did he do to show his forgiveness?
Answer: The king forgave the bearded man. He showed his forgiveness by offering to send
doctor and servants to take care of the wounded man. He also promised to return his property
too.
Question 8. What were the hermit’s answers to the three questions? Write each answer
separately. Which answer do you like most, and why?
Answer: The hermit’s answers to the three questions were:
1. The right time to do something is “now” because it is the only time when we can act.
2. The most important person is the person you are with at a particular moment, because we
don’t know what will happen in the future.
3. The most important thing to do is to do good to the person because we are here on the earth
for that purpose alone.
Working with language
Question 1. Match items in List A with their meanings in List B.
A B
wounded got up from sleep
awoke give back

forgive small patches of ground for plants
faithful severely injured
pity pardon
beds loyal
return feel sorry for

Use any three of the above words in sentences of your own. You may change the form of the
word.
Answer:
A B
wounded severely injured
awoke got up from sleep
forgive pardon
faithful loyal
pity feel sorry for
beds small patches of ground for plants
return give back

Sentences with three words:
1. Pallavi had to return the bag to her friend.
2. One should be faithful to one’s friends.
3. The dreadful dream awoke Reshma from sleep.
Question 2. Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate
forms of the word given in brackets
1. The ________ said that only fresh evidence would make him change his ________.
(judge)
2. I didn’t notice any serious ________ of opinion among the debaters, although they
_______ from one another over small points. (differ)
3. It’s a fairly simple question to _______,but will you accept my ________ as final?
(answer)
4. It isn’t _______ that ________ should always be the mother of invention. (necessary)
5. Hermits are ________ men. How they acquire their ________ no one can tell. (wise)
6. The committee has _________ to make Jagdish captain of the team. The _________ is
likely to please everyone. (decide)
7. Asking for ________ is as noble as willingness to ________. (forgive)
Answer:
1. The judge said that only fresh evidence would make him change his judgement. (judge)
2. I didn’t notice any serious difference of opinion among the debaters, although they
differed from one another over small points. (differ)
3. It’s a fairly simple question to answer, but will you accept my answer as final? (answer)
4. It isn’t necessary that necessity should always be the mother of invention. (necessary)
5. Hermits are wise men. How they acquire their wisdom no one can tell. (wise)
6. The committee has decided to make Jagdish captain of the team. The decision is likely to
please everyone. (decide)
7. Asking for forgiveness is as noble as willingness to forgive. (forgive)
Speaking and Writing

Question 1. Imagine you are the king. Narrate the incident of your meeting the hermit. Begin like
this:
The wise men answered my questions, but I was not satisfied with their answers. One day I
decided to go and meet the hermit…
Answer: The wise men answered my questions, but I was not satisfied with their answers. One
day I decided to go and meet the hermit who was renowned for his wisdom. I went to him and
saw him digging the earth. I asked him if he could answer the three questions I sought answers
to. But he continued to dig the earth and did not respond at all. I felt that he was getting tired so I
offered to help him in digging. He handed over the spade to me. I kept digging for a while. Then I
repeated my questions and asked if he would answer them. Even then, there was no response
from his side. Then he pointed towards a wounded man approaching us.
Question 2. Imagine you are the hermit. Write briefly the incident of your meeting the king. Begin
like this:
One day I was digging in my garden. A man in ordinary clothes came to see me. I knew he was
the king…
Answer: Self attempt

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THREE QUESTIONS

wounded got up from sleep

awoke give back

faithful severely injured

return feel sorry for

wounded severely injured

awoke got up from sleep

pity feel sorry for

beds small patches of ground for plants

return give back

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