Chapter 2.2 Three Questions Solutions

A

B

(1) Principle

(h)

a rule to govern one’s behavior

(2) Quotation

(f)

words cited from a speech/text of a famous person

(3) Moral

(g)

a lesson derived from a story or experience

(4) Idioms

(e)

established expressions which do not convey exactly the same as individual words

(5) Slogans

(b)

short striking messages for the public

(6) One-liners

(c)

a short witty remark stating the truth

(7) Maxims

(d)

a popular, well-known truth

(8) Proverb

(a)

a generally accepted, evident, truth

→ Can you please pass the salad?
Accept (1) ………………..
Refuse (2) ………………..
Answer:
Accept (1) Sure!
Accept (2) Here you are.

→ May I know the exact time?
Accept (1) ………………..
Refuse (2) ………………..
Answer:
Accept (1) Right now It is exactly ten to six.
Accept (2) It’s 10 minutes past 5.

→ Shall we plan a class-picnic?
Accept (1) ………………..
Refuse (2) ………………..
Answer:
Accept (1) Yes, let’s!
Refuse (2) Not now; I’m going to my native place for a month.

→ Do you need help?
Accept (1) ………………..
Refuse (2) ………………..
Answer:
Accept (1) Yes, please.
Refuse (2) It’s all right, thank you. I can manage.

→ Is it alright if I use your laptop?
Accept (1) ………………..
Refuse (2) ………………..
Answer:
Accept (1) Yes, I can spare It for an hour.
Refuse (2) Well… could you wait some time? I have some things I need to complete.

Three Questions Class 10 English Workshop Questions and Answers Maharashtra Board

1

Once a certain king... important to do.

a

King gains a friend.

2

Many learned people... time for everything.

b

The wounded stranger

3

Equally varied... gave the reward to none.

c

King helps the hermit.

4

When the King arrived,... my first attention.

d

The stranger begs for pardon.

5

The hermit listened... continued to dig.

e

The hermit points out answers.

6

The King turned around... gave it to him.

f

Stranger’s vicious intention

7

Meanwhile the sun... said the King.

g

Questions remain unanswered.

8

“You do not know … all my life.

h

The king received various answers.

9

The King was very glad... the day before.

i

King’s announcement.

10

“Do you not see?”... sent into this life!”

j

The King meets the hermit.

(1) Once a certain king … important to do.

i

The king’s announcement.

(2) Many learned people … time for everything.

h

The king received various answers.

(3) Equally varied … gave the reward to none.

g

The questions remained unanswered.

(4) When the king arrived, … rriy first attention.

j

The king meets the hermit

(5) The hermit listened … continued to dig.

c

The king helps the hermit.

(6) The king turned round … gave it to him.

b

The wounded stranger.

(7) Meanwhile the sun … said the king.

d

The stranger begs for pardon.

(8) ‘You do not know … all my life.’

f

The stranger’s vicious intentions.

(9) The king was very glad … the day before.

a

The king gains a friend.

(10) ‘Do you not see?’ … sent into his life.

e

The hermit points out answers.

(b) Many learned people came to the court and gave ……………………
(i) The same answers
(ii) correct answers
(iii) different answers
(iv) wrong answers.
Answer:
(iii) different answers

(c) The synonym of ‘convinced’ is ……………………
(i) persuaded
(ii) happy
(iii) unhappy
(iv) angry.
Answer:
(i) persuaded

(d) The King wanted to know the …………………… time to begin everything.
(i) right
(ii) exact
(iii) proper
(iv) good.
Answer:
(i) right

(e) ‘‘I pray you to answer my question.’’ Here ‘pray’ means ……………………
(i) plead to God
(ii) request
(iii) order
(iv) suggest.
Answer:
(ii) request

(f) Choose an adverb that collocates with “breathed ……………………
(i) hurriedly
(ii) heavily
(iii) hardly
(iv) calmly.
Answer:
(i) heavily

(b) Though the hermit did not say anything to the king for some time, he did not ignore the king or treat him rudely in any way. Do you agree? What evidence of his politeness can you point out? What shows that he listened and responded to the king’s words?
Answer:
I agree that though the hermit did not say anything to the king for some time, he did not ignore the king or treat him rudely in any way. His politeness is evident by the fact that he greeted the king. By spitting on his hand before he resumed digging, the hermit indicated that the work he was doing was more important and that the king would have to wait.

(c) The hermit ‘spoke only to common people’; so the king ‘put on simple clothes’. Do you think the king hoped to be mistaken for a common man, or was he just showing that he was a humble person? What shows that the hermit knew him to be the king?
Answer:
The king put on* simple clothes because he did not want the hermit to refuse to answer his questions. The king was aware that the hermit was wise and would know that he was the king and not mistake him for a common person. Out of humility and respect, the king dressed up like a commoner. We know that-the hermit knew that he was the king by the way he returned the king’s greeting.

(d) Did the king behave as an ordinary person, rather than as a ruler, at the hermit’s hut? What shows it? Did he also act as a good, kind person? When did he do so?
Answer:
Like any other ordinary person, the king tended to the wounded man. He even washed the wound and bandaged it many times. When required, he brought and gave the man water to drink. The king went out of his way to be good and kind to the man. All this happened after the wounded man came running, wounded, to the hermit’s hut.

(e) Do you think the hermit knew, beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.
Answer:
I think the hermit somehow knew everything before the king arrived. He must have known about the plan of the king’s enemy and so was able to deal with it purposefully when the king arrived. News about the ambush must definitely have come to his ears. Otherwise he would not have been able to answer the king’s questions in such a real and practical way. He was a hermit, a wise man, and nothing of importance would have escaped his consideration.

(b) Attempts made to find a solution: ……………………
(c) Climax: ……………………
(d) Solution: ……………………
(e) Message: ……………………
Answer:
The King wanted the answers to three questions. In order to find a solution, he had a proclamation made in his kingdom. He also announced a great reward to anyone who would give him the answers to his questions.

(B) From the story, find the collocations of the following.
(1) …………………… important.
(2) …………………… intently
(3) frail and ……………………
(4) widely ……………………
(5) …………………… time
(6) …………………… blood
(7) simple ……………………
(8) closed ……………………
(9) …………………… asleep
(10) …………………… peace
(11) took ……………………..
Answer:
(1)mostimportant
(2)gazingintently
(3) frail andweak
(4) widelyrenowned
(5)righttime
(6)warmblood
(7) simpleclothes
(8) closedeyes
(9)fellasleep.
(10)madepeace
(11) tookleave

It was Rousseau who said, ‘Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.’

I realized the truth of this statement when I was in Std. X. It was an important year for me. My school was far from my home. So were my classes. I had to spend a lot of time walking in order to reach either school or classes. This meant a lot of waste of precious time that I could use very well for study.

I was an only child and my father had passed away four years ago. My mother would tell me, ‘Have patience. Things will work out.’ But I really could not understand her.

The rainy months passed by with me trudging anxiously to school or to the classes. If I was lucky, someone would give me a lift, dy studies were suffering.

I was lagging behind in keeping up with homework and revision.

Then one day the postman delivered a letter. Mother read it in excitement.

‘You know what? There’s a good news. Your uncle from the US is coming to visit us. He is your dad’s brother. The last time he saw you was when you were j a baby.’

‘Oh,’ I said, wondering how that could be good for us. On the contrary, I would have to take my uncle visiting and that would take up more of the time I required for earnest study.

The day arrived. My uncle came over. A jolly fellow, full of stories and fun and small delightful gifts. In the afternoon I took his leave saying I had to go to school and then classes.

‘How are you going?’ he asked.
I put my head down and said, ‘Walking’.
‘Come, I’ll take you by autorickshaw,’ he said. And so we went.
‘It’s quite a distance,’ my uncle commented. I nodded silently.
In the evening when I came home, I could not believe my eyes.
There, resting against the wall was the most beautiful bicycle I had ever seen.
Mother and my uncle came out to greet me.
‘This is yours, boy. No more walking long distances for you!’
Tears welled up in my eyes and I ran and hugged my uncle.
‘Thank you so much,’ I said.
Indeed, my patience had been rewarded with sweet fruit!

Student 1: Yes, I was particularly impressed with the king. He was very humble. He was eager to know more about life.

My self: Yes, he did not claim that he knew everything just because he was king.

Student 2: I liked the hermit. He was quite a cool character.

My self: He was very wise. He knew beforehand that the king would come to him. He also knew the solution to the king’s problem, even before the incidents occurred.

Student 1: Yes. And the surprising thing is that the king indirectly got the answers to his questions from a long-forgotten enemy.

My self: The story is very cleverly written, woven around these three characters. One seeks answers to questions. One knows the answers to the questions. One is the medium through which the answers are given.

Student 2: If the king’s bodyguards had not attacked the man, he would not have come to the hermit’s hut and met the king.

My self: If the man had not been wounded and the king had not bandaged his wounds and saved his life, the man would not have forgiven him for a cruel wrongdoing in the past.

Student 1: Yes, Leo Tolstoy wanted to give us the message of forgiveness and doing good even to our enemies. Through the three characters in the story and their interactions, the writer brought out his message very well.

My sfelf : Indeed, a well-written story, and one from which we learn such a lot!

(a) rose got up from a sitting or kneeling position a flower
(b) sink drop downwards go down below the surface of a liquid
(c) bed a garden plot a piece of furniture for resting
(d) rest to cease work in order to relax or sleep the remaining part

By saving the life of the wounded man, who was in fact the king’s enemy, the king passes on to us the message that the most important thing in life is to do good to others, because it is for that purpose alone we were sent into this life.

(ii) blood:
(a) profuse
(b) warm
(c) fresh
(d) bandaged.
Answer:
warm

(b) The vulture is a bird of prey.
(B) Do as directed (Challenging Activities):
(1) Change to the positive degree: What you did for him was your most important business.
(2) Use the given word as a noun and as a verb: wish
Answer:
(1) No other business of yours was as important as what you did for him.
(2) Word: wish
Sentences: (a) Make a wish and it will come true. (noun)
(b) You may leave if you wish, (verb)