CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the king and his men make the guru and his disciple free?
A
BY DISGUISING THEM AS CRIMINALS
B
BY PAASING ORDERS
C
NONE
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -That night, the king and the minister went secretly to prison. They released the guru and his disciple. They disguised themselves as the guru and the disciple. The next morning, the executioners killed them.

Detailed explanation-2: -In order to save his disciple, Guru hatched a plan. He said that the first one to be executed at the state, would become the king in the next life and the second to be executed would be the king’s minister. The foolish king and his minister got themselves executed.

Detailed explanation-3: -Finally, the king and his minister get themselves killed by the stake in place of the Guru and his disciple. The people of the kingdom beg the guru and his disciple to become their new king and minister. The guru agreed on a condition that the kingdom would function normally like all other kingdoms did.

Detailed explanation-4: -Put me to death first, not him!” The guru and the disciple now got into a fight about who should go first. The king was puzzled by this behaviour. He asked the guru, “Why do you want to die?

Detailed explanation-5: -That night, the king and his minister went secretly to the prison. They released the guru and the disciple and disguised themselves as the two. Finally, both of them were taken to the stake and promptly executed.

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