CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The dancing girl put the blame on
A
the brick layer
B
the goldsmith
C
the rich merchant
D
the rich merchant’s father
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The king charged the dancing girl of killing the thief. The dancing girl said that the goldsmith was responsible for it. She had given some gold to him. He had to make some jewellery for her.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution : The dancing girl blames the goldsmith, who had to make some jewellery for her, but had not made it in time. Because of this, she had to visit him several times, thereby walking up and down the street in front of the brick-layer, disturbing him.

Detailed explanation-3: -The dancing girl was blamed for distracting the mason who built the wall.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the bricklayer was told about his fault, he passed the blame to the dancing girl. He said that she kept going up and down the street with her anklets jingling and he could not keep his eyes off her. As a result, he lost his concentration and built a weak wall.

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