CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What made the king and his silly minister go for the stake first?
A
THEIR GREED
B
THEIR FOOLISHNESS
C
BOTH
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: Explanation: The guru appeared at his disciple’s prayers, and took control of the situation. He asked the’king to put him in the stake before his disciple, because he was the guru and therefore greater than the disciple.

Detailed explanation-2: -The king considers the Guru to be genuine and so, tells his minister that they should not lose their kingdom in the next birth. In this way, the king decides to save his kingdom and get himself and his minister killed by the stake in place of the guru and his disciple. Hence, the Guru saves his disciple’s life.

Detailed explanation-3: -IN the Kingdom of Fools, both the king and the minister were idiots. They didn’t want to run things like other kings, so they decided to change night into day and day into night.

Detailed explanation-4: -The people did not go against the order of the king and the minister because of fear of death. They had been told that anyone who disobeyed would be punished with death.

Detailed explanation-5: -He went on to say that the stake they’d use to assassinate the disciple was the stake of justice. It had not yet murdered any criminals because it was so new. Further, the guru said that the one who would die first on this stake would be reborn as the kingdom’s king.

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