CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which one is correct?
A
The king was a fool
B
The Guru was a fool
C
The king as well as his minister were fools
D
The minister was wise but the king was a fool
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation of the Above Passage – The king was so foolish that he did not consider the fact that the dead man was committing theft at the time of his death. He only thought that the man died because the wall fell on him and the owner of the house whose wall fell on him had to be punished.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: In this story the fools are the king and his ministers. Just because they wanted to be different from other kings and they wanted to do things differently, they reversed the way of living.

Detailed explanation-4: -There was a Kingdom of Fools. In this country, the king as well as his minister, both were fools. They ordered all things to be reversed. People were ordered to work during the days and sleep during the nights.

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