CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

IN THE KINGDOM OF FOOLS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who were the idiots?
A
king and his minister
B
people
C
gurus
D
all
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: the Kingdom of Fools, both the king and the minister were idiots. In the Kingdom of Fools, the king and his minister-both were uninteliigent. They didn’t want to run things like other kings, so they decided to change night into day and day into night.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answers. In the Kingdom of Fools, both the king and the minister were idiots because they ordered that everyone should remain awake at night, plough their fields and run their businesses only after dark and go to bed as soon as the sun rose. Anyone, who disobeyed, would be put to death. This was an idiotic order.

Detailed explanation-3: -What did the king and his minister do at night? At night, the king and his minister went secretly to prison. They released the guru and the disciple.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: The king and his minister decided to go to the stake themselves and be reborn as the king and the minister again. They decided so because they did not feel it right to give their kingdom to others in next life and also because they believed that holy man did not tell lies. 39.

Detailed explanation-5: -First of all let us discuss the title of the story ‘In the Kingdom of Fools’ which means the state where people are not so wise, they are not intelligent. In this story the king, his ministers and his advisers are fools.

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