English 9th - Short Answer Questions
UNIT # 07
Q.1: What were the three questions asked by the king?
Ans: These were the three questions the king asked?
(i) What is the most important time to start some work?
(ii) What is the most important work to do?
(iii) Who is the most important person?
Q.2: Why did the king want to know the answers to his three questions?
Ans: The king was in search of the secret of success. The king thought if he could find out the answers to three questions, he would discover this secret and never fail. He announced a reward of 5,000 gold coins for the man who could give correct answers.
Q.3: What could have happened if the King had returned earlier from the saint's hut?
Ans: The bearded man would kill the king if he had returned earlier from the saint's hut.
Q.4: Why did the king decide to take the saint's advice? What was the problem with meeting the saint and how did the king solve it?
Ans: The king had heard of the saint's wisdom who lived in the jungle at some distance from the capital. The problem with the saint was that he did not mix with the rich. The king overcame the problem by disguising himself in rags and set out to see the saint.
Q.5: Write a short note on “The Secret of Success".
Ans: The most important time for doing a thing is the resent. The most important work is what we do in present and the most important person is he with whom we are at present. Past has gone, the future is unseen and will come, both are not present but the present is with us so it is important.
Q.6: Why did the bearded man want to kill the king? What happened to him?
Ans: The bearded man wanted to kill the king because he had got his brother killed. He kept in hiding for the return of the king. As the king did not return, he came out of the hiding and was wounded by the king's servants.
Q.7: What is the moral of the lesson “The Secret of Success”?
Ans: The moral of the lesson is that the most important time for doing anything is the present. The most important work is what we are doing now. The most important person is the one whom we are with at the moment. In short, the 'present' is important, we should value it.
