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प्रश्न
Multiple Choice Question:
What lesson did they possibly learn?
विकल्प
They should work hard instead of quarrelling
It was interesting to quarrel over a little issue
It was futile to quarrel over something too small
Their quarrel would bring bad name too them
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उत्तर
It was futile to quarrel over something too small
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