Question

Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:

One day, King Amrit and Chandan were taking a walk on the terrace of the palace. The terrace offered a beautiful view of the surroundings, and they could see far into the distance. They spotted the weekly market from up there, with people in colourful clothes buying and selling all kinds of things. There was plenty to buy and people had money to buy too. There were no poor people to be seen anywhere. The King watched with a smile on his face. He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom. Like any good ruler, he was happy ·when his people were happy.
       He turned to Chandan and said, ''See how contented my people are. But I want to check this first-hand by talking to them. Tomorrow, summon people from all walks of life to the court, and I will ask them myself how they are doing.'' Chandan was used to the king's strange requests and went off to carry out this order.

       The next day, the King arrived in the court humming a happy tune to himself. Seeing all the people gathered there waiting for him, he was even more pleased. He cleared his throat and said in a loud voice, ''I have called you here to ask you a very important question. As your king, I need to know if all of you are contented. Do you have enough for your needs? Do you know anyone who is not happy about anything?''.

(1) What do you understand about the King from this extract?
(2) Why did the King want to talk to his people?
(3) How did the King come to know about the prosperity of his kingdom?
(4) According to you, what should the Government do for the bettennent of the poor people?
(5) Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed :
(i) He was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom.
(Make it a rhetorical question.)
(ii) Summon people from all walls of life to the court
(Rewrite it beginning with 'Let ..... ')
(iii) As soon as the King arrived in the court humming a
happy tune to himself, he cleared his throat.
(Rewrite it using 'No sooner .... than'.)

(6) Find out the words from the extract which mean:
(i) development
(ii) examine

Answer 1

(1) The extract tells that the king was a good and kind ruler. He wanted to see that all his people were happy and contented

(2) The kind wanted to find out for himself whether all his people were contented. He wanted to ask them if they had enough for their needs. He also wanted to know if there was anyone who was not happy about anything. 

(3) From the terrace of his palace, the king spotted a weekly market, that was buzzing with people busy buying or selling things. None of the people seemed to be poor. The King was delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom.

(4) Education, Medical Facilities should be provided by the Government to all the General people at free of cost. There must be proper infrastructure facilities throughout the country.

(5)
(i) Wasn’t he delighted to see the prosperity of his kingdom?.

(ii) Let the people from all walks of life be summoned to the court.

(iii) No sooner did the king arrive in the court humming a happy tune to himself than he cleared his throat.

(6)

(i) development - prosperity

(ii) examine - check