Three Questions – Textbook Questions and Answers | Class 10 English

Expressions in English classified under different heads. Match the columns.
(1) Principle (2) Quotation (3) Moral (4) Idioms (5) Slogans (6) One-liners (7) Maxims (8) Proverb
(a) a generally accepted, evident truth (b) short striking messages for the public (c) a short witty remark stating truth (d) a popular, well-known truth (e) established expressions which do not convey exactly the same as individual words (f) words cited from a speech/text of a famous person (g) a lesson derived from a story or experience (h) a rule to govern one’s behaviour

Read the polite requests/suggestions and complete the responses (one accepting/agreeing and one refusing). Make sure they are polite and not repeated.
(a) Could you lend me your dictionary? (b) Can you please pass the salad? (c) May I know the exact time? (d) Shall we plan a class-picnic? (e) Do you need help? (f) Is it alright if I use your laptop?

Fill in the missing words of the nursery rhyme (happy, make, heaven, now, place): ‘The time to be happy is ___. The ___ to be happy is here. And the way to be ___ is to ___ someone happy, and have a little ___ right here!’

What is the right time according to you?

What final suggestion did the last group of learned men offer regarding the best time?

Why did the king go to the hermit in disguise?

How did the hermit respond to the king’s questions?

In what state was the bearded man when he arrived?

Why had the wounded man asked for the king’s pardon?

What qualities of the king stand out as he forgave his enemy?

How did the hermit finally point out the answers to the king’s questions?

Read the story and answer whether the following statements are true or false.
(a) The people convinced the King to make a proclamation. (b) The hermit spoke usually to everyone. (c) The King received all answers from the hermit. (d) The person the King saved and helped was his enemy. (e) To do good to people is the purpose of our life.

Match the titles with the contents of the proper paragraph.
1. Once a certain king... 2. Many learned people... 3. Equally varied... gave the reward to none. 4. When the King arrived... my first attention. 5. The hermit listened... continued to dig. 6. The King turned round... gave it to him. 7. Meanwhile the sun... said the King. 8. “You do not know... all my life.” 9. The King was very glad... the day before. 10. “Do you not see?”... sent into this life!
(a) King gains a friend (b) The wounded stranger (c) King helps the hermit (d) The stranger begs for pardon (e) The hermit points out answers (f) Stranger’s vicious intention (g) Questions remain unanswered (h) The king receives various answers (i) King’s announcement (j) The King meets the hermit

The character traits of the king and hermit are mixed up. Sort them out: compassionate, forgiving, enlightened, wise, feeble, impatient, patient, helpful, eager to succeed, convincing.

Complete the Tree diagrams associated with the happenings in the story: (A) Different responses to the first question (B) Reward winning questions (C) Most necessary people needed by the king (D) Most important occupations.

Write two points for the following. How do you know (a) the learned advisers who came to the court confused the king?

Write two points for the following. How do you know (b) the king was humble?

Write two points for the following. How do you know (c) the king’s enemy was repentant?

Write two points for the following. How do you know (d) the hermit was truly wise?

“Varied” (Paragraph 3) means ______.

Many learned people came to the court and gave ______.

The synonym of ‘convinced’ is ______.

The King wanted to know the ______ time to begin everything.

“I pray you to answer my question.” Here ‘pray’ means ______.

Choose an adverb that collocates with “breathed ______”.

Answer the following question.
(a) The learned people were sometimes divided in their opinions, different persons giving quite different answers; at other times, none of them gave an answer – they all suggested ways to look for an answer. Point out one example of each.

Answer the following question.
(b) Though the hermit did not say anything to the king for some time, he did not ignore the king or treat him rudely. Do you agree? What evidence of his politeness can you point out? What shows that he listened and responded to the king’s words?

Answer the following question.
(c) The hermit ‘spoke only to common people’, so the king ‘put on simple clothes’. Do you think the king hoped to be mistaken for a common man, or was he just showing that he was a humble person? What shows that the hermit knew him to be the king?

Answer the following question.
(d) Did the king behave as an ordinary person, rather than as a ruler, at the hermit’s hut? What shows it? Did he also act as a good, kind person? When did he do so?

Answer the following question.
(e) Do you think the hermit knew beforehand, not only about the king’s arrival but about the ambush by his enemy? Think a little about this and say what you really feel.

Rearrange the following happenings in the order of time.
(a) The bearded man resolved to kill the king. (b) The king went alone to see the hermit. (c) The king executed the bearded man’s brother. (d) The king spent the night at the hermit’s hut. (e) The bearded man laid an ambush to kill the king. (f) The king’s bodyguards recognised and wounded the bearded man. (g) The bearded man came out of the ambush.

Summarize the following aspects of the story in 4 to 5 lines each: (a) King’s problem (b) Attempts made to find a solution (c) Climax (d) Solution (e) Message

The following compound words from the story are spelt in a jumbled order. Rearrange the letters to make them meaningful: (1) a r e e t u k d n (2) y o n n a e (3) s t a p s i e m (4) d u b g y r o a d (5) f r a w e r a (6) h e e d a r f o n b (7) h e i l n e w a m (8) n e v h i g r e t y

From the story, find the collocations of the following: (1) ___ important (2) ___ intently (3) frail and ___ (4) widely ___ (5) ___ time (6) ___ blood (7) simple ___ (8) ___ closed (9) ___ asleep (10) ___ peace

Say whether the verbs in the sentences are finite or non-finite.
(1) He decides to go to a hermit. (2) I have come to you, wise hermit. (3) He gave the reward to none. (4) The hermit was digging the ground. (5) I pray you to answer my questions. (6) “Forgive me.” (7) The sun began to sink.

Narrate an experience of your own that has helped you to realise that ‘Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.’ (about 20 lines)

After reading this story, develop a dialogue with 2 of your classmates about the characters in the story. Begin with a tactful introduction to the conversation and write 8 to 10 sets of dialogues.