Important Questions Class 10 Chapter 2.2 kumarbharati English Maharashtra Board

Three Questions

  Short Questions 

1. Who wrote the story “Three Questions”?

• Leo Tolstoy.

2.What is a parable?

• A short story with a moral lesson.

3.What was the king’s first question?

• What is the right time for every action?

4. What was the king’s second question?

• Who are the most necessary people?

5.What was the king’s third question?

• What is the most important thing to do?

6. What did the king promise for the answers?

• A great reward.

7. Why did the king go to the hermit?

• To find answers to his questions.

8. What was the hermit doing when the king arrived?

• Digging the ground.

9. Why did the king disguise himself?

• To look like a common man.

10. Who ran out of the forest wounded?

• A bearded man.

11. Why was the bearded man wounded?

• The king’s bodyguards attacked him.

12. What did the king do for the wounded man?

• Bandaged his wound.

13. What did the bearded man want to do to the king?

• Kill him.

14. What was the hermit’s final answer about time?

• Now is the most important time.

15. What is the story’s main message?

• Do good to others.

  Long Questions  

1. Why did the king make a proclamation in his kingdom?

• The king wanted answers to his three questions. He promised a reward for the right answers.

2.What different answers did the learned people give for the first question?

• Some said to make a timetable, others said to stay alert, and some suggested a council. None of their answers satisfied the king.

3.Why did the king help the hermit with digging?

• The hermit looked tired and weak. The king felt sorry and wanted to help him.

4. How did the king save the bearded man’s life?

• The king washed and bandaged the man’s wound. He kept doing it until the bleeding stopped.

5.Why did the bearded man ask for the king’s forgiveness?

• He was the king’s enemy and planned to kill him. The king’s kindness changed his heart.

6.What did the hermit teach the king about the most important person?

• The most important person is the one you are with. You may not meet others again.

7. How did the hermit answer the king’s questions in the end?

• He showed the answers through the king’s actions. Helping the hermit and the wounded man was the right time, person, and thing.

8. What lesson did the king learn from the hermit’s words?

• The king learned to live in the present and do good. This is the purpose of life.