THE THREE QUESTIONS - Chapter 4 English Class VIII

(Anundoram Borooah Academy)

English - Class VIII
Chapter 4
THE THREE QUESTIONS

EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) :

A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) :

1. What things did occur to the king's mind ?
(কি কথা ৰজাজনৰ মনলৈ আহিছিল ?)
Answer : The things that occured to the king's mind were to know the right time to begin a thing, the right people to consult with and the most important work to do for him.

2. What were the three questions that the king had proclaimed throughout his kingdom?
(কি তিনিটা প্রশ্ন ৰজাজনে গোটেই দেশজুৰি ঘোষণা কৰি দিছিল ?)
Answer : The three questions that the king proclaimed throughout his kingdom were :

First, what the right time was to begin a work.
Second, who the important poeple was with whom he might consult.
Third, what the most important thing was to do
for the king.

3. Was the king contented with the answers given by the various learned men? What did he do then?
('ভিন ভিন বিজ্ঞ মানুহে দিয়া উত্তৰবোৰত ৰজাজন সন্তুষ্ট
হৈছিলনে? তাৰ পিছত তেওঁ কি কৰিছিল?)
Answer : The king was not contented with the answers given by the various learned men. To get the right answer, he went to a widely known hermit.

4. Where did the hermit live?
(সন্নাসীজন ক’ত বসবাস কৰিছিল?)
Answer : The hermit lived in a wood.

5. Why did the king, go to the hermit alone?
(ৰজাজনে কিয় অকলে সন্নাসীজনৰ ওচৰলৈ গৈছিল?)
Answer : The king went to the hermit alone because he received none but common folk.

6. What was the hermit doing when the king approached him?
(যেতিয়া ৰজাজন আগবাঢ়ি গৈছিল তেতিয়া সন্নাসীজনে কি কৰি আছিল ?)
Answer : When the king approached the hermit, he was digging the ground in front of his hut.

7. What did the king do with the wounded man?
(আঘাতপ্রাপ্ত মানুহজনক লৈ ৰজাজনে কি কৰিছিল?)
Answer : The king unfastened the wounded man's clothing and found a wound in his stomach. Then the king washed the wound as best as he could and bandaged it with his handerkership and towel of the hermit.

8. Who was that wounded man? What was his intention?
(আঘাতপ্রাপ্ত মানুহজন কোন আছিল? তেওঁৰ উদ্দেশ্য কি আছিল?)
Answer : The wounded man was the king's enemy.
Once the king executed the man's brother and seized his property. Since then the man swore to revenge himself on the king. His intention was to kill the king.

9. What answer did the king meet finally?
(অৱশেষত ৰজাজনে কি উত্তৰ পাইছিল?)
Answer : Finally the king meets the following answers -
Frist, the present time is the most important time to begin a thing.
Second, the most important man is he with whom he is at present.
Third, the most important thing is to do good to
people.

10. What is the most important thing to do?
(কৰিবলগা আটাইতকৈ গুৰুত্বপূৰ্ণ কামটো কি ?)
Answer : The most important thing is to do good to people.

D. Write 'True' or 'False' (‘সঁচা’ বা ‘মিছা’ লিখা) :

1. The hermit lived in a wood.
Answer : True.

2. The hermit could not answer the king's questions.
Answer : False.

3. The king attended to his enemy?
Answer : True.

4. All the learned men answered the king's questions differently.
Answer : True.

5. The hermit was widely renowned for his wisdom.
Answer : True.