Friday, July 1, 2011

Class IX, ENGLISH, "The Secret of Success"

Question and Answers

Q.1 What is the moral of the lesson “The Secret of Success”?

Ans. The moral of the lesson “The Secret of Success” is the most important time for doing any thing is the present. The most important work is what we are doing. The most important person is the one whom we with at the moment.

Q.2 What were the question that the King wished to be answered? What did he do to find the answers to these questions?

Ans. The King wanted the answers to the following questions:
What is the most important time to start some work?
What is the most important work to do?
Who is the most important person?
To find out the answers to these questions he did the following:
He ask his minister to announce that whoever answer these questions would get a reward of 5000 gold coins.
He called the wise and learned men of his country to his court, to discuss these questions.
The King dressed as a poor man, went to the jungle to seek the advice of wise saint who live their.

Q.3 Why were the wise and learnt men not able to satisfy the King?

Ans. The wise and the learn’t men were unable to satisfy the King because they could not see eye to eye with each other and each answer was disapproved by the king.

Q.4 Where did the saint live and why did the King wish to see him?

Ans. The saint lived in the Jungle. The King was not satisfied with the answer given to him by his advisers, so he decided to seek the advice of this famous saint.

Q.5 Why could the King not approach the saint directly? What did he do to over come this difficulty?

Ans. The King could not approach the saint directly because the saint did not like the rich people and to over come this difficult he dressed himself in rags and set out to see the saint.

Q.6 Why did the bearded man become a faithful servant of the King?

Ans. When the bearded man was seriously wounded by the King’s men, the king looked after him. He bandaged his wound and stop the bleeding for this act of kindness the bearded man forgot his desire for revenge and became the King’s servant.

2 comments:

  1. *SUMMARY*
    A king wanted to know the answers of his three questions. He thought that if he knew the answers of that three questions he would know the secret of success. He discussed his questions with his ministers ,wise people and the other people. Then he announced to give 5000 gold coins to the winner who gives the correct answer. Many people tried their luck but the king was satisfied with none of their answers. He went to meet a saint in the jungle who was famous for his wisdom. He disguised himself as the saint did not like to meet the rich people. The king asked him the questions but he did not replied instead he was busy in digging. He was an old man so the king helped him in digging. He then asked him the questions but he did not answered but pointed a bearded man with a dagger. When he reached near the king he fainted. The king dressed his wounds and stayed at the saint's hut. The bearded man thanked the king in the morning and told him that he was his enemy but from the day he saved his life he claimed to be his faithful servant. Then the saint told him that the most important time is present ,the most important work is what he is doing now and the most important person is the one whom he is at the moment

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