Class 7 English Honeycomb Chapter 1 Practice Question Answers - Three Questions

Direction: Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions that follow. Tick the correct answer from the given alternatives:

In reply to the first question, some said that the king must follow a timetable, and then follow it strictly. Only in this way, they said, could he do everything at its proper time. Others said that it was impossible to decide in advance the right time for doing something. The king should notice all that was going on, avoid foolish pleasures, and always do whatever seemed necessary at that time. Yet others said the king needed a council of wise men who would help him act at the proper time. This was because one man would find it impossible to decide correctly, without help from others, the right time for every action. Question 1. From which lesson these lines been taken?
(a) Quality
(b) A Gift of Chappals
(c) Three Questions
(d) Expert Detectives
Answer: (c) Three Questions

Question 2. Who asked the questions?
(a) The queen
(b) The minister
(c) The king
(d) The wise man
Answer: (c) The king

Question 3. Some wise people suggested to the king.
(a) to take help from the minister
(b) to follow the timetable
(c) to take decision himself
(d) to do everything properly
Answer: (b) to follow the timetable

Question 4. Give the meaning of ‘strictly’.
(a) firmly
(b) in advance
(c) clearly
(d) foolishly
Answer: (a) firmly
 
Question 5. Give the opposite of ‘impossible’.
(a) truth
(b) possible
(c) false
(d) possibility
Answer: (b) possible

Passage - 2 

The thought came to a certain king that he would never fail if he knew three things. These three things were What is the right time to begin something? Which people should he listen to? What is the most important thing for him to do? The king, therefore, sent messages throughout his kingdom promising a large sum of money to anyone who would answer these questions. Many wise men came to the king, but they all answered his questions differently. 

Question 1. Why did the king want to know the answer to these questions?
(a) To become a wise man
(b) To avoid failure in life
(c) To get the victory
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) To avoid failure in life

Question 2. Which was the first question?
(a) What is the right time to begin something?
(b) Which people should be listen to?
(c) What is the most important thing to do?
(d) None of the above.
Answer: (a) What is the right time to begin something?

Question 3. What efforts did the king make to get the answers?
(a) Announced a reward
(b) Called his ministers
(c) Went to a saint
(d) Went to his father
Answer: (a) Announced a reward

Question 4. Who came to the king to answer the questions?
(a) Ministers
(b) Many wise men
(c) Guards
(d) Women
Answer: (b) Many wise men

Question 5. The meaning of wise is:
(a) cunning
(b) foolish
(c) intelligent
(d) clever
Answer: (c) intelligent

The king turned round and saw a bearded man running towards them. His hands were pressed against his stomach, from which blood was flowing. When he reached the king he fainted and fell to the ground. The king and the hermit removed the man’s clothing and found a large wound in his stomach. The king washed and covered it with his handkerchief, but the blood would not stop flowing. The king re-dressed the wound until at last the bleeding stopped. 

Question 1. Name the lesson.
(a) Quality
(b) Expert Detectives
(c) Three Questions
(d) None of these
Answer: (c) Three Questions

Question 2. Whom did the king see?
(a) The soldiers
(b) A lion running towards them
(c) The ministers
(d) A bearded man coming towards them
Answer: (d) A bearded man coming towards them

Question 3. Here ‘them’ is used for:
(a) the king and the hermit
(b) the king and the bearded man
(c) the king and the soldiers
(d) the soldiers
Answer: (a) the king and the hermit

Question 4. What did the king and hermit find?
(a) A sword in the hand of a bearded man.
(b) A large wound in the stomach of a bearded man
(c) An arrow in the hand of a bearded man
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) A large wound in the stomach of a bearded man

Question 5. Give the meaning of ‘fainted’.
(a) slept
(b) painted a wall
(c) walked
(d) unconscious
Answer: (d) unconscious

As the answers to his questions were so different, the king was not satisfied and gave no reward. Instead, he decided to ask a hermit who was widely famous for his wisdom, for advice. The hermit lived in a wood which he never left. He met no one but simple people, and so the king put on ordinary clothes. Before he reached the hermit’s hut the king left his horse with his bodyguard and went on alone.

Question 1. Name the lesson.
(a) Quality
(b) Three Questions
(c) Expert Detectives
(d) None of these
Answer: (b) Three Questions

Question 2. Who answered the questions?
(a) The priest
(b) Some wise men
(c) The servants
(d) The minister
Answer: (b) Some wise men

Question 3. Where did the hermit live?
(a) In a hut
(b) In a wood
(c) In a cave
(d) In a temple
Answer: (b) In a wood

Question 4. Whom did the hermit use to meet?
(a) Simple people
(b) Saints only
(c) King only
(d) None of these
Answer: (a) Simple people

Question 5. Give the opposite of ‘satisfied’.
(a) insatisfied
(b) unsatisfied
(c) dissatisfied
(d) satisfaction
Answer: (c) dissatisfied

“Remember then, there is only one time that is important and that time is ‘Now’. It is the most important time because it is the only time we have any power to act.” “The most necessary person is the person you are with at a particular moment, for no one knows what will happen in the future and whether we will meet anyone else. The most important business is to do that person good because we were sent into this world for that purpose alone.”
Question 1. Who gave the above advice?
(a) The servants
(b) The hermit
(c) The saint
(d) The minister
Answer: (b) The hermit

Question 2. Which is the most important time for us?
(a) Present
(b) Future
(c) Past
(d) Anytime
Answer: (a) Present

Question 3. Who is the most necessary person for anyone?
(a) The king
(b) The person with whom you are at a particular moment
(c) The hermit
(d) Your friend
Answer: (b) The person with whom you are at a particular moment

Question 4. Which is the most important Work?
(a) To do good
(b) To go to play
(c) To study
(d) To eat
Answer: (a) To do good

Question 5. Make the noun of ‘necessary’.
(a) unnecessary
(b) necessity
(c) unnecessary
(d) necessarily
Answer: (b) necessity