Read the following passages and answer the questions that follow:
Once a king wanted to appoint an honest man
for collecting the taxes of his kingdom. There were many candidates for the post
and a day was fixed for selecting the most honest man from among them. The
candidates arrived, they were seated in a big room where a lot of gold and
silver coins were kept. After some time, they were led to the presence of the
king and asked to dance. Only one of the candidates obeyed while all others
refused to obey. The minister declared the one who danced to be the only honest
man. The king wanted to know
how dancing could prove him to be honest. The
minister compelled the other candidates to show their pockets. Now they were
filled with the king’s coins. The king now understood why they had refused to
dance, so the honest man was chosen and others were jailed as thieves.
Questions:
(i) What sort of man did the king want?
(ii) What was the plan to test the honesty of
the candidates?
(i) What were the candidates asked to do?
(iv) Choose the meaning of the word in italics in the sentence below from the given list..
“The
minister compelled the other candidates to show their pockets.”
(a) threatened (b) punished (c) forced (d)
described.
(v) Find out in the passage two words which
mean—
(a) Country ruled by a king or a queen (b)
announced.
(vi) Of the following statements only two are
true. Write out the true statements.
(a) Only one candidate appeared for
selection.
(b) Only one candidate danced.
(c) All the candidates were asked to dance.
(d) The minister did not find out the
thieves.
