Class 9 English - In the Kingdom of Fools - MERIT YARD PANDWA
Class 9 English - Kingdom of Fools - MERIT YARD
1 / 40What type of story is 'In the Kingdom of Fools'?
A) A Kannada folktale
B) A Russian fairy tale
C) A British legend
D) An Indian myth
2 / 40Who were the fools in the kingdom?
A) The people
B) The King and the Minister
C) The Guru and Disciple
D) The thieves
3 / 40What order did the king give regarding day and night?
A) To work for 24 hours
B) To treat night as day and day as night
C) To stop working completely
D) To sleep during the night
4 / 40What was the penalty for not following the king's order?
A) Death
B) Fine
C) Imprisonment
D) Banishing
5 / 40In this kingdom, everything cost a single ______?
A) Rupee
B) Duddu
C) Dollar
D) Paisa
6 / 40Who arrived in the city one day?
A) A Guru and his Disciple
B) A King from another land
C) A band of robbers
D) A group of traders
7 / 40What did the Guru realize about the city?
A) It was very rich
B) It was very beautiful
C) It was a kingdom of fools and dangerous
D) It was a holy place
8 / 40Why did the Disciple decide to stay in the city?
A) He liked the King
B) Because everything was cheap and he loved food
C) He wanted to become a minister
D) He found a house
9 / 40The Disciple grew fat like a ______?
A) Elephant
B) Street-side sacred bull
C) Pig
D) Bear
10 / 40How did the thief die?
A) He was hanged
B) A wall of an old house collapsed on him
C) He was shot
D) He fell from a tree
11 / 40Who was first summoned to the king's court?
A) The merchant (owner of the house)
B) The bricklayer
C) The dancer
D) The goldsmith
12 / 40Whom did the merchant blame for the wall's collapse?
A) His father
B) The bricklayer who built it
C) The thief
D) The King
13 / 40Whom did the bricklayer blame?
A) The merchant
B) A dancing girl
C) The goldsmith
D) His helper
14 / 40Why was the bricklayer distracted while building the wall?
A) Because of the jingling anklets of the dancing girl
B) Because he was hungry
C) Because it was raining
D) Because the King was passing by
15 / 40Whom did the dancing girl blame?
A) The bricklayer
B) The goldsmith
C) The merchant
D) Her father
16 / 40The goldsmith blamed the ______ for his delay?
A) Queen
B) Rich merchant
C) Dancer
D) Guard
17 / 40Who was the rich merchant mentioned by the goldsmith?
A) The same merchant whose wall fell
B) The King's brother
C) A stranger
D) The Guru
18 / 40Why couldn't the merchant be executed?
A) He was innocent
B) He was too thin for the stake
C) He was a friend of the King
D) He ran away
19 / 40Who was chosen for execution instead of the merchant?
A) The Guru
B) The fat Disciple
C) The Minister
D) The Goldsmith
20 / 40How did the Guru know his disciple was in trouble?
A) A bird told him
B) Through his vision (magic powers)
C) The disciple sent a letter
D) He was in the crowd
21 / 40The Guru whispered something in the disciple's ______?
A) Ear
B) Mouth
C) Heart
D) Pocket
22 / 40What was the Guru's trick to save his disciple?
A) He fought the King
B) He said whoever dies on the new stake first will be reborn as King
C) He offered money
D) He made them all sleep
23 / 40What did the King and Minister decide to do?
A) To set the Guru free
B) To go to the stake themselves in disguise
C) To kill everyone
D) To leave the kingdom
24 / 40What happened to the Guru and Disciple at the end?
A) They were executed
B) They became the new King and Minister
C) They left the city
D) They went to jail
25 / 40The kingdom's people were ______ when they saw the dead bodies of King and Minister.
A) Happy
B) Panicked and confused
C) Dancing
D) Silent
26 / 40The Guru agreed to rule on one condition: that all ______ would be changed.
A) Taxes
B) Old laws
C) Buildings
D) Clothes
27 / 40What did the Disciple eat to grow fat?
A) Fruits
B) Bananas, rice, wheat and ghee
C) Pizza and Burgers
D) Only sweets
28 / 40The merchant's father had ______ the wall-builder long ago. (Implicit)
A) Paid
B) Hired
C) Scolded
D) Killed
29 / 40The goldsmith was hiding in a ______ of his shop.
A) Attic
B) Corner
C) Cupboard
D) Basement
30 / 40"Justice has come full circle" - Who said this?
A) Guru
B) The King
C) Disciple
D) Thief's brother
31 / 40The King called the Disciple's case an "urgent ______"?
A) Problem
B) Case of justice
C) Error
D) Meeting
32 / 40Who was reborn as the Minister?
A) The Goldsmith
B) The old Minister
C) The Disciple
D) The Merchant
33 / 40The Guru said, "They are all fools. This won't last ______."
A) A week
B) Very long
C) A day
D) A year
34 / 40The King said the rich merchant had inherited his father's ______?
A) Money
B) Riches and sins
C) House
D) Shoes
35 / 40What was the theme of the story?
A) Crime and punishment
B) Wisdom is better than foolishness
C) Food is life
D) Money is power
36 / 40The Disciple prayed to his ______ in his heart.
A) King
B) Guru
C) God
D) Parents
37 / 40The city was ______ during the day.
A) Busy
B) Deserted / Silent
C) Noisy
D) Beautiful
38 / 40Even the ______ were taught to sleep by day.
A) Dogs
B) Cattle (Cows)
C) Birds
D) Cats
39 / 40The Guru was a ______ man.
A) Greedy
B) Wise
C) Foolish
D) Poor
40 / 40The King didn't want to lose his ______ to anyone else in next life.
A) Money
B) Kingdom
C) Queen
D) Palace
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