Question

6. Passage:-
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An old man had three sons who often quarreled with one
another. They paid no head to their father's advice not do so.
One day he called his sons together and gives them a bundle of
sticks and asked each of them to try in turn to break the bundle.
Each of them tried but failed. The old then asked them to untie
the bundle and break the sticks separately. Not to speak of the
eldest, even the younger ones broken the sticks without any
difficulty. Then the old man toil his sons that they should see the
power of union. If they lived united, on ham would come to
them. If they quarreled, they would have to face difficulty.
Question:-
(a) How did the three sons behave with one another?
(b) Did the sons succeed when the old man asked them to
break a bundle of stick?
(c) What did the old man do next?
(d) What lesson did the old man teach his sons through this
method?
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Answer 1

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(a) The three sons usually quarrel, argue and fight with one another. And always ignore their old father's advice.

(b) No, the sons didn't succeeded when the old man asked them to break a bundle of stick.

(c) The old man asked his sons to take one stick from the bundle and break them separately.

(d) In this method the old man teaches his sons that unity is power, means when we are together no one can break us, if we leave one another's hand we will became weak and we have to face difficulties.

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❋ So, while answering these types of questions, we have to answer those questions with reference to the passage.

Answer 2

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Here's your answer :-

(a) The three sons usually quarrel, argue and fight with one another. And always ignore their old father's advice.

(b) No, the sons didn't succeeded when the old man asked them to break a bundle of stick.

(c) The old man asked his sons to take one stick from the bundle and break them separately.

(d) In this method the old man teaches his sons that unity is power, means when we are together no one can break us, if we leave one another's hand we will became weak and we have to face difficulties.

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