Question

Once a certain king had an idea. If he always knew the right time

to begin everything, if he knew who were the right people to listen to

and whom to avoid and above all, if he always knew what was the most

important thing to do, he would never fail in anything that he would

undertake. Since he was convinced that he was right in thinking this

way, he had a proclamation made in his kingdom. He would give a

great reward to anyone who would teach him what the right time was

for every action, who the most necessary people were, and how he

might know the most important thing to do.

Many learned people came to the court but they all gave different

answers. In reply to the first question, some said that to know the

right time for every action, one must draw up in advance a table of

days, months and years, and must live strictly according to it. Others

declared that it was impossible to decide beforehand the right time for

every action; but that, not letting oneself be absorbed in idle pastimes,

one should always attend to all that was going on, and then do that

was most essential. Yet others said that it was impossible for one man

to decide correctly the right time for every action and that the king

should, instead, have a council of wise people, who would help him to

fix the proper time for everything.

Equally varied were the answers to the second question. Some

said the people the king most needed were his councilors; others the

priests; others the doctors while some said the warriors were the

most necessary.

To the third question about what was the most important

occupation, some replied that the most important thing in the world

was science. Others said it was skill in warfare; and others, again,

that it was religious worship. The king was convinced by none of these

answers and gave the reward to none.









Pick out a word from the extract which means:

(i) members of a council

(ii) armed conflict between two enemy armies

(iii) a public or official announcement

(iv) doing nothing​

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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