Question

Read the given passage carefully.
One day, some children found, in a ravine, a thing shaped like a grain of corn, with a groove down the
middle, but as large as a hen's egg. A traveller passing by saw the thing, bought it from the children
for a penny, and taking it to town sold it to the King as a curiosity.
The King called together his wise men, and asked them to find out what the thing was. The wise men
pondered and pondered and could not make head or tail of it. One day, when the thing was lying on
a windowsill
, a hen flew in and pecked at it till she made a hole in it. Then everyone saw that it was
a grain of corn. The wise men went to the King and said, "It is a grain of corn."
At this the King was much surprised and he ordered the learned men to find out when and where
such corn had grown. The learned men pondered again, and searched in their books, but could find
nothing about it. So, they returned to the King and said, "We can give you no answer. There is nothing
about it in our books. You will have to ask the peasants, perhaps some of them may have heard from
their fathers when and where grain grew to such a size."
So the King gave orders that some very old peasant should be brought before him. His servants found
such a man and brought him to the King. Old and bent, ashy pale and toothless, he just managed with
the help of two crutches to totter into the King's court.
Now, read the questions and tick (/) the most appropriate options.
1. One day, some children found a thing shaped like ....
(a) a grain of rice
(b) a grain of corn
(c) a grain of mustard
(d) none of these
2. The traveller sold the thing to the
(a) merchant
(b) soldier
(c) King
(d) none of these
3. The thing was lying on a
when a hen flew in and pecked at it.
(a) mat
(b) windowsill
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
4. Who said, "There is nothing about it in our books"?
(a) the peasants
(b) the learned men
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
Who brought the old man to the King?
(a) peasants
(b) servants
(C) children
(d) none of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.B

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Explanation:

B) a grain of corn.

C) king.

B) windows will

B) the learned men

B) servant

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