Hi Everyone!! This article will share Be A Good Citizen Questions & Answers.
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Be A Good Citizen Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The merchant gave his sons:
(a) one gold coin each
(b) one rupee each
(c) one penny each
(d) none of these
2. The first son spent his money on:
(a) toys
(b) hay
(c) candles
(d) none of these
3. The second son spent his rupee on:
(a) candles
(b) balls
(c) hay
(d) none of these
4. No country can progress unless it has:
(a) good vegetation
(b) good climate
(c) good citizens
(d) none of these
Question 2: Who said to whom?
1. “Here are two rupees.”
Answer: Father said this to his sons.
2. “Off you go.”
Answer: Father said this to his sons.
3. “I wonder how much hay I can get for a rupee?”
Answer: First son asked this to himself.
4. “My son, you have shown the true wisdom.”
Answer: Father said this to the second son.
Question 3: How had the old merchant made money?
Answer: The old merchant made a lot of money by toiling hard, buying and selling.
Question 4: What did he decide about division of his money between his two sons?
Answer: He decided not to divide the money between his two sons but to give it all to the one who would prove himself cleverer.
Question 5: What did the merchant say to his sons?
Answer: The merchant said to his sons that he would give one rupee to each and they would have to go out separately and buy something which would fill the house. He also told them that they were not to spend more than one rupee.
Question 6: Did the sons pick up one rupee each happily? Why/why not?
Answer: No, the sons were not happy to pick up one rupee. They thought that it was not possible to buy enough of anything to fill the house with only one rupee.
Question 7: What did the first son do with one rupee?
Answer: The first son took one rupee and went out. He wandered through the bazaar. But nothing could he find which in any way serve his purpose. All day long he wandered about, looking in all the shops, but nothing could he find. He became more and more certain that something had gone wrong with his father. He was about to give up his search in despair, when he saw a bullock cart with a load of hay. He then bought the load of hay for a rupee.
Question 8: How did the second son spend his one rupee?
Answer: The second son went out with his rupee but he did not go straightway to the bazaar. He sat down and began to think. For a long time, he sat thinking about what he could possibly buy. At length, at evening time, an idea struck him. Taking his rupee, he walked quickly down the bazaar till he came to a shop where candles were sold. He spent his rupee on candles, of which he got quite a number.
Question 9: Who proved himself to be cleverer of the two sons and how?
Answer: The second son proved to be cleverer because he lit two or three candles in each room and at once the house was filled with light. His father was very pleased with him and told him that he had shown his true wisdom. He also told him that he would handover all his money to him.
Question 10: When can a country progress?
Answer: A country can progress when it has good citizens. If we love our country and want to serve it, then, we shall try to become good citizens.
So, these were Be A Good Citizen Questions & Answers.