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The Farmer and The Moneylender Questions & Answers
Question 1: Choose the correct option:
1. The farmer suffered by a cunning:
(a) fox
(b) landlord
(c) moneylender
(d) teacher
2. The farmer said to the moneylender, “You can’t squeeze water from a stone.” The farmer meant that the moneylender cannot:
(a) squeeze the stone anymore as there was no water left in the stone
(b) use stones to get water for his house
(c) get anything from the farmer as there was nothing left in his house to give
(d) none of these
3. The moneylender told the farmer that to become rich he will have to meet:
(a) Ram
(b) God
(c) Ram, the other moneylender
(d) a friend
4. Whom did the farmer meet first on his way?
(a) Moneylender
(b) His friend
(c) A Brahmin
(d) A priest
Question 2: Who said this to whom?
1. “Only be careful of that moneylender, for even magic is not proof against his wiles!”
Answer: Ram said this to the farmer.
2. “Oh, Ram! I wish to be blind in one eye.”
Answer: The farmer said this to Ram.
3. “I have a long journey before me.”
Answer: The farmer said this to Ram.
4. “Remember! Whatever you wish for, you have to blow the conch that way.”
Answer: Ram said this to the farmer.
5. “Some good fortune must have befallen the stupid fellow.”
Answer: The moneylender said this to himself.
Question 3: Write True or False for the following statements:
1. The moneylender was an honest man – False
2. Good harvest or bad harvest, the farmer was always poor – True
3. The moneylender told the farmer to find Ram to become rich – True
4. Ram gave the moneylender a conch to fulfil his desires – False
5. The farmer ruined the moneylender by blinding him in both eyes – True
6. The farmer fell into the well and drowned – False
7. The farmer had also lost his one eye – True
Question 4: What happened when there was nothing left with the farmer?
Answer: When there was nothing left with the farmer, the farmer went to the moneylender’s house and told him that now, he had nothing left to give him. He also asked him the secret of becoming rich.
Question 5: What way did the moneylender suggest the farmer to become rich?
Answer: To become rich, the moneylender suggested the farmer that Riches come from Ram and he would have to ask Ram about becoming rich.
Question 6: What happened when the farmer met Ram?
Answer: When the farmer met Ram then Ram, taking pity on him, gave him a conch shell and showed him how to blow it in a particular way. Ram also cautioned the farmer that whatever he would wish for, he would have to blow the conch that way and his wish would be fulfilled. Also, he needed to be careful of that moneylender, for even magic is not proof against his wiles.
Question 7: What bargain did the farmer and the moneylender have for giving the conch back to the farmer?
Answer: The moneylender agreed to give the farmer his conch back on one condition. He said that he would give back his conch and would never interfere if he would get the double of whatever the farmer would get from that conch.
Question 8: How did the farmer finally get rid of the moneylender?
Answer: Once there came a very dry season and farmer’s crops – withered for want of rain. Then, the farmer blew his conch, and wished for a well to water them. His wish was fulfilled and he had one well. However, the moneylender had two beautiful new wells. This was too much for the farmer to stand. He brooded over it, till at last a bright idea came into his head. He seized the conch, blew it loudly and wished to be blind in one eye. And so he was, but the moneylender of course was blind in both, and in trying to steer his way between the two new wells, he fell into one, and was drowned. That is how, the farmer finally got rid of the moneylender.
So, these were The Farmer and The Moneylender Questions & Answers.