Hi Everyone!! This article will share The King of Bombardia Questions & Answers.
Written by Sukumar Ray and translated by Satyajit Ray, this poem is a nonsense poem which is a humorous poem with silly characters. It is humorous because the characters are doing things that would not make any sense in real life.
In my previous posts, I have shared the questions and answers of My Early Home, Our Visit to the Zoo and A Birthday Party so, you can check these posts as well.
The King of Bombardia Questions & Answers
Word Galaxy
- Customs (here) – practices
- Peculiar – strange
- Gilded frames – gold plated frames
- Vermillion – bright red colour
- Somersaults – upturn
- Autocrat – a ruler with complete power
- Queer – strange
Question 1: Pick out the two rhyming pairs of words from the poem.
Answer: Advocates-chocolates, bed-head, specialize-custard pies, cold-old.
Question 2: What does the King’s aunt use instead of a cricket ball?
Answer: The King’s aunt uses pumpkins instead of cricket balls.
Question 3: What does the queen use a pillow for? Does the queen sleep a lot?
Answer: The queen probably sleeps a lot because she goes to bed with pillows strapped around her head.
Question 4: Are there any soldiers in the poem?
Answer: No, there are no soldiers in this poem.
Question 5: What does the poet mean by ‘mighty queer’?
(a) very strong
(b) very strange
Answer: very strange.
So, these were the Questions & Answers.