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MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader
Chapter 4 : In the Kingdom of Fools
MCQs For Class 9 Moments Supplementary Reader Chapter 4 In the Kingdom of Fools
Q1. Who is the author of the story "In the Kingdom of Fools"?
A. Mulk Raj Anand
B. A.K. Ramanujan
C. Ruskin Bond
D. Vikram Seth
Correct Answer: B
Q2. What kind of people were the King and the Minister?
A. Very wise
B. Fools
C. Kind-hearted
D. Greedy
Correct Answer: B
Q3. What did the King and the Minister decide to change?
A. The tax system
B. The names of the cities
C. Night into day and day into night
D. The religion of the people
Correct Answer: C
Q4. What order was given regarding work and sleep?
A. Work during the day, sleep at night
B. Work at night, sleep during the day
C. No work, only sleep
D. No sleep, only work
Correct Answer: B
Q5. What was the punishment for disobeying the King's order?
A. Fine
B. Imprisonment
C. Death
D. Expulsion from the kingdom
Correct Answer: C
Q6. What was the cost of any item in the Kingdom of Fools?
A. Five duddus
B. Ten duddus
C. One duddu
D. Free of cost
Correct Answer: C
Q7. Who visited the city and found everything strange?
A. A merchant and his son
B. A Guru and his disciple
C. Two thieves
D. A king from another land
Correct Answer: B
Q8. Why were the Guru and his disciple surprised at the market?
A. Because the market was closed
B. Because everything cost the same (one duddu)
C. Because there were no people
D. Because everything was very expensive
Correct Answer: B
Q9. Why did the Guru decide to leave the kingdom?
A. He didn't like the food
B. He realized it was a kingdom of fools and it was dangerous to stay
C. He had work elsewhere
D. He was afraid of the King
Correct Answer: B
Q10. Why did the disciple decide to stay in the kingdom?
A. He liked the King
B. Everything was cheap and he loved food
C. He wanted to become the Minister
D. He had no money to travel
Correct Answer: B
Q11. The Guru said to the disciple, "They are all fools. This won't last very long, and you can't tell ________."
A. When they will die
B. What they'll do to you next
C. How much food you will get
D. If the King will change
Correct Answer: B
Q12. What did the disciple become after eating so much cheap food?
A. A great scholar
B. Fat like a street-side sacred bull
C. Very ill
D. A wrestler
Correct Answer: B
Q13. What incident triggered the trial in the kingdom?
A. A murder
B. A thief died when a wall collapsed on him during a burglary
C. A fire in the palace
D. A fight between two merchants
Correct Answer: B
Q14. Who complained to the King about the thief's death?
A. The merchant
B. The thief's brother
C. The disciple
D. The Guru
Correct Answer: B
Q15. Who was the first person summoned to the King’s court?
A. The bricklayer
B. The merchant (owner of the house)
C. The dancing girl
D. The goldsmith
Correct Answer: B
Q16. Why did the merchant blame the bricklayer?
A. The bricklayer stole his money
B. The bricklayer built a weak wall
C. The bricklayer was his enemy
D. The bricklayer killed the thief
Correct Answer: B
Q17. Why did the bricklayer say he couldn't build a strong wall?
A. He was ill
B. His mind was distracted by a dancing girl's jingling anklets
C. The cement was bad
D. He didn't have tools
Correct Answer: B
Q18. Why was the dancing girl walking up and down the street?
A. She was exercising
B. To get her jewelry from the goldsmith
C. She was looking for someone
D. She was lost
Correct Answer: B
Q19. Whom did the dancing girl blame for her walking up and down?
A. The merchant
B. The bricklayer
C. The goldsmith
D. The King
Correct Answer: C
Q20. Why did the goldsmith delay the dancing girl's work?
A. He was lazy
B. He had to finish an order for a rich merchant first
C. He lost the gold
D. He was closing his shop
Correct Answer: B
Q21. Who was the "rich merchant" the goldsmith was talking about?
A. A new character
B. The father of the same merchant whose wall fell
C. The King himself
D. The Guru
Correct Answer: B
Q22. What was the King’s final judgment for the merchant?
A. He was innocent
B. He must die because he inherited his father's sins and his wealth
C. He must pay a fine
D. He must build a new wall
Correct Answer: B
Q23. What problem arose when the merchant was about to be executed?
A. He escaped
B. He was too thin to fit the new stake
C. The executioner refused
D. It started raining
Correct Answer: B
Q24. How did the King decide to find a person for the execution?
A. He pardoned the merchant
B. He ordered to find a fat man who would fit the stake
C. He asked for volunteers
D. He chose the Minister
Correct Answer: B
Q25. Who was caught by the King's men to be executed?
A. The goldsmith
B. The dancing girl
C. The fat disciple
D. The thief's brother
Correct Answer: C
Q26. What was the disciple doing when the King’s men found him?
A. Praying
B. Eating bananas, rice, wheat, and ghee
C. Sleeping
D. Running away
Correct Answer: B
Q27. Whom did the disciple remember in his time of trouble?
A. His mother
B. His Guru
C. The King
D. God
Correct Answer: B
Q28. How did the Guru know his disciple was in trouble?
A. Through a letter
B. Through his magical powers/vision
C. Someone told him
D. He was hiding nearby
Correct Answer: B
Q29. What did the Guru whisper in the disciple’s ear after arriving?
A. A prayer
B. A secret plan to trick the King
C. A scolding
D. A goodbye
Correct Answer: B
Q30. What was the "fight" between the Guru and the disciple in front of the King?
A. Who would get the food
B. Who would be executed first
C. Who was wiser
D. Who would leave the kingdom
Correct Answer: B
Q31. What "secret" did the Guru tell the King about the new stake?
A. It was made of gold
B. Whoever dies on it first will be reborn as the King of this country
C. It was cursed
D. It would make them immortal
Correct Answer: B
Q32. According to the Guru, what would the second person to die on the stake become?
A. A beggar
B. The Minister of the kingdom in the next life
C. A god
D. A rich merchant
Correct Answer: B
Q33. Why did the King postpone the execution?
A. He was tired
B. He didn't want to lose his kingdom to someone else in the next life
C. He was afraid of the Guru
D. He wanted to consult his wife
Correct Answer: B
Q34. What did the King and the Minister do at night?
A. They ran away
B. They went secretly to the prison and took the place of the Guru and disciple
C. They killed the Guru
D. They changed the laws
Correct Answer: B
Q35. Who were actually executed the next morning?
A. The Guru and the disciple
B. The King and the Minister
C. The merchant and the bricklayer
D. The thief and his brother
Correct Answer: B
Q36. What was the reaction of the people when they saw the dead bodies of the King and Minister?
A. They were happy
B. They panicked and mourned
C. They didn't care
D. They started fighting
Correct Answer: B
Q37. Whom did the people beg to be their new King and Minister?
A. The merchant and the goldsmith
B. The Guru and the disciple
C. The thief’s brother
D. A king from the neighboring land
Correct Answer: B
Q38. Did the Guru agree to become the King immediately?
A. Yes, at once
B. No, it took many arguments to persuade him
C. He refused forever
D. He asked for money
Correct Answer: B
Q39. What condition did the Guru set to become the King?
A. He wanted more gold
B. He would change all the old foolish laws
C. He wanted a new palace
D. He would remain a Guru
Correct Answer: B
Q40. What happened to the kingdom after the Guru became King?
A. It became more foolish
B. Night became night again, day became day, and costs changed
C. It was destroyed
D. It remained the same
Correct Answer: B
Q41. The story is a ________ folktale.
A. Tamil
B. Kannada
C. Telugu
D. Malayalam
Correct Answer: B
Q42. What does the word 'Duddu' represent in the story?
A. Food
B. Currency
C. A person
D. A place
Correct Answer: B
Q43. Why was the Guru called "wise"?
A. He knew magic
B. He could predict the future and understood the behavior of fools
C. He was very old
D. He was a good teacher
Correct Answer: B
Q44. What was the "ancient trade" the thief was following?
A. Farming
B. Burglary/Theft
C. Weaving
D. Trading
Correct Answer: B
Q45. Why did the King think the merchant was the real culprit?
A. He saw him killing the thief
B. Because his father started the jewelry order that led to the weak wall
C. Because he was rich
D. Because the Guru said so
Correct Answer: B
Q46. What was the disciple's state of mind when he was being taken to the stake?
A. Happy
B. Regretful and praying to his Guru
C. Angry at the King
D. Excited
Correct Answer: B
Q47. The King and Minister disguised themselves as ________ to be executed.
A. Guards
B. The Guru and the disciple
C. Merchants
D. A. Guards B. The Guru and the disciple C. Merchants D. Beggars
Correct Answer: B
Q48. How did the executioners recognize who to kill?
A. They didn't; they just followed the King’s secret order to kill whoever came first
B. They were told their names
C. By their clothes
D. By their height
Correct Answer: A
Q49. Which word means 'justice' used in a sarcastic way in the story?
A. Rule
B. Law
C. Justice
D. Order
Correct Answer: C
Q50. What is the moral of the story?
A. Fools are easy to rule
B. One should stay away from fools as they are unpredictable and dangerous
C. Food is the most important thing
D. Always listen to the King
Correct Answer: B