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Read the following passages carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been printed in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
PASSAGE
There was a country long time ago where the people would change a king every year. The person who would become the king had to agree to a contract that he would be sent to an island after one year of his being a king.
One king had finished his term and it was time for him to go to the island and live there. The people dressed him up in expensive clothes and put him on an elephant and took him around the cities to say goodbye to all the people. This was a moment of sadness for all kings who ruled for one year. After bidding farewell, the people took the king to a remote island in a boat and left him there. On their way back, they discovered a ship that had sunk just recently. They saw a young man who had survived by holding on to a floating piece of wood. As they needed a new king, they picked up the young man and took him to their country. They requested him to be king for a year. First he refused but later he agreed to be the king. People told him about all the rules and regulations and that how he would be sent to an island after one year.
After three days of being a king, he asked the ministers if they could show him the island where all the other kings were sent. They agreed and took him to the island. The island was covered with a thick Jungle and sounds of vicious animals were heard coming out of it. The king went a little bit further to check. Soon he discovered dead bodies of all the past kings. He understood that as soon as they were left on the island, the wild animals had come and killed them.
The king went back to the country and collected 100 strong workers. He took them to the island and instructed them to clean the jungle, remove all the deadly animals and cut down all excess trees. He would visit the island every month to see how the work was progressing. In the first month, all the animals were removed and many trees were cut down. In the second month, the whole island was cleaned out. The king then told the workers to plant gardens in various parts of the island. He also took with himself useful animals like chickens, ducks, birds, goats, cows etc. In the third month, he ordered the workers to build big houses and docking stations for ships. Over the months, the island turned into a beautiful place. The young king would wear simple clothes and spend very little from his earnings as a king. He sent all the earnings to the island for storage. When nine months passed like this, the king called the ministers and told them: "I know that I have to go the island after one year, but I would like to go there right now." But the ministers didn't agree to this and said that he had to wait for another three months to complete the year.
Three months passed and now it was a full year. The people dressed up the young king and put him on an elephant to take him around the country to say goodbye to others. However, this king was unusually happy to leave the kingdom. People asked him, "All the other kings would cry at this moment. Why is it that you are laughing?" He replied, "Don't you know what the wise people say? They say that when you come to this world as a baby, you are crying and everyone else is smiling. Live such a life that when you die, you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying. I have lived that life. While all the other kings were lost into the luxuries of the kingdom, I always thought about the future and planned for it. I turned the deadly island into a beautiful abode for me where I can stay peacefully."
What would happen to the king once his term of one year was over ?
Answer: (a)
Refer to the second sentence of the first para of the passage that the king had to agree to a contract....... being a king.
What can possibly be the moral of the story?
Answer: (e)
The moral of the story is 'Always think and plan ahead'.
Why were the people of the kingdom puzzled when the young king was taken around the country to say goodbye to everyone?
Answer: (b)
Refer to the third sentence that however, the king.......leave the kingdom.......of the last para of the passage.
What happened to the island in the first month of the young king's tenure?
(A) The wild animals were removed from the island.
(B) The whole island was cleaned.
(C) Many unnecessary trees were cut down.
Answer: (e)
Refer to the fourth sentence that in the first month.......trees were cut down.......of the fourth para of the passage.
What could be said about the island after the young king had made his servants work on it ?
Answer: (a)
Refer to the last sentence "I turned the deadly island..............a beautiful abode.......peacefully" of the sixth para of the passage.
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