Question and answer of the story Three Questions


INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTHOR:- 

Name of the author - Leo Tolstoy 

DOB- 09th September, 1828 (in Russia)

DOD- 20 November, 1910 (aged 82)

Occupation- Writer, religious thinker

Language-Russian.                                    
Spouse-
Sophia Behrs

Parents- Nikolay Tolstoy (father)

              -Mariya Tolstaya (mother)

Notable works- War and Peace,Anna Karenina,The Death of Ivan Ilyich, The Kingdom of God Is Within You, Resurrection

Notable awards- Griboyedov prize(1892)
He received nominations for the Nobel Prize in Literature every year from 1902 to 1906 and for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901, 1902, and 1909.


Unit wise Question Answer 

Unit-1

Qn1. What were the three questions that occurred to the king? What did he do get the answer to his question?

Ans: The three questions that occurred to the king were as follows; i) what was the most suitable or appropriate time to start everything? ii)Who were the most valuable people for him? And iii) What was the most important affair (work) for him? To get the answer to his questions, he announced a great reward(most attractive prize) for anybody who would answer these three questions satisfactorily.

Qn2. What answer did the wise men give to his first question?

Ans: In reply to the King's first question; what was the correct or important time for every action, some learned men suggested that the king ought to consult a table of days, month and years in order to know the right time to do the right work. Other advised him to consult a council. Yet there were some who even suggested to the king to take the help of magicians to know the right time for any action.

Qn3. How did the wise men answer his second question?

Ans: In reply to the second question, the wise men were not unanimous in their answer. Some said that king should consult his Councillors. Other said he should consult priests and doctors; while some said the warriors were the most necessary.

Qn4. What answers did the king get third question?

Ans: The answers by the wise men of the third question of the King were equally different. In their opinion they differ from each other. Some wise men replied that the important thing in the world was science. To others It was skill in warfare. The answer did not end there. Some other wise men replied that it was religious worship.

Qn5. Why did he decide to consult a hermit?

Ans: The King didn't get the satisfactory and universal answers to his three important questions. In other words, he was not pleased(happy) with the answers provided by the wise men.The King came to know about a wise and intelligent hermit who was exceedingly famous for his wisdom. Hence, the king decided to consult the hermit for his questions.

Unit-2

Qn1. Where did the king meet the hermit? How did the hermit receive the king?

Ans: The king wore simple clothes to meet the hermit in the wood which was his permanent abode. The hermit’s meeting was only confined to the common folk. However, he received the king as usual. There was not a touch of extra-ordinariness about it. After greeting the king, the hermit kept on digging the ground in front of his hut.

Qn2. How did the king help the hermit?

Ans: The king saw the hermit digging the ground single-handily. The old man was weak and frail and skinny. He seemed exhausted. The king took pity on him and kind he was, he wished to lend a helping hand to the holy man. He took the spade from him and dug the ground himself. Thus, the king helped the hermit.

Qn3. How did the king nurse the wounded stranger?

Ans: As soon as the king saw the wounded stranger, he along with the hermit opened his clothing. He carefully washed and bandaged the large wound in his stomach with his handkerchief, yet the blood kept on flowing. Therefore, the king again and again removed the bandage soaked with blood, and washed and bandaged it once again. At last blood stopped flowing. The injured man came to his senses and asked for water. The king rose to the occasion. At last, he along with the hermit carried the wounded stranger to the hut.

Qn4. Why did the wounded person desire to serve the king as his most faithful slave?

Ans: The wounded man has die-hard enemy of the king. The king had executed his brother and confiscated his property. So the man wanted to take revenge by killing the king while he was playing visit to the hermit alone. But the way with which the king nursed him and saved his life moved the man. It was unbelievable. The hostility he had matured for the king vanished. His heart was filled with repentance. Therefore, the wounded person desired to serve the king as his most faithful servant.

Unit-3

Qn1. How did the hermit answer the king’s questions?

Ans: Before talking leave of him, the king again asked the hermit to answer his three questions, but he was told that he had already been answered. The most important time for him the day before was when he was digging he bed; the most important man was hermit. Afterwards when he attended to the wounded stranger that was the right time, the stranger the right man and the help given was the most important work otherwise the injured man would have died. Therefore, the right time is always the present time, the most important man is one whom one deals with at that time and the right occupation is to help others.

Qn2. Was the king satisfied with the hermit’s answer? Give a reasoned answer?

Ans: Yes, the king was highly satisfied with the hermit’s answers. Each answer the hermit gave to the question was relevant. According to the hermit now is the most important time. The person someone is present with you is the most important one.To do something good to the man someone is interacting is the most important work.

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