1. When did he think of passing the money in the safe hands? 2. What did he do all his life?

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions put thereupon :

Once upon a time, …………..giving the matest. [ From passage 1]

1. When did he think of passing the money in the safe hands?

2. What did he do all his life?

3. What did he do to divide his money between his two sons ? 

4. How had the old merchant spent all his life ?

5. What was the result of the merchant’s hard work ?

6. What was the problem ? How did he decide to solve it ?

Or

What did the old merchant decide at last ?

Answer 1

1. One day he felt that he had not long to remain in this world then, he thought of passing the money in the safe hands.

2. All his life he worked hard for buying and selling the articles.

3. He planned in his mind that he would give his money to that son who was found out cleverer. For this, he gave a test of both sons.

4. The old merchant had spent all his life in working hard and earning money.

5. The result of merchant’s hard work was that he gathered a lot of money.

6. The problem was to find out the cleverer son. He decided to solve it by giving them a test.