Important short questions (SAQ) with answers from the story ‘Three Questions’ by Leo Tolstoy for West Bengal Board class 12 (HS). Each short question carries 1 mark. Also question asked in previous year WBCHSE HS exam from ‘Three Questions’ included.
‘Three Questions’ Short questions (SAQ) with answers.
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1.What did the Tsar do, having made peace with his enemy?
Answer: Having made peace with his enemy, he forgave him, said he would send his servants and his own physician to attend him, and also promised to restore his property.
2.What proclamation was made throughout the Tsar’s kingdom?
Answer: The Tsar proclaimed throughout his kingdom that he would give a reward to anyone who would teach him what was the right time for every action, and who were the most necessary people, and how he might know what was the most important thing to do.
3.Why did the Tsar fall asleep so soundly?
Answer: The Tsar was so tired with his walk and with the work he had done, that he fell asleep soundly.
4.How did the bearded man get wounded?
Answer: The bearded man got wounded by the Tsar’s bodyguard, as they recognized him as the Tsar’s enemy.
5. What did the hermit do, on listening to the Tsar’s question for the first time?
Answer: On listening to the Tsar’s question for the first time, the hermit answered nothing; he just spat on his hand and recommenced digging.
6.Why according to the hermit, is ‘now’ the most important time?
Answer: According to the hermit ‘now’ is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.
7.What did the hermit do on seeing the Tsar?
Answer: On seeing the Tsar, the hermit greeted him and went on digging.
8.Why was the Tsar glad?
Answer: The Tsar was glad to have made peace with his enemy.
9.Where did the hermit in ‘Three Questions’ live? (H.S 2017)
Answer: The hermit lived in a wood which he never quitted.
10.What was the thought that occurred to the Tsar?
Answer: The thought that occurred to the Tsar was, that if he always knew the right time to begin everything, if he knew who were the right people to listen to, and whom to avoid, and also if he always knew what was the most important thing to do, he would never fail in anything he might undertake.
11.What was the first thing that the Tsar and the hermit did after receiving the wounded man?
Answer: The first thing that the Tsar and the hermit did after receiving the wounded man was, that they unfastened the man’s clothing.
12.Why according to the hermit, is he with whom one deals at present, the most necessary man?
Answer: According to the hermit, he with whom one deals at present, is the most necessary man, for no man knows whether he will ever have dealings with anyone else.
13.Why did the hermit breathe heavily, every time he stuck his spade into the ground?
Answer: The hermit was frail and weak and so every time he stuck his spade into the ground, he breathed heavily.
14.What did the Tsar do to appear as a common man before the hermit?
Answer: To appear as a common man, the Tsar put on simple clothes, and before reaching the hermit’s hut, dismounted from his horse, and leaving his bodyguard behind, went on alone.
15. What were the various answers that were provided to the Tsar’s second question?
Answer: The various answers that were provided to the Tsar’s second question were councillors, priests, doctors, and warriors, — each of them being considered as the most necessary man, by someone or the other.
16. What did the hermit do on hearing the Tsar’s questions?
Answer: On hearing the Tsar’s questions, the hermit answered nothing; he just squat on his hand and recommended digging.
17.What did the Tsar do having taken leave of the wounded man?
Answer: Having taken leave of the wounded man, the Tsar went out into the porch and looked around for the hermit.
18. How did the Tsar and the hermit dress the wound of the bearded man?
Answer: The Tsar and the hermit unfastened the man’s clothing, washed the wound, bandaged it with a handkerchief and with a towel, which had to be removed again and again as it got soaked with warm blood.
19. How did the Tsar meet the hermit? (H.S-2018)
Answer: The Tsar met the hermit in disguise as common man.
20. Why did the Tsar put on a simple cloth before meeting the hermit? (H.S 2018)
Answer: The hermit met none but common folk only so The Tsar put on a simple cloth before meeting the hermit.
21. Which part of the body of the bearded man was injured in the story ‘Three Question’? (H.S 2017)
Answer: The bearded man was injured in the stomach.
22.Why did the man want to take revenge? (H.S 2016)
Answer: The man wanted to revenge the death of his brother in the hand of the Tsar and also due to the seizure of the property.
23. Whom did the hermit receive? (H.S 2016)
Answer: The hermit received only common people.
24 Why did the Tsar in the story ‘Three Questions’ decided to consult the hermit?
Answer: The Tsar decided to consult the hermit as he was not satisfied by the answered of the learned men.
25.What were the first two words uttered by the bearded man when he came round?
Answer: ‘Forgive me’ was the first two words uttered by the bearded man when he came round.
26. What was the hermit doing when the Tsar came to visit him? (H.S 2015)
Answer: When the Tsar came to visit the hermit, the hermit was digging the ground in front of his hut.
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