Extract Based Questions – The Shepherd’s Treasure Class 6 English Textbook Chapter 3. We had updated here some important phrase from The Shepherd’s Treasure Chapter and also updated Important Questions on each phrase.
Extract Based Questions for The Shepherd’s Treasure Chapter
The Shepherd’s Treasure
Extract-1
IN a village in Iran there once lived a shepherd. He was very poor. He did not have even a small cottage of his own. He had never been to school or learnt to read and write, for there were very few schools in those days. Though poor and uneducated, this shepherd was very wise. He understood people’s sorrows and troubles, and helped them face their problems with courage and common sense. Many people came to him for advice. Soon he became famous for his wisdom and friendly nature. The king of that country heard about him, and thought of meeting him. Disguised as a shepherd and riding on a mule, one day the king came to the cave where the wise shepherd lived.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) The shepherd was an:
a.) Irish
b.) Iraqi
c.) Indian
d.) None of the above
ii.) The king was riding on a:
a.) Horse
b.) Donkey
c.) Mule
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Where the shepherd used to live?
ii.) Why the king came to meet him?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) Why many people used to come to shepherd?
Extract-2
As soon as the shepherd saw the traveller coming towards the cave, he rose to welcome him. He took the tired traveller inside the cave, gave him water to drink and a share of his own meagre meal. The king rested for the night in the cave and was greatly impressed by the shepherd’s hospitality and wise conversation. Though still tired, the king decided to depart the next morning. He said, “Many thanks for your kindness to a poor traveller. I have a long way to go. Permit me to leave.” Looking straight into the eyes of his guest, the shepherd replied, “Thank you, Your Majesty, for paying me the compliment of a visit.” The king was astonished as well as pleased. ‘He is indeed very wise.’ he thought to himself. ‘I need people like him to work for me.’ And the king appointed this humble shepherd the governor of a small district.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) The king appointed the shepherd as :
a.) Worker
b.) Minister
c.) Governor
d.) None of the above
ii.) The king rested the night in:
a.) Cave
b.) Tunnel
c.) Hut
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) What the shepherd offered to king when he reached cave?
ii.) How the king thanked the shepherd before leaving?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) ‘I need people like him to work for me.’- Why the king thought such?
Extract-3
Although he rose to power and dignity, the shepherd remained as humble as ever. People loved and honoured him for his wisdom, sympathy and goodness. He was kind and just to one and all. His fame as a fair and wise governor soon spread throughout the country. Now the governors of other provinces grew terribly jealous of him and began to talk to the king against him. They said, “He is very dishonest, and keeps for himself part of the money that he collects as tax from the people.” Why did he always carry with him, they added, an iron chest? Perhaps he carried in it the treasure that he had secretly collected. After all, The shepherd was able to make out that his visitor was none other than the king. The king made the wise shepherd governor of a small district.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Other governors mentioned the shepherd as:
a.) Dishonest
b.) Modest
c.) Wise
d.) None of the above
ii.) The Shepherd always used to carry:
a.) Basket
b.) Bag
c.) Chest
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Why people loved and honored the shepherd?
ii.) What was the blame against the shepherd?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) Why the governors of other provinces grew terribly jealous of the shepherd?
Extract-4
Other governors became jealous of the new governor and called him dishonest. they said mockingly, he was an ordinary shepherd and could behave no better. At first the king did not pay attention to these reports, but how long could he ignore these governors and their endless stories about the shepherd? One thing was certain, the king discovered. The new governor did carry an iron chest with him all the time. So, one day, the new governor was summoned to the palace. He came riding on his camel, and to everyone’s delight, the famous iron chest was there fastened securely behind him on the camel’s back. Now the king was angry. He thundered, “Why do you always carry that iron chest with you? What does it contain?” The governor smiled. He asked his servant to bring in the chest. How eagerly the people standing around waited for the shepherd to be found out! But how great was their astonishment, and even of the king himself, when the chest was opened!
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) Whom the shepherd asked to bring iron chest?
a.) King
b.) Minister
c.) Servant
d.) None of the above
ii.) The Shepherd reached palace riding on a:
a.) Camel
b.) Mule
c.) Horse
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) What the king discovered?
ii.) What the king said to the shepherd angrily?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) How the shepherd came to the palace?
Extract-5
No gold or silver or jewels but an old blanket was all that came out. Holding it up proudly, the shepherd said, “This, my dear master, is my only treasure. I always carry it with me.”.“But why do you carry such an ordinary blanket with you? Surely, you are the governor of a district?” the king asked. To which the shepherd replied with quiet dignity, “This blanket is my oldest friend. It will still protect me if, at any time, Your Majesty should wish to take away my new cloaks.” How pleased the king was, and how embarrassed the jealous governors became to hear the wise man’s reply! Now they knew that the shepherd was indeed the humblest and the wisest man in the land. The king made him the governor of a much bigger district that very day.
1.) Multiple Choice Questions
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) What was discovered from the iron chest?
a.) Jewel
b.) Blanket
c.) Money
d.) None of the above
ii.) The humblest and the wisest man was:
a.) Shepherd
b.) King
c.) Servant
d.) None of the above
2.) Very Short type questions:
Marks: 1×2=2
i.) How the king rewarded the shepherd?
ii.) What was others reaction when the chest was opened?
3.) Short Question:
Marks: 2×1=2
i.) Why the shepherd used to carry the iron chest?
Answers
Extract-1
1.) I) d
ii) c
2.) I) The shepherd used to live in a cave.
ii) The shepherd became famous for his wisdom and friendly nature so the king met him.
3.) The shepherd understood people’s sorrows and troubles, and helped them face their problems with courage and common sense. So, people used to him for advice.
Extract-2
1.) I) c
ii) a
2.) i) The shepherd gave him water to drink and a share of his own meagre meal to the king.)
ii) The king thanked the shepherd for his kindness and hospitality to a poor traveler like him.
3.) When the identity of the king got revealed by the shepherd in spite of king’s disguise, the king realized the power of his wisdom and thought to appoint him.
Extract-3
1.) I) a
ii) c
2.) I) People loved and honored the shepherd for his wisdom, sympathy and goodness.
ii) The blame was that he used to keep a part of the money for himself that from the collected tax from the people.
3.) The shepherd was loved and honored him for his wisdom, sympathy and goodness. His fame as a fair and wise governor soon spread throughout the country
Extract-4
1.) I) c
ii) a
2.) I) The king discovered that the new governor did carry an iron chest with him all the time.
ii) The king angrily said “Why do you always carry that iron chest with you? What does it contain?”
3.) The shepherd came riding on his camel, and to everyone’s delight, the famous iron chest was there fastened securely behind him on the camel’s back.)
Extract-5
1.) I) b
ii) a
2.) I) As a reward, the king made him the governor of a much bigger district.
ii) After opening the chest, the king was pleased but the other governors became jealous.
3.) The shepherd always carried his blanket in a iron chest because the blanket was his oldest friend and it protected him always. So it was shepherd’s only treasure.
