CBSE Class 11 English Tale Of Melon City Questions Answers Worksheet

CBSE Class 11 English Tale of Melon City questions answers. Students can download these worksheets and practice them. This will help them to get better marks in examinations. Also refer to other worksheets for the same chapter and other subjects too. Use them for better understanding of the subjects.

1. Fill in the following blanks with appropriate phrases/ words from the text

Question. When the architect said that the King had amended the plan, the King saw _________.
Answer: red

Question. When the chief of builders passed the King, he _____ a shout.
Answer: gave 

Question. After the noose was set, each men was measured __________.
Answer: by and by

Question. After the King was hung, the unruly town might have ____________ the Crown.
Answer: turned against

Question. An Idiot ____ the city gate.
Answer: passed by

Question. The Melon was reverently ______.
Answer: set down

Question. ‘Long live the King! The King is ____’.
Answer: dead

Question. The wisest man was carried to the Royal Court because he neither could ____ nor could see.
Answer: walk

Question. A _________ appeared on the King’s placid face.
Answer: frown

Question. The principle of _________________ was well-established in that country.
Answer: laissez faire

2. Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ for the following

Question. The King was vain.
Answer: True

Question. The King wanted to edify the spectators.
Answer: True

Question. The arch was built too high.
Answer: False

Question. First the King wanted to hang the workmen.
Answer: False

Question. The King changed the height of the arch.
Answer: True

3. Answer the following with correct options

Question. What did the King wish to build?
a) A Palace
b) A Wall
c) An Arch
d) None of the above
Answer: D

Question. Who did the King wish to edify?
a) Subjects
b) Spectators
c) Onlookers
d) All the above
Answer: A

Question. Why the workmen build the arch?
a) King ordered the workmen
b) Workmen loved to build arch
c) Workmen were given a lot of money
d) Workmen loved the King
Answer: D

4. Who said to whom –

Question. I do ordain that you shall be hanged.
Answer: King

Question. The culprit must be punished.
Answer: Old Man

Question. Thank Goodness we found someone.
Answer: Minister

Question. Wait! Who is to be the King?
Answer: Guard

5. Non-linguistic project

Question. Make a PPT on famous archs or gates made by Kings in our country or by the government of independent India.
Answer: Collect information (what, why, when, where, how) about India Gate.

Question. Make a photo story based on the life of Adolf Hitler.
Answer: Collect relevant pictures of the life of Adolf Hitler and arrange the pictures in a chronological order.

6. Fill up the gaps with the correct option The rope and gallows

Question. _____________ (was/were/ being/ had) arranged. The chief of builders
Answer: were

Question. _____________ (was/ were/ have/ had) led out. He
Answer: was

Question. _______________ (pass/ passing/ passed/ was passing) the King. He gave a
Answer: passed

Question. ______________(shout/ shouting/ shouted/ had shouted).
Answer: shout

Question. Arrange the statements according to chronology
a. King wanted to get an arch built.
b. The King wanted to hang the workmen.
c. The King was hung.
d. The arch was built too low.
e. When the King was passing under the arch, his crown fell.
f. The King wanted to hang the chief of builders.
Answer: a. d. e. f. b. c.

Question. Complete the crossword using the clues given below


Answer: 

Short-Answer Questions:

Question. How do you think a just and placid king would be after reading the first two lines?
Answer: The qualities of justness and placidity fits a king. After reading the first two lines of the poem we feel that the king would be truth loving and serious about his administration.

Question. How did the king react when the people responsible for tumbling the king’s crown started blaming each other?
Answer: The king started immediately accepting the other one’s statement and declaring punishment for them.

Question. Ultimately, who was held responsible in the matter of fixing the charges for insulting the crown?
Answer: The king himself was held responsible for insulting the crown as no one was of the height to fit the rope.

Question. The Tale of Melon City is an irony. Describe giving instances from the poem.
Answer: The instance of deciding the issue of the wisest man and the next king is an irony on the decision making process in modern government while the King’s getting executed by his own order is an irony on the nature of so called just laws.

Long Answer Questions:

Question. Sometimes stressing too much on rules and regulations is also difficult for smooth functioning and may lead to chaos and anarchy. Explain in wake of the theme of the poem ‘Tale of Melon City’.
Answer:
-Rules are made for systematizing working
-Following all rules in all conditions not possible
-Need of change in rules as per circumstances
-King’s stress on his just and placid nature
-The disastrous result.