Chapter - 3
Thinking Out Of The Box : Lateral Thinking
A. Short Answers Type Questions
Question 1. What was the proposal given to the poor farmer by the moneylender ?
Answer :- The moneylender gave the proposal that he would write off the farmer’s debt by marrying her daughter to him.
Question 2. What would have happened if the girl had selected a black pebble in the ‘pebble – game’ ?
Answer :- She would have become the moneylender’s wife and her father’s debt written off.
Question 3. What trick did the moneylender cunningly play to win the game ?
Answer :- The moneylender picked up into black pebbles from pebble covered path them into the bag.
Question 4. How did the girl intelligently win ?
Answer :- The girl picked up a pebble from the bag and let threw it fell on the pebble covered path.
Question 5. What do you understand by the term ‘lateral thinking after reading the chapter.
Answer :- Lateral thinking is thinking differently and doing something new.
Question 6. What was Edward de Bono’s nation about ‘lateral thinking’ ?
Answer :- According to Bono it is a skill for using our intelligence uncoventionally.
Question 7. Why did the millionaire not reveal the fact of his affluence to the bank officials ?
Answer :- He did not reveal it to get the services of an underground bank garage at a cheap price.
Question 8. Why was the loan officer amazed to know that thomas had borrowed a loan for $ 5000 ?
Answer :- He was amazed to see that one of the richest men of America had taken a loan of $ 5000 dollars.
Question 9. What was the millionaire’s trick in borrowing the loan ?
Answer :- The millionaire got the best safety for his very expensive Ferrari car at a very small amount of interest.
B. Long Answers Type Questions
Question 1. How was lateral thinking fruitful in the field of cricket ?
Answer :- Lateral thinking is create. It is unconventional in nature. In cricket it was introduced by Kerry Paker. In the past only test matches used to be player. He introduced day/ night matches. These were played in colourful uniforms. It become so successful that he whole world of cricked adopted it. The things did not stop there. Now a days the T-20 matches have become very popular with cricket fans. Now experiments are being made to play day/ night test matches.
Question 2. How did the moneylender’s attempt to win the hand of the farmer’s daughter go in vain ?
Answer :- Moneylender cunningly put two black pebbles in the bags but the farmer’s daughter come to know it. so she intelligently picked one pebble and let it fall on the path full of pebbles. Now the remaining pebble was black. It was assumed that the girl had picked the white Pebble. The moneylender knew his fault so he had to leave the idea of marrying the girl.
Question 3. Write a note on the theme of the chapter “Lateral Thinking”.
Answer :- The concept Lateral Thinking is thinking or doing a thing differently. It is unconventional in nature. There are some problems which can’t be solved with traditional thinking. we can find a solution to such problems with lateral thinking. we got some instance of the chapter. In first instance the girl used her lateral thinking to get rid of the cunning moneylender. In the second example the millionaire used his lateral thinking to get a safe parking of his expensive car. In lateral thinking is also used in the farm of day / night matches, colourful balls and clothing.
C. Objective Type Questions
Question 1. What was the Brand of Thomas car ?
Answer :- Ferrari.
Question 2. Who introduced day-night matches in cricket ?
Answer :- Kerry Packer.
Question 3. How much amount did Thomas borrow from the bank ?
Answer :- $ 5000 (5,000 dollars)
Question 4. Who propagated the art of lateral thinking ?
Answer :- Edward de Bono
Question 5. what did the girl notice ?
Answer :- The girl noticed that the money- lender picked up two black pebbles and put them into the money bag.
Question 6. What is lateral thinking ?
Answer :- Lateral thinking is creative or non linear thinking.
Question 7. Which country experimented with two different captains for the test and one day matches?
D. Fill in the Blanks
A. Thomas was a _____.
Answer :- millionaire.
B. Nowadays________matches have become very popular in cricket.
Answer :- T20
C. The bank was located in ______ (New York/ Washington)
Answer :- New York.
D. Thomas was one of the richest men in _____.
Answer :- America.
E. The girl would have to marry the money lender if she picked a ______.
Answer :- Black Pebble.
F. Thomas paid ______ as interest.
Answer :- $ 15 (Fifteen dollars).
E. Change the Voice
Answer :- Why am I being laughed at by you?
F. Fill in the blanks with suitable Determiners
G. Do as Directed
1. He is too aged to get a job. (Remove ‘too’)
Answer :- He is so aged that he cannot get a job.
