Unseen Passage for Class 3: The Honest Shopkeeper

  • 146 words
  • 5 questions
  • Ages 8–9
  • With answers

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Mr Patel owned a small sweet shop at the corner of Khar Street. Every morning he opened early and swept the entrance before the first customer arrived. He was known for giving full weight and never cheating on price.

One day a rich businessman came in and bought a box of ladoos. At the counter, Mr Patel noticed one ladoo inside was cracked. He took out that ladoo and put in a good one instead, refusing to take extra money.

The businessman walked out without saying much. A few weeks passed. Then the businessman returned, not to buy sweets, but to offer Mr Patel a job running his new cafe in the next street.

"You were honest when you did not have to be," said the businessman. "I want that honesty running my business." Mr Patel accepted, and the cafe became the busiest in the area.

Questions

  1. What did Mr Patel do every morning?

    1. He made fresh sweets
    2. He counted his money
    3. He swept the entrance of his shop
    4. He locked the door

  2. Why did Mr Patel replace the cracked ladoo?

    1. The businessman asked him to
    2. He did not have enough good ladoos
    3. He was honest and did not want to cheat the customer
    4. The businessman was angry

  3. What did the businessman offer Mr Patel weeks later?

    1. Money
    2. A job running his new cafe
    3. More ladoos to sell
    4. A bigger shop

  4. What can we learn from this passage?

    1. Sweet shops are profitable
    2. Honesty is noticed and can bring good things
    3. Businessmen are always kind
    4. Cafes are better than sweet shops

  5. Why did the businessman trust Mr Patel with his cafe?

    1. He was family
    2. Mr Patel was cheap
    3. Because Mr Patel showed honesty even in small things
    4. Because the cafe was not important

Answers

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  1. He swept the entrance of his shopEvery morning he opened early and swept the entrance before the first customer arrived.
  2. He was honest and did not want to cheat the customerMr Patel was known for never cheating, and he replaced the ladoo without being asked.
  3. A job running his new cafeThe businessman returned and offered Mr Patel a job running his new cafe because of his honesty.
  4. Honesty is noticed and can bring good thingsThe passage shows that the businessman trusted Mr Patel specifically because he had been honest when nobody was watching.
  5. Because Mr Patel showed honesty even in small thingsThe businessman said he wanted honesty running his business, based on what he saw in Mr Patel.

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