L-3 THINKING OUT OF THE BOX: LATERAL THINKING
- Adopted from article from internet
SHORT Q/A
Q.1. What was the proposal given to the
poor farmer by the money lender?
Ans.
The moneylender would write off the farmer’s debt if he could marry with his
daughter. The money- lender proposed if he could marry the father’s daughter.
Q.2.-What would have happened if the girl
had selected a black pebble in the 'pebble-game’?
Ans.
If the girl had selected the black-pebble. The girl would become the
moneylender’s wife and her father’s debt would be written off.
Q.3. What trick did the money-lender
cunningly play, to win the game?
Ans.
The moneylender picked up two black pebbles and put them into the bag.
Q.4. How did the girl intelligently win?
Ans. The girl left a black pebble in the bag
and changed the impossible situation, into coining one. The girl drew out a
pebble. Thus the girl won her point.
Q.5. What do you understand by the term
'lateral thinking' after reading the chapter?
Ans.
Lateral Thinking means thinking differently and being creative. The term
'Lateral thinking' is thinking or doing something different
Q.6. What was Edward 'de Bono's notion
about 'lateral thinking'?
Ans.
‘Lateral Thinking’ is a skill which helps us to use our potential fully. According
to Edward de Bono, intelligence is a potential that all of us have. Lateral
Thinking means thinking differently and being creative. The term 'Lateral
thinking' is thinking or doing something different.
Q.7. Why did the millionaire not reveal the
fact of his affluence to the bank officials?
Ans.
The millionaire wanted to park his car safely at a cheap price. If the
millionaire had revealed the fact of his affluence the bank official might not
have sanctioned his loan. Thus he day would have been deprived of the
opportunity to park his car in the bank garage.
Q.8. Why was the loan officer amazed to
know that Thomas had borrowed a loan for $ 5000?
Ans.
He was the richest man of America and the asked loan amount was very small. The loan officer discovered that Thomas was
one of the wealthiest men of America.
Q.9. What was the millionaire's trick in
borrowing the loan?
Ans.
By paying a petty interest of $ 15, he was able to park his car safely for two
weeks in the bank garage. It was the trick which he played.
Long Question Answers
Ans1
Lateral thinking is used in several Felds. In cricket Kerry Packer introduced
day/night matches, colourful balls and clothing. It is diferent from traditonal
cricket. It became successful in the world. Nowadays T20 matches have become
very popular.
Ans2
The money lender picked up two pebbles. The girl noticed that he picked up two
black pebbles. He put the pebbles into the bag. He asked the girl to pick a
pebble from the bag. The clever girl took out a pebble and fall onto the pebble
strewn path. Now it was lost among all the other pebbles. The pebble left in
the bag was black. It was assumed that she had picked the white one. In this
way the girl defeated the money lender’s evil plan.
Ans3
The chapter penned by an unknown writer. It teaches us the value of lateral
thinking. It means doing a work in a different way. It is an art. We can solve
a difficult problem easily by lateral thinking. Edward de Bono favors the
lateral thinking. In this chapter, by using it a village girl saved her father
and herself from a cunning money lender. And a rich man Thomas parked his new
Ferrari car in New York for two weeks for just $ 15.
Ans4
A millionaire names Thomas took a loan of 5000 dollars for few days. As
security for the loan, he gave his car and its papers to the bank. The car was
taken to the underground garage of the bank. After two weeks he came back and
returned the loan and ffeen dollars interest. When the bank manager asked him
about this, he smiled and told him that there was no other way of parking his new
Ferrari in New York for two weeks for just 15 dollars.
This
chapter is based on the theme that complex problems can be solved by lateral
thinking. This chapter gives some examples. A poor farmer had to give a lot of
money to a money lender. The old and ugly money lender wanted to marry the
farmer's beautiful daughter for writing off the debt. The girl was asked to
play a pebble game. She defeated the money lender's trick by lateral thinking.
Similarly a rich man, Thomas, took a small loan from a bank for two weeks to
get his car parked safely. He paid the bank just 15 dollars for parking his new
Ferrari.
1. What was the proposal given to the
poor farmer by the money lender?
Ans.
The poor farmer has taken debt from the money lender. The proposal was if farmer’s
daughter married the money lender his debt will be written off
Q2. What would have happened if the
girl had selected a black pebble in the pebble game?
Ans.
If she picked black pebble her father’s debt would have been written off. But
she had to marry the money lender.
Q3. How did the girl intelligently win?
Ans.
The girl picked the stone and trickily threw on the pebble strewn path. The
left stone in the money bag was of black color. So it saved the girl from
getting married to the money lender but her father’s debt was written off.
Q4. What do you understand by the term
‘Lateral Thinking’?
Ans.
Lateral thinking is non-linear or creative thinking. It also means thinking
differently.
Q5. What was the millionaire’s trick in
borrowing the loan?
Ans.
It helped the millionaire to park his Ferrari in bank’s garage. The interest of
that loan was $15 only. So he was able to manage safe parking in the middle of
New York at very cheap cost.
Theme-Lateral Thinking
Edward
de Bono propagated the idea of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking is thinking
differently. The chapter is based on the idea that we can use lateral thinking
to solve complex problems. All problems cannot be solved logically.
The
money lender in the story cheats the farmer and his daughter. Farmer’s daughter
acts laterally. She changes the situation in her favor. As a result, she did
not have to marry the money-lender. Her father’s debt is also written off.
Similarly
the millionaire also finds a safe place to his car in the middle of New York
thinking laterally. In the field of cricket also, many new ideas has been
introduced to improve the game. Thus the essay is based upon the importance of
lateral thinking in our life.
Points to remember
1) The chapter is an article adapted from Internet.
2) Edward De Bono gives his notion of lateral
thinking.
3) Different kind of thinking is creative
thinking.
4) A farmer borrowed a large some of money
from a money lender.
5) The money lender was old and ugly.
6) He wanted to marry the farmer's daughter.
7) He suggested a clever plan.
8) He played a pebble game.
9) The girl had to pick one pebble from the
bag.
10) If she picked a white pebble, she need not
marry the money lender.
11) If she picked a black pebble, she had to
marry the money lender.
12) He put two black pebbles in the bag.
13) The girl picked one black pebble and quickly
dropped it on the ground.
14) Now only a black pebble was left in bag.
15) The girl didn’t have to marry the money
lender.
16) Thomas was a millionaire.
17) He borrowed a loan of five thousand dollars
from the bank.
18) He gave his Ferrari car as security.
19) He returned the loan after two weeks.
20) He paid interest of 15 dollars.
21) Kerry Packer introduced day-night matches
and colourful clothing in cricket.
