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Class - 12
English Core
Vistas 2. THE TIGER KING
QUESTIONS:-
1. Who is the tiger king? Why does he get that name?
Ans-
The Maharaja of Pratibandpuram was called the Tiger King. He is also identified
as his highness Jamedar- General, Khiledar Major and Sir Jilani Jung Jung
Bahadur. At the time of his birth, The astrologer declared that the prince
would have to die one day. The ten days old Prince asked the astrologers to
reveal the manner of his death. The chief astrologer said that his death would
come from a tiger. The young Prince replied Let tigers beware!' he resoluted to
kill one hundred tigers. Thus, he got the name "tiger king".
2. What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of
tigers to kill?
Ans-
The Maharaja killed seventy tigers within ten years but tiger population in his
Kingdom became extinct. To get the required numbers of tigers to kill, the
Maharaja will ask his dewan to find a suitable girl for him to marry. A
suitable girl for matrimonial alliance should be the one who would not only
come from a royal family but also would belong to a state with a large number
of tiger population. As Pratibandpuram had no more tigers left,a province that
belong to his father-in-law would certainly provide him with an opportunity to
kill more tigers and reach his aim of killing one hundred tigers.
3. How will the Maharaja prepare himself for the hundredth tiger
which was supposed to decide his fate?
Ans-
The Maharaja would we extremely careful while dealing with the hundredth tiger
which was supposed to be the reason for his death. On encountering the
hundredth one, He will take a careful aim at the tiger and will shoot it. When
it falls in a crumpled heap, he would be filled with joy and will leave the
place hastily.
4. What will now happen to the astrologers ?Do you think the prophecy
was indisputedly disproved?
Ans-
The astrologer dies before the king of Pratibandapuram gets an opportunity to
kill one hundred tigers. Disproving his prophecy seems to be the sole reason
for the kings existence. Except for killing hundred tigers,the prophecy cannot
be indisputably disproved as the king was ultimately killed by a tiger, though
neither by a real one nor by the hundreth one. Looking at the weak, old and
almost lifeless tiger that was the hundreth one, no one would have thought that
it would escape the king's bullet by fainting at the shock of the bullet
whizzing past. It was the "tiny little wooden tiger "from the toy
shop that caused the death of the tiger king.
5. The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How
does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
Ans-
The story "The tiger King is a supreme example of dramatic irony. It is a
satire on the pride and conceit of those in power. The Maharaja of
Pratibandpuram tried to believe what was written in his fate. The result was
ironical as well as tragic. The chief astrologer had for told that the prince
was born in the hour of the bull. The bull and the tiger are born enemies
therefore, the tiger would be the only cause of death.
The
proud King totally banned tiger hunting in the state by anyone except himself.
If anybody dared even to throw a stone at a tiger his wealth and property would
be confiscated. The king appeared well set to realise his ambition. Somehow he
was able to kill 99 tigers. He need just one tiger to complete the tally.
The
author employes the literary device of dramatic irony in the story. The irony
is that the king thinks himself safe after killing the hundreth tiger. Hardly
does he knew that the hundreth tiger did not die of his bullet but survived.
Ironically,
the tiger that caused the death of the tiger king was not a tiger of flesh and
blood. It was a wooden toy- tiger.
6. What is the author's indirect comment on subjecting innocent
animals to the willfulness of human beings?
Ans-
Through this satirical story the author has rightly portrayed how human beings
have subjected innocent animals to untold torture and death, merely to fulfill
their own whims and fancies. Then the maharaja's indiscriminate killing on
tigers led to their extinction in some states, but the Maharaja was oblivious
to the grave consequences his action was leading to. In order to prove an
astrologers wrong the Maharaja went on a killing spree proving his dominance
over the helpless animals. He wished to show his superiority as a human being
and exercised his power to kill hundred and unlucky tigers but only the
hundreth tiger eluded him and finally it appeared in the form of a wooden
toy-tiger, to take revenge upon him.
7. How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharajas minions
towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or they driven by fear
when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today's political order?
Ans-
Maharaja's minions were not at all sincere towards him. Most of them were
scared of Maharaja and tried to keep him in good humour by obeying his orders.
They did not dare to disobey him as his displeasure could mean loss of their
jobs or even loss of their lives.
The
astrologer was afraid of predicting his death. However, Maharaja had asked him
to speak without any fear. Dewan who should have advised the king not to kill
the tigers and did not dare to go against his wishes and aided his marriage to
a princess whose father's kingdom possessed a large number of tigers. Being afraid
of losing his job, he presented and an old tiger to satisfy the whims of his
Maharaja. Likewise, the hunters choose not to inform him of the survival of the
hundreth tiger and instead killed it themselves fearing that they
might
lose their jobs. Even the shopkeeper, who sold the king a cheap wooden
toy-tiger,quoted a higher price lest he should be punished under the rules of
emergency.
So,
it is very clear that the kings minions were driven by fear rather than by any
feelings of sincerity towards there ruler.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
Q1. How many surgeons were summoned to attend the king?
(a) 3
(b)
7
(c)
9
(d)
13
Q2. Identify the literary device in 'like quills all over
it".
(a)
Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c)
Alliteration
(d)
Personification
Q3. The wooden tiger was carved by
(a)
A master craftsman
(b) An unskilled carpenter
(c)
The shopkeeper himself
(d)
A British carpenter
Q4. The original cost of the present was
(a) 2 annas and a quarter
(b)
2 annas and a half
(c)
One and a half annas
(d)
3 annas
Q5. How old was the King's son?
(a)
One year old
(b) Three years old
(c)
Five years old
(d)
Seven years old
Q6. The 100th tiger had
(a)
been shot dead
(b) fainted
(c)
disappeared
(d)
been set free
Q7. The old tiger had been brought from
(a)
Calcutta Park
(b)
Business Park
(c)
Leisure Park
(d) People's Park
Q8. The frustrated Tiger King asked the Dewan-
(a) to resign
(b)
to go to far off places in search of a tiger
(c)
to invite the British Officer
(d)
to get a tiger from the Madras zoo
Q9. Maharaja on not finding the last tiger
(a)
went to the Madras zoo
(b) terminated the services of many officers
(c)
went to live in the jungle
(d)
gave up the idea completely
Q 10. Each time the Maharaja visited his father-in-law, he_______killed
tigers
(a)
1-2
(b) 5-6
(c)
9-10
(d)
12-13
Q 11. In 10 years of hunting expeditions, the Maharaja killed _____tigers
(a)
30
(b)
50
(c) 70
(d)
90
Q 12. Maharaja and Dewan ________the British Officer to save the
kingdom
(a)
entertained
(b) bribed
(c)
pacified
(d)
confronted
Q 13. ________became the King's main occupation
(a)
English
(b)
Justice
(c)
Governance
(d) Tiger hunting
Q 14. A high ranking British officer wished to go on
(a) a tiger hunting expedition
(b)
to the jungle
(c)
and investigate the decrease in tiger population
(d)
and remove the Tiger King
Q 15. The astrologer stated that he would_______ if the king
killed the 100th tiger
(a)
leave the state
(b)
kill himself
(c) cut his hair
(d)
denounce the world
Q 16. The state astrologer predicted that no harm would come to
the Tiger King till the killing of ______tigers
(a)
89
(b) 99
(c)
79
(d)
100
Q 17. What character trait of the prince is revealed when he
utters the words, 'Let Tigers Beware'?
(a)
Humility
(b) Arrogance
(c)
Pride
(d)
Will-power
Q 18. How old was the Prince when he ridiculed the astrologer?
(a) 10 days
(b)
10 weeks
(c)
10 months
(d)
10 years
Q 19. The Maharaja of _______is the hero of the story.
(a)
Ramnagar
(b) Pratibandapuram
(c)
Paltipuram
(d)
Preetamgarh
Q 20. Kalki, the author of 'The Tiger King' has used as a
background, days of _______kings dominating their subjects.
(a)
just
(b)
brave
(c) eccentric
(d) gullible
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Index
Flamingo | |
Poetry Section | |
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Vistas | |
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