12th Eng.The Tiger King 6 SOLVED Extracts

VISTAS

Ch-2 The Tiger King by Kalki

CBSE Based Extracts

EXTRACT -1

The Maharaja's tiger hunts continued to be highly successful. Within ten years he was able to kill seventy tigers. And then, an unforeseen hurdle brought his mission to a standstill. The tiger population became extinct in the forests of Pratibandapuram. Who knows whether the tigers practised birth control or committed harakiri? Or simply ran away from the state because they desired to be shot by British hands alone?

(a) How many tigers were to be killed after having killed seventy tigers?

(i) 100 tigers (ii) 70 tigers

(iii) 30 tigers (iv) 60 tigers

(b) Harakiri means……

(d) What does 'standstill' mean?

Answers

(a) (iii)30 tigers

(a) (iii) 30 tigers

(b) ritual suicide

(d) Stand still means a situation when there is no movement or activity.

Extract -2

On the following day, the same old tiger wandered into the Maharaja's presence and stood as if in humble supplication, "Master, what do you command of me?" It was with boundless joy that the Maharaja took careful aim at the beast. The tiger fell in a crumpled heap.

(a) 'The same old tiger' was brought from:

(i) the forest of the state of the Maharaja

(ii) the People's Park in Madras

(iii) the village of Maharaja's kingdom

(iv) the other forest which does not fall in the state of the Maharaja

(b) In the above extract the opposite of 'cruel' is….

(d) Who is the narrator?

Answers

(a) (ii) the People's Park in Madras

(b) humble

(d) Kalki Krishnamurthy is the narrator.

Extract -3

It was first ascertained that this was not the work of Khader Mian Saheb or Virasami Naicker, both famed for their ability to swallow sheep whole. Surely, a tiger was at work. The villagers ran to inform of Maharaja. The Maharaja announced a three-year exemption from all taxes for that village and set out on the hunt at once.

(a) Khader Mian Saheb or Virasami Naicker were known for:

(i) creating problems for the congress

(ii) facing the British rule violently

(iii) be friending the Maharaja

(iv) swallowing sheep whole

(b) A tiger was at work' means……

(d) What does 'ascertain' mean?

Answers

(a) (iv) swallowing sheep whole

(b) the tiger was eating the sheep.

(c) The Maharaja announced a three-year exemption from all taxes for that village because the villagers informed the Maharaja about the tiger.

(d) 'Ascertain' means to find out or learn with certainty.

Extract 4.

Very good. Let this be your offering to the crown prince on his birthday." said the king and took it away with him. On that day father and son played with that tiny little wooden tiger. It had been carved by an unskilled carpenter. Its surface was rough; tiny slivers of wood stood up like quills all over it. One of those slivers pierced the Maharaja's right hand. He pulled it out with his left hand and continued to play with the prince.

(a) Tiny little wooden tiger was brought by……..

(b) The gift was made by:

(i) a skilled craftsman

(ii) an unskilled craftsman

(iii) a company

(iv) an engineer

(d) Give a synonym of 'pierced'.

Answers

(a) Maharaja to gift.

(b) (ii) an unskilled craftsman

(d) A synonym of 'pierced' is penetrated or punctured.

Extract -5

From that day onwards it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram. The State banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja. A proclamation was issued to the effect that if anyone dared to fling so much as a stone at a tiger, all his wealth and property would be confiscated.

A. What shows the false ego and pride of the king in the story?

(a) his killing of tigers and no concern for nature

(b) his desire to marry

(d) none of these

B. The state………tiger killing.

(a) protected (b) encouraged

C. The author informs the readers in the beginning that the Tiger King is……

(a) mortal (b) gullible

D. Why did the Maharaja ban tiger hunting in the state?

ANSWERS

A.(a) his killing of tigers and no concern for nature

B. (d) banned

C. (c) eccentric

D. Maharaja banned the tiger hunting in the state, because he wanted to prove the predictions of state astrologer wrong that he would be killed by the hundredth tiger.

EXTRACT -6

Three famous surgeons were brought in from Madras. After holding a consultation they decided to operate. The operation took place. The three surgeons who performed it came out of the theatre and announced, "The operation was successful. The Maharaja is dead."

In this manner the hundredth tiger took its final revenge upon the Tiger King.

A. What pierced Maharaja's right hand?

(a) the slivers of toy tiger's body

(b) tiger's leg

(d) none of these

B. Where were the surgeons summoned from?

(a) Delhi (b) Bombay

C. While playing with the prince, the king got hurt when a tiny sliver pierce his:

(a) right hand (b) left hand

D. Describe the manner in which Maharaja meet his death.

Answer

A.(a) the slivers of toy tiger's body