CBSE Class 12 English Sure Shot Questions Vistas Assignment

Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each. (3 Marks each)

1. What secret did the astrologer reveal at the birth of the prince?

2. What was incredible about the infant’s reaction to the astrologer’s prophecy?

3. How did the tiger pose a threat to the king?

4. What is the significance of the prince’s utterance, “Let tigers beware”?

5. Bring out the humour in the upbringing of the prince.

6. Why was the Maharaja in danger of losing his throne? How did he manage to retain it?

7. Why did Maharaja’s mission to kill hundred tigers come to a standstill?

8. Who did the Maharaja want to marry and why?

9. What did the astrologer say to do if his prophecy was proved wrong?

10. Why didn’t the Maharaja allow the British officer to shoot a tiger?

11. Why the Maharaja wasn’t informed that the hundredth tiger did not die from his shot?

12. Why didn’t the shopkeeper quote the real price of the wooden tiger?

13. How did the wooden tiger lead to the death of the Maharaja?

14. Why was it celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram?

Long Answer Type Questions

Answer the following in about 125-150 words. (6 Marks each)

1. What danger loomed over the Maharajah's throne? How did he succeed in dispelling it?

2. The king spent a lifetime trying to kill hundred tigers but his death came due to a toy tiger. Comment

3. Bring out the element of humour, satire and irony in the story ‘The Tiger King’.

4. How did the chief astrologer react to the tiger king’s question about the manner of his death? How did the tiger king take it?