CBSE Class 12 English The Tiger King Worksheet

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More Important Questions For CBSE Class 12 English The Tiger King Worksheet........ 

Question. Pick the statement that is NOT an example of satire from the story.
(a) The twist of fate when the toy tiger proved to be fatal for the king.
(b) News of king’s ailment got the attention of not one, but three surgeons.
(c) King wilfully exploiting nature and subjects for his selfish interests.
(d) The king celebrates his triumph but readers anticipate his doom.

Answer: D

Question. The story conveys the idea of transience of life and power. Pick the pair of proverbs that DO NOT relate to this idea.
1. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.
2. There is many a slip between a cup and a lip.
3. Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
4. Don’t cross that bridge till you come to it.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4

Answer: B

Question. ‘The Maharaja’s anxiety reached a fever pitch…’
Which of these sentences DOES NOT use the phrase ‘reached a fever pitch’ correctly.
(a) When the bidding reached a fever pitch, one of the team’s absence was notable.
(b) The excitement of the audience reached a fever pitch when they saw the star perform.
(c) The scenic beauty of the place reached a fever pitch when it began to snow.
(d) The climax of the film reached fever pitch when the protagonist was assassinated.

Answer: C

Question. ‘Even the threat of a Stuka bomber will not throw me off track.’
This sentence shows that the author has a
(a) firm resolve to narrate the story.
(b) humorous way of conveying an idea.
(c) logical style of convincing the reader.
(d) rhetorical manner of writing a story.

Answer: B

Extract Based Questions:

A. 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.
The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other matters only after killing the hundred tigers. Initially the king seemed well set to realise his ambition.
Not that he faced no dangers. There were times when the bullet missed its mark, the tiger leapt upon him and he fought the beast with his bare hands. Each time it was the Maharaja who won.

Question. In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘proclamation’?
(a) The politician shared his manifesto during the election meeting.
(b) All the citizens of the kingdom had to abide by the emperor’s edict.
(c) The communique made by the official had a disastrous effect.
(d) The decree of the state forbade cruelty against animals.

Answer: C

Question. On the basis of this passage, pick the option that enumerates the characteristics of the king.
1. gullible
2. arrogant
3. wilful
4. aggressive
5. apathetic
6. scrupulous
(a) 1, 2 and 6
(b) 3, 4 and 6
(c) 3, 5 and 6
(d) 2, 3 and 5

Answer: D

Question. The tone of the author when he says, ‘it was celebration time for all tigers’ is
(a) solemn.
(b) sarcastic.
(c) sympathetic.
(d) mocking.

Answer: B

Question. Pick the pair of TRUE statements based on the extract.
1. Tiger hunting was absolutely banned in the kingdom.
2. The Maharaja was extremely courageous and fearless.
3. The Maharaja paid no heed to matters related to his kingdom.
4. The Maharaja was able to fulfil his ambition, without any perils.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 4

Answer: C

B. At midnight when the town slept in peace, the dewan and his aged wife dragged the tiger into the car and shoved it into the seat. The dewan himself drove the car straight to the forest where the Maharaja was hunting. When they reached the forest, the tiger launched its satyagraha and refused to get out of the car. The dewan was thoroughly exhausted in his efforts to haul the beast out of the car and push it down to the ground.
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.

Question. Which of the following is NOT an example of ‘satyagraha’?
(a) People on a hunger strike as a mark of protest against a law.
(b) People resorting to violence to ensure their demands are accepted.
(c) A few people blocking a roadway or passage peacefully.
(d) People participating in a silent march to protest against injustice.

Answer: B

Question. Pick the option that uses the same figure of speech as ‘town slept in peace’.
(a) His actions really flared up my temper, so I walked out.
(b) She is going through a rollercoaster of emotions.
(c) My alarm clock yells at me every morning until I get out of bed.
(d) The children were screaming and shouting in the fields.

Answer: C

Question. Pick the option that best describes the dewan’s attitude.
1. desperate
2. submissive
3. servile
4. dishonourable
5. detestable
6. flattering
(a) 2, 3 and 6
(b) 1, 4 and 5
(c) 2, 4 and 6
(d) 1, 3 and 5

Answer: A

Question. Why did the Maharaja decide to get married?

Answer: So far, the Maharaja had succeeded in killing only seventy tigers when they become extinct in Pratibandapuram. In order to fulfil his vow of killing one hundred tigers the Maharaja decided to get married to a girl from a royal family of a kingdom with a large tiger population.

Question. How did the Maharaja deal with a high ranking British officer who wanted to shoot a tiger?

Answer: When the high ranking British officer expressed his desire to hunt tiger in Pratibandapuram, the Maharaja denied him permission. He said to the British officer that the latter could hunt anything, even mosquitoes, but not tigers. Later, when the Maharaja realised that refusing the high ranking British officer could , he sent fifty samples of.

Question. Why, do you think, was the Maharaja in danger of losing his throne?

Answer: A high-ranking British officer, who was fond of hunting tigers, visited Pratibandapuram. The Tiger King refused to allow the British officer to hunt tigers saying it was banned in his kingdom.

He did not even permit the officer to get himself photographed with the tiger killed by the king. This annoyed the high-ranking British officer because directly or indirectly, the king was preventing an important man from fulfilling his desire.

Anticipating unfavourable consequences of denying a British officer and to avert the danger of losing his kingdom, the Tiger King sent a gift of fifty expensive diamond rings to the British officer’s wife. Although h that the duraisani would

Question. What made the chief astrologer place his finger on his nose?

Answer: The chief astrologer placed his finger on his nose because he was filled with surprise and wonder on hearing a small baby, just ten days old, speak.

Question. Describe the efforts made by the Tiger King to achieve his target of killing a hundred tigers.

Answer: After he took a vow to kill hundred tigers, doing so became the sole aim of his life. The Tiger King made numerous efforts to fulfil his target of killing a hundred tigers. He banned tiger hunting in Pratibandapuram. He announced that anyone who dared to even touch a tiger in his kingdom, would have to surrender their entire wealth and property.

Gradually, the Tiger King started paying more attention to hunting tigers and less on his royal duties. By now, he had killed almost all the tigers in the forests of Pratibanapuram. He spent three lakhs rupees on diamond rings, which he presented to the wife of a high ranking British official, whom he offended by refusing to give permission to hunt tigers in Pratibandpuram. The Tiger King was so obsessed with killing tigers that he even married into a kingdom where the tiger population was high. Every time he went to meet his in laws, he would kill five or six tigers. He stayed in the forest for many days and was determined to catch a tiger.

But he grew anxious when he couldn’t get one even after many days. He fired many of his officers for this reason. The Maharaja’s Dewan brought an old tiger from the People’s Park in Madras for the king to kill, to finally let him achieve his target of killing hundred tigers.

Short Answer Questions I

Question. Why did the Maharaja ban tiger hunting in the state? 
Answer.There were various reasons because of which the Maharaja banned tiger hunting in the state of Pratibandapuram. He vowed to hunt and kill hundred tigers to prove the astrologer wrong who predicted that a tiger would be the cause of his death. However, the tiger population of his kingdom was quickly diminishing because of the Maharaja’s hunting spree. This is why he did not want anyone else to hunt or kill tigers.

Question. Why did the Maharaja order the Dewan to double the land tax? 
Answer.After hearing about disappearances of sheep, the Maharaja set out on an expedition to find the hundredth tiger, which was supposed to be the reason for the disappearances. However, the tiger could not be found anywhere. The Tiger King was becoming impatient day by day. In his rage, the Maharaja ordered the Dewan to double the land tax.

Question. How did the Maharaja please a high-ranking British official? 
Answer.A high ranking British officer visited Pratibandapuram and sought permission to hunt tiger from King. Even though the king declined his request, he did not want to displease the officer. So in order to please the high-ranking British officer, he sent fifty diamond rings to his wife which cost the Maharaja three lakh rupees.

Question. What gave the astrologers the greatest surprise of their life while they were studying the horoscope of the ten-day-old prince?
Answer.The fact that the ten-days-old infant prince spoke clearly and coherently and that he raised intelligent questions about life and death, gave the astrologers the greatest surprise of their life while they were studying the horoscope of the infant crown prince.

Question. Why did the Maharaja decide to get married?
Answer.So far, the Maharaja had succeeded in killing only seventy tigers when they become extinct in Pratibandapurm. In order to fulfil his vow of killing one hundred tigers the Maharaja decided to get married to a girl from a royal family of a kingdom with a large tiger population.

Question. How did the Tiger King become the victim of the hundredth tiger? 
Answer.The Tiger King gifted his son a wooden toy tiger. The toy was made by an unskilled carpenter because of which its surface was rough; tiny slivers of wood stood up like quills all over it. A splinter from the wooden tiger pierced his hand, caused suppurating sore, resulting into his death. This is how the Tiger King became the victim of the hundredth tiger.

Question. What sort of hunts did the Maharaja offer to organise for the high-ranking British officer? What trait of the officer does it reveal?
Answer.The Maharaja refused to allow the British officer to hunt tigers in his kingdom. Instead, the Maharaja offered to organise a boar hunt or a mouse hunt or even a mosquito hunt. It shows the shallowness and pretence of the British official.

Question. How did the Tiger King stand in danger of losing his Kingdom ? How was he able to avert the danger? 
Answer.A high-ranking British officer, who was fond of hunting tigers, visited Pratibandapuram. The Tiger King refused to allow the British officer to hunt tigers saying it was banned in his kingdom. He did not even permit the officer to get himself photographed with the tiger killed by the king. This annoyed the high-ranking British officer because directly or indirectly, the king was preventing an important man from fulfilling his desire.
Anticipating unfavourable consequences of denying a British officer and to avert the danger of losing his kingdom, the Tiger King sent a gift of fifty expensive diamond rings to the British officer’s wife. Although he thought that the duraisani would only select a couple of rings, he did not mind that she kept them all. In fact, he was happy to know that he was able to retain his kingdom even though he had to pay three lakh rupees to the British jewellers for the diamond rings.

Question. Why was the Maharaja so anxious to kill the hundredth tiger? 
Answer.When the Maharaja was only ten days old, an astrologer predicted that a tiger would be the cause of his death. In order to prove the astrologer wrong and also to save himself from getting killed, the Maharaja vowed to hunt and kill hundred tigers. This is why he was so anxious to kill the hundredth tiger.

Question. What did the British officer’s secretary tell the Maharaja? Why did the Maharaja refuse permission? 
Answer.The British officer’s secretary sent a message to the Maharaja through his dewan that the Maharaja could actually kill the tiger and then allow the British officer to get himself photographed with the tiger while holding the gun and standing over carcass. However, the Maharaja did not agree to him and refused permission because he feared that doing so will encourage other British officers to turn up for tiger hunting. The Maharaja wanted to kill hundred tigers himself. 

Question.How did the Tiger King acquire his name?
Answer.The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram, the Tiger King had killed ninety-nine tigers to prove the chief astrologer’s prediction wrong. He was so obsessed with killing hundred tigers that he even married the princess whose state was rich in tigers. It was this fixation of his, with killing tigers, which got him the name.

Question. What happened to the tiger provided by the Dewan Saheb? 
Answer.The tiger provided by the Dewan Saheb was very old and stood in complete submission. The Maharaja took an aim and fired, but actually the bullet had missed the tiger. Hearing the sharp sound of bullet the tiger fainted. The Maharaja took the procession of the ‘dead’ tiger through the town unaware that it was still alive. Since, the other hunters did not want to offend the Maharaja by telling him what had happened, one of the hunters shot and killed the tiger.

Question. Narrate the ultimate end of the Tiger King in the story ‘The Tiger King’.
Answer. The occasion was the Tiger King’s son’s third birthday, he had not been paying much attention to the crown prince because of his obsession of killing hundred tigers. Since, it was his son’s birthday, he wanted to give something special to the crown prince. He went to the shopping centre in Pratibandapuram and searched every shop, but could not find anything suitable. He then saw a wooden toy tiger and thought it was perfect for his son. The toy had been carved by an unskilled carpenter. The surface was rough because slivers of wood were poking out, of the entire toy. One of the quills pierced the Maharaja’s hand. Although the king pulled it out the wound became infected. The infection spread all over the arm. As the situation worsened, three famous surgeons were called from Madras to treat the king. All three surgeons agreed that the king needed to be operated on immediately. After the surgery, the three surgeons announced that the operation was successful but king had passed away. Ultimately, the Tiger King met his end by the hundredth tiger, ironically not by a real tiger but by a wooden one whose splinter injured him proving deadly.

Question. How did the Tiger King celebrate his victory over the killing of the 100th tiger?
Answer.After ‘killing’ the hundredth tiger, the Tiger King was filled with joy. He had proved the astrologers wrong. In order to celebrate his victory, the Maharaja ordered the tiger to be brought in a grand procession. Having fulfilled his vow, the Tiger King had all the time in the world. So, he turned his attention to his son.

Question. What was the Dewan’s tiger like? How did he take it into the forest? 
Answer.The Dewan’s tiger was weak and senile. He arranged the tiger from The People’s Park, Madras. Dewan dragged the tiger out at midnight and shoved him into the car, went to the forest, hauled the beast out of the car and pushed him to the ground near Maharaja’s camp.

Question. Why did the Dewan decide to give up his own tiger to be killed by the Maharaja?
Answer.The Dewan decided to give up his own tiger to be killed by the Maharaja because he had to save his job. Otherwise, if the King could not kill the hundredth tiger, he would be furious and the result would be catastrophic.

Short Answer Questions II

Question. How did the Maharaja deal with a high ranking British officer who wanted to shoot a tiger? 
Answer.When the high ranking British officer expressed his desire to hunt tiger in Pratibandapurm, the Maharaja denied him permission. He said to the British officer that the latter could hunt anything, even mosquitoes, but not tigers. Later, when the Maharaja realised that refusing the high ranking British officer could jeopardise his kingdom, he sent fifty samples of diamond rings to the British officer’s wife to choose from. She kept them all; it cost the Maharaja three lakhs rupees.

Question. When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
Answer.The chief astrologer predicted that the Tiger King would die one day. The irony was that, hearing this, the ten days old infant Tiger King, then a crown prince, spoke like a wise man and said that everyone who is born had to die.

Question. How did the ten-day-old baby (the future Tiger King) react to the prediction about his future made by the astrologers? 
Answer.After listening to the prediction about his death, the ten-days old crown prince responded by saying that death is inevitable for anybody who is born. It does not require prediction. He wished to know about the manner of death as it is more important than the news of his death itself. When he learnt that the cause of his death would be tigers, he said with a growl : “Let tigers beware!”

Question. What kind of life was enjoyed by crown prince Jung Bahadur till he reached the age of twenty? 
Answer.Crown prince Jung Bahadur drank the milk of an English cow. He was brought up by an English nanny and tutored in English by an Englishman, saw nothing but English movies. Until he reached his twenties, the crown prince Jung Bahadur enjoyed everything which other Indian crown princes during British rule were enjoying.

Question. Who killed the 100th tiger? Why? 
Answer.The hundredth tiger was killed by one of the hunters accompanying the Tiger King. The Maharaja missed his mark, but loud bang of the gun shot made the old and weak tiger faint. If the king had found out about this, the hunters would have lost their job. 

Question. What made the chief astrologer place his finger on his nose? 
Answer.The chief astrologer placed his finger on his nose because he was filled with surprise and wonder on hearing a small baby, just ten days old, speak.

Question. Giving a bribe is an evil practice. How did the Tiger King bribe the British officer to save his kingdom? How do you view this act of his?
Answer.The Tiger King dispatched a telegram to a famous British company of jewellers in Calcutta to send samples of expensive diamond rings of different designs. Some fifty rings arrived and the king sent all of it to the British officer’s wife. The king and his minister expected that the duraisani would choose one or two rings and send the rest back. However, it turned out that the duraisani kept the entire lot and replied with a thank you note for the gifts. In two days, a bill of three lakh rupees was sent by the British jewellers, to the Maharaja which he was happy to pay. This is how the Maharaja had managed to retain his kingdom. This act of the king sheds light on the deplorable practice of bribery that perpetuates the vicious cycle of corruption, especially considering the fact that the king had personal interests to protect rather than the welfare of his kingdom.

Question. Even today so many among us believe in superstitions. An astrologer predicted about‘The Tiger King’ that he would be killed by a tiger. He ‘killed’ one hundred tigers yet was himself ‘killed’ by a tiger. How did the superstitious belief ‘prevail’? 
Answer.From the moment the Tiger King heard the prediction that a tiger would be the cause of his death, he made it the aim of his life not to lose to the tigers. The Tiger King vowed to kill hundred tigers and not rest until his vow was completed. While the Maharaja believed that he was fighting to change his destiny, it was the other way round. One may find it superstitious, but it was his destiny, which pushed him to act the way he did and eventually die because of a tiger.
The Tiger King took lives of the innocent tigers, one after another, until it became an obsession of his. He was selfish, self-centred and to quite an extent, hot-headed, which influenced each of his actions. He banned tiger hunts in Pratibandapuram for others and threatened to confiscate wealth and property of anybody who dared to hurt the tigers. He gave up his royal duties only to fulfil his vow, without once thinking about the effects it would have on his kingdom. He bribed the high ranking British officer, whom he had denied permission to hunt tigers in Pratibandapuram, so that he, the Tiger King, did not lose his kingdom. The Maharaja even married into a royal family only on one condition, the forests of that kingdom had to have tigers.
After killing ninety-nine tigers, the Tiger King’s obsession grew. On his last hunting expedition, when the hundredth tiger was nowhere to be seen, the Tiger King became furious and asked Dewan to double the land tax of the village where he had gone to hunt. The Dewan feared that the king’s decision would prove to be catastrophic, if the hundredth tiger was not found and killed quickly; the dewan’s job was in jeopardy too.
These chain of events paved way for the death of the Tiger King. The Dewan arranged for a senile tiger to be killed by the Maharaja. However, the King’s bullet did not kill the beast; the old tiger merely fainted by the sound of the gun shot. It was one of the king’s hunters who finally killed the tiger, leaving the king content with the thought of killing hundred tigers. Therefore, the king’s death due to the infection caused by the splinter from the wooden toy tiger, was a death caused by his own action, proving that the superstitious belief prevailed.

Long Answer Questions 

Question. How did the Tiger King meet his end ? What is ironical about his fate?
Answer.The Tiger King wanted to give his son a special gift on his birthday. He went out to look for the ideal present for him. Finally, he found a wooden tiger at a toy shop and gave it to his son. But it had been made by an unskilled carpenter; The surface was rough as up like quills tiny slivers of wood stood all over it. One of these pierced Tiger King’s hand. The infection from the wound spread all over the arm and eventually killed him. In spite of killing ninety-nine tigers, his death comes from the hundredth tiger, just as the chief astrologer had predicted. What is ironic about the Tiger King’s fate is that, the hundredth tiger was not even a real tiger, it was a toy.

Question. Describe the efforts made by the Tiger King to achieve his target of killing a hundred tigers.
Answer.After he took a vow to kill hundred tigers, doing so became the sole aim of his life. The Tiger King made numerous efforts to fulfil his target of killing a hundred tigers. He banned tiger hunting in Pratibandapuram. He announced that anyone who dared to even touch a tiger in his kingdom, would have to surrender their entire wealth and property. Gradually, the Tiger King started paying more attention to hunting tigers and less on his royal duties. By now, he had killed almost all the tigers in the forests of Pratibanapuram. He spent three lakhs rupees on diamond rings, which he presented to the wife of a high ranking British official, whom he offended by refusing to give permission to hunt tigers in Pratibandpuram. The Tiger King was so obsessed with killing tigers that he even married into a kingdom where the tiger population was high. Every time he went to meet his in laws, he would kill five or six tigers. He stayed in the forest for many days and was determined to catch a tiger. But he grew anxious when he couldn’t get one even after many days. He fired many of his officers for this reason. The Maharaja’s Dewan brought an old tiger from the People’s Park in Madras for the king to kill, to finally let him achieve his target of killing hundred tigers.

Extract based questions:

I. Everyone stood transfixed in stupefaction. They looked wildly at each other and blinked. 'O wise prophets! It was I who spoke.‘‘ This time there were no grounds for doubt. It was the infant born just ten days ago who had enunciated the words so clearly. The chief astrologer took off his spectacles and gazed intently at the baby. 'All those who are born will one day have to die. We don‘t need your predictions to know that. There would be some sense in it if you could tell us the manner of that death,‘‘ the royal infant uttered these words in his little squeaky voice.

Question. Who is 'I‘ in these lines?
(a) Kalki
(b) The astrologer
(c) The king‘s wife
(d) The Tiger King

Answer: D

Question. Find out the synonym of the word 'utter‘ from the following.
(a) To speak
(b) To let out
(c) To express
(d) All of these

Answer: D

Question. Who spoke at the age of 10?
(a) The tiger king
(b) Dr. Sadao
(c) Jack
(d) Evans

Answer: A

Question. What did the royal infant want to know?
(a) The time of his death
(b) The exact manner of his life
(c) The exact way to escape from death
(d) The exact manner of his death

Answer: D

II. Right at the start, it is imperative to disclose a matter of vital importance about the Tiger King.
Everyone who reads of him will experience the natural desire to meet a man of his indomitable courage face-to-face. But there is no chance of its fulfillment. As Bharata said to Rama about Dasaratha, the Tiger King has reached that final abode of all living creatures.

Question. 'But there is no chance of its fulfillment.‘ To what or whom does the word 'its‘ refer in this sentence?
(a) The King
(b) Desire
(c) Experience
(d) Man

Answer: B

Question. What would have Bharata most likely informed Rama?
(a) About the courage of Dasaratha
(b) About the death of Dasaratha
(c) About the presence of Dasaratha
(d) About the approval of Dasaratha

Answer: B

Question. Which of the following is not the correct use of the phrase 'right at the start‘?
(a) Right at the start of the interview, I disclosed that iwa a native of another country.
(b) I could have travelled to Australia right at the start of my career.
(c) I had the opportunity to meet the wrestler right at the start of the bout.
(d) I could not imagine such a farewell right at the start of my employment.

Answer: D

Question. Based on the following statements, please select the best option:
Statement: Everyone wants to meet a brave person.
Assertion: Tiger KIng was a brave person.
(a) Assertion only can be inferred from the extract.
(b) The statement is not true.
(c) The statement is true and the assertion is not true
(d) Both the assertion and statement can be inferred from the extract.

Answer: D

III. The Maharaja‘s anxiety reached a fever pitch when there remained just one tiger to achieve his tally of a hundred. He had this one thought during the day and the same dream at night. By this time the tiger farms had run dry even in his father-in-Iaw‘s kingdom. It became impossible to locate tigers anywhere. Yet only one more was needed. If he could kill just that one single beast, the Maharaja would have no fears left. He could give up tiger hunting altogether.

Question. Which of the following words as used in the extract imply 'forever‘?
(a) Tally
(b) Altogether
(c) Even
(d) single

Answer: B

Question. How many more tigers did the maharaja want to kill?
(a) Ninety nine
(b) Hundred
(c) One
(d) None of these

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following does not imply the same meaning as implied by 'fever pitch‘ in the extract?
(a) Extreme impatience
(b) Extreme excitement
(c) Extreme fever
(d) Extreme Magnitude

Answer: B

Question. By this time the tiger farms had run dry even in his father-in-Iaw‘s kingdom. Which of the following sentences carry the same meaning as conveyed by this sentence?
(a) Now tigers in his father in law‘s kingdom had no water to drink.
(b) Now tigers in his father in law‘s kingdom were living in dry land.
(c) Now tigers in his father in law‘s kingdom did not want to bathe.
(d) Now his father in law‘s kingdom did not have any tiger.

Answer: D

IV. 'All those who are born will one day have to die. We don‘t need your predictions to know that.
There would be some sense in it if you could tell us the manner of that death.‘‘

Question. Which word in the extract is a synonym of 'wisdom‘?
Answer: sense

Question. Who is the speaker of the above extract?
Answer: Tiger king

Question. What was the age of the speaker when he spoke the above lines?
Answer: Ten days

Question. Whom are the above lines addressed to?
Answer: Astrologers

Short Answer Type Questions:

Question. What did the author indicate by bringing in Rama and Bharata?
Answer: In Ramayana, Dasaratha‘s death was told by Bharata to his elder brother Rama. With this insight reference, the author at the beginning of the story hinted that the tiger king has reached the final abode of all living creatures. In other words, the story started with the news of the Maharaja being dead.

Question. What did the author mean by bringing the reference of Stuka?
Answer: The author‘s mentality to describe his readers that why Maharaja of Pratibandapuram came to be known as" Tiger King‖ could not be threatened by the horrifying Stuka bomber. Even the German Stuka bomber could not compel him to step back from describing the King of Pratibandapuram.

Question. How does part of the baby talking reflect the fun and humour filled with fantasy Fiction?
Answer: Despite being an infant, the ten-day-old king set out on a journey to eliminate his foes as prophecy marked the death of the king in the hands of a tiger. The baby got boosted to change his fate by eradicating the tiger‘s population in his state. So, the story hinted at the desire of the baby king to wipe out tigers from his state by himself.

Question. What logic did the chief astrologer give for the death of the Tiger King?
Answer: A sensible question from a ten-day-old baby king in a squeaky voice about his own death made everyone surprised. The chief astrologer answered that the king was born in the hour of a bull, and it was believed that the bull and tiger are enemies. So, it was predicted by the chief astrologer that the king was going to be killed by a tiger in his future.

Question. How did the baby king react when he heard the word 'Tiger‘?
Answer: The baby king was born in the hours of the bull and as per astrology, bull and tiger are enemies. The chief astrologer described the death of the king was due to a tiger. The baby king was accompanied by the thoughts of wiping out his enemies when he heard the prophecy. His reaction was arrogant and indomitable in nature.

Question. What had been the benefits of marrying a girl with the state of a big tiger population?
Answer: Statistics were drawn out, the dewan followed his orders on the king‘s advice and lastly, the king got married to a girl from the state with a big tiger population. Every time Jung Jung Bahadur visited his father in law, he went for hunting where he could kill five or six tigers. Following this strategy, the tiger king was able to adorn the walls of his reception hall with ninety-nine tiger skins.

Question. What had been the effect of the non-availability of the tiger on the king?
Answer: The King‘s anxiety had reached a fever pitch when there remained just one tiger to achieve his tally of a hundred. By this time, the tiger farms had run dry even in his father in law‘s kingdom. The king at that moment got occupied with thoughts from a chief astrologer and his dream of killing all hundred tigers.
It nearly seemed impossible as it was easier to find the tiger‘s milk than a living tiger.

Question. How did the king react to the desire of the British officer?
Answer: The British officer changed his desire from hunting a tiger to having a photograph with a dead tiger killed by Maharaja, after knowing that in Pratibandapuram tiger hunting was banned. But Maharaj Jung Jung bahadur refused the second proposal too. According to him if he accepts this proposal from the British officer then other officers would also urge for hunting tigers in his state.

Question. How did the beginning of the story set the tune of humour of the story?
Answer: The author at the advent of the story, described the king in a bold character and his indomitable courage.
Readers at the beginning thought the king‘s mightiness was beyond measures but the author declared the King to be dead at the start of the story. So, the beginning of the story marked a tone of humour for the rest of the story.

Question. How did the author introduce the king at the very outset of the story?
Answer: The author introduced the king as Sata VyaghraSamhari, Maharajadhiraja Samrat. Sir JungJung Bahadur as described by the author, the king was often known as Tiger King shortly. Despite a critical life-threatening prophecy, the king set out for a journey to kill a hundred tigers and become tiger king eventually.

Question. Explain the conversation between the king and the chief astrologer.
Answer: During the king‘s first tiger hunt, he was beyond measure of happiness as he killed a tiger. He called out for the chief astrologer and described his flawless victory over his enemy but suddenly the chief pointed out that even if he succeeded to kill ninety-nine tigers, the hundredth tiger should be the reason for his death.

Question. How did the king save the kingdom ultimately?
Answer: Maharaja prevented a British officer from fulfilling his desires, which made his kingdom to fall in danger. In order to safeguard his kingdom, Maharaja dispatched a telegram to the famous British jewellers in Calcutta and ordered samples of around fifty expensive diamond rings for the lady of the British officer. The king offered the officer‘s lady to choose one or two rings from the sample and accept them as a gift from the king. The king was very happy that although he lost three lakh rupees for the rings he had managed to retain his kingdom.

Question. Reflect the confidence of the astrologer about his prediction while having a row with the king.
Answer: The chief astrologer was challenged by the king that what if the hundredth tiger was put to death. The chief charmed out in confidence and guaranteed the king that if that happens then he would tear and set fire to his astrology books along with that he would crop his hair short and might change his profession to an insurance agent.

Question. How was the Tiger King brought up in his childhood?
Answer: The Tiger king was brought up like crown prince of all other Indian states. He was surrounded by the atmosphere of western culture, was taken care by an English nanny, was tutored in English by an Englishmen. The milk he drank was from an English cow and he watched English films only. At the age of twenty, he was handed the Court of Wards.

Long Answer Type Questions:

Question. Maharaja was a person of superstition. Comment.
Answer: The Maharaja was born in the hours of the bull, the astrologers predicted that he would bekilled by a tiger. As he grew up, he got acquainted with the old prophecy and felt threatened deep down his heart so he conceived in his mind to kill a hundred tigers. Though he was taught by an Englishman and even he knew death is unavoidable at any circumstance he got trapped in the waves of superstition. He went insane to fulfill his vow and took drastic measures which might have ended in an apocalyptic tone for his state in the name of self-worth and importance. His foolish acts were causing disturbance in the ecosystem. The biggest irony was that he was killed by a wooden tiger while playing with hisson due to the infection that got spread from the silver woods of the tiger, even if he succeeded in killing them all and achieving a tally of hundred.

Question. How did you find the story to be a social satire?
Answer: The story is a poignant satire on self-importance that people in power always do. When the king heard the prophecy of his death by a tiger, he swore to kill all the tigers of Pratibandapuram just to conclude the prophecy wrong. He was so indulged in killing the tigers that he did not pay even a bit of attention towards his subjects, till the population of the tiger came to an extinct. He kept on wiping off the tigers in the name of self-defence and harsh measurements were invoked by the king to pressurize local innocent people in name of self-worth and importance. His indulgence towards the benefit of the kingdom was demised by his preoccupied thoughts over the talking from the chief astrologer and his prophecy. Though he was educated by an Englishman, his ideologies were savage. He spent his whole life running and gunning down tigers in the forest thus disbalancing the ecosystem. Lastly, his pursuit did not make any sense as his demise was called out by a handcrafted wooden tiger.