Class 12 English Chapter 17 The Tiger King Important Solutions

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Chapter: 17

Supplementary Reader
ADDITIONAL QUESTION AND ANSWER

Answer the Following Question:

1. Who is the Tiger King?

Ans: The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram, Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur.

2. What prophecy was made about the Tiger King at birth?

Ans: That he would die one day because of a tiger.

3. What did the infant prince say when he heard about the prophecy?

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Ans: “Let tigers beware!”

4. Why did the Maharaja start killing tigers?

Ans: To prove the prophecy wrong and avoid his death.

5. Why did the Maharaja refuse the British officer’s request?

Ans: Because he did not want to allow anyone else to hunt tigers in his kingdom.

6. How did the Maharaja save his throne from the British officer’s anger?

Ans: By sending 50 diamond rings worth 3 lakh rupees to the officer’s wife.

7. What problem did the Maharaja face after killing 70 tigers?

Ans: Tigers became extinct in his state.

8. What gift did the Maharaja buy for his son’s birthday?

Ans: A wooden toy tiger.

9. How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge?

Ans: A splinter from the wooden tiger caused an infection that led to the king’s death.

10. What is ironic about the Tiger King’s death?

Ans: He avoided death by tiger, but died because of a toy tiger.

Fill in the Blanks:

1. The Tiger King’s real name was __________.
 

Ans: Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur.

2. The toy tiger cost only __________ annas and a quarter.

Ans: Two.

3. The Maharaja married a princess from a kingdom with a large __________ population.

Ans: Tiger.

4. The hundredth tiger had been brought secretly from the __________.

Ans: People’s Park in Madras.

5. The shopkeeper quoted a price of __________ rupees for the wooden tiger.

Ans: Three hundred.

True/False:

1. The Maharaja allowed other people to hunt tigers in his kingdom.

Ans: False.

2. The astrologer predicted the exact way the king would die.

Ans: False.

3. The hundredth tiger was actually killed by the Maharaja.

Ans: False.

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