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1.

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
Answer» B. 2 annas and a half
Discussion
2.

How old was the King s son?
A. One year old
B. Three years old
C. Five years old
D. Seven years old
Answer» C. Five years old
Discussion
3.

The wooden tiger was carved by
A. A master craftsman
B. An unskilled carpenter
C. The shopkeeper himself
D. A British carpenter
Answer» C. The shopkeeper himself
Discussion
4.

How many surgeons were summoned to attend the king?
A. 3
B. 7
C. 9
D. 13
Answer» B. 7
Discussion
5.

What did the astrologer predict?
A. the boy will be a king
B. the boy will visit the world
C. the king will be killed by 100th tiger
D. none
Answer» D. none
Discussion
6.

Identify the literary device in like quills all over it .
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Alliteration
D. Personification
Answer» C. Alliteration
Discussion
7.

How did the child grow?
A. drinking goat s milk like other royal children
B. drinking buffalo s milk like other royal children
C. drinking cow s milk like other royal children
D. none
Answer» C. drinking cow s milk like other royal children
Discussion
8.

At what age the boy crowned as king?
A. 30
B. 15
C. 22
D. 20
Answer» E.
Discussion
9.

When did the Prince marry?
A. at the age of 20
B. when he killed the first tiger
C. After killing all the tigers in the State
D. None
Answer» D. None
Discussion
10.

What is the theme of the story?
A. Desire of power
B. Desire to have power for one s selfish interests and not for the welfare of the people
C. desire to help others
D. none
Answer» C. desire to help others
Discussion
11.

Why did Maharaja put a ban on Tiger hunting in his state?
A. to prove the priest s prediction wrong
B. to prove his power
C. to show his love for animals
D. his kindness towards the animals
Answer» B. to prove his power
Discussion
12.

Who actually shot the 100th tiger?
A. one of the hunters who accompanied the king
B. a soldier
C. king s guest
D. British high officer
Answer» B. a soldier
Discussion
13.

What became the cause of King s death?
A. a tiger
B. a tiger from his wife s forest
C. a tiger in his state
D. the wooden tiger from the toyshop
Answer» E.
Discussion
14.

What is the irony in the story?
A. kings desire to prove predictions wrong
B. king s desire to marry
C. king s desire to kill tigers
D. The king killed 99 tigers and died because of a toy tiger
Answer» E.
Discussion
15.

What did the Maharaja do to ensure his safety?
A. He owned tigers
B. married a princess
C. prohibited British officer to enter his territory
D. He killed tigers
Answer» E.
Discussion
16.

What proved the Dewan s resourcefulness?
A. his wits
B. his intelligence
C. his ability to manage a tiger in Madras
D. none
Answer» D. none
Discussion
17.

Why did the Maharaja double the tax?
A. In his rage against the disappearance of the sheep and to find 100th tiger
B. to raise the funds
C. to increase the income of the state
D. none
Answer» B. to raise the funds
Discussion
18.

How has the writer has proved the futility of king s desire?
A. by showing him a victim of a toy tiger
B. by showing him as a powerful king
C. by making the king kill 99 tigers
D. All
Answer» B. by showing him as a powerful king
Discussion
19.

Why did The King not permit British officer to click a picture with the dead tiger?
A. to prove his might
B. he was scared of the British
C. because it was against the rules of his state
D. None
Answer» D. None
Discussion
20.

Who is the author of The Tiger King?
A. Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy
B. Charles Dickens
C. Kamladas
D. None
Answer» B. Charles Dickens
Discussion
21.

From where did the author derive his name?
A. from the preffix of his name
B. from the suffix of his name
C. from the suffix of his wife s name
D. from the suffix of his and his wife s name
Answer» E.
Discussion
22.

On which issue is the story The Tiger King a satire on?
A. on people
B. on animals
C. on birds
D. on the false pride, ego and stubbornness of the powerful people
Answer» E.
Discussion
23.

Under whose rule were the kings living?
A. sovereign rule
B. queen s rule
C. king s rule
D. Under the thumb rule of the British
Answer» E.
Discussion
24.

Who was Duraisani?
A. an old lady
B. a young lady
C. a greedy woman, wife of a high rank British officer
D. none
Answer» D. none
Discussion
25.

Why was the Maharaja so anxious to kill 100th tiger?
A. to ensure his safety and to prove prediction wrong
B. to prove his hunting skills
C. to prove his power
D. none
Answer» B. to prove his hunting skills
Discussion
26.

Why did the king send rings to British official s wife?
A. to save his state and to please The British
B. to invite them for hunting
C. to invite them for a feast
D. to find more tigers
Answer» B. to invite them for hunting
Discussion
27.

What birthday gift did the Maharaja present to his 3 years old son?
A. a toy
B. gold coins
C. forests
D. a toy tiger
Answer» E.
Discussion
28.

What literary device has been used in the story?
A. metaphorical expressions
B. Irony
C. sarcasm
D. All
Answer» C. sarcasm
Discussion
29.

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
Answer» D. gullible
Discussion
30.

The Maharaja of ____ is the hero of the story.
A. Ramnagar
B. Pratibandapuram
C. Paltipuram
D. Preetamgarh
Answer» C. Paltipuram
Discussion
31.

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
C. his orders from time to time
D. None
Answer» B. his desire to marry
Discussion
32.

How old was the Prince when he ridiculed the astrologer?
A. 10 days
B. 10 weeks
C. 10 months
D. 10 years
Answer» B. 10 weeks
Discussion
33.

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
Answer» D. denounce the world
Discussion
34.

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
Answer» B. to the jungle
Discussion
35.

Maharaja and Dewan ___ the British Officer to save the kingdom
A. entertained
B. bribed
C. pacified
D. confronted
Answer» C. pacified
Discussion
36.

____ became the King s main occupation
A. English
B. Justice
C. Governance
D. Tiger hunting
Answer» E.
Discussion
37.

In 10 years of hunting expeditions, the Maharaja killed ___ tigers
A. 30
B. 50
C. 70
D. 90
Answer» D. 90
Discussion
38.

Each time the Maharaja visited his father-in-law, he killed ___ tigers
A. 1-2
B. 5-6
C. 9-10
D. 12-13
Answer» C. 9-10
Discussion
39.

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
Answer» C. went to live in the jungle
Discussion
40.

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
Answer» B. to go to far off places in search of a tiger
Discussion
41.

The old tiger had been brought from____
A. Calcutta Park
B. Business Park
C. Leisure Park
D. People s Park
Answer» E.
Discussion
42.

The 100th tiger had __
A. been shot dead
B. fainted
C. disappeared
D. been set free
Answer» C. disappeared
Discussion
43.

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
Answer» C. 79
Discussion
44.

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
Answer» C. Pride
Discussion