Question 4
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: A baboon troop comprises about forty adult members. The troop has a well-established hierarchical organisation. At the centre of the group are the dominant males. Around them duster the females and the young. Spread out around this central core are the cadets'-the more junior males who are candidates for the central hierarchy. The peripheral males are confined to the edges of the group; here those animals who have left their mothers and moved to the borders are joined by some of the older males that have not made the central hierarchy. The males of the centre core act as bosses, defenders, policemen, and leaders in a complex set of actions and interactions. The peripheral males-the relatively unimportant ones-are at the edges, where they are most likely to encounter predators and give the warning. The mothers and the young are near the big males. In the event of danger from lions or leopards, for example, the big males will come out and threaten and usually succeed in driving off the foe.
A group like this has to be disciplined in order to survive, and this discipline is maintained by the ranking system. For example, the large males will tolerate little quarrelling within the group and will quickly stop flights between females and juveniles. Once the ranking order has been determined, threats are enough to maintain it a fierce baring of the canines will put a subordinate in its place very quickly. Palace revolutions do occur from time to time, and older males are ousted, but it is remarkable how long a dominant male can hold his position, even when he has grown old and lost his teeth and could easily be defeated by a better-equipped junior. The habit of obedience dies hard.
In a large group, there are sub-units of female relatives and their young, which also act in some sort of coalition. The females have their ranking too. The ranking of females is important, since the sons of high-ranking mothers stand a better chance of making it into the hierarchy, than do the sons of low-ranking females. Perhaps, this is because the high-ranking mothers are nearer the dominant males and able to keep their youngsters with them longer. The sons of the lesser females move out to the edge as early as one year after birth, but the aristocrats can stay in the court circle for two or three years. The big males learn to recognise and tolerate them, and they themselves learn that they are born dominate. The mothers can probably outrank even some of the males; the youngster becomes accustomed to seeing animals fleeing from him; and the emotional tone and confidence of a dominant female are his to share.
Question 1: who are known as the cadets and the prepherial males?
Question 2:what is the duty of the peripheral males in a typical baboon trap? What role do the dominant male assume when there is danger? Question 3:why are the dominant males said to be formidable fighting animals?
Question 4:what is meant by the ranking system? How is the rank order easily maintained in the troop?
Question 5:what is said in the passage to show that the habit of obedience dies hard? Question 6: in not more than 50 words state how discipline is maintained in the baboon troop?
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Ans1-cadets' are the more junior males who are candidates for the central hierarchy in a troop and The peripheral males are confined to the edges of the group.
Ans2-Peripheral males are most likely to encounter predators and give the warning.The dominant males of the centre core act as bosses, defenders, policemen, and leaders in a complex set of actions and interactions.
Ans-4-Ranking system is the arrangement of thing on the basis of their work and their position . In order to maintain troop the particular work should be given to particular person and divide the member into unit and subunit.
Ans5-It means if we follow the rules it would be difficult for us to leave that habit.
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answer 1 are the more of junior maleswho are candidates for the central high range in a troop and the periferal males are confined to the ages of the group.
answer 2 Periferal males are most likely to encounter predators and gives a warning.
the the dominant males of the centre core it is bosses defenders policemen and leaders in a complex set of actions and interactions.
answer 3 the dominant males are said to be former table fighting animals because they succeed in driving of predators.