the tiger king short questions(1 marks)
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Q1. How was the tiger king brought up?
The tiger king was brought up as other kings of India. He drank the milk of an English cow, watched only English movies and was taught by an English Tutor. Moreover, he was looked after by an English nanny.
Q2. What did the astrologers predict on the birth of the tiger king? How did he respond?
When Tiger king was born, it was predicted that his death would come from a tiger. Having heard the prediction, he got angry and proclaimed that he needed not to afraid of tigers rather tigers needed to be afraid of him.
Q3. Why was everybody shocked on listening to the words of Tiger king?
Everybody was shocked to see the ten days old boy who was raising intelligent questions. Apart from that, he was speaking in his squeaky voice to communicate with astrologers.
Q4. How did Maharaja manage to save his kingdom?
Maharaja managed to save his kingdom by sending 50 expensive rings to the wife of that British officer whom he had refused to shoot a tiger or being photographed with him. He ordered a lot of 50 rings to a jeweler and sent all the rings to his wife.
Q5. Why did the Maharaja send for astrologers on killing his first tiger?
Maharaja sent for astrologers on killing his first tiger because he thought that he had achieved his target. The astrologer told him that he could kill ninety nine tigers bravely but to beware of the hundredth beast.
Q6. Why did Maharaja decide to marry a royal girl?
Maharaja decided to marry a royal girl because she had tigers in her estate. Till that time, he had killed seventy tigers and needed thirty more to be killed. In order to achieve his target, he decided to get married.
Q7. Why did Maharaja decide to double the land tax?
When the Maharaja got depressed due to non availability of hundredth tiger, he was informed that sheep were disappearing from the hill. On reaching there, he found there was no tiger. His anger reached its peak and decided to double the land tax but forbade doing so, on the advice of Dewan.
Q8. How did dewan arrange the hundredth tiger?
Dewan had a fear of losing his job. So he went to People Park’s Madras and brought an old and lazy tiger for the Maharaja. He brought that tiger in his car with the help of his wife.
Q9. What did the hunters notice about the dead tiger?
The hunters noticed that the tiger was not dead and the bullet had missed its target. He had, actually, fainted due to the whizzing sound of the bullet. So they took the aim and shot the tiger.
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