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English — CBES Board(Class 12-English)MCQ Questions with Answers(chapter 2 - The Tiger King )-Vistas book

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1.  Who is the author of The Tiger King?

A. Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy
B. Charles Dickens
C. Kamladas
D. None
Correct Option: Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy

2.  What is author's pen name?

A. chalki
B. Balki
C. Kalki
D. None
Correct Option: Kalki

3. From where did the author derive his name?

A. from the prefix of his name
B.  from the sufix of his name
C. from the sufix of his wife's name
D. from the sufix of his and his wife's name
Correct Option: from the sufix of his and his wife's name

4. What is the theme of the story?

A. birds
B. animals
C. birds and animals live on the planet
D. All birds and animals have an important role to maintain the ecological balance
Correct Option: All birds and animals have an important role to maintain the ecological balance

5. 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 stubborness of the powerful people
Correct Option: on the false pride,ego and stubborness of the powerful people

6. About which time is the story based?

A. ancient times
B. modern times
C.  medieval times
D.  time of autocratic kings
Correct Option:  time of autocratic kings

7. 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
Correct Option: Under the thumb rule of the British

8. What does Durai mean in the story?

A. Chief leader in bengal
B. Chief leader in andhra
C. chief leader in Tamil
D. none
Correct Option: chief leader in Tamil

9.  Who was Duraisani?

A. an old lady
B.  a young lady
C. a greedy woman ,wife of a high rank British officer
D. none
Correct Option: a greedy woman ,wife of a high rank British officer

10. Who is The Tiger King in the story?

A. Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur
B. M.A.D
C. A.C.T.C.
D. C.R.C.K.
Correct Option: Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur

11. 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
Correct Option: the king will be killed by 100th tiger

12.  What did the king utter to astrologer's prediction?

A. let tigers watch
B. Let tigers beware
C. let tigers be careful
D. none
Correct Option: Let tigers beware

13. How did the child grow?

A.  drinkinking goat's milk like other royal chidren
B. drinking buffalo's milk like other royal chidren
C.  drinkinking cow's milk like other royal chidren
D. none
Correct Option: drinking buffalo's milk like other royal chidren

14. Who brought up the king?

A. a nanny
B. an English tutor
C. An English nanny
D. None
Correct Option: An English nanny

15. At what age the boy crowned as king?

A. 30
B. 15
C. 22
D. 20
Correct Option: 20

16. How did the king challenge the prediction of the astrologer?

A. by killing the first tiger
B. by killing the 100th tiger
C.  by killing all the tigers in the state
D. none
Correct Option: by killing the 100th tiger

17. 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
Correct Option: After killing all the tigers in the State

18. Whom did the King marry?

A. to a girl
B. to a princess
C. to a princess whose father had many tigers
D.  all
Correct Option: to a princess whose father had many tigers

19. 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
Correct Option: Desire to have power for one's selfish interests and not for the welfare of the people

20. Why did the King decide to marry?

A. to buy tigers
B. to own tigers
C. to tame tigers
D. to achieve his target of killing 100 tigers
Correct Option: to achieve his target of killing 100 tigers

21. 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
Correct Option: the wooden tiger from the toyshop

22. What pierced Maharaja's right hand?

A. the slivers on toy tiger's body
B. tiger's leg
C. tiger's teeth
D. none
Correct Option: the slivers on toy tiger's body

23. 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
Correct Option: one of the hunters who accompanied the king

24. Why was the king called The Tiger King?

A.  he was fond of tigers
B. he kept many tigers
C. he tamed many tigers
D. because he killed 100 tigers
Correct Option: because he killed 100 tigers

25. 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
Correct Option: to prove the priest's prediction wrong

26. What does Kalki trying to show in this story?

A. The futility of going against the destiny
B. kings shallowness
C. false pride and ego
D. none
Correct Option: The futility of going against the destiny

27. What is the irony in the story?

A. kings desire to prove predictions wron
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
Correct Option: The king killed 99 tigers and died because of a toy tiger

28. Why was the king in danger of losing his kingdom?

A.  because he prohibited British officer from killing a tiger
B. because he killed all the tigers
C. becuse he killed atiger in the forest
D. All
Correct Option:  because he prohibited British officer from killing a tiger

29. 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
Correct Option: He killed tigers

30. How did the 100th tiger take its revenge?

A. a silver on toy tiger's body pricked his finger
B. by being fainted
C. by being killed by a hunter
D. by putting him in danger
Correct Option: a silver on toy tiger's body pricked his finger

31. 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
Correct Option: to ensure his safety and to prove prediction wrong

32. 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 increse the income of the state
D. none
Correct Option: In his rage against the disappearance of the sheep and to find 100th tiger

33.  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
Correct Option: to save his state and to please The British

34. What proved the Dewan's resorcefulness?

A. his wits
B. his intelligence
C. his ability to mange a tiger in Madras
D. none
Correct Option: his ability to mange a tiger in Madras

35.  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
Correct Option:  a toy tiger

36. What is the moral of the story?

A. Power
B. Power makes us powerful
C. Power is meaningless before destiny
D. All
Correct Option: Power is meaningless before destiny

37. What literary device has been used in the story?

A. metaphorical expressions
B. Irony
C. sarcasm
D. All
Correct Option: Irony

38. 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
Correct Option: by showing him a victim of a toy tiger

39. 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
Correct Option: his killing of tigers and no concern for nature

40. 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
Correct Option:  because it was against the rules of his state