Q. 5: Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:
From that day onwards it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram.
The state banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja. A proclamation was issued to
the effect that if anyone dared to fling so much as a stone at a tiger, all his wealth and property would
be confiscated. The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other matters only after killing the hundred tigers.
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Initially the king seemed well set to realise his ambition. Not that he faced no dangers. There were times when the bullet
missed its mark, the tiger leapt upon him and he fought the beast with his bare hands. Each time it was the Maharaja
who won.
i) Why was tiger hunting banned by anyone except the Maharaja?
ii) The sentence 'The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other matters only after killing.
the hundred tigers' expresses: a) Satire b) irony c) humor d) tragedy
iii) Why was the Maharaja all set to kill hundred tigers?
iv) Which of the following sentences shows that the Maharaja was a brave, fearless and strong man?
a) He fought the beast with his bare hands.
b) The state banned tiger hunting by anyone except the Maharaja.
c) The king seemed well set to realise his ambition.
d) Not that he faced no dangers.