Very Short Questions type
1.Give the various names of the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram.
Answer. He maybe identified as His Highness Jamedar-General, Khiledar- Major, Sata Vyaghra
Samhari,MAharajadhiraja Visva Bhuvana Samrat, Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur, M.A.D, A.C.T.C, or C.R.C.K.
2.”The Stuka, if it likes, can beat a hasty retreat from my story.”Why did the writer say so?
Anwer. The writer said so because he intended to tell the reader why the Maharaja came to be known
as Tiger King.
3.How similar was the fate of the Tiger King with that of King Dasaratha?
Answer. Like Dasaratha who died before Rama could meet him, the Tiger King is also already dead so the
reader will not be able to meet him.
4. What miracle took place when the the baby prince was only ten days old?
Answer. The baby prince could speak and raise intelligent questions.
5.How did the Maharaja justify his plan of killing hundred tigers?
Answer. The maharaja justified his plan by saying that one may even kill a cow in self-defence.
6.How was the crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur brought up?
Answer. He drank only milk of an English cow, brought up by an English nanny, tutored by an English
man,and watched only English movies.
7. Why did the Maharaja want to kill hundred tigers?
Answer. To contradict what was written in his fate.
8. Why was the Maharaja in danger of losing his kingdom?
Answer. He refused to give hunting permission to a high- ranking British officer.
9. How did he manage to retain his kingdom?
Answer. By sending 509 diamond rings to the wife of the British officer which cost him 3 lakhs of rupees.
10. what step was taken up by the Maharaja in order to continue his hunting mission after the extinction
of tiger population in his kingdom?
Answer. He got married to a girl of a royal family of a State with a large tiger population.
11. Why did the Maharaja announce a three year exemption from all taxes for the villagers?
Answer. They have sighted a tiger which could saved the life of the Maharajah.
12. Why were the hunters afraid to tell the Maharaja the truth about the hundredth tiger?
Answer. They were afraid to lose their jobs.
13.How did the tiger king meet his death?
Answer. A sliver from the wooden tiger pierce the Maharaja’s right hand which spread all over his arm.
