21 multiple-choice (MCQ / objective) questions from this chapter, in the common exam-style shapes. Every question comes with an explanation along with the answer, so you remember why the option is correct, not just which one it is.
1 Direct Questions
Direct Questions
- 1 markWhy do the hunters shoot the tiger a second time?
(A) Because the Maharaja’s first shot missed and they fear losing their jobs if he learns the truth(B) Because the tiger attacked a hunter(C) Because it was still dangerous(D) Because the dewan orders it for sport - 1 markWhy does the shopkeeper quote three hundred rupees instead of the toy’s real price?
(A) He fears punishment “under the rules of the Emergency” for quoting too low a price(B) The toy was imported from England(C) The Maharaja demands an expensive gift(D) He wants to become rich quickly - 1 markWhat actually injures the Maharaja’s hand while he plays with his son?
(A) A dog bite(B) A cut from a birthday knife(C) A sliver of wood from the rough toy tiger’s surface(D) A tiger’s claw kept as a trophy - 1 markWhich literary mode best describes “The Tiger King”?
(A) Autobiography(B) Elegy(C) Epic(D) Satire - 1 markThe Maharaja proudly believes he killed the hundredth tiger, though the hunters know his shot missed and one of them finished it off. Which device is this?
(A) Cosmic irony(B) Situational irony(C) Verbal irony(D) Dramatic irony - 1 markThe narrator reveals at the very start that the Tiger King is dead, and holds back only “the manner of his death”, which “can be revealed only at the end of the tale”. What technique is this?
(A) Onomatopoeia(B) Alliteration(C) Revealing the outcome at the start(D) Personification - 1 markThe phrase “launched its satyagraha”, used for the tiger’s refusal to leave the car, is a brief reference to a well-known movement. Which device is this?
(A) Onomatopoeia(B) Allusion(C) Metaphor(D) Repetition
2 Assertion-Reason
Assertion-Reason
- 1 markAssertion (A): The Maharaja becomes extremely anxious as his tiger count nears a hundred.
Reason (R): The state astrologer had warned him to be very careful with the hundredth tiger.
(A) A is true, but R is false(B) A and R are both true, but R does not explain A(C) A is false, but R is true(D) A and R are both true, and R correctly explains A - 1 markAssertion (A): The Maharaja marries a princess from a state with a large tiger population.
Reason (R): He genuinely falls in love with her after seeing her portrait.
(A) A and R are both true, and R correctly explains A(B) A is false, but R is true(C) A is true, but R is false(D) A and R are both true, but R does not explain A - 1 markAssertion (A): The surgeons announce, “The operation was successful. The Maharaja is dead.”
Reason (R): The Maharaja dies from an infected wound caused by a tiger’s claw during his hundredth hunt.
(A) A is false, but R is true(B) A is true, but R is false(C) A and R are both true, but R does not explain A(D) A and R are both true, and R correctly explains A - 1 markAssertion (A): The narrator announces the Tiger King’s death in words Bharata used to break the news of Dasaratha’s death to Rama.
Reason (R): This is an allusion, a brief reference to a well-known story used for comic or serious effect.
(A) A and R are both true, and R correctly explains A(B) A and R are both true, but R does not explain A(C) A is true, but R is false(D) A is false, but R is true
3 Match the Following
Match the Following
- 1 markMatch List I with List II.
List I: (i) The Maharaja (ii) The dewan (iii) The chief astrologer (iv) The shopkeeper
List II: (p) Sells the wooden toy tiger at an inflated price (q) Smuggles a tiger from Madras (r) Rules Pratibandapuram (s) Makes the birth prophecy
(A) i-r, ii-q, iii-s, iv-p(B) i-q, ii-p, iii-r, iv-s(C) i-r, ii-s, iii-q, iv-p(D) i-p, ii-r, iii-q, iv-s
4 Statement-Based Questions
Statement-Based Questions
- 1 markConsider the following statements.
Statement I: The bill for three lakh rupees comes from the British jewellers.
Statement II: The Maharaja is upset and considers the money a total loss.
(A) Both statements are true, and Statement II explains Statement I(B) Statement I is false, Statement II is true(C) Statement I is true, Statement II is false(D) Both statements are true, but Statement II does not explain Statement I - 1 markConsider the following statements.
Statement I: The reader learns the Maharaja’s shot missed while the Maharaja still believes he killed the hundredth tiger.
Statement II: This gap in knowledge between the reader and the Maharaja is an example of dramatic irony.
(A) Statement I is true, Statement II is false(B) Both statements are true, but Statement II does not explain Statement I(C) Both statements are true, and Statement II explains Statement I(D) Statement I is false, Statement II is true
5 Arrange in the Correct Order
Arrange in the Correct Order
- 1 markArrange these events in the order they happen.
1. The dewan smuggles a tiger from Madras
2. Sheep begin disappearing from a hillside village
3. The Maharaja orders the land tax doubled in fury
4. The tiger wanders to the Maharaja and is shot
(A) 3-2-1-4(B) 2-1-3-4(C) 1-2-3-4(D) 2-3-1-4
6 Fill in the Blanks
Fill in the Blanks
- 1 markThe astrologer swore that if the hundredth tiger were also killed, he would burn his books on astrology and become an ______.
(A) army officer(B) insurance agent(C) temple priest(D) school teacher - 1 markAfter four days, the Maharaja’s infected hand had developed into a ______ sore.
(A) painless(B) shrinking(C) suppurating(D) healing
7 Odd One Out
Odd One Out
- 1 markThree of these are directly involved in bringing in or finishing off the hundredth tiger. Which one is not?
(A) The dewan’s wife(B) The chief astrologer(C) The dewan(D) The hunters
8 Passage-Based Questions
Passage-Based Questions
Passage
‘‘Your majesty may kill ninety-nine tigers in exactly the same manner. But…’’ the astrologer drawled. ‘‘But what? Speak without fear.’’ ‘‘But you must be very careful with the hundredth tiger.’’
- 1 markAccording to the extract, what does the astrologer single out for special care?
(A) The Maharaja’s first tiger(B) The hundredth tiger(C) Hunting at night(D) The ninety-ninth tiger
9 True / False
True / False
- 1 markConsider the following statements.
(i) The Maharaja hunts seventy tigers in ten years.
(ii) The tiger population becomes extinct in his father-in-law’s kingdom before his own.
(A) Both are false(B) Only (ii) is true(C) Only (i) is true(D) Both are true - 1 markConsider the following statements.
(i) The infant prince speaks for the first time at ten days old.
(ii) The chief astrologer predicts the prince will die from a snake bite.
(A) Only (ii) is true(B) Only (i) is true(C) Both are true(D) Both are false
Answer Key and Explanations
Direct Questions
- (A) They realise the Maharaja must never know he missed his target, so one hunter shoots the tiger dead from a foot away.
- (A) The shopkeeper fears he “would be punished under the rules of the Emergency” if he quoted the toy’s real, very low price.
- (C) “One of those slivers pierced the Maharaja’s right hand,” from the roughly carved wooden tiger.
- (D) The book itself calls the story “a satire on the conceit of those in power” (Reading with Insight 1).
- (D) Dramatic irony occurs when the reader or other characters know something the main character does not, exactly as here.
- (C) The story says, “the Tiger King is dead. The manner of his death is a matter of extraordinary interest. It can be revealed only at the end of the tale.” The outcome is revealed first; only the manner is held back.
- (B) An allusion is a brief reference to another well-known idea or event; here it is a comic reference to Gandhi’s satyagraha.
Assertion-Reason
- (D) Both statements are true, and R is exactly why A happens: the astrologer’s warning is what makes the Maharaja anxious as his tally nears a hundred.
- (C) A is true, but R is false: the story gives no romantic reason at all; the marriage is arranged purely so the Maharaja can hunt tigers in his father-in-law’s kingdom.
- (B) A is true, but R is false: the Maharaja’s fatal wound is a splinter from a wooden TOY tiger at his son’s birthday, not any claw wound from the hundredth hunt.
- (B) Both statements are true, but R only names the device and does not explain A.
Match the Following
- (A) The Maharaja rules (r), the dewan smuggles the tiger (q), the chief astrologer makes the prophecy (s), and the shopkeeper sells the toy (p).
Statement-Based Questions
- (C) Statement I is true: “a bill for three lakh of rupees came from the British jewellers.” Statement II is false: the Maharaja is happy that though he lost the money, “he had managed to retain his kingdom.”
- (B) Both statements are true, but Statement II only names the device; it does not explain Statement I.
Arrange in the Correct Order
- (D) First the sheep vanish (2), then in his fury the Maharaja orders the land tax doubled (3), the dewan smuggles in the tiger (1), and finally it is shot (4).
Fill in the Blanks
- (B) Asked, “What if the hundredth tiger were also killed?”, he says he will burn his books and “become an insurance agent.”
- (C) The text describes it as “a suppurating sore which spread all over the arm.”
Odd One Out
- (B) The chief astrologer only makes the prophecy and the warning, and is dead by then; the dewan and his wife bring the tiger to the forest, and the hunters finish it off.
Passage-Based Questions
- (B) The astrologer drawls, “But you must be very careful with the hundredth tiger.”
True / False
- (C) (i) is true, stated directly. (ii) is false: the tigers in Pratibandapuram’s own forests run out first; the father-in-law’s tiger farms run dry only later.
- (B) (i) is true. (ii) is false: the prediction is death from a tiger, not a snake.
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