MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 2 The Tiger King with Answers

Question 1.
How many surgeons were summoned to attend the king?
(a) 3
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 13

Answer

Answer: (a) 3


Question 2.
Identify the literary device in ‘like quills all over it’.
(a) Metaphor
(b) Simile
(c) Alliteration
(d) Personification

Answer

Answer: (b) Simile


Question 3.
The wooden tiger was carved by
(a) A master craftsman
(b) An unskilled carpenter
(c) The shopkeeper himself
(d) A British carpenter

Answer

Answer: (b) An unskilled carpenter


Question 4.
The original cost of the present was
(a) 2 annas and a quarter
(b) 2 annas and a half
(c) One and a half annas
(d) 3 annas

Answer

Answer: (a) 2 annas and a quarter


Question 5.
How old was the King’s son?
(a) One year old
(b) Three years old
(c) Five years old
(d) Seven years old

Answer

Answer: (b) Three years old


Question 6.
The 100th tiger had __
(a) been shot dead
(b) fainted
(c) disappeared
(d) been set free

Answer

Answer: (b) fainted


Question 7.
The old tiger had been brought from____
(a) Calcutta Park
(b) Business Park
(c) Leisure Park
(d) People’s Park

Answer

Answer: (d) People’s Park


Question 8.
The frustrated Tiger King asked the Dewan——–
(a) to resign
(b) to go to far off places in search of a tiger
(c) to invite the British Officer
(d) to get a tiger from the Madras zoo

Answer

Answer: (a) to resign


Question 9.
Maharaja on not finding the last tiger __
(a) went to the Madras zoo
(b) terminated the services of many officers
(c) went to live in the jungle
(d) gave up the idea completely

Answer

Answer: (b) terminated the services of many officers


Question 10.
Each time the Maharaja visited his father-in-law, he killed ___ tigers
(a) 1-2
(b) 5-6
(c) 9-10
(d) 12-13

Answer

Answer: (b) 5-6


Question 11.
In 10 years of hunting expeditions, the Maharaja killed ___ tigers
(a) 30
(b) 50
(c) 70
(d) 90

Answer

Answer: (c) 70


Question 12.
Maharaja and Dewan ___ the British Officer to save the kingdom
(a) entertained
(b) bribed
(c) pacified
(d) confronted

Answer

Answer: (b) bribed


Question 13.
____ became the King’s main occupation
(a) English
(b) Justice
(c) Governance
(d) Tiger hunting

Answer

Answer: (d) Tiger hunting


Question 14.
A high ranking British officer wished to go on
(a) a tiger hunting expedition
(b) to the jungle
(c) and investigate the decrease in tiger population
(d) and remove the Tiger King

Answer

Answer: (a) a tiger hunting expedition


Question 15.
The astrologer stated that he would ___ if the king killed the 100th tiger
(a) leave the state
(b) kill himself
(c) cut his hair
(d) denounce the world

Answer

Answer: (c) cut his hair


Question 16.
The state astrologer predicted that no harm would come to the Tiger King till the killing of ___ tigers
(a) 89
(b) 99
(c) 79
(d) 100

Answer

Answer: (b) 99


Question 17.
What character trait of the prince is revealed when he utters the words, ‘Let Tigers Beware’?
(a) Humility
(b) Arrogance
(c) Pride
(d) Will-power

Answer

Answer: (b) Arrogance


Question 18.
How old was the Prince when he ridiculed the astrologer?
(a) 10 days
(b) 10 weeks
(c) 10 months
(d) 10 years

Answer

Answer: (a) 10 days


Question 19.
The Maharaja of ____ is the hero of the story.
(a) Ramnagar
(b) Pratibandapuram
(c) Paltipuram
(d) Preetamgarh

Answer

Answer: (b) Pratibandapuram


Question 20.
Kalki, the author of ‘The Tiger King’ has used as a background, days of ___ kings dominating their subjects.
(a) just
(b) brave
(c) eccentric
(d) gullible

Answer

Answer: (c) eccentric


Question 21.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) his killing of tigers and no concern for nature


Question 22.
What literary device has been used in the story?
(a) metaphorical expressions
(b) Irony
(c) sarcasm
(d) All

Answer

Answer: (b) Irony


Question 23.
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

Answer

Answer: (d) a toy tiger


Question 24.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) to save his state and to please The British


Question 25.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) to ensure his safety and to prove prediction wrong


Question 26.
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

Answer

Answer: (d) He killed tigers


Question 27.
What is the irony in the story?
(a) kings desire to prove predictions wrong
(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

Answer

Answer: (d) The king killed 99 tigers and died because of a toy tiger


Question 28.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) to prove the priest’s prediction wrong


Question 29.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) one of the hunters who accompanied the king


Question 30.
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

Answer

Answer: (d) the wooden tiger from the toyshop


Question 31.
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

Answer

Answer: (b) Desire to have power for one’s selfish interests and not for the welfare of the people


Question 32.
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

Answer

Answer: (c) After killing all the tigers in the State


Question 33.
At what age the boy crowned as king?
(a) 30
(b) 15
(c) 22
(d) 20

Answer

Answer: (d) 20


Question 34.
How did the child grow?
(a) drinking goat’s milk like other royal children
(b) drinking buffalo’s milk like other royal children
(c) drinking cow’s milk like other royal children
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (b) drinking buffalo’s milk like other royal children


Question 35.
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

Answer

Answer: (c) the king will be killed by 100th tiger


Question 36.
Who was Duraisani?
(a) an old lady
(b) a young lady
(c) a greedy woman, wife of a high rank British officer
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (c) a greedy woman, wife of a high rank British officer


Question 37.
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

Answer

Answer: (d) Under the thumb rule of the British


Question 38.
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 stubbornness of the powerful people

Answer

Answer: (d) on the false pride, ego and stubbornness of the powerful people


Question 39.
From where did the author derive his name?
(a) from the preffix of his name
(b) from the suffix of his name
(c) from the suffix of his wife’s name
(d) from the suffix of his and his wife’s name

Answer

Answer: (d) from the suffix of his and his wife’s name


Question 40.
Who is the author of The Tiger King?
(a) Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy
(b) Charles Dickens
(c) Kamladas
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy


Question 41.
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

Answer

Answer: (c) because it was against the rules of his state


Question 42.
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

Answer

Answer: (a) by showing him a victim of a toy tiger


Question 43.
What is the moral of the story?
(a) Power
(b) Power makes us powerful
(c) Power is meaningless before destiny
(d) All

Answer

Answer: (c) Power is meaningless before destiny


Question 44.
What proved the Dewan’s resourcefulness?
(a) his wits
(b) his intelligence
(c) his ability to manage a tiger in Madras
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (c) his ability to manage a tiger in Madras


Question 45.
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 increase the income of the state
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (a) In his rage against the disappearance of the sheep and to find 100th tiger



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