Class 12 English Vistas book chapter 2 – The Tiger King MCQs

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MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 2, The Tiger King by Kalki have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 2- The Tiger King from NCERT Vistas book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of The Tiger King.These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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Class 12 English Vistas The Tiger King Lesson 2 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

 

1- Who is the author of The Tiger King?
A) Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy
B) Charles Dickens
C) Kamladas
D) None

2- What literary device has been used in the story?
A) metaphorical expressions
B) Irony
C) sarcasm
D) All

3- Why was the chief astrologer wondering?
A) The king would die because of a tiger
B) A 10-day-old baby was speaking
C) His prediction was being challenged
D) He was afraid of being executed by the royalty

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

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 stubbornness 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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

13- 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

14- Who brought up the king?
A) a nanny
B) an English tutor
C) An English nanny
D) None

15- At what age the boy crowned as king?
A) 30
B) 15
C) 22
D) 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

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

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

19- Which figure of speech has been used in – ‘from that day onwards it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting Pratibandapuram’
A) Smile
B) Irony
C) Metaphor
D) All of these

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) because he killed a tiger in the forest
D) All

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

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

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

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 increase the income of the state
D) none

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

34- What proved the Dewan’s resourcefulness?
A) his wits
B) his intelligence
C) his ability to mange a tiger in Madras
D) none

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

36- What is the moral of the story?
A) Power
B) Power makes us powerful
C) Power is meaningless before destiny
D) All

37- 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

38- 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

39- 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

40- Identify the literary device in “like quills all over it”.
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Alliteration
D) Personification

41- The wooden tiger was carved by
A) A master craftsman
B) An unskilled carpenter
C) The shopkeeper himself
D) A British carpenter

42- 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

43- How old was the King’s son?
A) One year old
B) Three years old
C) Five years old
D) Seven years old

44- The 100th tiger had __________.
A) been shot dead
B) fainted
C) disappeared
D) been set free

45- A senior British officer yearned 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

46- 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

47- As the prince says the words, “Let tigers Beware”, a certain aspect of his personality is revealed. What is it?
A) Humility
B) Arrogance
C) Pride
D) Will-power

48- What in the story illustrates the king’s inflated ego and arrogance?
A) His killing of tigers and disregard for the environment
B) his desire to marry
C) his orders from time to time
D) None

49-After refusing the British official from hunting the tiger, what did the Tiger King do to save his throne?
A) He apologised to the official
B) He went away in hiding
C) He tried to please him by sending expensive clothes
D) He sent diamond rings as gift to the British official’s wife.

50- Identify the meaning of ‘sliver’ as used in tiny slivers of wood stood up like quills all over it.
A) parts
B) pieces
C) objects
D) None of these

 

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ANSWER KEY

1 A 26 A
2 B 27 D
3 B 28 A
4 D 29 D
5 D 30 A
6 D 31 A
7 D 32 A
8 C 33 A
9 C 34 C
10 A 35 D
11 C 36 C
12 B 37 A
13 B 38 A
14 C 39 C
15 D 40 B
16 B 41 B
17 C 42 A
18 C 43 B
19 B 44 B
20 D 45 A
21 D 46 C
22 A 47 B
23 A 48 A
24 D 49 D
25 A 50 B

 

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