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

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“The Tiger King” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Vistas Book Lesson 2

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 astonished?
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) Kings are powerful
B) animals and man co-exist
C) birds and animals live on the Earth
D) Destiny is unavoidable

5- On which issue is the story “The Tiger King” a satire on?
A) on people
B) on the reckless hunting done by man
C) on the foolishness of great men
D) on the false pride,ego and stubbornness of the powerful people

6- About which time is the story based?
A) times of stone age
B) can’t say
C) Time of British rule in India
D) time of autocratic kings

7- Find a synonym for surgeon-
A) minister
B) doctor
C) officer
D) king

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 of these

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 of these

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 the 100th tiger
D) none of these

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 of these

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 of these

14- Who brought up the king?
A) his grand mother
B) an English tutor
C) An English nanny
D) None of these

15- At what age was 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 also
C) by killing all the tigers in the state
D) none of these

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 of these

18- Whom did the King marry?
A) to a girl who belonged to a tribe that reared tigers
B) to a princess who was destined to be dangerous to tigers
C) to a princess whose father’s kingdom had many tigers
D) all of these

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 oget tigers in dowry
C) to tame tigers
D) to achieve his target of killing 100 tigers

21- What became the cause of the King’s death?
A) a man dressed up as a tiger
B) a tiger from his in-law’s kingdom
C) a tiger from his own kingdom
D) the wooden tiger from the toyshop

22- What pierced Maharaja’s right hand?
A) the slivers on toy tiger’s body
B) a nail from the tiger’s leg
C) a pin emerging from the tiger’s moustache
D) none of these

23- Who actually shot the 100th tiger?
A) one of the hunters who accompanied the king
B) Tiger King’s father-in-law
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) as he had to achieve the goal of killing 100 tigers, he did not want to reduce the tiger population
B) he wanted to prove that only he had enough power to kill tigers
C) he loved animals and was against hunting
D) he wanted to domesticate tigers

26- What does Kalki try to show in this story?
A) The futility of going against one’s destiny
B) King’s foolishness
C) power of astrologers
D) none of these

27- What is the irony in the story?
A) king’s 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 the British officer from killing a tiger in his kingdom
B) because he killed all the tigers
C) because he killed a tiger in the forest
D) All of these

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 sliver on the toy tiger’s body pricked the king’s finger
B) by attacking the king
C) by being killed by a hunter
D) by harming the king’s son

31- Why was the Maharaja so anxious to kill the 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 of these

32- Why did the Maharaja double the tax?
A) In his rage due to the inability to locate the tiger who was eating the sheep
B) to raise the funds
C) to increase the income of the state
D) none of these

33- Why did the king send rings to British official’s wife?
A) to save his state and to please the officer
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 witty replies to the king
B) his intelligence in handling the anxious king
C) his ability to arrange a tiger
D) none of these

35- What birthday gift did the Maharaja present to his 3 year old son?
A) a toy
B) gold coins
C) forests
D) a toy tiger

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

37- How has the writer proved the futility of king’s power?
A) by showing him to be a victim of a toy tiger
B) by showing him to be afraid of the British official
C) by making the king kill 99 tigers
D) All of these

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 of these

39- Why did The King not permit British officer to click a picture with the dead tiger?
A) other officials would also demand it
B) he was scared of the British
C) because it was against the rules of his state
D) None of these

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 __________ initially
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 of these

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

1A26A
2B27D
3B28A
4D29D
5D30A
6C31A
7B32A
8C33A
9C34C
10A35D
11C36C
12B37A
13C38A
14C39A
15D40B
16B41B
17C42A
18C43B
19B44B
20D45A
21D46C
22A47B
23A48A
24D49D
25A50B

 

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