The Tiger King — Class 12 MCQs with Answers
Class 12 CBSE English · Chapter 15
30 practice questions · 30 Medium · Updated
Practise the most important Class 12 CBSE English questions from Chapter 15, "The Tiger King". You get 3 timed quizzes made from 30 NCERT-based MCQs, with answers and explanations. The questions are split into 30 Medium. Warm up on the basics, then move on to the exam-level questions that top scorers in CBSE Board exams get right.
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The Tiger King — important questions & MCQs with answers (Class 12 English)
2 solved questions from this chapter's difficulty levels, each with its answer and explanation. Tap an option to check yourself.
- Q1Medium
What did the visiting British officer want even more than to hunt tigers?
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Answer: To be photographed with the tigers he had shot
Explanation: He was very fond of hunting tigers 'And fonder of being photographed with the tigers he had shot'.
- Q2Medium
How many tigers had the Maharaja killed within ten years?
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Answer: Seventy
Explanation: 'Within ten years he was able to kill seventy tigers' — and then the tigers of Pratibandapuram became extinct.
Key concepts: The Tiger King (Class 12 English)
Kalki's satire on the conceit of power. Told at birth that a tiger will kill him, the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram sets out to kill a hundred. He bends his state, his marriage and his taxes to the task, is deceived over the last tiger, and is finally killed by a sliver of wood from a toy tiger.
- The Tiger King
- The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram, whose string of titles ends 'Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur' and is 'often shortened to the Tiger King'.
- The prophecy
- Astrologers foretell at his birth that he must one day die. The ten-day-old infant speaks, demanding to be told the MANNER of death — a satire on the miraculous-birth convention.
- Death comes from the Tiger
- 'The prince was born in the hour of the Bull. The Bull and the Tiger are enemies, therefore, death comes from the Tiger.' The infant growls, 'Let tigers beware!'
- The English upbringing
- He drank the milk of an English cow, had an English nanny, an English tutor and English films — 'exactly as the crown princes of all the other Indian states did'.
- The astrologer's warning
- 'Your majesty may kill ninety-nine tigers in exactly the same manner. But… you must be very careful with the hundredth tiger.' If wrong, he will burn his books and become an insurance agent.
- Power abused
- Tiger hunting is banned for everyone else; flinging 'so much as a stone at a tiger' means confiscation of all one's wealth and property.
- The British officer
- He wants not just a hunt but a photograph of himself over the carcass. Refused, the Maharaja saves his kingdom by sending fifty diamond rings to the duraisani — who keeps them all, at a cost of three lakh rupees.
- Running out of tigers
- Seventy killed in ten years, then extinction in his own forests. He marries a girl chosen for the tiger population of her father's state, and reaches ninety-nine skins on the reception-hall walls.
- The land tax
- When the hundredth tiger cannot be found, he doubles the land tax; the dewan warns the state 'will fall a prey to the Indian National Congress' and is told he may resign.
- The dewan's tiger
- An old tiger from the People's Park in Madras, hidden in his house, dragged into a car at midnight by the dewan and his aged wife. In the forest 'the tiger launched its satyagraha' and refused to get out.
- The miss
- The Maharaja's bullet misses; the tiger faints 'from the shock of the bullet whizzing past'. The hunters shoot it from a foot away so that the king never learns — and keep their jobs.
- The wooden tiger
- A toy costing two annas and a quarter, sold for three hundred rupees out of fear of the Emergency rules. A sliver pierces his hand, infection spreads, and three surgeons announce: 'The operation was successful. The Maharaja is dead.'
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What are the key concepts in Class 12 English The Tiger King?+
Kalki's satire on the conceit of power. Told at birth that a tiger will kill him, the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram sets out to kill a hundred. He bends his state, his marriage and his taxes to the task, is deceived over the last tiger, and is finally killed by a sliver of wood from a toy tiger. Key ideas include The Tiger King, The prophecy, Death comes from the Tiger, The English upbringing, The astrologer's warning, Power abused.
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It has 30 NCERT-based MCQs on "The Tiger King": 30 Medium. Together they make 3 timed quizzes, and you never get the same set twice. Every question has an instant explanation. They help you prepare for CBSE Board exams.
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Start with the Easy quiz to check your basics, then try Medium to practise applying them. There are 3 timed quizzes on this chapter, so you can come back for a fresh set instead of one you have seen. Read each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy until it stays high.
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What are the important questions from The Tiger King (Class 12 English)?+
The questions that matter most test The Tiger King, The prophecy, Death comes from the Tiger, The English upbringing, The astrologer's warning, Power abused. This page shows 2 solved important MCQs with answers and explanations. Sign in to practise all 30 questions on the chapter as timed quizzes.
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Yes — Class 12 English The Tiger King has timed online quizzes at Medium levels, with instant scoring and a worked explanation on every question. The first quiz on the chapter is free.