The Tiger King MCQs Mock Test of 12th Class Vistas

1.

Q1. What prediction did the astrologer make about the child?

(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

2.

Q 2. How many surgeons did the king call to treat himself?

(a) 3

(b) 7

(c) 9

(d) 13

3.

Q 3. Who was Duraisani in the lesson ‘The Tiger king’?

(a) an old lady

(b) a young lady

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

(d) none

4.

Q4. Which literary device do you see in ‘like quills all over it’?

(a) Metaphor

(b) Simile

(c) Alliteration

(d) Personification

5.

Q5. Under whose thumb rule were the Indian kings living?

(a) sovereign rule

(b) queen’s rule

(c) king’s rule

(d) Under the thumb rule of the British

6.

Q6. By whom was the wooden tiger carved?

(a) A master craftsman

(b) An unskilled carpenter

(c) The shopkeeper himself

(d) A British carpenter

7.

Q7. On the basis of which issue is the story ‘The Tiger King’ a satire?

(a) on people

(b) on animals

(c) on birds

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

8.

Q8. What was the original cost of the present?

(a) 2 annas and a quarter

(b) 2 annas and a half

(c) One and a half annas

(d) 3 annas

9.

Q9. From where did the author derive his name?

(a) from the prefix 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

10.

Q10. How old was the King’s son when his birthday was being celebrated?

(a) One year old

(b) Three years old

(c) Five years old

(d) Seven years old

11.

Q 11.What is the name of the author of the story ‘The Tiger King’?

(a) Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy

(b) Charles Dickens

(c) Kamladas

(d) None

12.

Q12. Fill in the blank. The 100th tiger had……………..

(a) been shot dead

(b) fainted

(c) disappeared

(d) been set free

13.

Q13. Give the reason why The King did 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

14.

Q14. Where had The old tiger finally been brought from?

(a) Calcutta Park

(b) Business Park

(c) Leisure Park

(d) People’s Park

15.

Q15. How has the writer of the lesson ‘The Tiger King’ 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

16.

Q16. What did 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

17.

Q17. What moral do you learn from the story of ‘The Tiger King’?

(a) Power

(b) Power makes us powerful

(c) Power is meaningless before destiny

(d) All

18.

Q18. When the last tiger was not found, Maharaja ………..

(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

19.

Q19. What was the thing that proved the Dewan’s resourcefulness?

(a) his wits

(b) his intelligence

(c) his ability to manage a tiger in Madras

(d) none

20.

Q20. When the Maharaja visited his father-in-law’s house, he usually killed ___ tigers

(a) 1-2

(b) 5-6

(c) 9-10

(d) 12-1

21.

Q21. Why did the Tiger King double the tax in his kingdom?

(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

22.

Q22. How many tigers did The Maharaja kill in 10 years of hunting expeditions?

(a) 30

(b) 50

(c) 70

(d) 90

23.

Q23. The Tiger King ___ the British Officer to save the tigers and his kingdom.

(a) entertained

(b) bribed

(c) pacified

(d) confronted

24.

Q24. What became the King’s main occupation when he was young?

(a) English

(b) Justice

(c) Governance

(d) Tiger hunting

25.

Q25. In the kingdom of the Tiger king, a high ranking officer of British Government 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

26.

Q26. What reflects the pride and false ego of the Tiger 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

27.

Q27. Which literary device do you find in the story?

(a) metaphorical expressions

(b) Irony

(c) sarcasm

(d) All

28.

Q28. What did the Maharaja give to his 3 years old son as a birthday gift?

(a) a toy

(b) gold coins

(c) forests

(d) a toy tiger

29.

Q29. Why did the Tiger king send Diamond 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

30.

Q30. Why did the Maharaja want 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

31.

Q31. What did the Maharaja start to do for ensuring his safety?

(a) He owned tigers

(b) married a princess

(c) prohibited British officer to enter his territory

(d) He killed tigers

32.

Q32. What is the irony in the story The Tiger King?

(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

33.

Q33. The Chief astrologer proclaimed that he would ___ if the 100th tiger was killed by the king.

(a) leave the state

(b) kill himself

(c) cut his hair

(d) denounce the world

34.

Q34. Why did Maharaja of Pretibandpurum ban 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

35.

Q35. The astrologer said that no harm would come to the maharaja till the killing of ___ tigers

(a) 89

(b) 99

(c) 79

(d) 100

36.

Q36. Who was the real shooter of the 100th tiger?

(a) one of the hunters who accompanied the king

(b) a soldier

(c) king’s guest

(d) British high officer

37.

Q37. Which trait of the prince is showed when he told the words, ‘Let Tigers Beware’?

(a) Humility

(b) Arrogance

(c) Pride

(d) Will-power

38.

Q38. What was the reason 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

39.

Q39. What is the main theme of the story The Tiger King?

(a) Desire of power

(b) Desire to have power for selfish interests and not for human welfare

(c) desire to help others

(d) none

40.

Q40. When did the Tiger King want to 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

41.

Q41. How old was the Tiger King when he cracked a joke on the astrologer?

(a) 10 days

(b) 10 weeks

(c) 10 months

(d) 10 years

42.

Q42. The writer of ‘The Tiger King’ Kalki, has used as a background, days of ___ kings dominating their subjects.

(a) just

(b) brave

(c) eccentric

(d) gullible

43.

Q 43. How old was the prince when he was crowned as king?

(a) 30

(b) 15

(c) 22

(d) 20

44.

Q44. How did the Tiger king grow as a child?

(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

45.

Q45. The Maharaja of ____ is the protagonist of the story ‘The Tiger King’.

(a) Ramnagar

(b) Pratibandapuram

(c) Paltipuram

(d) Preetamgarh

46.

Q46. The shopkeeper sold the wooden tiger to the Tiger King for __

(a) 30 rupees

(b) 60 rupees

(c) 120 rupees

(d) 300 rupees

47.

Q47. What stood out of the birthday gift ,the wooden tiger?

(a) Tiny slivers

(b) Gems

(c) Engravings of ivory

(d) Chains of silver

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