Class 12 English - Vistas - Chapter The Tiger King NCERT Solutions | Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get t

The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?

How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?

What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?

What will now happen to the astrologer? Do you think the prophecy was indisputably disproved?

What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?

What did the royal infant grow up to be?

How will the Maharaja prepare himself for the hundredth tiger which was supposed to decide his fate?

We need a new system for the age of ecology - a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.

Can you relate instances of game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times that illustrate the callousness of human beings towards wildlife?

Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?

Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?

The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?

What does the third level refers to?

‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?

What kind of a person was Evans?

It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?

What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?

What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?

Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?

What could the Governor have done to securely bring back Evans to prison when he caught him at the Golden Lion? Does that final act of foolishness really prove that “he was just another good-for-a-giggle, gullible governor, that was all”?

There are moments in life when we have to make hard choices between our roles as private individuals and as citizens with a sense of national loyalty. Discuss with reference to the story you have just read.

Reflecting on the story, what did you feel about Evans’ having the last laugh?

What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?

Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?

While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during wartime, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?

Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?

Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.

‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?

What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?