Table of Contents
- 1 Who killed the 100th tiger Why?
- 2 How did the tiger king become the victim of the 100th tiger?
- 3 How did Maharaja please a high ranking officer?
- 4 What character trait of the Prince is revealed?
- 5 What reward the Maharaja gave to villagers?
- 6 Why did tiger King decide to get married?
- 7 What is the irony in the story of the Tiger King?
- 8 What did Maharaja do when he could not find the 100th Tiger?
Who killed the 100th tiger Why?
Why? Answer : The hundredth tiger was killed by the hunters. The tiger had fainted from the shock of a bullet whizzing past him. As the hunters did not want to offend the king by telling him that he had missed the aim, they killed the tiger.
How did the tiger king become the victim of the 100th tiger?
The Maharaja hurts himself when a tiny sliver pierces his right hand. He neglects his injury, which becomes grievous when pus develops on it and soon spreads all over his arm finally leading to his death. In this way the Tiger King ultimately becomes a victim of the hundredth tiger.
How did the tiger king meet his end what is ironical?
The Maharaja married a royal girl from a state with a large tiger population. Whenever he visited his father-in-law’s kingdom, he would kill five or six tigers every time. The place became extinct with tigers when he had killed ninety nine tigers. It is ironical that infection spread and the king died.
What pierced Maharaja’s right hand?
While the Maharaja was playing with the prince a tiny sliver of the wooden tiger pierced his right hand which later on caused his death. Thus the hundredth tiger takes his final revenge upon the “Tiger King”.
How did Maharaja please a high ranking officer?
Answer: The Maharaja (Tiger king) had annoyed a high- ranking British official by refusing him permission to hunt and stood in danger of losing his kingdom. Later, to make amends, he sent about fifty samples of expensive diamond rings to the officer’s wife hoping she would keep one or two rings as a bribe.
What character trait of the Prince is revealed?
What character trait of the prince is revealed when he utters the words, ‘Let Tigers Beware’? Humility.
What does Durai mean in the Tiger King?
Parwinder Singh answered this. Durai is a tamil word meaning the chief or a leader . in the story the british officer is called durai.
How did the tiger king meet his end what is ironical about his fate?
The place became extinct with tigers when he had killed ninety nine tigers. The king purchased a wooded tiger to offer to his son as birthday present. Its sliver pierced the Maharaja’s right hand. It is ironical that infection spread and the king died.
What reward the Maharaja gave to villagers?
Answer:The maharaja announced a three year exemption from all taxes.
Why did tiger King decide to get married?
The Maharaja suddenly decided to marry because firstly, he was of marriageable age and secondly, he wanted to kill thirty more tigers in his father- in-law’s state in order to complete the tally of hundred tigers . For this reason he wished to marry a girl in the royal family of a state with a large tiger population.
Who was the hundredth tiger found?
Please find below the solution to the asked query: The dewan brought the hundredth tiger from People’s park in Madras and kept it hidden in his house. At night, the dewan and his wife took the tiger in their car to the forest where the Maharaja was hunting.
How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge on the Tiger King?
One of its tiny slivers pierced into the right hand of the king. Infection flared and a suppurating sore all over the arm. The king was operated and the operation was successful but the doctors declared, “The Maharaja is dead.” Thus the hundredth tiger of wood took its revenge upon the Tiger King.
What is the irony in the story of the Tiger King?
Here the king thought himself safe only after killing the hundredth tiger. His dewan managed it and the Maharaja aimed at the tiger but it fainted with the bullet. It survived but later on it was killed by the guards. The irony lies in the point that the tiger which caused the death of the Tiger King, was a wooden tiger.
What did Maharaja do when he could not find the 100th Tiger?
When the Maharaja could not find the 100th tiger, he grew very angry and frustrated. In his anger, he ordered the Dewan to double the land tax and let the people suffer. Though the Dewan knew that it was unreasonable, he couldn’t do anything.
Who is the Tiger King?
The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram is the Tiger King. He got that name because at the time of his birth, astrologers predicted that he would die due to a tiger. So when he grew up, he decided to kill all the tigers and came to be known as the Tiger King. He killed ninety-nine tigers but the hundredth tiger, a wooden one, was instrumental in his death.