Sunday, 17 April 2016

Mrs. Packeltide’s Tiger by Saki: Comprehension Passages:

Passage 1:
“The compelling motive for her………………….that sort of thing.”
Q1. Name the lesson & its writer.
Ans. The lesson is Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger and its writer is Saki (Hecter Hugh Munro)
Q2. Who was Nimrod?
Ans. He was a famous legendary hunter.
Q3. What was Mrs. Packletide’s compelling motive for hunting?
Ans. She wanted to counter Loona Bimberton’s flight that she had with an Algerian aviator for eleven miles in an aeroplane.
Q4.What did Loona Bimberton boast of?
Ans. She boasted of her flight that she had with an Algerian aviator for eleven miles in an aeroplane.
Q5. What does ‘that sort of thing’ stand for?
Ans. The phrase stands for Loona’s flight with an Algerian aviator for eleven miles in an aeroplane.
Passage 2:
 “Not that the lust  to kill……………….an Algerian aviator.”
Q1. Who is ‘she’ in the above passage?
Ans. ‘She’ is  Mrs. Packletide in the passage.
Q2. What is meant by the phrase ‘the lust to kill’?
Ans It means the strong desire to kill.
Q3. What is her lust here?
Ans. It is to kill a tiger.
Q4. What was her motive and why was it called ‘compelling’?
Ans. Mrs’ Packletide’s motive was to outshine Loona Bimberton. It was compelling because she did not want to waste any time.
Passage 3: 
"Circumstances proved propitious…….antecedents.”
Q1. How had the circumstances become propitious?
Ans. An old tiger stayed in the forest of a village for feeding itself on domestic animals. Mrs. Packletide waited for such an opportunity.
Q2. Why did Mrs. Packletide offer a big prize for the villagers?
Ans. She offered it to lure the villagers so that they could arrange for her a safe and riskless tiger hunt.
Q3.What type of shooting did she want to have?
Ans. She wanted to have a shooting without much risk or exertion.
Q4. Who has been called the animal of ‘respectable antecedents’?
Ans. The tiger has been called so.
Q5. What became the favoured rendezvous of the animal?
Ans. A neibouring village.
Q6. What is the meaning of ‘rendezvous’?
Ans. Fixed meeting place




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