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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