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प्रश्न
Answer the question given below:
Solo hunting has been banned because
विकल्प
it is dangerous
of the declining lion population
too many hunters have been killed
it creates pride in the minds of the successful hunters
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उत्तर
of the declining lion population
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Why do people hunt? Complete the web chart giving various reasons for the
same:
Read these lines and guess the answers to the questions given below
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger …. The
compelling motive ….was the fact that Loona Bimberton had recently …… personally
procured tiger-skin and a heavy harvest of Press photographs could successfully
counter that sort of thing.
a) Why did Mrs. Packletide want to kill a tiger?
b) What does it tell you about her?
c) What is the tone of the storywriter?
d) Do you think she was successful in her mission?
e) What do you think the story is all about?
Answer the following question in your own words :
What made her decide to give a party in Loona Bimberton's honour? What did she
intend to give Loona on her birthday?
Answer the following question in your own words :
How was the tiger shooting arranged? What kind of a tiger was chosen for the
purpose?
Answer the following question in your own words:
Who was Miss Mebbin? Was she really devoted to Mrs. Packletide? How did she behave during the tiger shooting?
Answer the following question in your own words :
What comment did Miss Mebbin make after Mrs Packletide fired the shot? Why
did Miss Mebbin make this comment? How did Mrs Packletide react to this
comment?
Answer the following question in your own words:
How did the villagers react to the tiger’s death?
Answer the following question in your own words :
Did Mrs. Packletide achieve her heart's desire? Give reasons for your answer.
Answer the following question in your own words:
“The incidental expenses are so heavy,” she confides to inquiring friends. Who is the speaker? What is she referring to here?
Discuss the following question in detail and write the answer in your notebook:
Do you think the tiger shooting organized by the villagers was a serious affair?
Give reasons for your answer.
Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
It was Mrs. Packletide's pleasure and intention that she should shoot a tiger.
Mrs. Packletide had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her
house on Curzon Street, ostensibly in Loona Bimberton's honour, with a tiger-skin
rug occupying most of the foreground and all of the conversation.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
Louisa Mebbin adopted a protective elder-sister attitude towards money in
general, irrespective of nationality or denomination.
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Rewrite the one in ordinary prose so that the meaning is retained.
Evidently the wrong animal had been hit, and the beast of prey had succumbed to
heart-failure, caused by the sudden report of the rifle, accelerated by senile decay.
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In groups of four, construct the dialogues and enact the following situations
from the story:
1. Mrs. Packletide and the headman of the village/other villagers discussing the
details of the tiger shooting
2. Miss Mebbin blackmailing Mrs Packletide into gifting her a cottage
3. Loona Bimberton and a lady-friend discussing Mrs Packletide's hunting success
Answer the question given below:
The Maasai warriors chase a lion with rattle bells to
