Question

Crown prince Jung Jung Bahadur grew taller and stronger day by day. No other miracle marked his childhood days apart from the event already described. The boy drank the milk of an English cow, was brought up by an English nanny, tutored in English by an Englishman, saw nothing but English films — exactly as the crown princes of all the other Indian states did. When he came of age at twenty, the State, which had been with the Court of Wards until then, came into his hands. But everyone in the kingdom remembered the astrologer's prediction. Many continued to discuss the matter. Slowly it came to the Maharaja's ears. There were innumerable forests in the Pratibandapuram State. They had tigers in them. The Maharaja knew the old saying. 'You may kill even a cow in self-defence'. There could certainly be no objection to killing tigers in self-defence. The Maharaja started out on a tiger hunt.

What tr the objective of the Maharaja's saying the line: 'You may kill even a cow in self-defence'?

Options

• Killing of cows even in self-defence is restricted.

• No one is allowed to kill a cow even for saving someone.

• If a cow is killed then somebody could be saved.

• No punishment is awarded to anybody if one kills a cow for self-defence.

Answer 1

No punishment is awarded to anybody if one kills a cow for self-defence.

Explanation:

The killing of tigers is a prohibited practice. The Maharaja was attempting to emphasise through this phrase that even a holy cow can be slain if the cow is aggressive. It's not a bad idea to murder the cow in order to save one's "life." In the same way, a tiger (whose killing is prohibited) can be slain for self-defence.