THE TIGER KING

KALKI
1. What prophecy was made by the astrologers at birth of the crown Prince Jung
Jung Bahadur?
2. What did Jung Jung Bhadur do to disprove the prophecy?
3. Why does the author say the manner of Jung Jung Bahadur’s death is a matter
of extraordinary interest?
4. What miracle took place as the prophecy about the future of crown Prince was
made?
5. What was the rumour rife in Pratibandapuram? Do you agree with the author
that in hindsight it was based on truth?
6. How did J.JB try to justify his killing of the tigers?
7. What dangers were involved in the tiger hunt that JJB set out on?
8. Why would JJB not allow the British officer to tiger hunt?
9. Why was JJB in danger of losing his throne? How did he avoid the situation?
10. What was the unseen hurdle in achieving the target of killing a hundred
tigers? How did the king plan to overcome it?
11. What possible reasons does the author attribute for the declining tiger
population?
12. Where was the hundredth tiger found?
13. Do you think the Maharaja was successful in killing the hundredth tiger?
Why?
14. What special gift did the Maharaja buy for his son/s birthday? Was it the
perfect gift, as he had thought it to be?
15. What was the revenge of the hundredth tiger?
16. What was the vow of king JJB? Was it fulfilled?
17. Who was the tiger King? Why did he get that name?
18. What did the royal infant grow up to be?
19. What did the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
20. How did the Maharaja prepare for the hundredth tiger?
21. How did the Maharaja try to disprove the astrologer? Do you think the
prophecy had been indisputable disproved?
22. What was the dreaded secret that the astrologers finally admitted?
23. Why did the Maharaja sent out on a tier-hunt?
24. What was the astrologer’s warning challenge?
25. What was the proclamation issued by the state of Pratibandapuram?
26. Do the decrees suggest something funny about the qualities of the tiger King?
27. Why has the author mentioned Stuka bomber in the beginning of the story?
28. What is the matter of vital importance the author wants to disclose in the
beginning of the story? Why?

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 29. Why has the author referred to the story of Rama?
30. What did the astrologers predict about the child when he was born?
31. What was the miracle that happened when the astrologers predicted about the
death of the born child?
32. Why did the chief astrologer put his finger on his nose in wonder?
33. What reason did the astrologer give in support of his answer?
34. What happened when the chief astrologer said that the death would come from
a tiger?
35. What did the royal infant grow up to be?
36. What reason did the Maharaja give for tiger hunting?
37. Why was the Tiger King thrilled beyond measure after killing the first tiger?
38. What was the reaction of the astrologer when the Tiger King asked the
astrologer what would she do if the hundredth tiger were killed?
39. Why was that the celebration time for the tigers when the astrologer and the
Maharaja finished their arguments?
40. What did the Maharaja do to realize his ambition?
41. How did the Maharaja succeed in killing the tigers?
42. What was the word the British officer’s secretary sent to the Maharaja through
the dewan?
43. Why did the Maharaja not agree to the proposal of the British officer’s
secretary?
44. What did the Maharaja and Dewan do to avoid the danger of losing the
throne?
45. What expenses did the Maharaja have to bear to save his throne?
46. Why did the Maharaja decide to marry a girl of royal family form a
neighbouring state?
47. The villagers ran to inform the Maharaja of the presence of a tiger. What did
the Maharaja do?
48. What did the dewan do on hearing the threat of losing the job from the
Maharaja?
49. Why did the tiger faint?
50. Describe the encounter of the Maharajad with the old tiger?
51. What did the Maharaja do after shooting the old tiger?
52. What did the hunters do after the Maharaja had left?
53. What did the Maharaja wish to give on his son’s third birthday?
54. What was special about the gift the Maharaja had given to the crown prince on
his third birthday?
55. Why did the shopkeeper conceal the real price of the wooden tiger ?
56. How was the Maharaja hurt?
57. What was the result of the wound?
58. How do you say that the prediction of the chief astrologer came true?
59. In the beginning of the story, the author claims that the death of the Maharaja
was a matter of extraordinary interest. Why?

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 60. How did the Maharaja prevent the British officer from hunting tigers?
61. Comment on the end of the story “The tiger King” (Long)
62. “The author gives a lighthearted account of how Maharaja JJB came to be
called tiger king” Justify the statement. (Long)
63. The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author
employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story? (long)
64. What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the
willfulness of human beings?
65. How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards
him? Do you find them truly sincere or are they driven by fear? Do we find its
similarity in today’s political order? (Long)
66. Can you relate instances of game hunting among the rich and the powerful in
present times to illustrate the callousness of human being towards wild
animals?
67. We need a new system for the Age of Ecology – a system embedded in the
care of the people and in the care of the Earth and all life upon it . Discuss.

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