Class 10 English A Tiger in the Zoo Chapter 6 Solutions
Selected Question-Answers
Q.1. Who is the poet of the poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’?
Ans: The poet of the poem entitled ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ is Leslie Noris.
Q.2. What is a water hole? Why should the tiger be lurking near it? HSLC ’18
Ans: A water hole is a small pond. The tiger lurks near it to catch plump deer.
Q.3. What does the poet think where should the tiger be?
Ans: The poet believes the tiger should be in the jungle.
Q.4. How does the tiger behave at night?
Ans: At night, the tiger, trapped in the zoo cage, cannot enjoy its usual freedom. It hears the sound of patrolling cars and gazes intensely at the shining stars.
Q.5. What would the tiger have been doing if it were in its natural habitat? HSLC ’19, 20
Ans: In its natural habitat, the tiger silently moves through tall grass to hunt plump deer. It also scares villagers while roaming near their homes.
Q.6. How does the tiger walk in the cage?
Ans: The tiger walks in the cage slowly and angrily.
Q.7. How does the tiger in the cage react to the visitors?
Ans: The tiger in the cage cannot act like it does in the jungle. It paces back and forth angrily inside the cage.
Q.8. How does the tiger terrify the villagers?
Ans: The tiger terrifies the villagers by snarling and showing white fags and long claws to the villagers.
Q.9. What message does the’ Tiger’ poem convey to us?
Ans: The poem ‘A Tiger in the Zoo’ conveys to us that the animals in the zoo are deprived of their natural freedom. They live a miserable life. People should treat them well in the zoo.
Q.10. Choose the meaning of the underlined words from the alternatives given in brackets.
(a) He stalks in his vivid stripes.
(glaring/ dark/ pale) HSLC ’15, ’24
Ans: glaring.
(b) In his quiet rage (mood/ violent anger/ walk) HSLC ’15
Ans: violent anger.
(c) And stares with his brilliant eyes …… (dull/ very bright/ angry) HSLC ’17
Ans: very bright
(d) In his quiet rage. (love/ hatred/ violent anger) HSLC ’17
Ans: violent anger.
(e) In his quiet rage (noisy/ silent/ worst) HSLC ’19
Ans: Silent
(f) At the jungle’s edge. (border/ side/center) HSLC ’19
Ans: border.
(g) Fill in the blanks: He hears the last ………. at night. The patrolling ……… HSLC ’24
Ans: He hears the last voice at night. The patrolling cars.
Q.11. How does the tiger terrorize the villagers?
Ans: The tiger terrorizes the villagers by snarling and showing its long claws and white fangs.
Q.12. Where does the tiger stalk? How is its behavior?
Ans: The tiger stalks in the cage.
It behaves with anger.
Q.13. Choose from the box given below the words that rhyme with the following: HSLC ’20
dragon, rage
(grey, wagon, stairs, bears, cage, cries)
Ans: Dragon ———– wagon
Rage —————- cage.
Q.14. What is meant by ‘quiet rage’? HSLC ’22
Ans: The phrase ‘quiet rage’ refers to the silent anger that the tiger feels when engaged. He does not express his anger by snarling but instead silently walks into his cage in rage.
Q.15. Explain the expression ‘quiet rage’ in the context of the poem, ‘A Tiger in the Zoo.’ HSLC ’23
Ans: Here ‘quiet rage’ symbolizes the extent of the tiger’s fury at being locked up in a cage. He is a majestic beast who should roam freely but he is confined to a small cage. Therefore he gets angry, but this anger is quiet because he can’t do anything about it.
Multiple Choice Questions
- (A) Sad (B) Brilliant
- (C) dark (D) Light
- Ans: (B)
- (A) Proudly
- (B) He ignored them
- (C) With sadness
- (D) With a happy face
- Ans: (B)
- (A) Tiger (B) forest
- (C) Zoo (D) All of the above
- Ans: (A)
- (A) Fat Cow(B) Fat Horse
- (C) Fat Deer (D)All Above
- Ans: (C)
- (A) Patrolling cars (B) Flowing river
- (C) Truck Horn (D)All Above
- Ans: (A)
- (A) Behind the rive (B) In the shadow
- (C) In the house (D) in the jungle
- Ans: (B)
- (A) metaphor (B) assonance
- (C) Oxymoron (D) Consonance
- Ans: (A)
- (A) Behind the bush (B) Behind the bars
- (C) Behind a tree(D) None Above
- Ans: (B)
- (A) Locked in a concrete cell
- (B) His strength behind the bar
- (C) Ignoring visitors
- (D) Baring his white fang
- Ans: (D)
- (A) Simile(B) Metonymy
- (C) Oxymoron (D) Consonance
- Ans: (C)
- (A) Cotton (B) wool
- (C) Velvet (D) Stone
- Ans: (C)
- (A) raise(B) anger
- (C) get up (D) wakeup
- Ans: (B)
- (A) Patrolling cars (B) His House
- (C) Stars (D) All of Above
- Ans: (C)
- (A) metaphor (B) assonance
- (C) Oxymoron (D) Consonance
- Ans: (D)
- (A) the stable(B) the cage
- (C) the zoo(D) the night street.
- Ans: (B)
- (A) striped body (B) fans and claws
- (C) brilliant eyes(D) paw
- Ans: (B)
