Question

1.Read the given passage and answer the questions by picking up the correct options.(5 marks) The load was very heavy for the old camel. He tried his best to carry it as far as the next village. There his master would be able to get another camel to carry this heavy load. But he was so tired and exhausted that he could not go any further. His master took off the load from the camel’s back and put it on the back of another camel and went his way. A tiger was passing by at this time. He had been hurt by the tusk of an elephant. As the tiger was in pain, he found it difficult to walk. So he lay down by the side of the camel. The camel began licking the tiger’s wound with his long tongue and offered him food that his master had left behind. In a few days, the tiger and the camel recovered. As the tiger was very hungry the old camel told him to kill him and eat his meat. The tiger could not think of killing his friend. At that time a deer came running towards them. A hunter had shot at him with an arrow. He lay down by the side of the tiger. He told the tiger to kill him and eat his flesh as he did not want the wicked hunter to take him away. The tiger did as he was told. Just then the hunter came on the spot. The angry tiger jumped on him and killed him also. Another young deer was in the bag that the hunter was carrying. The tiger set it free. The tiger and the camel lived happily ever after in the forest. 1.The camel began to lick the tiger’s wound because a)the tiger was in pain b)tiger could not walk c)both of the above 2.All of the following were either exhausted or wounded or killed except the a)deer b)tiger c)hunter 3.The tiger refused to eat the camel because all of the following except that the camel had a) become his friend b) offered him food C)licked his wound 4.What did the tiger do with the dying deer a)he ate his flesh b) he killed him c)he killed him and ate his flesh 5.The synonym of' cruel' in the above passage is a)wicked b) difficult c) heavy

Answer 1

The correct answers in order are: c) both of the above, b) tiger, b) offered him food, c) he killed him and ate his flesh, a) wicked.

Step-by-step explanation:

After reading the given passage carefully, we can deduce the correct options for the questions asked:

1. The camel began to lick the tiger’s wound because c) both of the above. He did this because the tiger was in pain and also because the tiger was finding it difficult to walk.
2. All of the following were either exhausted or wounded or killed except the b) tiger. The tiger had been hurt but he recovers in the passage story as evidenced by the text.
3. The tiger refused to eat the camel because all of the following except that the camel had b) offered him food. Although the camel had offered him food, this reason was not mentioned as the reason for the tiger’s refusal to eat the camel.
4. What the tiger did with the dying deer is c)he killed him and ate his flesh. The passage explicitly states this.
5. The synonym of 'cruel' in the above passage is a)wicked. This is a synonym for 'cruel' in the context of the story; referring to the hunter.

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