Class 10 English A Tiger in the Zoo question answer | Class 10 English ch 5 | NCERT Solution

Additional Questions & Answers

1. What would a tiger have been doing if it were in its natural habitat?

Ans:- If the tiger were in its natural habitat, it would be prowling the jungle, snarling around houses, and scaring villagers.

2. ‘His strength behind the bars’, what is meant by this phrase?

Ans:- ‘His strength behind the bars’ means that the tiger is powerless and helpless as he is caged in the zoo.

3. What is a water hole? Why should the tiger be lurking near it?

Ans:- A water hole is a place where animals come to drink. The tiger lurks near it to hunt the deer that come to drink water.

4. Where should the tiger be snarling around and how should it be terrorising the village?

Ans:- The tiger should be snarling around houses on the edge of the jungle and terrorizing villagers by growling.

5. “He stalks in his vivid stripes”. Who is meant by “He” in the above line? What is meant by vivid stripes?

Ans:- Here “He” refers to the tiger. Vivid stripes” refer to the yellow and black stripes on the tiger’s body.

6. How does the tiger behave at night?

Ans:- At night, the tiger is trapped in his cage. He walks around, hears the patrolling cars, and looks intently at the stars with his shining eyes.

7: How does the poet describe the tiger in the zoo?

Answer: The poet describes the zoo tiger as walking back and forth in his cage, with vivid stripes and powerful paws. He appears frustrated, silent, and ignores the visitors.

8:What message does the poet convey through the poem “A Tiger in the Zoo”?

Answer: The poet highlights the cruelty of keeping wild animals in captivity, showing the stark contrast between a tiger’s natural freedom and its confinement in a zoo.

 9: How does the tiger behave in his cage, according to the poem?

Answer: In his cage, the tiger paces back and forth, ignoring visitors. He moves quietly, showing frustration and longing for freedom.

2. Notice the use of a word repeated in lines such as these:

(i) On pads of velvet quiet, In his quiet rage, 

(ii) And stares with his brilliant eyes. At the brilliant stars.

What do you think are the effects of this repetition? 

Ans: In (i) stanza pads of velvet quiet refers to footsteps of the tiger which are silent. “Quite a range” refers to the anger of the tiger becoming soundless as he looks up in a cage.

In (ii) Stanza the poet uses repetition as a lyrical device to amplify the tiger’s fury and his silent helplessness inside the concrete cell of the cage.

A. Choose the correct options for the following:-

1. The ‘Shadow’ refers in the poem–(A tiger in the zoo)

(i) Long grass 

(ii) Tress

(iii) Concrete cell 

(iv) All of these 

Ans. (i) Long grass.

2. The tiger should hide to himself–

(i) In the back of tree 

(ii) In the shadow of long grass

(iii) In shadow of tree 

(iv) Behind the wall 

Ans. (ii) In the shadow of long grass.

3. Snarling means– 

(i) Sound of birds 

(ii) Sound of animal 

(iii) Sound of jura ghostwriter 

(iv) Sound of People 

Ans. (ii) Sound of animals.

4. What Personified in the poem–  

(i) A Ghostwriter

(ii) A tiger

(iii) An elephant 

(iv) A squirrel

Ans. (ii) A tiger.

5. The word ‘Drifting’ means–

(i) Moving fast 

(ii) Relax 

(iii) Moving slowly

(iv) Calm

Ans. (iii) Moving slowly.

6. How did the tiger react to visitors in the zoo?

(i) Smiles at them 

(ii) Ignores them

(iii) Attacks them

(iv) Scares them

Ans:- (ii) ignores them.

7. Where does the tiger look in the night?

(i) In the jungle

(ii) In his cage

(iii) At the shining stars

(iv) In the outside of the cage

Ans:- (iii) At the shining stars

8. His paws are soft like velvet. To whom does “His” refer to?

(i) Deer

(ii) Elephant

(iii) Tiger

(iv) Birds

Ans:- (iii) Tiger

9. “He stalks in his vivid stripes” what does it mean?

(i) Metaphor

(ii) Assonance

(iii) Consonance 

(iv) None of the above

Ans:- (i) Metaphor.

10. “At the jungle edge”. What does it mean?

(i) In the middle of the jungle 

(ii) At the side of the jungle 

(iii) Border of the forest 

(iv) Down side of the jungle

Ans:- (iii) Border of the forest.