Available Answers

1. 1.

   What do a lot of people think about preservation of wildlife?

2. 2.

   The phrase 'putting out' in the above paragraph means

   1. taking out
   2. burning out
   3. switching off
3. 3.

   Why do you think, Corbett preferred a different kind of shooting?

4. 4.

   Narrate the incident of 'unrestrained slaughter for the crude pleasure of it' from the extract.

5. 5.

   What do you understand by 'jungle telegraph'?

6. 6.

   Tick (√) the correct answer in each.

   1. What do the words 'khaki' and 'Colonel' indicate about Jim Corbett?
      1. Jim was an army man.
      2. He loved to wear khaki clothes.
      3. He was honoured by the army and a rank was conferred upon him.
      4. None of these
   2. How did a 'khakí' cushion or a 'khaki' blanket help in case of an emergency or when faced with a tiger?
      1. The tiger could relax on the cushion and the blanket would keep him warm on a long winter night.
      2. Ager would inspect the cushion or blanket long enough, helping the individual to away.
      3. Both (a) and (b)
   3. Corbett had issued warnings time and again to save the tigers. Which of the following options prove this statement?
      1. In 1944, he issued a warning in Man-Eaters of Kumaon to save the tiger.
      2. On 21 May 1955, the Delhi edition of The Statesman reproduced a letter by Corbett written in 1948 to stop tiger killing.
      3. Both (a) and (b)