(a) What does man perceive the tiger as ? (b) What is the tiger admired for ? (c) Which part of the tiger’* body cures rheumatism ?

Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

1. Man always sees tigers as the symbols of pride, our deepest fears, desires and aspirations. The tiger is typically sighted as the most fearsome predator which is admired for its lithe muscles, courage and beauty. The tiger’ body has a hundred different uses, such as the ** is believed to be the tonic for rheumatism and the flesh offers considerable strength to those who eat it.

2. Tigers are powerful animals that are capable of taking on their prey single-handedly and subduing large prey. They have forelimbs and broad shoulders, with the help of which tigers grapple their prey while holding onto it with the retractable, long claws of the broad forepaws.

3. Tigers have muscular bodies bearing strong and powerful forelimbs and large heads. The colour of the coat varies, depending entirely on the subspecies. These big cats also display prominent stripes that run across their body. No tiger has stripes that resemble other counterparts i.e. each one has its own unique stripes. The stripes of tigers serve as a natural camouflage for hiding themselves amongst the dappled shadows and the long grasses of their surroundings.

4. The tigers once inhabited all of Asia ranging from Eastern Turkey to the Caspian Sea, including the southern Tibetan plateau and the Sea of Okhotsk. Sadly speaking, the tiger’* range has been limited to a few major habitats. Currently, tigers have become extinct in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, and the Indus Valley of Pakistan. They were once widespread throughout India including the foothills of the Himalayas, through Bhutan, Nepal, Sikkim, Myanmar, and Assam, but the population has dramatically reduced in the Indian Subcontinent. Unfortunately, extreme hunting together with poaching makes tigers an endangered species.

5. It is sad to contemplate the extinction of an animal species due to the inexorable forces of nature, but it is infinitely more depressing when the extinction is caused by supposedly responsible human beings.

(a) What does man perceive the tiger as ?

(b) What is the tiger admired for ?

(c) Which part of the tiger’* body cures rheumatism ?

(d) How do tigers take down their prey ?

(e) What is unique about the tiger’* stripes ?

(f) How do the ***** stripes help tigers ?

(g) Which are the countries where tigers have become extinct ?

(h) How are humans responsible for making them an endangered species ?

Answer 1

(a) Man always sees the tiger as the symbol of pride, his deepest fears, desires and aspirations.

(b) The tiger is admired for its lithe muscles, courage and beauty.

(c) The ** in the tiger’ body is used to cure rheumatism.

(d) They have forelimbs and broad shoulders, with the help of which tigers grapple their prey and hold onto it with the retractable, long claws of their broad forepaws.

(e) No tiger has stripes that resemble other counterparts i.e. each one has its own unique stripes.

(f) The ***** stripes of tigers serve as a natural camouflage by hiding them amongst the dappled shadows and the long grasses of their surroundings.

(g) Tigers have become extinct in Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, and the Indus Valley of Pakistan.

(h) Tigers have become an endangered species due to extreme hunting and poaching by human beings.