Qstnid -3-a- Give The Meaning Of Each Of The Following Words As Used In The Passage. One Word Answers Or Short Phrases Will Be Accepted. (A) Corpse (Line 5) (A) Quenched (Line.17) (A) Reared (Line 22) (B) Answer The Following Questions Briefly In Your Own Words. (B) Why Does The Author Say That The Panther 'Was Getting Bolder'? (B) Why Did The Forest Department Hire A Professional Hunter? (B) What Did The Hunter Expect To Encounter? What Did He Actually Encounter? (B) What Did The Tiger Do Before Turning To Attack The Goat? Why Did It Do That? (B) Why Does The Hunter Decide To Shoot The Tiger Though He Knew It Was Not The Man-eater? (B) What Name Did The Hunter Give To The Cub? Why? (C) (C) In Not More Than 60 Words Narrate How The Hunter And His Assistants Captured The Tiger And Her Cub. (C) Give A Suitable Title To Your Summary In 3(c). Give A Reason To Justify Your Choice. - Previous Year Paper Year:2014

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#3-a
Give the meaning of each of the following words as used in the passage. One word answers or
short phrases will be accepted. (a) corpse (line 5) (a) quenched (line.17) (a) reared (line 22) (b) Answer the following questions briefly in your own words. (b) Why does the author say that the panther 'was getting bolder'? (b) Why did the Forest Department hire a professional hunter? (b) What did the hunter expect to encounter? What did he actually encounter? (b) What did the tiger do before turning to attack the goat? Why did it do that? (b) Why does the hunter decide to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man-eater? (b) What name did the hunter give to the cub? Why? (c) (c) In not more than 60 words narrate how the hunter and his assistants captured the tiger and
her cub. (c) Give a suitable title to your summary in 3(c). Give a reason to justify your choice.
Ans : (a) corpse-dead body (a) quenched-satisfied (a) reared-got up (b) (b) The panther was getting bolder as it had killed seven persons in two months. Very recently, it carried off a little girl and the previous victim had been a man who was attacked in broad daylight in his field. (b) The forest department hired a professional hunter because a panther was terrorizing the villagers of the Kulna district of Bangladesh.The panther had killed seven persons in two months. The villager's efforts to kill the panther had failed. (b) The hunter expected that the panther world be an old, wasted male with worn teeth, incapable of catching anything more difficult than a human. He found that it was a sleek tiger, a female with a single cub. (b) The tiger followed the cub to the water's edge to drink water before she turned to the goat to satisfy her hunger. Thirst is a greater urge than hunger. (b) The hunter decided to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man eater because it was very close to. human habitation and might pose a threat to the villagers, especially since she was with cub. (b) The hunter named the cub 'Thirsty' as he remembered how the cub had rushed to drink water in the river. (c) (c) (c) "Richard Parker and Thirsty" is a suitable title for the summary. The title is suitable as the summary tells how the hunter Richard Parker successfully captures thirsty the tiger is given in detail.

#3-a-i
corpse (line 5)
Ans : corpse-dead body

#3-a-ii
quenched (line.17)
Ans : quenched-satisfied

#3-a-iii [3]
reared (line 22)
Ans : reared-got up

#3-b
Answer the following questions briefly in your own words.

#3-b-i [2]
Why does the author say that the panther 'was getting bolder'?
Ans : The panther was getting bolder as it had killed seven persons in two months. Very recently, it carried off a little girl and the previous victim had been a man who was attacked in broad daylight in his field.

#3-b-ii [2]
Why did the Forest Department hire a professional hunter?
Ans : The forest department hired a professional hunter because a panther was terrorizing the villagers of the Kulna district of Bangladesh.The panther had killed seven persons in two months. The villager's efforts to kill the panther had failed.

#3-b-iii [2]
What did the hunter expect to encounter? What did he actually encounter?
Ans : The hunter expected that the panther world be an old, wasted male with worn teeth, incapable of catching anything more difficult than a human. He found that it was a sleek tiger, a female with a single cub.

#3-b-iv [2]
What did the tiger do before turning to attack the goat? Why did it do that?
Ans : The tiger followed the cub to the water's edge to drink water before she turned to the goat to satisfy her hunger. Thirst is a greater urge than hunger.

#3-b-v [2]
Why does the hunter decide to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man-eater?
Ans : The hunter decided to shoot the tiger though he knew it was not the man eater because it was very close to. human habitation and might pose a threat to the villagers, especially since she was with cub.

#3-b-vi [2]
What name did the hunter give to the cub? Why?
Ans : The hunter named the cub 'Thirsty' as he remembered how the cub had rushed to drink water in the river.

#3-c

#3-c-i [8]
In not more than 60 words narrate how the hunter and his assistants captured the tiger and
her cub.
Ans :

#3-c-ii [2]
Give a suitable title to your summary in 3(c). Give a reason to justify your choice.
Ans : "Richard Parker and Thirsty" is a suitable title for the summary. The title is suitable as the summary tells how the hunter Richard Parker successfully captures thirsty the tiger is given in detail.