LESSON: THE TIGER IN THE TUNNEL
Q.
1. Who wrote the story, 'The Tiger in the Tunnel’?
Ans. Ruskin Bond.
Q.2.
Who was Baldeo?
Ans. A watchman at a small railway
station.
Q.
3. What was there at the back of that small railway station?
Ans. There was a thick forest at its
back.
Q.4.
What was there next to that small railway station?
Ans. Next to this station there was a
deep cutting that led to the tunnel.
Q.
5. What job did Baldeo do at the station?
Ans. He did the job of giving signals
whether the tunnel was clear or not.
Q.
6. Who was Tembu?
Ans. He was Baldeo's son.
Q.
7. How old was Tembu?
Ans. He was twelve years old.
8.
Who took over the responsibility of Baldeo's family after his death?
Ans. His son Tembu.
Q.
9. What work did Tembu do to earn his living after his father's death?
Ans. He started working in place of
his father at the same station.
10.
What did Baldeo pride himself in?
Ans. A small axe that was deadly in
use.
Ans1 One was the shrill cry of cicada
and the other was hammering of woodpecker.
Ans2 His first duty was to show
signal to the trains and second duty was to see that lamp was burning at night.
Ans3 Because their small rice fields
did not provide them with more than a bare living.
Ans4 There was no moon in the sky and
there was deadly stillness in the surrounding jungle.
Ans5 It was fragile to look at but
deadly when in use.
Ans6 Beldeo heard a low grunt at the
cutting and he was sure that only a tiger could make such a sound.
Ans7 Because he knew that in dark the
tiger would be more surefooted and would soon be upon him from behind.
Ans8 Baldeo drove his axe with true
aim. The axe caught the tiger on the shoulder and severed its leg. The axe
remained stuck in its bone Baldeo was without weapon. The tiger sprang upon Baldeo.
It was all over in a few minutes.
Ans9 After tearing Beldeo’s body, it
began to lick its wounded leg. Meanwhile the train approached there. The tiger
got no chance to take a flight in the cutting. Its body was mangled by the
train.
Ans10 After his father’s death. The
responsibility of Tembu’s mother and sister fell on his shoulders.
Long Q/A
Ans1 Beldeo was a watchman at a
remote rural train. His first duty was to show signal to the trains and second
duty was to see that lamp was burning at night. He had taken up this job because
their small rice fields did not provide them with more than a bare living. He
lived with his family in a small tribal village. He had a small axe. He used it
with skill against wild animals. One night, he sighted a tiger. He tried to
fight it with his axe but failed. And the tiger tore his body.
Questions 1 – 10
Compete
the sentences below:
Write
NO MORE THAN TWO WORDS to
Answer.
Badeo was a 1 ________.
His duty was to ensure that the tunnel was
free of any 2 ___________.
Tembu was 3 ________ year old.
He also helped in the 4 ____________.
Tembu’s mother and 5 _____________ were
usually alone at home.
They lived in a small 6 ___________ village.
The village was 7 ______________ from the
station.
They owned small 8 _______________ fields.
Badeo worked as a 9 _____________ at a 10
___________ signal stop.
READING (PASSAGE)
Baldeo, the watchman, was awake. He
stretched himself, slowly unwinding the heavy shawl that covered him like a shroud.
It was close on midnight and the chill air made him shiver. The station, a
small shack backed by heavy jungle, was station in name only, for trains only
stopped there, if at all for a few seconds before entering the deep cutting
that led to the tunnel. Most trains merely slowed down before taking the sharp
curve before the cutting. Baldeo was responsible for signaling whether or not
the tunnel was clear of obstruction, and his hand worked signal stood before
the entrance. At night it was his duty to see that the lamp was burning, and
that the overland mail passed through safely.
Questions 1 – 5
Do the following statements
agree with the writer in the Reading Passage?
Write TRUE, if the statement is true.
Write FALSE, if the statement is
false.
Write NOT GIVEN, if the statement is
not given.
1 There was a dense jungle behind the
station.
2 The station was widely known.
3 The trains passed through the
tunnel only at midnight.
4 Badeo stood before the entrance of
the tunnel to give signal.
5 Badeo’s duty was to keep the amp
burning the whole day.
Questions 6 – 10
Choose
the correct option letter A, B or C.
6 He stretched himself, slowly
unwinding the heavy shawl.
The word ‘unwinding’ here me
Ans
A relaxing B removing C wrapping
7 It was close on mid night.
The phrase 'close on' me
Ans
A almost B strictly C after
8 A ______ end to the tunnel.
A deep cutting B forest C sharp curve
9 The over and mails went through the
_______ at night.
A entrance B tunnel C
station
10 The station was a small
___________.
A house B hut C
building
