How To Tell Wild Animals

How does the poet suggest that you identify the lion and tiger when you do so according to him? 

   The poet suggests that if you go to a jungle in the east incidentally and see a large tawny animal roaring at you, while you are dying, it will be an Asian lion. 

   Moreover, while wandering in the forest, if you come across a noble wild animal with black stripes on yellow skin. Notice that he is a Bengal tiger if he eats you. 

Why does the poet say that a bear's hug may confuse? 

   It is a tendency of a bear to kill its victims by hugging them. It hugs the victims so hard that they usually die. But a novice who does not know the ways of a bear misunderstands their hug. They may think it is a loving hug. 

Distinguish the feature of a Leopard. 

   A Leopard has peppered spots on its body. It is a dangerous and powerful animal. It has the quality of leaping again and again. It leaps onto its prey at once and eats it. 

Question - 1 

How can a hyena be recognised?
By _______.
(a) Its colour 
(b) Its appearance
(c) Its eyes 
(d) Its smile

Answer 1: 

(d) Its smile

Question - 2 

Crocodiles and Hyenas are _____ in nature.
(a) somewhat different 
(b) same
(c) somewhat same
(d) different 

Answer 2: 

(d) different 

Question - 3 

Who weeps, according to the narrator? 

Answer 3: 

Crocodile. 

Question - 4 

What is the rhyme scheme of this stanza? 

Answer 4: 

a b a b c c

Question - 5 

What, according to the extract, would cause bewilderment?
(a)  discovering the similarities between different preys of beasts.
(b) analysing habits of beasts. 
(c) knowing the difference between several beasts of prey. 
(d) drawing the similarities between crocodiles and hyenas. 

Answer 5: 

(c) Knowing the difference between crocodiles and hyenas.