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turned out; being struck by.

Toto climbed up the curtains and got beyond reach ofTimothywhenhe lost his temper

Whenever Timothy was taken out for a walk, he pulled hard on his chain and it would be difficult in keeping with him. He would make himself comfortable on long sofa, reclining there with great dignity and snarling at anybody who tried to get him off. This shows his superiority about himself.

About six months later, when grandfather visited the zoo he made straight to a particular cage in which Timothy had been interned. Grandfather had been stroking and slapping Timothy for about five minutes when he recognized the keeper who had been there when Timothy had first come to zoo. The Keeper said, Timothy died two months ago suffering from pneumonia and this tiger was the one which was trapped in the hills last month and he is very dangerous.

Tiger approached the bars, and allowed grandfather to put both hands around his head. Grandfather stroked the tiger ’s forehead and tickled his ear, and whenever he growled, smacked him across the mouth, which was his old way of keeping him quiet.

The crocodile said this because (ii) he wanted to eat Golu.

Golu went to the river to know what the crocodile had for his dinner.

The two things the elephant can do with his trunk are: 

(i) pluck a large bundle of grass and stuff it into his mouth 

(ii) scoop up some mud from the bank and slap it on his head. 

The two things the elephant cannot do with his trunk are: 

(i) cannot scratch himself with his trunk 

(ii) cannot chew or eat food directly with his trunk.

(i) whispered twitters, cheeps, squeaks

(ii) Rustling, squeals, squeaks

(iii) frantic, frightened, bewildered, blindly seeking.

(i) No, the man did not insist on buying the doves just because he was fond of birds. He did not ask for the birds directly, instead he said that he wanted a creature with wings in a cage. This tells us that he had sympathy for the birds and wanted to see them flying. 

(ii) He had earned those five dollars by doing hard labour in jail in his ten years of imprisonment anddeliberately spent that hard-earned money to set free living creatures from being imprisoned.

The stranger was peculiar man who was wearing shiny shoes and cheap, ill-fitted but a new suit. He had a shuttling glance and close-cropped hair. He wanted something small in a cage with wings.

The stranger was not interested in the care and feeding of the doves because he wanted to set them free.

Mr Purcell compared to an owl because large glasses magnified his eyes which gives him the appearance of a wise and genial owl.

In my opinion, I think that the man must have set the doves free because he himself had been in jail for ten years. He had sympathy for the birds and knew the pain of being imprisoned against their wishes. He wanted to see them flying and enjoy their freedom that is why he bought something with the wings. He wanted to smell the happiness of freedom from cages by setting the doves free.

The atmosphere of Mr Purcell’s shop was depressing because a constant stir of movement that pervaded his shop and the animals and birds were making a lot of noise as if they were restless . It seemed as though they were not happy in their cages.

His favourite amusements was to stalk anyone who would play with him.

1. Pigeons, Rabbits 

2. Ruskin Bond 

3. drawing 

4. well fed 

5. pneu

Mr Purcell felt “vaguely insulted” as the man bought the doves from Purcell’s shop for five dollars and then went outside to set them free. It was Mr. Purcell who had kept these birds in cage and restricted their freedom and the man spent his ten years income only to give the doves freedom, so he felt all themore insulted.

Correct Answer is: b) Lucknow

c) cook’s quarters

Three examples to prove that the bear grew up but "he was a most amiable bear" : 

(i) He did not dream of harming anybody, no man or beast. 

(ii) He look with his small intelligent eyes most affectionately at the cattle grazing in the field near by. 

(iii) The children used to ride on his back and he never harmed them.

Grandfather found the tiger cub was hiding among the intricate roots of a banyan tree.

As the tiger was very dangerous which was caught two months ago it was licking with more relish as nobody went near him and it was thinking of delicious food.

The phrase in italics suggests that Timothy (iii) smelt fresh food.

Timothy’s wild nature came out gradually True.

Timothy’s two companions were ‘Toto’, the monkey and a small mongrel puppy. ‘Toto’ the monkey was bold enough and always used to pull the young tiger by the tail and the other companion puppy by which the tiger was afraid initially, but finally it allowed the puppy to crawl on his back and rest there which showed that they were not afraid of him .

Grandmother's prophecy about the cook was that one day Timothy would be sitting on the cook's bed and would make a meal of the cook with his clothes and shoes left behind. However it didn't come true because grandfather observed that the tiger had begun to stalk Mahmoud about the house with a villainous intent and immediately transferred him to a zoo.

He was tied up with chain whenever he did mischief. He was also chained during nights and on Sundays when his mistress went to spend the afternoon with her married sister. It was done because it was not good for him to wander about in the forest with all its temptations; it was better to be on the safer side.

He ate the same food as the dogs and often out of the same plate like bread, porridge, potato, cabbage, turnip. He liked fruit the best. Two things he was not allowed to do were to climb trees for his favourite apples as there were beehives and he could get stung by them.

The lady found the bear cub in the forest. It was brought up on the bottle because it was almost dead due to hunger and was so small and helpless.

One Sunday when the lady was going to her sister’s house, she saw a bear coming behind her in the forest in full speed. Thinking that it was her bear, she scolded him and told him to go back as she didn't want him to come with her. She became very angry when she saw that the bear had lost his new collar and hit him on his nose with her parasol. The bear opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something and looked at her with his cunning eyes. After that, it turned around and went on its way.

Some people keep guinea pigs, parrots,love birds and domestic animals as pets.

Grandfather visited the zoo after six months to see Timothy and went straight to the cage where he was put in . Grandfather had asked the keeper to transfer Timothy to another cage, he said that the tiger in the cage was not Timothy. He was informed by the zoo keeper that his tiger Timothy had died two months ago, which shocked him in the end.

A leopard in the next cage snarled at Timothy. Every time, the leopard would rush at the bars and Timothy had to slink back to his corner. So, Grandfather wanted Timothy to be put in another enclosure.

No, I don't agree that second bear did not attack the lady because he was afraid of her. I think, the second bear was also amiable and want to befriend someone. Even when she lost her appetite and scolded him and hit the bear with her parasol, he did not attack her. Although, bears are capable of killing a person easily. He opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something and looked at her with his cunning eyes which tells us that he was not afraid of her at all but wanted to be loved by her. He had come stopping now and then look at the lady, till at last she lost sight of him which shows the affection he had with the lady.

When Timothy was about six months old, he grew steadily less friendly. Whenever he went out for a walk he would try to steal away to stalk a cat or someone pet pekinese. Sometimes at night they would hear frenzied crackling from the poultry house and in the morning there would be feathers lying all over veranda. Finally Timothy began to stalk Mahmoud about the house. All these changes in Timothy made grandfather to transfer him to zoo.

When Timothy was about six months old, he grew less friendly. When the author would take him out for a walk, he would try to steal away to stalk a cat or someone’s pet dog. Sometimes at night they heard frenzied cackling from the poultry house, and in the morning feathers were found lying all over the verandah. And finally, when he began to stalk Mahmoud about the house with a villainous intent, grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo. 

Grandmother’s prophecy was that the tiger (iii) would one day make a meal of Mahmoud.

(i) Toto climbed up the curtains when Timothy lost his temper. 

(ii) One of Timothy's favourite amusements was to stalk anyone who would play with him, and so, when I came to live with Grandfather, I became one of the tiger's favourites. 

(iii) Timothy had clean habits, and would scrub his face with his paws exactly like a cat.

The phrase in italics means (iii) Grandfather was the only successful member of the hunting party.

Everyone took Grandmother’s warning seriously True.

The present extract is taken from the letters of Nehru’s “Glimpses of world History”. Here Nehru wrote to his daughter Indira Priyadarshini on her 13th birthday. Usually giving the presents and blessings on birthday are common. But Nehru was in Naini prison, he couldn’t give present, only blessings. So he wished her and gave her such a beautiful present ie., letter. This was a gift to mind and spirit. The high walls of the prison could not stop this type of gift.

Nehru not only gave advice his intention was to discuss the matter and while talking with others, the truth comes Out. He wants to share his opinion with her daughter though she was young. Nehru always thought the best way of doing right. It is not by giving a speech.

The world is so wide and big, many wonderful and mysterious things are there. If somebody thought that he had learned. everything, that is foolish and over estimation. If there is nothing more to learn, In that case they missed the joy of discovery and learning new things. Nehru blessed of daughter to grow up into brave soldier in India’s service.

In the above letter we can see the compassion Nehru was outpouring towards his daughter. He was fed up with monotony of prison life. To write the letters to his daughter was purposeful. Nehru’s affection, inner resource, devotion to his daughter made him strong. These are best written letter and most popular in the world today.

Grandfather discovered the tiger cub on a hunting expedition in Terai Jungle near Dehra. Grandfather named him as Timothy. Grand-mother fed him entirely on milk, given to him in a feeding bottle. Timothy’s diet was raw mutton and cod liver oil, as milk proved too rich for him.

Timothy licked Grandfather’s hands and only sprang away when a leopard in the next cage snarled at him. Grandfather shooed the leopard away, and the tiger returned to lick his hands, but every now and then the leopard would rush at the bars, and the tiger would slink back to his comer.

Correct Answer is: (c) Ariclum