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Chapter 3: A Tiger in the Zoo
📖 Poem
Class 10
✍️ Leslie Norris
NCERT First Flight
📖 Chapter Summary
This poem contrasts the life of a tiger in a zoo with its life in the wild. In the zoo, the tiger is locked in a small cage, quietly moving around. But the poet imagines how the tiger would behave if it were free — stalking deer, sliding through long grass, roaring at the village edge.
📖 NCERT Chapter — First Flight
✅ NCERT Exercise Solutions
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Comprehension Check
4 Q
Q1.
How does the tiger behave in the zoo?
Ans: He walks quietly and angrily in his cage. He ignores visitors and stares at the stars.
Q2.
Where should the tiger have been?
Ans: In the wild, stalking deer and sliding through long grass.
Q3.
What does the tiger do at night?
Ans: He stares at the brilliant stars and hears the patrolling cars.
Q4.
What is the tiger's attitude towards visitors?
Ans: He ignores them and stays quiet.
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Thinking about the Poem
2 Q
Q1.
What is the theme?
Ans: The cruelty of caging wild animals and the importance of freedom.
Q2.
How does the poet contrast the two lives?
Ans: He compares the caged tiger's helplessness with the majestic tiger's free life.
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Literary Devices
3 Q
Q1.
Identify the contrast.
Ans: Tiger's life in the cage vs. in the wild.
Q2.
Identify alliteration.
Ans: 'Stalks in his vivid stripes' — repetition of 's'.
Q3.
Identify personification.
Ans: The tiger is given human emotions.
❓ Important Questions
Q1. How does the poet describe the tiger in the wild?
Stalking deer, sliding through long grass, snarling at the village edge.
Q2. What is the moral?
Wild animals should be left free in their natural habitat.
📄 Previous Year Questions (PYQ)
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Q1. What does the tiger do at night?
He stares at the brilliant stars and hears the patrolling cars.
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Q2. Where would the tiger be happier?
In the wild, because that is his natural habitat.
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Q3. What is the message?
Wild animals should not be caged.
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The poem is about a tiger locked in a zoo cage.
यह कविता चिड़ियाघर के पिंजरे में बंद बाघ के बारे में है।
In the zoo, the tiger moves silently in a small cage.
चिड़ियाघर में बाघ छोटे पिंजरे में चुपचाप घूमता है।
But in the wild, the tiger would stalk deer.
लेकिन जंगल में, बाघ हिरण का शिकार करता।
It would slide through long grass.
यह लंबी घास के बीच से सरकता।
The poem shows how cruel it is to cage wild animals.
कविता दिखाती है कि जंगली जानवरों को पिंजरे में बंद करना कितना क्रूर है।
Freedom is essential for all living beings.
सभी जीवित प्राणियों के लिए स्वतंत्रता आवश्यक है।