The legend behind a legend (Q & A)

Important Question Answer of the Prose The Legend Behind A Legend

Unit- 1

Qn.1. Who is Khairi ?

Answer. Khairi is a domesticated tigress of Jashipur. She made the forest famous.

Qn.2. How did the writer come to know about Khairi ?

Answer. The writer came to know about Khairi from a small news published in the daily newspaper “The Statesman”.

Qn.3. Who was the Foster father of Khairi ?

Answer. Mr. Saroj Raj Choudhury was the foster father of Khairi.

Qn.4. Which state does the writer belong ?

Answer. The writer belongs to Odisha.

Qn.5. What did he learn about Saroj Raj Choudhury as a person ?

Answer. The writer learnt that Saroj Raj Choudhury was a gruff and tough man who brooked no nonsense and suffered no fools.

Qn.6. How did he contact Mr. Choudhury ?

Answer. He contacted Mr. Choudhury by writing to him.

Qn.7. Why did he refer some of his articles to Mr. Choudhury?

Answer. The writer referred to some of his itinerant articles to impress Mr. Choudhury that he wrote in different Indian Magazines.

Qn.8. Did Mr. Choudhury reply to the author’s letter? What did he write?

Answer. Yes, Mr. Choudhury repliedto the author’s letter. He wrote inviting the writer and giving him precise instructions to reach there.

Unit-2

Qn.9. How did the writer come to Bhubaneswar?

Answer. The writer came to Bhubaneswar by bus.

Qn.10. How did he go to Jashipur From Bhubaneswar?

Answer. He went to Jashipur from Bhubaneswar by train.

Qn.11. How did the forest guard receive him?

Answer. The forest guard welcome him, took him to the guest house, showed him his room and told to take rest as soon as possible.

Qn.12. Why was he terror-struck?

Answer. He was terror-struck because he heard the unmistakable voice of the tiger just outside his door.

Qn.13. What did the bearer tell him about Khairi?

Answer. the bearer told him about khairi that it was outside the door makng friendly enquiries about the new guest in the house.

Qn.14. What was Mr. Choudhury doing when the writer met him ?

Answer. When the writer met Mr. Choudhury was sitting on a large chair and a sloth bear was standing behind him holding on to his waist.

Qn.15. How did Mr.Choudhury greet the author?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury rose to great the author and asked Jambu to get down.

Qn.16. What was the name of the bear ?

Answer. The name of the bear was Jambu.

Qn.17. What was the physical appearance of Mr. Choudhury?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury was a frail man and fifties, slightly balding on the top.

Qn.18. What kind of man did the author find Mr. Choudhury to be?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury was one of the most humble human beings that the author found.

Unit- 3

Qn.19. What kind of man did the author find Mr. Choudhury to be ?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury was one of the most humble human beings that the author found.

Qn.20. What theory did Mr. Choudhury prove wrong?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury proved the theory wrong that they cannot co-exist unless they are together from infancy.

Qn.21. What was his first story about?

Answer. His first story was about his experiment on a young tiger's reaction to a snake(Krait).

Qn.22. Why is it so unique and amazing?

Answer. It is so unique and amazing because Khairi being a wild animal was curious to know more about the strange new creature.

Qn.23.Why did Mr. Choudhury allow Khairi to come near a Krait?

Answer. Mr. Choudhury allowed Khairi to come near a Krait to experiment the reaction of a young tiger to a snake.

Qn.24.What was Khairi’s reaction to the presence of the Krait?

Answer. Khairi was curious to know more about the new creature; the krait before her.

Qn.25. How did the experiment affect him?

Answer. The experiment went on for some time. Each time the Krait went close to Khairi Mr. Choudhury pulled its tail. Then it bit him.

Qn.26. What did the bear try to do with the writer?

Answer. The bear, Jambu, tried to give the writer a bear hug.

Qn.27. What prevented the bear from doing so?

Answer. A stern ‘no’ from Saroj was enough to prevent the bear from doing so.

Qn.28. What kind of family did Mr. Choudhury 

Answer. Mr. Choudhury had a veritable joint family that mongoose, a pangolin, wild cat twins, a country dog and a blind hyena.

Qn.29. What was his relationship with different animals?

Answer. Mr. Chaudhury was very kind and considerate towards different animals. His relationship with different animals was like father son relationship.

Unit-4

Qn.30. How and when did Mr. Choudhury come across Khairi?

Answer. On October 5, 1974, 12 Kharia tribal of Similipal brought a two month old tiger cub to Mr. Chopudhury, an officer of the Indian forest service. That was Khairi.

Qn.31. In what condition did he find it?

Answer. Mr. Chaudhury found that it was a female cub of two months and she was famished and confused.

Qn.32. How did he manage the hungry and confused cub ?

Answer. He imitated the sounds of a mother-tigress and within minutes the hungry and confused cub came to his control.

Qn.33. How did he treat wild life in his young age ?

Answer. In his young age he shot wild life with abandon means he went on killing the wild animals recklessly.

Qn.34. What did he say about his change of attitude towards wildlife to the author ?

Answer. He said that he realised that there is greater happiness in conserving these beautiful animals that do no wanton harm to man.

Qn.35. What was his contribution to the tiger project ?

Answer. He introduced the tiger tracing method of tiger census where the pugmarks of each animal with distinctive measurements and characteristics are miraculously recorded.

Qn.36. What was the guest house like ?

Answer. The guest house was wooden structure with functional rooms and a bath. It was built on stilts and stood a good 15 feet above ground.

Qn.37. What new experience did the author have in the tiger Reserve area ?

Answer. The author had a new experience for the first time. He had spent one night a top of a Magnificent Machan.

Unit- 5

Qn.38. After what interval of time did the writer visit Mr. Choudhury for the second time ?

Answer. The writer visited Mr. Choudhury for the second time after three months.

Qn.39. What new addition to Choudhury family did he find there ?

Answer. He found an eight foot long young Python in addition to his old friends.

Qn.40. Why did he get less time to interact with Mr. Choudhury this time ?

Answer. He got less time to interact with Mr. Choudhury this time because there was a wireless message from the World Wild Life Fund. Mr.Choudhury was asked immediately to catch a flight for an important meeting at New Delhi the next day.

Qn.41. Who died first Khairi or Mr. Choudhury ?

Answer. Khairi died first. 

Qn.42. Who are the two legends the writer talk about ?

Answer. Khairi, the domesticated tigress and Mr.Choudhury, her foster father are the two legends the writer talks about.

Qn.43. The text is more about Mr. Choudhury or Khairi ?

Answer. The text is more about Mr. Saroj Raj Choudhury.

Qn.44. Can you guess now why the title of the text is “The Legend behind the Legend" ?

Answer. The title of the text “The legend behind the legend“ because it is impossible to tame wild animals and Mr. Choudhury was able to do all this. The second by to famous tigress is another legend. So the title is justified.