CBSE Class 9 Main Course: Save the Tiger NCERT Solutions

Solution: The fundamental cause of the dispute between the tiger and the man was the desire to establish who held the position of superiority. The man sought to assert his dominance, while the tiger, in its own way, challenged this notion. The options provided reflect different interpretations of this conflict, but the core issue was the assertion of power and status.

1. to establish who was superior.

Solution: To visually represent and assert his claim of superiority over the tiger, the man resorted to creating a piece of art. He carved a statue that depicted a man riding on the back of a tiger, symbolizing human control and dominance over the powerful animal.

1. he carved a statue of a man riding a tiger.

Solution: The tiger's counter-argument cleverly challenged the man's assertion of superiority. Instead of directly claiming dominance, the tiger proposed a hypothetical scenario: if the roles were reversed and the tiger possessed the ability to sculpt, it would create art that depicted the man in a subordinate position. This highlighted that perceived superiority can be a matter of perspective and who holds the power to represent it.

1. He said the situation would be reversed if he was the sculptor.

Solution: Here are two dialogues exploring the conflict and potential understanding between humans and tigers, from different perspectives:

Dialogue 1: A tiger behind bars and a man

Man: Hello, Mr. Tiger! You are now behind bars. No longer the king of the jungle, are you? You will have to listen to me now. I will be your dictator. I'll even appoint a ringmaster to train you in many tricks.

Tiger: I am the lord of the jungle from where you trapped me. You have violated forest laws by caging me. This is an immoral act. Open the doors! Let me be free and return to my jungle.

Man: You tiger! Don't try to teach me law and ethics. I captured you after taking so much risk. I am not a fool to set you free.

Tiger: You are a rational animal, O man! Please be kind to me and set me free.

Man: Shut up! I am not going to set you free. Don't worry, here you will get fresh goat meat to eat.

Tiger: O man! People like you are killing us daily. We have become an endangered species, with our numbers decreasing day by day. Tiger experts say only 3000 of us are left.

Man: So what! Nothing will happen if tigers don't live. Other animals will survive in peace; they live in constant panic because of you tigers.

Tiger: This is not our fault. Nature created us and the food chain. If we don't hunt other animals, there will be an ecological imbalance. Man should not kill us, as we can live without man, but man cannot live without us.

Dialogue 2: A man in a cage and a tiger

Man: Have mercy on me, O tiger! You have caged me for no fault of mine. I am starving since yesterday. You haven't given me any food.

Tiger: What! Haven't I given you food? What is all this in the bowl next to you?

Man: O my lord, Tiger! How can I eat raw food? The food you have given is not cooked. I cannot eat this.

Tiger: Eat what you have got and stop weeping.

Man: O Tiger! I want to meet my wife and children. They are at home. I do not know how they are. Please release me and let me go! For the sake of my children, please let me go!

Tiger: What exactly do you want? Tell me. You have been caged not for nothing. I will take you to the jungle where you will perform in a circus in front of the animals. You will perform feats, and the animals will clap and applaud your performance. Ha ha ha...

Man: Oh no! Please don't do that. I understand that you are taking revenge for the ill-treatment we give to tigers.

Tiger: I have put you in a cage to teach you a lesson. I hope you can now empathize with our condition when we are put in a cage. I will let you go if you pledge to protect the tigers and other animals. I will let you be free if you encourage people not to buy any product made from animals' body parts. I will let you go if you can educate people that they should stop hunting us.

Man: I agree to your conditions. Please free me. You are very wise and generous. O Tiger, you have not eaten me.

Tiger: I let you free. When you go back to your society, chant this slogan:

Save Tiger, The King Of The Jungle.

Solution: Here are the completed sentences based on the context of tiger conservation:

1. The next generation is not likely to see the tiger because of poaching and killing of tigers to make rugs and coats out of their skins.
2. Stringent laws against poachers must be enforced.
3. The responsibility of protection of the tiger lies with the government, especially the forest department.
4. One of the reasons for the Tiger becoming extinct is poaching.
5. Destroying nature means destroying ourselves.
6. The Bali, Javan and Caspian are different types of tigers (now extinct).
7. Project Tiger is a wildlife conservation project.
8. Tigers are found in the evergreen and monsoon forests of the Indo-malayan realm to the mixed coniferous -deciduous woodlands of the Russian Far east and the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans, shared by India and Bangladesh.
9. Though tigers are mostly nocturnal, some species may also be active during the day.
10. The body length of the tiger is approximately 270-330 cm (including tail). (Note: The source did not provide a specific number for this blank, so a general range is inferred from common knowledge about tiger sizes.)