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NCERT Solutions for Class 1 English Chapter 16 – The Tiger and The Mosquito


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Question 1:
1) What was the tiger doing when the mosquito came buzzing by?
2) Why did the tiger’s cheek start to bleed?
3) Why did the tiger walk away?

Answer
1) The tiger was dozing under a tree when the mosquito came buzzing by.
2) His cheek started to bleed because he got hit by his own paw while trying to attack on the mosquito.
3) The tiger walked away because he felt helpless.

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Question 2:
1) Why did the mosquito say, “I am not afraid of you!”?

Answer
1) The mosquito said, “I am not afraid of you!” because tiger was showing his anger and he believed that The mosquito would get afraid of him.. Though everyone is scared of a tiger, the mosquito knew that he would be able to fly away, and therefore he was not afraid of the tiger.

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Question 3:
1) What do we learn from this story?
2) Describe the lion and the tiger. How are they different from each other?

Answer
1) The moral of the story is that we should not be proud of ourselves, as everyone has his/her own strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has its own quality. We should never underestimate others.
2) Lions and tigers are wild animals. Both of them belong to the cat family but are different in some ways. The lion is a large brown coloured cat whereas the tiger is a large yellow coloured cat. Often the lion has long and thick hair. On the other hand, the tiger has black stripes on its yellow body. The lion is a very lazy animal whereas the tiger is a very active one. The lion cannot climb a tree but the tiger can easily climb on the tree.

translation

A tiger was dozing under a tree. A mosquito came buzzing by the tiger. The tiger said, “Hey! Mosquito! Go away!” The mosquito said, “Why should I go away? I am not afraid of you!” The tiger was angry. He hit out with his paw. The mosquito flew off. The paw struck his own cheek. The blow scraped his cheek. It began to bleed. The mosquito buzzed away. The tiger struck with his other paw. The mosquito flew off. This time, too, he hit himself. The tiger was helpless. The mosquito continued to buzz. The tiger got up and quietly walked away. The mosquito called out after him, “Don’t be so proud, my friend. Everyone is great on his own way!”

एक बाघ एक पेड़ के नीचे ऊँघ रहा था। भिनभिनाता हुआ एक मच्छर उसके पास आया। बाघ ने कहा- ”हे मच्छर! “भागो यहाँ से।” मच्छर ने कहा-“मुझे यहाँ से क्यों जाना चाहिए? मैं तुमसे नहीं डरता।” बाघ क्रोधित हो उठा। उसने मच्छर को अपने पंजे से मारा। मच्छर उड़ गया। बाघ का पंजा उसके अपने ही गाल पर पड़ा। इससे उसका गाल छिल गया तथा उससे खून निकलने लगा। मच्छर भिनभिनाता हुआ उड़ गया। बाघ ने अपने दूसरे पंजे का प्रयोग किया। मच्छर उड़ गया। इस बार भी उसे स्वयं को ही तमाचा मारा। बाघ असहाय-सा हो गया। मच्छर ने अपनी भिनभिनाहट जारी रखी। बाघ उठा और धीरे-धीरे वहाँ से चला गया। मच्छरने जाते हुए बाघ के पीछे से कहा-”न्यादा घमंड मत करो दोस्त। हर व्यक्ति अपने विशिष्ट गु के कारण बड़ा होता है।”

summary

This is a story of a tiger and a mosquito. Once the tiger was relaxing. A mosquito came buzzing near to him. The tiger became frustrated and said mosquito to go away. But mosquito kept buzzing around him and disturbed the tiger. Tiger attacked the mosquito with his paw. But paw strucked its own cheek. The same thing happened again. The tiger was helplessly walked away. Mosquito gave a lesson to the tiger that never to be proud because everyone has its own qualities.