The Bond of Love

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Question
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(i) Where did the writer find the baby bear?

(ii) How were the wild pigs being driven away? Why?

(iii) Find the words from the passage which mean similar to the words given below:

(a) for no good reason, (b) at once.

Solution

(i) The writer found the baby bear near the sugarcane fields near Mysore.

(ii) The wild pigs were being driven out of the sugarcane fields by shooting at them as they destroyed the sugarcane fields.

(iii) (a) for no good reason — wantonly.

(b) at once — promptly.

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(i) What fell down the dead bear’s body ? Why were the shooters surprised?

(ii) How did the baby bear behave after his mother’s death?

(iii) Find two words (from the passage) opposite in meaning of the following words.

(a) release, (b) enemies.

Solution

(i) A baby bear riding on the back of his parent’s body fell from it. The shooters were surprised as it looked like a piece of black fur.

(ii) The baby bear kept running around his parent’s dead body, making sounds.

(iii) (a) release — capture.

(b) enemies — companions.

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(a) What does ‘it’ stand for here?

(b) How did she feel at receiving it?

(c) Find out the words from the passage which mean the same as the following:

(i) properly, (ii) named.

Solution

(a) ‘It’ stands here for the baby bear.

(b) She was delighted at receiving it.

(c) (i) duly

(ii) christened.

Question
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(i) Who was Bruno? What befall him once?

(ii) How did the poison affect Bruno?

(iii) Find words from the passage which mean the same as:

(a) moved forcibly, (b) the doctor of animals.

Solution

(i) Bruno was the tame baby bear of the writer. Once he ate rat poison (Barium Carbonate).

(ii) The poison paralyzed Bruno and made his breathing difficult.

(iii) (a) moved forcibly — dragged.

(b) the doctor of animals — the vet.