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English · 2025 · 3 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 3 · Set 1 · Q8
In what ways does the contrast between the tiger's natural habitat and its confinement in a concrete cell enhance the poem's exploration of captivity and its consequences for wild animals ? (A Tiger in the Zoo)
Official answer
From CBSE’s own marking scheme for this paper.
● Loss of natural environment
● Impact of confinement (tiger- helpless in the cage)
● Behavioural change (from roaming freely to being caged/terrorising
villagers to being stared at)
● Yearning/ longing for freedom (to hunt in the wild) (aggression in the
cage)
● Human impact– poem critiques human intervention and consequences of
encroaching on natural habitats and wild animals
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