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English Core · 2024 · 2 marks
CBSE 2024 · Region 2 · Set 1 · Q11
Do you think the prediction made by the state astrologer "was indisputably disproved"? Give reasons in support of your answer. (The Tiger King)
Do you think the prediction made by the state astrologer "was indisputably disproved"? Give reasons in support of your answer. (The Tiger King)
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If yes (prediction is correct )
prince was born in the hour of bull, bull and tiger are enemies, hence death comes to him from a tiger
warned against killing tigers
death of the king by the hundredth tiger is predicted
If no (prediction is incorrect)
neither killed by the hundredth tiger nor a real one
actually killed by wooden tiger
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