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English Core · 2025 · 2 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 5 · Set 2 · Q11
What did the hunters realise when they looked at the hundredth tiger? (The Tiger King)
What did the hunters realise when they looked at the hundredth tiger ? (The Tiger King)
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the hundredth tiger was not dead/ the king's bullet had missed the target/ the tiger had only fainted from the shock of the bullet whizzing past
they would lose their job if they informed the king that the bullet had missed the tiger/the tiger was not killed
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