Hi Everyone!! This article will share The Piper of Manas Questions & Answers.
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The Piper of Manas Questions & Answers
Question 1: Why could Dr Phukan not believe his eyes? What did he see?
Answer: Dr Phukan couldn’t believe to see a baby rhinoceros wedged between the branches of a tree just above the water.
Question 2: Describe briefly the floods in the Kaziranga National Park.
Answer: Every year, during the monsoons, the Brahmaputra River overflows and causes the whole of Kaziranga National Park to be flooded with water. Many animals get washed away in the floods.
Question 3: Why was Dr Phukan very worried about the rhino?
Answer: The baby rhino was in shock and had hardly moved. It had been difficult to feed him and the doctor was worried that he might die.
Question 4: Why did Arnab and Radhika go to the stabilisation centre? What did they do there?
Answer: Arnab and Radhika went to the stabilisation centre to see the rhino calf. While they waited for their father, Arnab began to play the flute.
Question 5: It is more fantastic than the story. What did Dr Phukan find more fantastic than the Pied Piper story?
Answer: Dr Phukan thought that the rhino’s responding to music was more fantastic than the Pied Piper story.
Question 6: Read and answer the questions:
“That’s where……………..One-horned Rhino”.
(a) Who said these words and to whom?
Answer: The father said these words to Arnab and Radhika.
(b) Why did he say so?
Answer: He said so because Arnab pointed at the bump on his nose.
(c) Where had they found the rhino?
Answer: The father had rescued the rhino from the branch of the tree where it was caught between two branches during flood.
Question 7: Choose the correct answers to complete these sentences.
1. The baby rhino was stuck between
a. the boat and the tree.
b. a tree trunk and a branch.
c. some rocks.
2. The baby rhino was just
a. a few days old.
b. a few months old.
c. a few weeks old
3. Dr Phukan took the rhino to Manas from
a. Kaziranga National Park.
b. Nagarhole National Park.
c. Jim Corbett National Park.
4. Dr Phukan thought that the rhino calf’s mother
a. would come looking for her calf.
b. was washed away in the floods.
c. was probably sick and needed help.
5. The ‘little bump’ on the rhino’s nose is
a. the wound when he got stuck in the tree.
b. a strange growth he had since birth.
c. the place where his horn will grow.
6. The baby rhino responded when
a. the children played around him.
b. Arnab and Radhika gave it some milk.
c. Arnab played his flute.
Question 8: The title of this story is similar to another popular Western folktale. It is also mentioned in the story.
a. What is the title of that folktale?
Answer: Pied Piper of Hamelin.
b. Why is it mentioned in this story? What are the similarities and differences between these two stories?
Answer: Just like how the piper in the story attracted the children with his music, Arnab too attracts the baby rhino with music from his flute. The similarity is the music. The difference is that the piper used his music to lead the children away from the village but Arnab uses his Baahi here, to bring the baby rhino closer to himself and his family.
So, these were The Piper of Manas Questions & Answers.