Summary of Class 10 English Mijbil the Otter
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Question 1:
What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
Answer
Maxwell thinks that he will keep an otter instead of a dog. He thinks that Camusfearna would be a suitable spot for the experiment because it was ringed by water at a short distance from its door.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 2:
Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
Answer
The writer went to Basra to collect and answer his mail from Europe.
He had to wait there for 5 days as his mail did not arrive.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 3:
How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
Answer
On the day, he received his mail, he went to his bedroom to read it. There he found two Arabs with the otter in the sack. They handed him over a note from his friend and the otter. Yes, he liked it. The words ‘a thraldom to otters, an otter’ tell us this.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 4:
Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
Answer
The otter was named by zoologists as Lutrogale Perspicillata Maxwelli. Hence, it was called Maxwell’s otter in short.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 5:
Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
• aloof and indifferent
• friendly
• hostile
Answer
In the beginning, the otter was aloof and indifferent.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 6:
What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?
Answer
When the author first took Mijbil to the bathroom, the otter first went wild with joy in the water. He plunged and rolled in it. He jumped up and down the length of the bathtub. He made enough slosh and splash. After two days, the otter suddenly disappeared and went to the bathroom to play in the water and opened the tap on his own.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 7:
How was Mij to be transported to England?
Answer
Mijbil was packed in a box as the airlines had directed the author. As British airlines did not allow pets on board the author had to book a ticket on a different airline from Iraq to Paris and then Paris to London.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 8:
What did Mij do to the box?
Answer
The box was lined with metal sheet. Mij didn’t find it comfortable to be there so tried to escape. In its attempt to escape Mij tore into the metal lining of the box. As a result it hurt itself and started bleeding.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 9:
Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
Answer
As there was no other way to carry Mij to London so the author had put it back into the box. He must have felt pity on the way the otter had hurt itself. Moreover, he must be worried as well.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 10:
Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
Answer
The airhostess was very sympathetic after listening to Maxwell’s story. She understood how he might be feeling and then gave him permission to take the otter out of the box. Due to all this, Maxwell referred her as “the very queen of her kind”.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 11:
What happened when the box was opened?
Answer
As soon as the box was opened, Mij ran out. Then it ran all over the place scaring all the passengers. It created a claos and most of the people in the plane got scared.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 12:
What game had Mij invented?
Answer
Mij invented a game of playing with the ball in a unique way. One of the author’s suitcase was damaged and had a slope on the top part. Mij would put the ball on the high end and run to catch it as it slided to the lower end.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 13:
What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
(i) school children
(ii) Mij?
Answer
Compulsive habits are usually strange act or behaviour which a person does without clear reason.
(i) On their way to and from school, children make it a habit to place their feet exactly on the centre of each paving block.
(ii) Similarly, Mij had made it a habit to jump on to the school wall and go galloping all along its length of thirty yards.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 14:
What group of animals do otters belong to?
Answer
Otters belong to a relatively small group of animals known as Mustellines. The other animals of this group are badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 15:
What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?
Answer
According to Maxwell, an otter is not recognised by an average Londoner. They made various guesses about what Mij was. They guessed it to be a baby seal, a walrus, a squirrel, a hippo, a beaver, a leopard, a bear cub and a brontosaur.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 16:
What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
Answer
Mij invented his own game out of ping-pong ball and a worn down suitcase. He loved water, and once he understood that on opening the tap water came out of it, he would get into the tub and played with water.
He had gradually formed a special attachment with Maxwell. It giyw desperate when Maxwell left it in a box and wanted to come out as soon as possible.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 17:
What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
Answer
Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines, shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others. Maxwell’s otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli or Maxwell’s otter. They are found in large numbers in marshes.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
Question 18:
Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
Answer
Maxwell’s otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwell or Maxwell’s otter.
Class 10 English Chapter 6 Mijbil the Otter
