CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -They like to be mostly alone, roaming their huge territories in search of food. They are territorial, marking their territory with scratch marks on trees. These animals are most active during the night when their prey is most active. They can, however, be active at any time.

Detailed explanation-2: -An adult tiger will usually define the boundary of its territory by spraying urine because of the strong odor associated with it can last up to 40 days but they may also use feces for marking.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although they spend most of their time on land, tigers are one of the very few cats that love water. They are good swimmers and often lounge around in lakes and streams to cool off from the daytime heat.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tigers mainly rely on their sense of sight and hearing rather than on smell when hunting prey. They cautiously stalk their prey from the rear in attempt to get as close as possible to their unsuspecting prey. Then they attempt to take down their prey with a powerful bite to the neck and/ or throat.

Detailed explanation-5: -Tigers are nocturnal animals It is not necessarily true that all Tigers are nocturnal but yes, they do prefer engaging in most of their hunting activities at night. The reason behind this is that Tigers prefer avoiding human conflict during daylight and also patrol around their territory at night.