CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Passage: I made a body-belt for him and took him on a lead to the bathroom, where for half an hour he went wild with joy in the water, plunging and rolling in it, shooting up and down the length of the bathtub underwater, and making enough slosh and splash for a hippo.

Detailed explanation-2: -(d) The author made a body-belt for himself to take otter on a lead to the bathroom.

Detailed explanation-3: -His friend suggested to Maxwell that he could get an otter in the Tigris marshes for they were very common there, like mosquitoes. Moreover, the friend also informed, that otters were often trained by the Arabs. venally Maxwell and his friend went to Basra to the Consulate-General to collect their mail.

Detailed explanation-4: -The author of the story is Gavin Maxwell. In this story, the writer tells us how his life altered after he decided to keep an otter. Here he is taking us through his journey and his experiences with Mijbil (or Mij) the otter.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: The otter was not a common wild creature. It belonged to an unknown race of otters that was later christened by zoologists as Lutrogale perspicillata Maxwelli; As it came into light as Maxwell’s pet, it was named as Maxwell’s otter.