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Read these lines: "But they are afraid of him too, because Tabaqui, more than anyone else in the jungle, is apt to go mad, and then he forgets that he was ever afraid of anyone, and runs through the forest biting everything in his way. Even the tiger runs and hides when little Tabaqui goes mad." What makes so small an animal dangerous?

AWhen maddened he loses all fear and bites all
BHe hunts in packs far larger than the wolves
CHe can climb higher than any other hunter
DHe carries word of every kill to the tiger
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. When maddened he loses all fear and bites all
1. 1. The quoted lines give the cause first: he is apt to go mad more than anyone else. 2. 2. Madness removes his fear, so nothing holds him back from anything. 3. 3. In that state he bites everything in his way, which is why even a tiger gives ground. 4. 4. Packs, climbing and message-carrying are never offered as the source of the danger. _Source: The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling (1894)_
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