Q1. What, according to the writer, are the advantages of shooting with a camera ?
Ans. According to the writer, shooting with a camera is one of the finest sport because it is harmless. In it innocent animals are not killed for fun. It is more thrilling and exciting to see and to photograph them in all their natural beauty than killing them.
Q2. How did man hunt in the beginning?
Ans. A first man hunted animals with heavy sticks or clubs or spears. Then be hunted with weapons of stones and bones. Later he hunted with bows and arrows and then with weapons of metals.
Q3. What, according to the wirter, is one of the greatest things in favour of hunting with a camera ?
Ans. According to the writer one of the greatest things in favour of hunting with a camera is that the animal or bird is not killed. It is safe for the hunter as well as the hunted.
Q4. What problems in the handling of old camers have been pointed out by Major Dugmore ?
Ans. The cameras available then were heavy and crude. They could not be easily taken from one place to another. Their lenses, plates and film were slow moving. They stopped working at the most critical moments.
Q5. Describe the taking of the first successful photograph of the lioness by the author.
Ans. After waiting for many nights, the writer found a lioness standing before him. It stood still and looked straight into his eyes. He pressed the flashlight. In this way he took the photo.
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