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Answer the following questions based on this paragraph. To his keeper, Karim, Gajpati was the biggest, best and most intelligent Elephant in all Asia. He belonged to India’s Forest Department and was employed in the Himalayan foothills as a hunting Elephant. He could penetrate the jungle like no other animal. Gajpati stood three meters tall and weighed nearly 5,000 kilograms. His legs were like trees, and he had more than once stamped a bear to a pulp. Yet, Gajpati was a gentle animal. He was especially so with Karim, whom Gajpati loved with unselfish devotion and with Karim’s infant son. If the Elephant was doing nothing when Karim’s wife had water to fetch, or dinner to cook, either she or Karim would draw a circle in the dust in front of the tethered animal and put the baby into it.

Gajpati’s legs were like trees and heavy. He once stamped.

Options

Option A

Karim’s wife

Option B

Karim

Option C

Karim and other Elephant

Option D is correct

A bear to pulp