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Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 1

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

Q. The extract refers to the many movements of the young gull's brothers and sister. Choose the option that correctly sequences these movements.

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 1
Curveting – flying with tilted wings, Banking – quick darting movements, Soaring – rising high in sky, Diving – plunging headfirst into water (to catch fish).
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 2

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

Q. How would you describe the screams of the gulls in the given extract?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 2
His parents were delighted and overjoyed, that is elated, when the young bird started flying. They were not bewildered or shocked (as they knew that he can fly). They were not trying to protect him by flying over him, they were just expressing their joy.
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Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 3

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

Q. Pick the most appropriate reason why the young gull felt dizzy.

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 3

Dizzy here means giddy, a feeling which one experiences when someone is doing a new thing for the first time. Here, the young bird was flying for the first time.

Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 4

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

Q. The line "he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly" implies the:

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 4
Flying is natural to birds. It was just that the young bird learnt later that birds are made for flying.
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 5

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

He just felt a bit dizzy. Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curveting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.

Q. Which of the following mirrors the use of the literary device in "shrieking shrilly"?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 5
‘Shrieking shrilly ’ and ‘Sneeze silently ’ are use of alliterations.
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 6

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

Q. Which of the following feelings did the young gull, NOT feel according to the given context? "...all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister..."

(i) sad

(ii) incompetent

(iii) excluded

(iv) ungrateful

(v) inspired

(vi) jealous

(vii) anxious

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 6
The young bord was full of feelings of sadness (for not able to enjoy flying from one place to another), incompetence (as he thought that he cannot fly), excluded (as others enjoyed in water and he used to sit alone outside) and anxious (as he also wanted to fly). However, he never felt ungrateful, inspired and jealous of his parents or siblings.
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 7

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

Q. Which option lists the image nearest to 'skim the waves'?

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 7

‘Skim the waves’ means to test the level of movement of waves which is best depicted in option (D). In Option (A), there is no water around the bird, in (B) the bird is already swimming confidently in the water and in (D), the bird is flying high in the sky.

Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 8

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

Q. Based on the given sentence, pick the option that corresponds to what human parents would say. 'While his parents circled around raising a proud cackle.'

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 8
‘Well done!’ is said to encourage the child after successfully doing something. ‘Oh No!’ will be said if the child is not able to do something. ‘Ready?’ will be said before starting of the event and not after the completion. ‘Really!’ will be said when the parents do not expect or trust that their child will be able to do this.
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 9

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

Q. Imagine that the young gull attended a workshop on inspiration and confidence building and received a couple of pieces of advice.Choose the option that reflects these pieces of advice, most relevant to his situation.

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 9
The young bird knew that birds are meant to fly, so he already knew about himself. It also is not about how early or late he should start flying so as to benefit. The extract is about the young bird whose siblings had already learnt flying, but he was having the first flight, so he need not bother himself about what others were doing, it was important for the young bird as being the First flight. Also, he was earlier afraid of flying, but when he overcame his fear, he learnt the art of flying.
Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 10

Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :

The day before, all day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the morning the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with his cowardice.

Select the most appropriate option for the following:

devour : guzzle :: nibble :

Detailed Solution for Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Question 10
Devour and Guzzle refer to eating in big bites and quick swallowing. Nibble and Peck refer to eating in small tit bits and lazily eating. Chew refers to biting and grinding with teeth the bite taken. Savour refers to enjoying food. Gulp also refers to eating big bites and quick swallowing, so does not match with Nibble.
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