Class 6 English Chapter 8 Practice Question Answers - A Pact with the Sun

Q1: What did the bird tell the King?
Ans: The bird told him that the bird he had seen was his brother, but he had made robbers his friends.

Q2: What did the second bird complain about his brother?
Ans: The second bird who lived near the Rishi’s ashram complained to the king that the bird in the forest near the robbers’ cave was his brother. He had befriended the robbers. He had learnt their foul language. He did not even talk to him anymore.

Q3: Why did the king go near the cave?
Ans: The king lost his way in the forest and was exhausted. To take some rest, he got down from the horse and went to find a resting place near the cave.

Q4: Which one of the following sums up the story best?
(i) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
(ii) One is known by the company one keeps.
(iii) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Ans: (ii)
The line that sums up the story best is “One is known by the company one keeps.

Q5: Where do the two baby birds live with their mother?
Ans: The two baby birds live in a tall and shady tree.

Q6: Why did the king go to the forest?
Ans: The king went to the forest for hunting.

Q7: How did the two baby birds get separated?
Ans: The two baby birds got separated as the wind blew them away to the other side of the forest. Both landed at different places.

Q8: Why was the king amazed?
Ans: The king was amazed to hear a similar voice of a bird again.

Q9: What did the first bird say to the stranger?
Ans: The stranger heard the first bird cried out. “Quick! Hurry up! There’s someone under the tree. Come and take his jewels and his horse. Hurry, or else he’ll slip away.”

Q10: What did the second bird say to him?
Ans: The second bird asked the king to make himself comfortable in the ashram. She welcomed the king.

Q11: What did the king think about the bird?
Ans: The king thought that the bird looked like the one he saw near the cave.

Q12: Why was the king amazed?
Ans: The king was amazed to see a big brown bird near a cave calling out to the robbers to come quickly and rob the king of his jewels and horse. He was amazed a second time again when he reached a Rishi’s ashram and saw another similar big, brown bird gently welcoming him and asking him to make himself comfortable.

Q13: What misfortune did the bird family meet?
Ans: The mother bird and two baby birds met with a misfortune. There was a big storm, with thunder and lightening and rain. The wind blew down many trees. The tree in which the birds lived was also uprooted. The mother bird died and the baby birds were separated from each other.

Q14: How did the king encounter with those birds in the forest?
Ans: When the king came to the forest to hunt, he followed a deer and while chasing him he lost his way. He became tired and sat under a tree to have some rest. All of a sudden a brown bird called robbers to take his jewels away. He was shocked and became afraid and ran away from the place. The king reached the ashram and sat down under another tree to take rest. A bird welcomed him and asked him to take rest and to have some water and make himself comfortable. The king came to know that the bird looked like the same brown bird. The bird told the king that the brown bird was his brother and lived with robbers. Thus, the king encountered those birds in the forest.

Q15: Narrate the tale of two birds in your own words.
Ans: Once there lived a mother bird in a forest. She had two new-born chicks. One day a storm came with thunder and lightning. The mother bird was killed. But the baby birds were blown away to the other end of the forest. One lived in the company of robbers. The other stayed with a rishi. One day a king heard them speak. The one asked the robbers to loot and kill the king. The other noble bird welcomed him sweetly in the ashram. They behaved differently because of the company they kept.

Q16: A man is known by the company he keeps. Comment
Ans: The story of two birds reveal this truth. Both the birds were siblings but the drastic difference in their attitude is evident. They responded in contrast with each other when they saw the king. The first bird behaved like robbers. Whereas the second bird welcomed him as it was bred in a rishi’s ashram.

Q17: Why was the king amazed?
Ans: The king was amazed to see a big brown bird near a cave calling out to the robbers to come quickly and rob the king of his jewels and horse. He was amazed a second time again when he reached a Rishi’s ashram and saw another similar big, brown bird gently welcoming him and asking him to make himself comfortable.

Q18: What misfortune did the bird family meet?
Ans: The mother bird and two baby birds met with a misfortune. There was a big storm, with thunder and lightening and rain. The wind blew down many trees. The tree in which the birds lived was also uprooted. The mother bird died and the baby birds were separated from each other.

Q19: How did the king encounter with those birds in the forest?
Ans: When the king came to the forest to hunt, he followed a deer and while chasing him he lost his way. He became tired and sat under a tree to have some rest. All of a sudden a brown bird called robbers to take his jewels away. He was shocked and became afraid and ran away from the place. The king reached the ashram and sat down under another tree to take rest. A bird welcomed him and asked him to take rest and to have some water and make himself comfortable. The king came to know that the bird looked like the same brown bird. The bird told the king that the brown bird was his brother and lived with robbers. Thus, the king encountered those birds in the forest.

Q20: Narrate the tale of two birds in your own words.
Ans: Once there lived a mother bird in a forest. She had two new-born chicks. One day a storm came with thunder and lightning. The mother bird was killed. But the baby birds were blown away to the other end of the forest. One lived in the company of robbers. The other stayed with a rishi. One day a king heard them speak. The one asked the robbers to loot and kill the king. The other noble bird welcomed him sweetly in the ashram. They behaved differently because of the company they kept.