Reading Comprehension - 3 | English Language & Pedagogy for CTET & TET Exams - CTET & State TET PDF Download

Read the given passage carefully:
My next pet was a pigeon, the most revolting bird to look at, with his feathers pushing through the wrinkled scarlet skin, mixed with the horrible yellow down that covers baby pigeons and makes them look as though they have been peroxiding their hair. Because of his repulsive and obese appearance, we called him Quasimodo.
Since he had an unorthodox upbringing, without parents to teach him, Quasimodo became convinced that he was not a bird at all, and refused to fly. He walked everywhere. He was always eager to join us in anything we did. He would even try to come for walks with us. So you had to either carry him on your shoulder, which was risking an accident to your clothes, or else you let him walk behind. If you let him walk, then you had to slow down your own pace to suit his, for should you get too far ahead you would hear the most frantic and imploring coos and turn around to find Quasimodo running desperately after you.
Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.
Q1: The narrator describes the pigeon as a ‘revolting bird’ because
(a) he could not fly
(b) he had to be carried everywhere
(c) he had wrinkled skin covered with yellow feathers
(d) he was fat 

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Q2: Quasimodo got his name because
(a) he was fat and ugly
(b) he was attractive
(c) he could not fly
(d) he loves behaving like human beings 

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Q3: We know that Quasimodo was always eager to go on walks because
(a) he walked everywhere
(b) he did not know how to fly
(c) he complained loudly if he was not taken along
(d) he always copied whatever humans did

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Q4: Quasimodo protested when he was
(a) left at home
(b) lifted on human shoulders
(c) taken for a walk
(d) left behind during walks 

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Q5: The phrase ‘risking an accident to your clothes’ means
(a) the bird pecked at their clothes
(b) there was a chance of the bird soiling their clothes
(c) the bird risked a fall
(d) the bird did not like their clothes

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