Extract Based Questions Test: Two stories about Flying - 1 - Class 10 MCQ

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:

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"?

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

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'?

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.'

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.

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 :