His First Flight (English Ch-3 Part 1) - Quiz
[कक्षा 10th - अचूक बैच - His First Flight - MERIT YARD]
Question 1 / 30Who is the author of 'His First Flight'?
A) Frederick Forsyth
B) Liam O'Flaherty
C) Roald Dahl
D) Ruskin Bond
Question 2 / 30The young seagull was alone on his ______.
A) Nest
B) Tree
C) Ledge
D) House
Question 3 / 30Why was the seagull afraid to fly?
A) He was sick
B) He was lazy
C) He was injured
D) He felt his wings would not support him
Question 4 / 30How many brothers and sisters did the seagull have?
A) One brother, one sister
B) Two brothers, one sister
C) Three brothers
D) One sister
Question 5 / 30For how long had he been alone on the ledge?
A) 12 hours
B) 2 days
C) 24 hours
D) 6 hours
Question 6 / 30What were his parents doing to him?
A) Feeding him
B) Praising him
C) Scolding and threatening to starve him
D) Ignoring him completely
Question 7 / 30What maddened the young seagull?
A) The heat
B) The sight of food (hunger)
C) The storm
D) His siblings
Question 8 / 30What was his mother doing on the opposite plateau?
A) Sleeping
B) Flying
C) Tearing at a piece of fish
D) Swimming
Question 9 / 30Why did the mother stop midway while flying towards him?
A) She was tired
B) To tempt him to jump/fly for the food
C) She forgot the way
D) She dropped the fish
Question 10 / 30What happened when the seagull dived at the fish?
A) He caught it immediately
B) He fell into the water
C) He fell outwards and downwards into space
D) He went back to the ledge
Question 11 / 30What seized him when he started falling?
A) Happiness
B) Anger
C) A monstrous terror
D) Courage
Question 12 / 30How did the family react when he started flying?
A) They cried
B) They were screaming, praising, and soaring with him
C) They flew away
D) They scolded him
Question 13 / 30What did the seagull call the green sea?
A) Blue water
B) Green flooring
C) Wet land
D) Grass
Question 14 / 30What happened when his feet sank into the green sea?
A) He drowned
B) He screamed with fright
C) His belly touched it and he floated
D) He flew up again
Question 15 / 30What food did the family offer him at the end?
A) Bread crumbs
B) Worms
C) Scraps of dog-fish
D) Crab
Question 16 / 30Who had wings shorter than the young seagull but flew before him?
A) Only his brothers
B) Only his sister
C) Both his brothers and sister
D) His parents
Question 17 / 30The lesson teaches us about:
A) How to fish
B) Parenting
C) Overcoming fear and self-confidence
D) Birds
Question 18 / 30What did the seagull pretend to do to get attention?
A) Crying
B) Dancing
C) Falling asleep on one leg
D) Jumping
Question 19 / 30Where did the seagull sleep at night?
A) On a tree
B) In a little hole under the ledge
C) On the sea
D) In a nest
Question 20 / 30Why did the mother scream "Gaw-col-ah"?
A) To scare him
B) Derisively (mocking his cowardice)
C) To call him for dinner
D) She was happy
Question 21 / 30What was the father gull doing?
A) Sleeping
B) Catching fish
C) Preening the feathers on his white back
D) Flying high
Question 22 / 30The young seagull stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge and stood on:
A) Two legs
B) One leg
C) His wings
D) His stomach
Question 23 / 30Who was the only one looking at him?
A) His father
B) His brother
C) His mother
D) No one
Question 24 / 30What did the seagull feel when his wings spread outwards?
A) Pain
B) The wind rushing against his breast feathers
C) Heavy
D) Nothing
Question 25 / 30Did the seagull's parents teach his siblings?
A) No
B) Yes, perfecting them in the art of flight
C) Only the sister
D) Only the brothers
Question 26 / 30What was the first catch of his older brother?
A) A shark
B) A crab
C) A herring
D) A whale
Question 27 / 30The whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff ______ him.
A) Praising
B) Taunting (mocking)
C) Ignoring
D) Calling
Question 28 / 30How did the seagull try to reach his parents without flying?
A) By swimming
B) By walking / trotting back and forth
C) By jumping
D) By climbing
Question 29 / 30What did the seagull realize when he was floating?
A) He was sinking
B) He was not sinking
C) The water was cold
D) He could walk on water
Question 30 / 30Why was he exhausted at the end?
A) From crying
B) From sleeping
C) By the strange exercise (flying)
D) From eating