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His First Flight

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Q. 1
What did the character feel before he started flying?
A
Sad
B
Happy
C
Dizzy
D
Angry
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Q. 2
How did the character move after feeling dizzy?
A
He sat down quietly.
B
He walked slowly.
C
He started crying.
D
He flapped his wings and soared upwards.
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Q. 3
What sound did the character's mother make when flying past him?
A
Swooping
B
Screaming
C
Whispering
D
Hissing
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Q. 4
How did the character respond to his mother's flying?
A
By clapping
B
By staying silent
C
By screaming
D
By laughing
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Q. 5
Who else flew over the character, making a loud noise?
A
His brothers
B
His sister
C
His father
D
His friends
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Q. 6
What did the character's siblings do while flying around him?
A
Swimming
B
Flying and performing maneuvers
C
Walking slowly
D
Sitting quietly
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Q. 7
How did the character react after forgetting he couldn't always fly?
A
He ran away
B
He started crying
C
He fell down
D
He started to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly
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Q. 8
What sound did the character make while diving and soaring?
A
Singing
B
Shrieking
C
Whispering
D
Laughing
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Q. 9
What did the character forget after starting to fly?
A
That he could fly
B
His friends' names
C
His name
D
That he couldn't always fly
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Q. 10
How did the character communicate with his family while flying?
A
By screaming
B
By singing
C
By clapping
D
By whispering
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Q. 11
What did the his parents teach their siblings to do?
A
How to swim underwater
B
How to fly and catch fish
C
How to climb trees
D
How to dig for treasure
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Q. 12
What did the older brother do after catching his first herring?
A
He threw it away.
B
He shared it with his siblings.
C
He gave it to his parents.
D
He devoured it while standing on a rock.
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Q. 13
Where did the family spend their time teaching and flying?
A
On a big plateau
B
At the top of the mountain
C
In the water
D
In a cave
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Q. 14
What did the character observe his family do the day before?
A
Building a house
B
Flying and fishing
C
Planting trees
D
Singing songs
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Q. 15
What did the older brother catch for the first time?
A
A herring
B
A shark
C
A seagull
D
A dolphin
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Q. 16
How did the character feel about his family's actions?
A
Angry
B
Proud
C
Jealous
D
Indifferent
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Q. 17
Where did the family taunt the character?
A
On a plateau midway down a cliff
B
On a mountaintop
C
At the beach
D
In a forest
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Q. 18
What did the character witness his older brother devour?
A
A fish
B
A banana
C
A sandwich
D
A cake
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Q. 19
How did the character's family react after the older brother caught the herring?
A
They cried tears of joy.
B
They laughed loudly.
C
They circled around, raising a proud cackle.
D
They left the scene.
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Q. 20
What did the character's family teach their siblings besides flying?
A
How to play games
B
How to bake bread
C
How to cook
D
How to dive for fish
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Q. 21
Why was the seagull exhausted?
A
Due to crying.
B
Due to running fast.
C
Due to strange exercise.
D
None of the above
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Q. 22
When the young seagull dived from the cliff, his heart:
A
sank
B
stopped
C
beat fast
D
popped
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Q. 23
“The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath.” The word expanse means?
A
Huge
B
Large open area
C
2-D surface enclosed within a boundary
D
Inside scope
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Q. 24
Which of the following mirrors the use of the literary device in “shrieking shrilly”?
A
slippery sloppily
B
sparkling saga
C
singing soft
D
sneeze silently
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Q. 25
The sight of _______ maddened the seagull.
A
fish
B
his brothers flying
C
his brothers swimming.
D
All of the above
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Q. 26
Only _______ was looking at the young seagull.
A
his friend
B
his father
C
his mother
D
his sister
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Q. 27
The young seagull was feeling more heat because________.
A
it was a sunny day
B
he had not eaten since nightfall
C
he was facing east
D
he was afraid of flying
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Q. 28
Who fell outwards and downward into space ?
A
Brother Seagull
B
Young Seagull
C
Mother Seagull
D
Father Seagull
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Q. 29
Why was the seagull afraid to fly?
A
He was afraid his wings will not support him.
B
He was a coward.
C
none of these
D
Both (a) and (b)
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Q. 30
What urged the seagull to make his first flight?
A
hunger
B
sight of fish
C
courage
D
Both (a) and (b)
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Q. 31
Nobody came near the seagull since______.
A
ten hours
B
twenty hours
C
twenty-four hours
D
thirty hours
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Q. 32
The ledge of the plateau was facing the _________.
A
north
B
east
C
south
D
west
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Q. 33
The young seagull had __________ brothers and sisters.
A
three
B
four
C
two
D
seven
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Q. 34
The sight of _______ maddened the young seagull.
A
Food
B
His siblings enjoying without him.
C
His brother’s flying
D
All of the above
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Q. 35
How would you describe the screams of the gulls in the given extract?
A
shock
B
elation
C
bewilderment
D
protection
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Q. 36
‘Green flooring ahead of him.’ What was this ‘green flooring’?
A
The houses
B
The sea
C
The grass
D
The plains
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Q. 37
Pick the most appropriate reason why the young gull felt dizzy.
A
He was dizzy with excitement.
B
He hadn’t eaten anything for a day.
C
He was wary of heights.
D
He was flying for the first time.
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Q. 38
In the story, who was not scared of taking their first flight?
A
Young seagull’s parents
B
Young seagull’s friends
C
Young seagull’s siblings
D
None of the above
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Q. 39
How did the mother seagull persuade the young seagull to make his first flight?
A
by hitting him
B
by not meeting him for many days
C
by tempting him for fish
D
by terrorizing him
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Q. 40
What happened when the young seagull dived at the fish?
A
The seagull fell inwards
B
The seagull fell upwards
C
The seagull screamed and fell
D
All of the above
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Q. 41
What is a herring?
A
A soft finned freshwater fish
B
A soft finned sea fish
C
A hard finned fish
D
None of the above
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Q. 42
Why did seagull's mother stop midway while giving him the fish?
A
She didn't want to give him the fish.
B
She was mad at him.
C
To push him to fly out of hunger.
D
She got tired.
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Q. 43
What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight?
A
He was falling asleep.
B
He was unconscious.
C
He was falling down the cliff.
D
He lost his balance.
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Q. 44
What were seagull's parents teaching his brothers and sisters?
A
To dive for fish.
B
To perfect the art of flying.
C
To skim the waves.
D
All of the above
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Q. 45
What did the young seagull’s parents threaten him with if he didn’t fly away?
A
To starve him
B
To punish him
C
To abandon him
D
To never talk to him
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Q. 46
What food did the seagull's mother get for it?
A
fish
B
insects
C
earthworms
D
rodents
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Q. 47
Who is the author of 'His First Flight'?
A
Liam O' Flaherty
B
Frederick Forsyth
C
Roal Dahl
D
Paulo Coelho
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Q. 48
The young seagull made his first flight down the ______.
A
cliff
B
waterfall
C
tree
D
house
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Q. 49
Why did the young seagull family taunt him about his cowardice?
A
Because he failed to take the plunge
B
Because his brothers and sisters could run to the brink despite having shorter wings.
C
Because everyone in the family was perfect in the art of flight.
D
All of these
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Q. 50
Why was the seagull exhausted?
A
Due to running fast
B
Due to crying
C
Due to strange exercise
D
None of the above.
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