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Reference To Context

Read the following extracts carefully and answer the questions that follow.

PASSAGE-1
The young seagull was alone on his ledge. His two brothers and his sister had already flown away the day before.
He had been afraid to fly with them. Somehow when he had taken a little run forward to the brink of the ledge
and attempted to flap his wings he became afraid. The great expanse of sea stretched down beneath, and it was
such a long way down - miles down. He felt certain that his wings would never support him; so he bent his head
and ran away back to the little hole under the ledge where he slept at night.
(a) Where was the young seagull alone?
(b) Why was the young seagull afraid?
Choose the correct option.
(c) Why did the young seagull run away?
(i) Because his wings supported him to fly. (ii) Because he was too tired.
(iii) Because his wings did not support him to fly. (iv) Because he was ill.
(d) Where did the young seagull run away?
(ii) Under the seashore
(i) Under the ledge
(iv) None of these
(iii) In the mother's lap

Ans. (a) The young seagull was alone on his ledge.

 . . the sea with his two brothers and sister.
(b) The young seagull was afraid of flying over
(c) (iii) Because his wings did not support him to fly.

(d) (i) Under the ledge

PASSAGE-2 h. The day before, all day long, he had

. h b dy had come near im . .
That was twenty-four hours ago. Since t en no o . rf u· them in the art of flight, teaching them
. h h. b th rs and sister pe ec ng . . h .
watched his parents flying about wit is ro e .'f h"is older brother catch his first erring
. f ti h He had in act, seen
how to skim the waves and how to d ive or s · . 'd d ai·si·ng a proud cackle . And all the morning
h"I h. rents circle aroun r
and devour it, standing on a rock, w I e is pa .d down the opposite cliff taunting him with his
the whole family had walked about on the big plateau m1 way
cowardice.
(a) Why was the whole family taunting the young seagull?
(b) What were the parents of young seagull doing?
Choose the correct option.
(c) For how many hours did the young seagull live alone?
(ii) For ten hours
(i) For five hours
(iii) For fifteen hours (iv) For twenty four hours
(d) Where did the whole family walk all the morning?
(ii) On the small plateau
(i) On the big plateau
(iii) On the middle plateau (iv) None of these

Ans. (a) The whole family was taunting the young seagull for his cowardice.
(b) The parents of young seagull were perfecting his brothers and sister in the art of flight, teaching
them how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish.
(c) (iv) For twenty four hours
(d) (i) On the big plateau

PASSAGE-3
He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his
wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep. Still they took no notice of him . He
saw his two brothers and his sister lying on the plateau dozing with their heads sunk into their necks. His father
was preening the feathers on his white back. Only his mother was looking at him . She was standing on a little
high hump on the plateau, her white breast thrust forward. Now and again, she tore at a piece of fish that lay at
her feet and then scrapped each side of her beak on the rock.
(a) What did the young seagull do out of his ledge?
(b) What was seagull's father doing?
Choose the correct option.
(c) Where was the young seagull's mother standing?
(i) On the seashore (ii) On the plateau (iii ) In the mid-way (iv) On the outer path
(d) Who tore at a piece of fish that lay at her feet?
(i) Father seagull (i i) Mother seagu ll (iii) Siste r seagull (iv) Brother seagu ll
Ans. (a) The young seagull stepped out of th e ledge an d pret ended to be fall ing asleep and watched his
brothe rs and sister lying on the plateau .
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(b) The seagull's father was preening the feathers on his white back.
(c) (ii) On the plateau
(d) (ii) Mother seagull

PASSAGE-4
en a monstrous terror seized
h" •him and his heart stood still. He could hear noth·,ng • 8 ut ·t' on 1y 1aste d a minut
. e.
Th
The next moment he_felt . ,s ~ings spread outwards. The wind rushed against his breast feathers, then under
his stomach, and againSt h,s_wings. He could feel the tips of his wings cutting through the air. He was not fall ing
headlong now. He was s~an~g gradually downwards and outwards. He was no longer afraid . He just felt a bit
dizzy. Then he fl_apped hi~ wings o~ce and he soared upwards. "Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah," his mother
swooped past hi~, 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.
(a) What did the young seagull feel the next moment?
(b) What were the two brothers and the sister of young seagull doing?
Choose the correct option.
(c) Who flapped his wings?
(i) Young seagull (ii) Mother seagull (iii) Father seagull (iv) None of these
(d) The young seagull was soaring
(i) fastly (ii) mischievously (iii) gradually (iv) awkwardly

Ans. (a) The next moment the young seagull felt that his wings were spread outwards.
(b) The two brothers and the sister of young seagull were flying around him curveting and banking and
soaring and diving.
(c) (i) Young seagull
(d) (iii) gradually

PASSAGE-5
His parents and his brothers and sister had landed on this green flooring ahead of him. They were beckoning to
him, calling shrilly. He dropped his legs to stand on the green sea. His legs sank into it. He screamed with fright
and attempted to rise again flapping his wings. But he was tired and weak with hunger and he could not rise,
exhausted by the strange exercise. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly t ouched it and he sank
no farther. He was floating on it, and around him his family was screaming, praising him and their beaks were
offering him scraps of dog-fish.
(a) What were the parents and his brothers and sister doing?
(b) What made the young seagull tired?
Choose the correct option.
(c) The seagull's feet sank into the
(ii) Green sea
(i) Rea sea
(iv) Nowhere
(iii) Both (i) and (ii)
(d) The young seagull's were applauded by his
(iii) Fam ily members (iv) None of these
(i) Friends (ii) Relatives
Ans. (a ) The parents and his brothers and sister were beckoning to him, calli ng shrilly after landing on the
green floor ing ahead of him .
(b) The young seagull was tired because he was weak with hunger and he made a successful attempt
for his first flight.
(c) (ii) Green sea
(d) (iii) Family members