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Two Stories about Flying: CBSE Class 10 English practice questions

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At the start of "His First Flight", why is the young seagull alone on his ledge?

A young gull alone on a cliff ledge while two tiny gulls fly away
  1. A storm had blown the rest of the family out to sea
  2. His brothers and sister had already flown away the day before, but he had been too afraid to fly with them
  3. He had been punished and told to stay on the ledge
  4. His family had gone fishing and would return in an hour
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B. His brothers and sister had already flown away the day before, but he had been too afraid to fly with them

The first paragraph says his two brothers and his sister had flown away the day before, and that he had been afraid to go with them. Nobody punished him and no storm is mentioned.

What exactly made the young seagull afraid to take off from the ledge?

A gull on a high ledge looking down at the far sea with a thought bubble
  1. The sea seemed a great distance below and he felt certain his wings could not support him
  2. He had hurt a wing while learning to flap
  3. His parents had warned him that big birds fly alone
  4. He did not know that gulls were able to fly
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A. The sea seemed a great distance below and he felt certain his wings could not support him

When he ran to the brink and tried to flap, the sea seemed to stretch miles down and he felt certain his wings would never support him. Nothing in the story says he was hurt or untaught, and he saw his younger sister fly easily.

The story ends with the questions "Who was the pilot...?" What does this ending do?

A black aeroplane fading away and a question mark
  1. It reveals that the pilot was an air-traffic controller
  2. It proves that the narrator imagined the whole storm
  3. It leaves the reader wondering about a mysterious, unexplained helper
  4. It shows that Paris Control sent a rescue plane
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C. It leaves the reader wondering about a mysterious, unexplained helper

The narrator cannot explain how he got there without compass, radio or fuel, and the woman says no plane flew, so the story ends in mystery. The text does not say the plane was imagined or sent by anyone.

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