Question Paper
Class / Subject: Class 10 (SSC) · English (Second Language)
Chapter: Chapter 5 — Chapter 5: His First Flight (Prose)
Time Allowed: 32 minutes
Max Marks: 16
1. What is the young seagull afraid of? [1]
(A) Flying
(B) Eating
(C) His siblings
(D) The nest
2. What do the seagull's siblings do? [1]
(A) Fly successfully
(B) Also refuse to fly
(C) Leave the nest forever
(D) Ignore him completely
3. What keeps the young seagull stranded? [1]
(A) His fear
(B) His siblings
(C) His hunger initially
(D) His strength
4. What happens as his family flies off? [1]
(A) He grows hungrier
(B) He becomes less hungry
(C) He flies immediately
(D) Nothing changes for him
5. What eventually overcomes his fear? [1]
(A) Hunger
(B) Encouragement from parents only
(C) A storm
(D) Boredom
6. What does he discover once he flies? [1]
(A) Flying is natural and instinctive
(B) Flying is impossible
(C) He cannot fly at all
(D) Flying requires years of practice
7. What does the story symbolise? [1]
(A) Overcoming fear through necessity
(B) Avoiding all challenges
(C) Permanent fear
(D) Giving up
8. Why study this story? [1]
(A) To learn about overcoming fear and self-discovery
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests
9. What is the young seagull afraid of? [1]
(A) Flying
(B) Eating
(C) His siblings
(D) The nest
10. What do the seagull's siblings do? [1]
(A) Fly successfully
(B) Also refuse to fly
(C) Leave the nest forever
(D) Ignore him completely
11. What keeps the young seagull stranded? [1]
(A) His fear
(B) His siblings
(C) His hunger initially
(D) His strength
12. What happens as his family flies off? [1]
(A) He grows hungrier
(B) He becomes less hungry
(C) He flies immediately
(D) Nothing changes for him
13. What eventually overcomes his fear? [1]
(A) Hunger
(B) Encouragement from parents only
(C) A storm
(D) Boredom
14. What does he discover once he flies? [1]
(A) Flying is natural and instinctive
(B) Flying is impossible
(C) He cannot fly at all
(D) Flying requires years of practice
15. What does the story symbolise? [1]
(A) Overcoming fear through necessity
(B) Avoiding all challenges
(C) Permanent fear
(D) Giving up
16. Why study this story? [1]
(A) To learn about overcoming fear and self-discovery
(B) No reason
(C) It's not useful
(D) Only for tests