Question

DIAGNOSTIC TEST-1
Time
30 Min.
Max. Marks 20
Class
Section
Marks
L
120
Roll No.
Date
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REFERENCE TO CONTEXT (VERY SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)
Read the extracts and answer the following questions:
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.
(1 x 4 = 4 Marks)
Why was the young seagull afraid?
(in) What did the young seagull feel about his wings?
(in) What did the young seagull feel?
(iv) Where was the seagull?
2. That was twenty-four hours ago. Since then nobody had come near him. The day before, all day long, he had
watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching then
how to skim the waves and how to dive for fish. He had, in fact, seen his older brother catch his first herrin
and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parents circled around raising a proud cackle. And all the mornin
the whole family had walked about on the big plateau midway down the opposite cliff taunting him with hi
(1 x 4 = 4 Mark.
cowardice​

Answer 1

Answer:

i)He felt afraid because

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.

ii)He felt certain about his wings that his wings would never support him.

iii)Thos was how the young seagull felt...

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.

iv)The young seagull was alone on his ledge.