Question

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :




One day, a mother duck and her little ducklings were on their way as to a

lake. The ducklings were very happy to following their mother. All of a sudden,

the mother duck saw a fox. She was frightened and shouted, “Children! Hurry

to take the lake. There’s a fox!” The duckling hurried towards the lake. The

mother duck wondered what to do. She began to walk back and forth dragging

one wing on the ground. The fox became happy. He said to himself, “It seems

that she’s hurt and can't fly! I can easily catch and eat her.” Then he ran towards

her. The mother duck ran, leading the fox away from the lake. The fox followed

her. Now, he wouldn't be able to harm her ducklings. The mother duck looked

towards her ducklings and saw that they had reached the lake. She was relieved,

so she stopped and took a deep breath.

The fox thought she was tired and came closer, but the mother duck

quickly spread her wings and rose up in the air. She landed in the middle

of the lake and her ducklings followed her. The fox could not reach them

because they were in the middle of the lake


1. How did the mother duck save her ducklings?

(i) By killing the fox. By running towards the lake, leaving her

children.

(ii) By shouting and givinginstructions.

(iii) By diverting the attention of the fox and letting her children move towards the lake.

2. The moral of the story is …………………..

(i) One should run faster after seeing a fox.

(ii) We should always move with ourmother.

(iii) We should respect our mother.

(iv) A devoted mother never leaves her children in crisis.

The mother duck wasfrightened to see the fox butshe kept her mind

cool and played a trick to befool the fox. In the context of the story,

this statement is:

(i) True

(ii) Probably True

(iii) False

(iv) Probably false









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Answer 1

Answer:

Q1 iii) By diverting the attention of the fox and letting her children move towards the lake.

Q 2 (iv) A devoted mother never leaves her children in crisis.

Q3 (i) True

Answer 2

1. by diverting the attention of the fox and letting her children move towards the lake.

2. A devoted mother never leaves her children in crisis.

the statement is true.