Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions/complete the sentences that follow: (8 marks) A sparrow is a small bird which is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrows. Sparrows are only about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful song. Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places-usually on the ground, clumps of grass, low trees and low bushes. In cities they build their nests in building nooks or holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. They build their nests out of twigs, grasses and plant fibres. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures.Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are white with reddish brown spots. They hatch between eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young. Insects are fed to the young after hatching. The large feet of the sparrows are used for scratching seeds. Adult sparrows mainly eat seeds. Sparrows can be found almost everywhere, where there are humans. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds.The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their winds. They also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with up to a hundred birds participating at once, and is followed by preening and sometimes group singing.

Your answer

(a) The chief food for the adult sparrow is _________

2 points

Insects

seeds

fruits

none of these

(b) Sparrows live wherever _________

2 points

there are humans.

there are animals

there are trees

none of the above

(c) The word, ‘species’ means_________

2 points

classes

types

kinds.

all above

(d) Sparrows in high places._________

2 points

rarely build their nests in high places.

generally build their nests in high places

never build their nests in high places

all the above

(e) _________ take care of the young sparrows.

2 points

Both parents.

only mother

only father

all sparrows

(f) Sparrows take bathe in _________

2 points

water

dust

dust, water Or snow.

snow

(g) Bathing for the sparrows is a _________

2 points

personal activity

social activity

group activity

none of above

(h) Bathing is followed by_________ and_________

2 points

preening and group singing

preening and group dancing

preening and bathing

preening and eating

2. Read the paragraph carefully and answer the questions that follow- I was a below average student. Both in 

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Answer 1

Answer:

a. Seeds

b. There are humans

C. All of the above

d. Rearly build there nests in high places

e. Both parents

f. Dust,water or snow

g. Group activity

h. Preening and group singing