Question

Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow. 5x1=5
1. The most beautiful humming birds are found in the West Indies and South America.
The crest of the tiny head of one of these shines like a sparkling crown of coloured
light. The shades of colour that adorn its breast are equally brilliant. As the bird flits
from one object to another, it looks more like a bright flash of sunlight than it does
like a living being.3
2. But, you ask, why are they called humming birds? It is because they make a soft,
humming noise by the rapid motion of their wings—a motion so rapid, that as they
fly, you can hardly see that they have wings. One day when walking in the woods, I
found the nest of one of the smallest humming birds. It was about half the size of a
very small hen and lays egg, and it was attached to a twig no thicker than a steel
knitting needle. It seemed to have been made of cotton fibres and was covered
with the softest bits of leaf and bark. It had two eggs in it, and each was about as
large as a small sugarplum.
3. When you approach the spot where one of these birds has built its nest, it is
necessary to be careful. The mother bird will dart at you and try to peck your eyes.
Its sharp beak may hurt your eyes most severely and even destroy your sight.
4. The poor little thing knows no other way of defending its young, and instinct
teaches it that you might carry off its nest if you find it.
On the basis of your reading chose the most appropriate answers from the given
options.
a. They are called humming birds because they make humming noise by the
rapid _________ of their wings.
(i) motion (ii) flight (iii) flap (iv)none of the these
b. The nest of the humming bird was about _________ the size of a very small hen.
(i) Full (ii) one and a half (iii) half (iv)quarter
c. According to the passage the synonym of the word dash is _____
(i) rapid (ii) dart (iii)adorn (iv)flash
d. You can hardly see that the humming birds have wings because of the__
(i) rapid motion of their wings as they fly.
(ii) humming noise as they fly.
(iii) shining colour of their wings.
(iv) invisible wings due to a bright flash of sunlight.
e. The mother bird will dart at you and try to peck your eyes when you ____
(i) throw stones at her nest.
(ii) approach the spot where the nest is built.
(iii) try to steal her eggs from the nest.
(iv) threaten the bird near her nest.

Answer 1

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