Question

Reading (Passage)

4. Read the following passage carefully.

(1) There are over a dozen waterbodies in a 50 km radius around the city of Nashik. The largest and
most beautiful of them is Nandur Madhmeshwar Bird Sanctuary, known as the Bharatpur
Maharashtra

(2) Islands of reeds float in this vast waterbody created by the backwaters of the Nandur dan
the confluence of two rivers, Kadwa and Godavari, and plays host to thousands of mig
birds every year. The guests include demoiselle cranes, pratincoles, wooly-necked
mallards, Eurasian spoonbills, bar-headed geese and brahminy ducks.

(3) As you gaze at them wide-eyed, you wonder what makes them take up this annual pilgrimages
it to escape the harsh winter in their homelands or just a strong desire to travel? To reach their
winter homes, they undertake a journey that lasts days and nights, flying nonstop through hostile
landscapes, across oceans, guided only by the cells in their bodies.

(4) The striking difference between Bharatpur in Rajasthan and Nandur in Maharashtra is the sheer
accessibility of the two waterbodies. In Bharatpur, there is a network of pathways that extend
through the park. You can observe the birds from up close while cycling along these paths or on a
boat ride through the sanctuary. At Nandur though, you don't have the luxury of such a network.
The birds have to be watched from the watchtowers built along the periphery of the park.

(5) This year the lake is only expected to be full by the third week of January. Their return flight is
usually in February, but it may get delayed by a month. Changing climatic patterns have affected
even the lives of these birds living thousands of miles away.

C Gangadhar Menon; The Hindu (Modified)

confluence : the place where two rivers flow together and become one

TYPE -I (Multiple Choice Questions)

Write the option you consider the most appropriate.

1. In the second paragraph, the word 'guests' refers to
(a) migratory birds
(c) people of the surrounding areas
(b) native birds
(d) tourists

2. An expression the author has used to name the journey of migratory birds from their homelands
to Nanduris
(a) a wonder
(c) flying nonstop
(b) annual pilgrimage
(d) escape from harsh winter​

Answer 1

Answer:

Following are the correct options from the provided multiple choice questions,

Explanation:

1- In the second paragraph, the word guests over here refers to migrating birds. Which means the correct option is (a).  

2-In these paragraphs, the author uses the expression, 'annual pilgrimage', as the name for the journey of migrating birds from their homelands.  Which means the correct option is (b).

Tip:

Kindly take a closer look at 2.

You have accidentally named b in place of c.

That is why I have written the name of the answer above.

Answer 2

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