Reading (Unseen)
3. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow :
It was a quiet place set in the midst of trees. When the monsoon came that year Salim Ali fou
weaver birds on a tree nearhis house. Not much was known about weaver birds then and it was a gold
for Ali to study them for three or four months he patiently watched the activities in the colony for how
publication of his finding in 1930 brought him recognition in the field of ornithology and he won high
illustration and contained long dull description which were likely to kill rather than kindle interest in
among young readers. In 1941 he tried to remedy this. The book on Indian birds that he wrote
As a boy Salim Ali had felt the need for a good book on Indian birds. The few books then availab
descriptions and coloured pictures of every species. It made spotting a bird easy for the layman.
A. Answer the following questions :
# What brought Salim Ali fame as an ornithologist?
lit Where did Salim Ali find a colony of weaver birds?
(117) How does bird watching made easy for the common man?
oli is B. Complete the following sentences with information from the text :
i) As a boy Salim Ali had felt the need for
IT For three or four months he patiently watched
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ii) The few books then available were without
ched C. Find word from the unseen passage which means the following:
Inspire :
Grammar and Vocabulary
4. Fill in the gaps with appropriate articles and prepositions :
Two or three passengers got out and disappeared
d
the pavement, went
have a talk with him.
-5=5
tive]
jon]
Fion]
Dice]
too']
*5=5
your
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for three or four months salim ali patiently watched the activities of the weaver birds for _ one or two hours / five hours / three hours / all the day
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