Question

Two Stories about Flying – I. His First Flight)

The extract hints at a few qualities that a mother is known to have. Pick the

option with the right set of qualities.

(a) cruel, uncompromising, insensitive, rude.

(b) sensitive, uncompromising, caring, kind

(c) harsh, unkind, intuitive, compassionate

(d) empathetic, unresponsive, impervious, insensitive​

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) sensitive, uncompromising, caring,kind

Answer 2

(b) sensitive, uncompromising, caring, kind -These are the qualities that the mother is known to have.

Explanation:

• Option (b) is the right answer because the mother is sensitive, caring and kind towards her babies. That is why she teaches them how to fly. She is also caring about the young seagull when it is hungry. That is why she brings fish for it. But she is uncompromising because she is determined to make it fly without fear.
• Option (a) is incorrect because the mother seagull is not cruel, rude and insensitive to the her baby.
• Option (c) is wrong because the mother is not unkind.
• Option (d) is wrong because she is not unresponsive and insensitive.
• Hence option (b)  sensitive, uncompromising, caring, kind -is the right answer.