What a Bird Thought NCERT Class 6 English Chapter 8 Extra Questions and Answers
Question 1.
What was the shape of the nest?
Answer:
The shape of the nest was round.
Question 2.
What was the colour of the shells?
Answer:
The shells in the nest were blue.
Question 3.
Do you think that the bird was happy to leave her nest and fly, why do you think so?
Answer:
The baby bird had grown up and was full of energy to fly and enjoy and discover the world all over.
What a Bird Thought Class 6 Extract-Based Questions
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow choosing the best option from among the given ones.
1. I lived first in the little house
And lived there very well,
I thought the world was small and round,
And made of pale blue shell.
I lived next to the little nest,
Nor needed any other,
I thought the world was made of straw,
And nestled by my mother.
Question 1.
Where did the little bird live?
(a) cage
(b) house
(c) tree
(d) nest
Answer:
(d) nest
Question 2.
The nest of the bird was made of
(a) wool
(b) straw
(c) leaves
(d) pale straw and shells
Answer:
(d) pale straw and shells
Question 3.
What did the bird think the world to be made of at first?
(a) made of bricks
(b) cement
(c) straw and shell
(d) tree
Answer:
(c) straw and shell
Question 4.
The little bird lived under the protection of
(a) tree
(b) nest
(c) father
(d) mother
Answer:
(d) mother
Question 5.
Why did the little bird not want any other
(a) because she was lazy
(b) she was sad
(c) she felt comfortable and secure.
(d) she was waiting for her mother.
Answer:
(c) she felt comfortable and secure.
2. One day, I fluttered from my nest,
To see what I could find,
I said the world was made of leaves
I have been very blind.
At length, I flew beyond the tree,
Quite fit for grow-up labours,
I don’t how the world is made,
And neither do my neighbours.
Question 1.
From where did the bird fly?
(a) sky
(b) river
(c) nest
(d) tree
Answer:
(c) nest
Question 2.
What did she feel the world to be made of as she flew?
(a) tree
(b) leaves
(c) wool
(d) straw
Answer:
(b) leaves
Question 3.
What does the mean by saying, grown-up labourers
(a) Men who come to cut tree
(b) hardworking
(c) capability of adults
(d) power to fly
Answer:
(c) capability of adults
Question 4.
From where did the bird fly and why for the second time?
(a) from the nest to find her mother
(b) from tree to find food for herself
(c) from the tree to find out what the world was made of
(d) from tree to find a friend, for herself
Answer:
(c) from the tree to find out what the world was made of
Question 5.
Could the bird find out what she was searching for
(a) her neighbours knew the answer to her search
(b) she could find.
(c) nobody could answer her search
(d) all of the above
Answer:
(c) nobody could answer her search
