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GRADE 6 ENGLISH Chapter 1 SR (QUESTION AND ANSWER)

The document summarizes a story about two baby birds that get separated during a storm. One baby bird ends up near a cave of robbers, while the other ends up near a rishi's ashram. When a king encounters the birds later, one bird acts aggressively like the robbers by telling the king to rob someone, while the other bird acts kindly like the rishi by welcoming the king. The rishi later explains to the king that the different behaviors of the birds reflects the different company that each bird kept.

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GRADE 6 ENGLISH Chapter 1 SR (QUESTION AND ANSWER)

The document summarizes a story about two baby birds that get separated during a storm. One baby bird ends up near a cave of robbers, while the other ends up near a rishi's ashram. When a king encounters the birds later, one bird acts aggressively like the robbers by telling the king to rob someone, while the other bird acts kindly like the rishi by welcoming the king. The rishi later explains to the king that the different behaviors of the birds reflects the different company that each bird kept.

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GRADE 6 ENGLISH

(CHAPTER – 1: SR)
A TALE OF TWO BIRDS

I) Questions and Answers:


1. How did the two baby birds get separated?
Answer: The two baby birds were separated because of a fierce storm. The strong
winds made them fall far away.
2. Where did each of them find a home?
Answer: One baby bird reached a cave of robbers and the other landed near a Rishi’s
Ashram.
3. What did the first bird say to the stranger?
Answer: The first bird said,” Quick! Hurry up! There’s someone under the tree. Come
and take his jewels and his horse.”
4. What did the second bird say to him?
Answer: He said,”Welcome to the ashram, Sir. Please go inside and rest. The rishi will
be back soon.”
5. How did the rishi explain the different ways in which the birds behaved?
Answer; The Rishi explained that the birds were reflecting the impact of their
company.
6. Which one of the following sums up the story best?
(i) A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
(ii) One is known by the company one keeps.
(iii) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Answer: The sentence “One is known by the company one keeps” sums up the story
best.

II) LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS: (EXTRA QUESTIONS)

1. Narrate the tale of two birds in your own words.


Answer: Once there lived a mother bird in a forest. She had two new-born chicks.
One day a storm came with thunder and lightning. The mother bird was killed. But the baby
birds were blown away to the other end of the forest. One lived in the company of robbers.
The other stayed with a rishi. One day a king heard them speak. The one asked the robbers to
loot and kill the king. The other noble bird welcomed him sweetly in the ashram. They
behaved differently because of the company they kept.
2. How did the king reach the rishi’s ashram? Why did the two birds behave with the
king differently?
Answer: The king came to the forest to hunt a deer. He rode after the game and lost
his way. Tired, he stood near a cave. One bird informed the robbers to rob the traveller of his
jewels and his horse. The king sensed danger and rode away. Soon he came to a rishi’s
ashram. He sat down in a tree’s shade. He was amazed to hear another bird’s voice. It
requested him to enter the ashram and rest. The two birds were real brothers, but one became
crook in the company of robbers. The other became gentle in the company of the rishi. The
holy man told the king that one’s good or bad company makes one noble or wicked.

III) Multiple Choice Questions:

1. The two baby birds got separated as


(a) the rishi took one of them
(b) the mother took one of them
(c) the king took one of them
(d) the strong wind blew them away
Answer: (d) the strong wind blew them away
2. The new bom babies lived
(a) in comfort
(b) with their mother
(c) in a lovely cave
(d) in an ashram
Answer: (b) with their mother

3. The cave was inhabited by


(a) the lions
(b) the rabbits
(c) the robbers
(d) the rishi
Answer: (c) the robbers

4. The second bird made his nest


(a) near the rishi’s ashram
(b) on a tree near the rishi’s ashram
(c) where the mother lived
(d) at a comfortable habitat
Answer: (b) on a tree near the rishi’s ashram

5. The two baby birds made separate nests as


(a) they did not love each other
(b) they were not destined to be together
(c) they were under a major spell
(d) they could not stay together
Answer: (b) they were not destined to be together

6. The mother bird


(a) could not help flying
(b) fell down the nest
(c) kept helping the little ones
(d) was killed unluckily
Answer: (d) was killed unluckily

7. The two babies grew up


(a) to be wild
(b) to become the owners
(c) in different environments
(d) in the mother’s nest
Answer: (c) in different environments

8. The king got afraid as


(a) the bird talked like robbers
(b) a bullet was shot
(c) a strong wind blew
(d) his horse was lost
Answer: (a) the bird talked like robbers
9. The king got amazed as the birds
(a) spoke like humans
(b) looked alike
(c) did not look the same
(d) shouted at him.
Answer: (b) looked alike

10. The company one keeps.


(a) is decided by parents
(b) is decided by fate
(c) has to be good
(d) tells what you are
Answer: (d) tells what you are

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