Two Stories about Flying - His First Flight MCQs with Answers

Question-1. How would you describe the 'risk' the narrator took?

1. calculated
2. impetuous
3. unavoidable
4. navigable

Question-2. Nobody had come near the young seagull for the last

1. ten hours
2. twelve hours
3. twenty hours
4. twenty-four hours

Question-3. Out of excitement his family members were offering him ?

1. Star
2. Dog fish
3. Fruits
4. Herring fish

Question-4. Select the correct option to fill in the blanks below risk risky…........... , …............

1. danger: dangerously
2. hazard: hazardous
3. peril: imperilled
4. caution : precaution

Question-5. Select the most appropriate option for the following devour guzzle nibble

1. chew
2. savour
3. peck
4. gulp

Question-6. The compass was not working and

1. the radio was dead
2. he lost his patience
3. he lost his grip
4. the steering was upset

Question-7. The story is about a young ?

1. Dove
2. Seagull
3. Crow
4. Peacock

Question-8. The title 'Black Aeroplane' is based on?

1. the aeroplane that helped the pilot
2. the pilot?s aeroplane
3. aeroplane in the stormy sky
4. none of the above

Question-9. The woman at the control tower confirmed that

1. he could not land
2. there was no facility
3. there was no other aeroplane
4. there was no signal

Question-10. The young seagull got mad by the sight…................of….................

1. Food
2. Sunny sky
3. Vast sea
4. His brothers and sister

Question-11. The young seagull had lack of ?

1. Courage
2. Morality
3. Fear
4. Enthusiasm

Question-12. The young seagull was feeling more heat because ?

1. He was facing east
2. He was afraid
3. He was hungry
4. It was a too sunny day

Question-13. What did the seagull pretended?

1. Running Fast
2. Falling Asleep
3. Crying
4. None of the Above

Question-14. What food did the seagull's mother get for it?

1. earthworms
2. fish
3. insects
4. rodents

Question-15. What were his parents teaching his brothers and sisters?

1. to perfect the art of flying
2. to skim the waves
3. to dive for fish
4. all of the above

Question-16. What were the young seagull's brothers and sister doing around him?

1. curveting
2. banking
3. soaring
4. all of the above

Question-17. When he looked down, he saw

1. the lights over buildings
2. the lights on a tower
3. the lights in the houses
4. the lights of a big city

Question-18. When the pilot of the black aeroplane asked the narrator to follow him, in which direction did he turn the aeroplane?

1. south
2. north
3. east
4. west

Question-19. Which of the following mirrors the use of the literary device in 'shrieking shrilly'?

1. sparkling saga
2. singing soft
3. slippery sloppily
4. sneeze silently

Question-20. Who fell outwards and downward into space?

1. Young Seagull
2. Mother Seagull
3. Father Seagull
4. Brother Seagull

Question-21. Who is the author of the lesson 'His First Flight'?

1. Fredrick Forsyth
2. Cynthia Moss
3. Liam O?Flaherty

Question-22. Why could the writer not see anything outside the aeroplane?

1. Because of lightning
2. Because it was dark outside
3. Because there was bird
4. None of the Above

Question-23. The lesson 'His First Flight' is about a…................

1. pilot
2. seagull
3. parrot
4. pigeon

Question-24. The pilot was flying from…...........to…............

1. England, France
2. England, India
3. France, England
4. France, India

Question-25. The pilot was not able to…............anything

1. see
2. hear
3. speak
4. all of them

Question-26. The sight of….................maddened him.

1. his brothers flying
2. his siblings enjoying without him
3. food
4. all of the above

Question-27. What did his parents threaten him with if he didn?t flew away?

1. to never talk to him
2. to punish him
3. to starve him
4. to abandon him

Question-28. What risk did the pilot take?

1. flying back to Paris
2. missing the breakfast he desired
3. he took no risk
4. flying his old Dakota straight into the storm

Question-29. What was the pilot not sorry about?

1. missing his holiday
2. driving the plane into the storm
3. risking the lives of fellow passengers
4. both 2 and 3

Question-30. What was the purpose behind calling Paris Control?

1. To know about air traffic
2. To know the direction of the route
3. To know the details about landing
4. None of the Above

Question-31. What was the seagull afraid of?

1. Running
2. Swimming
3. Flying
4. None of the Above

Question-32. Which control station did he contact on his way?

1. Paris
2. India
3. England
4. he didn?t contact any

Question-33. Which of the pilot's intruments stopped working first?

1. compass
2. radio
3. both stopped together
4. both were working

Question-34. Who give Young Seagull a piece of fish?

1. Brother Seagull
2. Mother Seagull
3. Father Seagull
4. None of the Above

Question-35. Who is the author of 'His First Flight'?

1. Liam O? Flaherty
2. Frederick Forsyth
3. Roal Dahl
4. Paulo Coehlo

Question-36. Why did his mother stop midway while giving him the fish?

1. she was mad at him
2. to push him to fly out of hunger
3. she didn?t want to give him the fish
4. she got tired

Question-37. Why didn't the pilot turn the aeroplane back towards Paris?

1. He wanted to meet his family
2. He wanted to go on a holiday
3. He did not want to miss the breakfast
4. He did not like Paris

Question-38. Why was the aeroplane twisting in the air?

1. As it was dark night
2. As it was a stormy night
3. Due to lightining
4. None of the Above

Question-39. Why was the seagull exhausted?

1. Due to running fast
2. Due to strange exercise
3. Due to Crying
4. None of the Above