His First Flight (English )

An intresting story "His First Flight "is written by Liam O 'Flaherty. The reader comes to know about a young seagull bird who is afraid of flying. It feels that it wings are not strong enough to make it fly. How he overcomes this fear which all of us face while trying a new venture and the story of his successful maiden flight has been beautifully narrated in the lesson.                              Important MCQ of Lesson :-                        Q(1)Who is the author of "His first Flight '(a)Liam O'Flaherty (b)Frederick Forsyth (c)Roal Dahi (d)Paulo coehlo            Q(2)The lesson "His First Flight ' is about a -------------------------------(A)pilot (B)Seagull (C)parrot (D)pigeon           Q(3)Why was he afraid to fly? (A) He was a coward (B)He was afraid his wings will not support him (C)He was afraid that everyone would judge him (D)both 1 and 2                         .... Extract based MCQ:-                    "That was twenty four hours ago, since then nobody had come near him. The day before, all. day long, he had watched his parents flying about with his brothers and sister, perfecting them in the art of flight, teaching them how to skim the waves and how to dive  for fish. He had, in fact, in fact, seen his elder brother catch his first herring and devour it, standing on a rock, while his parants circled around raising a proud cackle".       Q(1)Whom does "he" represent in the given extract?  (a)The seagull (b)The pigeon(c)The parrot(d)The pilot                                                    Q(2)What were his parants teaching his brother and sisters? (a)To perfect the art of flying (b)to skim the waves. (c)To dive for fish (d)All of these.                  Q(3)He couldn't fly like his brothers and sisters because....... (a)He was very lazy (b)he was very scared of flying (c)he didn't like to fly (d)none of these         ... Q(4)What had his elder brother done? (a)He had caught his first herring (b)He was flying (c)He was taunting him (d)He was eating his fish..             ..   ............. Q(5)The word....... in the extract means to 'move lighly just above the surface of the sea.'"             .    (a)flying (b)waves (c)skim(d)dive   Answers:- Q(1)(a) Q(2) (d) Q(3)(b) Q(4) (a) Q(5)(c)                          Extract (2).................................... He waited  a moment in surprise, wondering why she did not come nearer, and then, maddened by hunger, he dived at fish. With a loud scream he fell outwards and downwards into space. Then a monstrous terror sezied him and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards.            Q(1)The Seagull had been feeling..(a)tired (b)angry (c) hungry (d)regretful                 ...      Q(2)Why did his mother stop midway while giving him fish? (a)She was made at him (b)To get him to fly out of hunger(c)She didn't want to give him fish (d)She got tired                             ............. Q(3)Which word does "Seized '"not correspond to?  (a)liberated (b) captured (c)Annexed (d)confiscated                  ...........  Q(4)The phrase "his wings spread outward" means (a)he fell off the cliff (b)he was drowning (c)He started flying (d)he was happy... 

Q(5)The phrase......... means 'he became very frightened'   (a)With a loud scream (b)monstrous terror seized him. (c)his heart stood still (d)he could hear nothing             ......... ................   Answers Q(1) c Q  (2) b Q (3) a Q(4)c Q(5) b...........................       Important short answer question Q(1)Why was the seagull afraid to fly?  Answer :-The young seagull was afraid to fly because he thought that he would fall and hurt himself. The fear was so impowering that he did not even dare to try flying again.                   Q(2)Describe the seagull's excitement when he saw his mother bringing food for him?      Answer :-When the seagull saw his mother bringing food for him, he expressed his excitement by uttering a joyful scream. He leaned out eagerly, tapped the rock with his feet and tried to get nearer to her as she flew across..   Q(3)How did the young seagull's parents treat him initially when he did not fly? Answer:-Initially when the young seagull   was afraid to fly, his parants called him shrilly. They scolded him and threatened to let him starve. The whole family taunted him a coward so that he gathers the courage to fly.............................................        Q(4)Why was the seagull miserable? Answer:-The young seagull felt very miserable as all members of his family -his parents along with his siblings, had flown away leaving him alone. He was hungry but had nothing to eat. He could not even dive to catch a fish.                  .      Long model Question and AnswerQ(1) They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly. "Why did the Seagull's father and mother threatene him and cajole him to fly? Model Answer: The young seagull like all young ones was afraid to fly. Even though it saw its siblings flying with the help of its parents, it lacked the courage to fly. His father and mother were calling shrilly and scolding it and even threatening to let starve on its cliff, to cajole it to fly.           .    Q(2)The sight of the food maddened him."What does this suggest? What compelled the young Seagull to finally fly?            Model Answer:The young seagull  was very hungry. When it saw it's mother tearing at a piece of fish, it pleaded with her to get some food. Its mother stopped midway with food in her break. This insatiable urge for food forced the seagull to fly.                         ....Q(3)What did the young Seagull do to attract  his mother's attention?                           ............. Model Answer:In order to attract his mother's attention, the young seagull stood on one leg and pretended to be falling asleep on the brink of the ledge. He closed his eyes and he hid his other leg under his wing, to attract his mothers attention.                ........ Q(4)The young Seagull was afraid of flying. Why?                                 Answer:The young Seagull was afraid of flying as it was a steep fail to the sea. The sea expanse was vast that he thought that his wings would not support him, and he would die. So, he avoided flying and preferred staying back alone on his ledge.  ........              Descriptive Question:"With a loud scream he fell outward and downward into space.. Then a monstrous terror seized him. and his heart stood still. He could hear nothing. But it only lasted a minute. The next moment he felt his wings spread outwards. " Based on the above lines, what do you learn from the story of the young seagull?             ................. Answer:-The story of the young Seagull is very good example for showing how fear can hold you as a prisoner. The Seagulll is a bird. It is meant to fly.Without flying, It cannot survive. But the young seagull is so scared that it doesn't want to fly or even try to fly. He constantly fears that he would get hurt and stays hungry and helpless on the cliff.          ............The same thing happens with human also. Fear cripples one's mind. We can not live to our full potential if we are caught in the shackles of fear. One should aim to be free from fear. If one wants to achieve success in life, one has to fight one's demons. Only then can one move ahead in life to reach one's goal.