This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Prose > Two Stories About Flying > Class 10 English Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What food did the seagull's mother get for it? A) Earthworms. B) Rodents. C) Fish. D) Insects. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fish. 2. What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight?A) he was unconsciousB) he was falling down the cliffC) he was falling asleepD) He lost his balance A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) C. 3. The pilot was flying a ..... air craft. A) Dakota. B) Mustang. C) Cessna 172. D) Supermarine Spitfire. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dakota. 4. What were his parents teaching his mother and sister? A) The art of flying. B) To skim the waves. C) To dive for fish. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. What was the name of the aeroplane that the pilot was flying?A) AirbusB) BoeingC) DakotaD) Minesotta A) C. B) A. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 6. Why did his mother stop midway while giving him the fish? A) She didn't want to give him the fish. B) To push him to fly out of hunger. C) She got tired. D) She was mad at him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To push him to fly out of hunger. 7. When the seagull ultimately started flying what did he forget A) His Wings are smaller than his brothers and sister. B) He had not always been able to fly. C) He was enjoying his time on the ledge. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He had not always been able to fly. 8. Yosbani is out of gas. He ..... go to the gas station. A) Might. B) Had better. C) Can. D) Should. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Had better. 9. "I ought to go back to Paris, " I thought, but I wanted to get home. I wanted that breakfast. 'I'll take the risk, ' I thought, and flew that old Dakota straight into the storm.19. Why didn't the pilot turn the aeroplane back towards Paris? A) He wanted to meet his family. B) He wanted to go on a holiday. C) He did not like Paris. D) He did not want to miss the breakfast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He did not want to miss the breakfast. 10. What did the narrator do when he was inside the clouds? A) He tried to fly high. B) He tried to land the plan. C) He tried to contact Paris control. D) He tried to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He tried to contact Paris control. 11. Why did the narrator follow the black aeroplane? A) It was part of his squad. B) He was ordered to. C) He was lost and needed help. D) He was chasing it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was lost and needed help. 12. Paris was about 150 kilometres behind me when I saw the clouds. Storm clouds. They were huge. They looked like black mountains standing in front of me across the sky. 17. How far was the narrator from Paris when he saw dark clouds in the sky? A) 50 km. B) 200 km. C) 100 km. D) 150 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 150 km. 13. When did young seagull's brothers and sister start flying? A) Two day before. B) One day before. C) One hour before. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One day before. 14. The narrator was surprised to see A) The compass turning round and round. B) Complete darkness outside the plane. C) Malfunctioning of all the gadgets and instruments. D) The way the plane was misbehaving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Malfunctioning of all the gadgets and instruments. 15. The seagull was fed with scraps of ..... after his first flight? A) Shrimp. B) Dogfish. C) Herring. D) Salmon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dogfish. 16. What threat was given by the father and the mother of the young seagull A) They threatened to throw him off the ledge. B) They threatened that they would upbraid him. C) They threatened to let him starve on his ledge until he flew. D) They threatened not to teach him anymore. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They threatened to let him starve on his ledge until he flew. 17. What urged him to make his first flight? A) Hunger. B) Sight of fish. C) Courage. D) Both 1 and 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 1 and 2. 18. How did the young seagull feel when he attempted to flap his wings? A) He felt happy. B) He felt sad. C) He felt scared. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He felt scared. 19. What did the pilot notice when he was safe at the airport? A) The other plane was still there in the sky. B) The sky was empty. C) The other plane was following him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sky was empty. 20. I ought to go back to Paris, " I thought, but I wanted to get home. I wanted that breakfast. 'I'll take the risk, ' I thought, and flew that old Dakota straight into the storm.13. What risk did the pilot take? A) Flying back to Paris. B) Missing the breakfast he desired. C) He took no risk. D) Flying his old Dakota straight into the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flying his old Dakota straight into the storm. 21. Why was the narrator happy to return to England? A) He was going to meet his wife. B) He had to take another flight. C) He was going on a holiday. D) He was to join a new job. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was going on a holiday. 22. What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight? A) He was unconscious. B) He was falling down the cliff. C) He was falling asleep. D) He lost his balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was falling asleep. 23. Hari decided to go back to Anil's house as he realized A) The seriousness of the offence. B) What all he would be losing by not going back. C) That he could steal more money. D) That he had no friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) What all he would be losing by not going back. 24. Which emotion best describes the young seagull's feeling before the flight? A) Terror. B) Pride. C) Excitement. D) Confidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terror. 25. What does the seagull's first flight symbolise? A) Rebellion. B) Natural instinct. C) Leap into independence and growth. D) Family pressure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Leap into independence and growth. 26. Why didn't the pilot turn the aeroplane back towards Paris? A) He did not want to miss the breakfast. B) He did not like Paris. C) He wanted to go on a holiday. D) He wanted to meet his family. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He did not want to miss the breakfast. 27. Who was the author of "His First Flight" ? A) Frederick Forsyth. B) Paulo Coelho. C) Liam O'Flaherty. D) Roald Dahl. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Liam O'Flaherty. 28. "They looked like black mountains standing in frontof me across the sky" . What looked like black mountains? A) Black mountains. B) Storm clouds. C) Tall buildings. D) Black plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storm clouds. 29. I ..... believe my eyes. Is George the one who is standing over there? A) Couldn't. B) Won't. C) Mustn't. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Can't. 30. Why did the pilot ask about the other aeroplane to the woman in the control tower? A) To complain about the pilot's rash flying. B) To convey his thanks to him about helping him land safely. C) To discuss the adverse weather conditions. D) To report the fallen part of his aeroplane. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To convey his thanks to him about helping him land safely. 31. What is he a "fairly successful hand" at? A) Working hard. B) Wrestling. C) Deceiving. D) Stealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stealing. 32. The title "Black Aeroplane" is based on? A) The aeroplane that helped the pilot. B) The pilot's aeroplane. C) Aeroplane in the stormy sky. D) All of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of above. 33. Which modal cannot be used in the blank. You ..... eat in class. A) Should not. B) Must not. C) Ought not. D) Can not. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ought not. 34. We are not completely sure but Cindy ..... come back tomorrow. A) Can. B) Ought. C) May. D) Needn't. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) May. 35. What did his parents threaten him with if he didn't flew away?A) to never talk to himB) to punish himC) to starve himD) to abandon him A) C. B) D. C) B. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 36. What was the purpose behind calling Paris control? A) To know about air traffic. B) To know the direction of the route. C) To know the details about landing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To know the direction of the route. 37. What instruments had stopped working during the storm? A) Compass. B) Radio. C) Both of them. D) None of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of them. 38. The lesson "His First Flight" is about a ..... A) Pigeon. B) Seagull. C) Pilot. D) Parrot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Seagull. 39. "They looked like black mountains standing in front A) Black mountains. B) Storm clouds. C) Tall buildings. D) Black plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Storm clouds. 40. What were the young seagull's parents doing to him? A) Calling to him shrilly. B) Threatening him. C) Upbraiding him. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 41. Why was the aeroplane twisting in the air? A) It was a dark night. B) It was a stormy night. C) Due to lightning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was a stormy night. 42. When the narrator asked the control room for the direction, he got an answer to turn ..... A) 12 degrees South. B) 12 degrees East. C) 12 degrees West. D) 12 degrees North. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12 degrees West. 43. It was an easy flight as A) Everything was going well. B) It was a short journey. C) It was an easy takeoff. D) Both fuel tanks were sufficiently filled. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Everything was going well. 44. Who encouraged the young seagull to fly? A) His sister. B) His mother. C) His brother. D) His father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) His mother. 45. 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 'a' and 'b'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both 'a' and 'b'. 46. Name the country the pilot was flying to? A) France. B) Germany. C) England. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) England. 47. What was the pilot looking forward to? A) To reach his destination. B) To meet his family. C) His holiday. D) To reach destination and meet family. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To reach destination and meet family. 48. I missed class yesterday because I was sick. I ..... ask the teacher what I missed. A) Ought to. B) Would. C) Musn't. D) Was able to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ought to. 49. Who is the author of "Black Aeroplane" ? A) Liam O' Flaherty. B) Roald Dahl. C) Paulo Coelho. D) Frederick Forsyth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Frederick Forsyth. 50. What did the mother do as she came in approach of The young seagull A) She gave the food to the kid. B) She screamed on him and scold him. C) She halted at an appropriate distance. D) She flew past the young seagull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She halted at an appropriate distance. 51. The seagull saw his brother catch his first ..... A) Herring. B) Dog-fish. C) Tuna fish. D) Salmon fish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Herring. 52. When the pilot of the black aeroplane asked the narrator to follow him, in which direction did he turn the aeroplane? A) North. B) East. C) West. D) South. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) North. 53. Mandela became the first black president in A) 1994 10 november. B) 1994 10 may. C) 1994 10 january. D) 1994 10 june. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1994 10 may. 54. Who was the pilot on the strange black aeroplane A) Help sent by the control tower. B) Another pilot caught in the storm. C) Force of God sent to help him. D) His friend trying to show him the pah. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Force of God sent to help him. 55. Who gave the young seagull a piece of fish? A) His brothers. B) His sister. C) His father. D) His mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His mother. 56. What does the black aeroplane symbolize? A) Real experience. B) Nature's power. C) Faith and unseen help. D) Government control. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Faith and unseen help. 57. We ..... finish this activity and submit it soon or else we will be marked zero in the first performance tasks. A) Can. B) Ought to. C) Should. D) Have to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Have to. 58. His feet sank into the green sea, and then his belly touched it and he sank no farther. He was floating on it, and around him his family was screaming, praising him and their beaks were offering him scraps of dog-fish."Find the synonym of the word descend from the passage" A) Belly. B) Sank. C) Screaming. D) Scraps. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sank. 59. He stepped slowly out to the brink of the ledge, and standing on one leg with the other leg hidden under his wing, he closed one eye, then the other, and pretended to be falling asleep.15) What did the seagull pretend was happening to him so that he could take his first flight? A) He was unconscious. B) He was falling down the cliff. C) He was falling asleep. D) He lost his balance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was falling asleep. 60. And between him and his parents there was a deep, wide. A) Valley. B) Sea. C) Chasm. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea. Next →Related QuizzesProse QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 10 English Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying Quiz 2Class 10 English Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying Quiz 3Class 10 English Chapter 3 Two Stories About Flying Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books