CBSE Class 6 English What a Bird Thought MCQs Set 02

Answer: (A) Cozy

Explanation:
1. The nest was small and lined with warm straw.
2. Its mother cared for it softly inside.
3. Cozy means warm, safe, and comfortable.

Answer: (D) Branch of the tree

Explanation:
1. The bird first fluttered from its nest.
2. It landed on a nearby tree branch.
3. From there, it looked at all the leaves.

Answer: (A) Life is full of surprises

Explanation:
1. Every time the bird moved, the world changed.
2. First shell, then straw, then leaves, then blue sky.
3. It learned that life is full of new surprises.

Answer: (B) Full of leaves

Explanation:
1. When the bird flew out onto the branch, leaves were all around.
2. It could only see thick foliage.
3. So, the world looked full of leaves.

Answer: (A) It had no home

Explanation:
1. The bird flew beyond the tree into the open sky.
2. It was free and lived in the open world.
3. It no longer had a single closed home.

Answer: (A) Responsibilities

Explanation:
1. Grown-up labours means work done by adults.
2. When birds grow up, they have to find food and look after themselves.
3. This refers to their responsibilities.

Answer: (B) How it is made

Explanation:
1. In the last stanza, the bird looks at the great sky.
2. It sings: "I don't know how the world is made".
3. So, it cannot understand how the world was made.

Answer: (A) Other birds and animals

Explanation:
1. Birds live in nature with other creatures.
2. The other birds and animals living around are its neighbours.
3. Thus, option A is correct.

Answer: (B) Protected

Explanation:
1. The baby bird's mother cared for it in the nest.
2. The nest was safe from wind and rain.
3. The baby bird felt safe and protected.

Answer: (C) Blind

Explanation:
1. As the bird grew, it saw the wider world.
2. It said, "I have been very blind".
3. It felt that its early thoughts were blind to reality.

Answer: (B) The world is constantly changing

Explanation:
1. First its home was an egg, then a nest, then a tree, then the sky.
2. Every step brought a totally new view.
3. It learned that its world changes as it grows.

Answer: (B) The world is complex to understand

Explanation:
1. The world was not just made of straw or leaves.
2. It was far too big and open to explain.
3. It understood that the world is complex.

Answer: (B) Learning comes with experience

Explanation:
1. The bird learns new things only by going out.
2. As we go out and experience life, we understand more.
3. This shows that experience brings true learning.

Answer: (B) Baby Bird

Explanation:
1. Every stanza describes the baby bird's thoughts.
2. The journey follows its growing up.
3. So, the story is all about the baby bird.

Answer: (A) Because it couldn’t see the larger world

Explanation:
1. Inside the nest, the bird only saw straw.
2. It did not know about the tree or the sky.
3. It calls itself blind because it could not see the bigger world.

Answer: (D) Leaves

Explanation:
1. The bird stepped out of the nest onto a tree bough.
2. The bough was covered in green leaves.
3. So, the bird first saw leaves.

Answer: (B) Lack of understanding

Explanation:
1. The bird could see fine with its eyes.
2. It was "blind" because it did not understand the bigger truth.
3. Therefore, blindness represents a lack of understanding.

Answer: (b) The world here is the bird’s stage of being in a nest taken care of by the mother.

Explanation:
1. The bird's nest was made entirely of straw.
2. While in the nest, its mother cared for it.
3. To the baby bird, that nest was its whole world.

Answer: (A) Small and round

Explanation:
1. The first home was an egg.
2. The bird describes it as small and round.
3. So, option A is the right answer.

Answer: (c) Because the view of the leaves made it blind.

Explanation:
1. The bird came out of the straw nest and saw the green leaves.
2. It saw its old belief was mistaken.
3. It exclaimed that it had been very blind.

Answer: (c) The egg shell

Explanation:
1. The first stanza talks about a small and round house.
2. That blue house was the egg shell.
3. So, the egg shell is what is referred to.

Answer: (c) angry

Explanation:
1. The line shows the speaker's reaction when facing the unknown.
2. Following the given key, option (c) is marked as the answer.
3. Therefore, option (c) is selected.

Answer: (c) When the bird is able to fly

Explanation:
1. The bird has grown strong wings.
2. It can now fly high in the air.
3. This is the stage when the bird is able to fly.

Answer: (b) Flies beyond the tree

Explanation:
1. At the end, the bird opens its wings wide.
2. It flies past the tree into the open sky.
3. So, it flies beyond the tree.

Answer: (C) Bird’s Mother

Explanation:
1. The poem says the nest was cared for by its mother.
2. The mother kept the baby bird warm and safe.
3. So, the bird's mother was there with it.

Answer: (C) Unknown and vast

Explanation:
1. When the bird grows big, it flies high up into the open sky.
2. It looks at the huge sky and cannot tell how big the world really is.
3. So, the bird sees that the world is unknown and very vast.