CBSE Class 6 English What a Bird Thought MCQs Set 03

Answer: (D) nest

Explanation:
1. Birds live in small homes called nests.
2. The little bird in the poem lived safely inside its nest.
3. Therefore, the correct answer is nest.

Answer: (C) The egg

Explanation:
1. A baby bird stays inside an egg before it hatches.
2. The poem describes this first home as small, round, and blue.
3. This means the little house is the eggshell.

Answer: (A) A little nest

Explanation:
1. First, the bird lived inside an egg.
2. After hatching out of the egg, it moved into a little nest made of straw.
3. So, its second home was a little nest.

Answer: (C) Round

Explanation:
1. The poem says the bird thought the world was small and round at first.
2. This first home was its egg.
3. Hence, the shape of its first home was round.

Answer: (D) mother

Explanation:
1. The mother bird took care of the baby bird.
2. The poem mentions that the bird was brooded by its mother.
3. This means the bird lived under the care and protection of its mother.

Answer: (B) The growth and understanding of the bird

Explanation:
1. The bird starts by knowing only its tiny egg.
2. As it grows older, it sees the nest, the tree, and finally the big open sky.
3. The whole poem is about how the bird grows and learns more about the world.

Answer: (B) Leaves

Explanation:
1. The bird flutters out of its nest onto the tree branch.
2. It looks around and sees green leaves everywhere.
3. So, it thinks the entire world is made of leaves.

Answer: (B) In a shell

Explanation:
1. Before a bird is born, it stays inside an eggshell.
2. The poem says the bird first lived in a pale blue shell.
3. Therefore, its very first home was in a shell.

Answer: (D) pale straw and shells

Explanation:
1. The bird lived in a shell first and then in a nest of straw.
2. Together, its early surroundings had straw and the broken eggshell pieces.
3. Therefore, the answer choice is pale straw and shells.

Answer: (D) Confused

Explanation:
1. The bird thought the world was only made of straw.
2. When it went out, it saw leaves and realized it was wrong.
3. It felt puzzled and confused because it did not understand the true world yet.

Answer: (B) it was all it needed

Explanation:
1. In the poem, the line says: "Nor needed any other".
2. This shows the little nest had everything the baby bird wanted.
3. So, it was comfortable because it was all the bird needed.

Answer: (B) Straw

Explanation:
1. The bird's second home was its little nest.
2. The poem says: "I thought the world was made of straw".
3. This shows that the nest was built out of straw.

Answer: (C) she felt comfortable and secure

Explanation:
1. The little bird stayed warm inside the nest with its mother.
2. It had warmth, love, and protection there.
3. It did not need any other place because it felt totally comfortable and secure.

Answer: (B) Its mother

Explanation:
1. The baby bird rested inside the nest under its mother's wings.
2. The poem says the bird was brooded by its mother.
3. Thus, its mother lovingly sheltered the little bird.

Answer: (B) Flies beyond the tree

Explanation:
1. At the end of the poem, the bird grows strong wings.
2. The poet writes: "At last I flew beyond the tree".
3. This shows the bird flies out past the tree and into the open sky.

Answer: (B) They don’t know how the world is made

Explanation:
1. The bird looks around and wonders about the great world.
2. It asks other birds and neighbours for the answer.
3. But none of them know how the world is really made.

Answer: (C) straw and shell

Explanation:
1. Early in its life, the bird saw its shell and then the nest straw.
2. Because it could not see outside, it thought everything was made of these parts.
3. Therefore, it believed the world was made of straw and shell.

Answer: (C) Pale blue shell

Explanation:
1. In the first stanza, the bird sits inside its egg.
2. The poem says: "And made of pale blue shell".
3. That is why the bird thought the whole world was a pale blue shell.

Answer: (B) Straw

Explanation:
1. The bird moves from the egg to a nest.
2. The nest is made with dry yellow grass called straw.
3. So, the nest is made of straw.

Answer: (D) It explored the world

Explanation:
1. The poem says: "One day I fluttered from the nest, To see what I could find".
2. This means the bird wanted to see new things outside.
3. It left the nest to go and explore the world.

Answer: (B) Small and round

Explanation:
1. The bird lived inside an eggshell first.
2. The poem says the house was "small and round".
3. So, the bird's first home was small and round.

Answer: (C) It is vast and full of possibilities

Explanation:
1. When the bird flies past the tree, it sees the unending blue sky.
2. It realizes that the world has no small limits.
3. The world is very vast, huge, and full of exciting possibilities.

Answer: (B) Confidence

Explanation:
1. At first, the baby bird stayed safely inside the nest.
2. As it grew bigger, it dared to flap its wings and fly away.
3. Flying out into the wide world showed that it gained confidence.

Answer: (A) Leaves

Explanation:
1. The bird stepped out of its straw nest into the tree.
2. All around the tree, it saw green leaves.
3. It exclaimed: "The world is made of leaves!"

Answer: (B) They are as blind as the bird

Explanation:
1. The bird had once called itself blind because it did not know the world.
2. When it asked other birds around, they also did not know.
3. This shows that the neighbours are just as blind and unknowing as the bird.