CBSE Class 10 English Two Stories about Flying II Black Aeroplane MCQs Set B

Question: 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 want to miss the breakfast
d) He did not like Paris
Answer: c

Question: What was the pilot looking forward to?
a) to reach his destination
b) to meet his family
c) his holiday
d) both 2 and 3
Answer: d

Question: Who is the author of “Black Aeroplane”?
a) Liam O’ Flaherty
b) Frederick Forsyth
c) Roal Dahl
d) Paulo Coehlo
Answer: b

Question: Pick the most appropriate reason why the young gull felt dizzy.
a) He hadn’t eaten anything for a day.
b) He was dizzy with excitement.
c) He was wary of heights.
d) He was flying for the first time.
Answer: d

Question: The lesson “His First Flight” is about a ______
a) pilot
b) seagull
c) parrot
d) pigeon
Answer: b

Question: The sight of ________ maddened him.
a) his brothers flying
b) his siblings enjoying without him
c) food
d) all of the above
Answer: c

Question: What food did the seagull’s mother get for it?
a) earthworms
b) fish
c) insects
d) rodents
Answer: b

Question: 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) none of the above
Answer: a

Question: Who is the author of “His First Flight”?
a) Liam O’ Flaherty
b) Frederick Forsyth
c) Roal Dahl
d) Paulo Coehlo
Answer: a

Question: The pilot was flying from _____ to _____.
a) England, France
b) England, India
c) France, England
d) France, India
Answer: c

Question: When the pilot of the black aeroplane asked the narrator to follow him, in which direction did he turn the aeroplane?
a) south
b) north
c) east
d) west
Answer: b

Question: What were his parents teaching his brothers and sisters?
a) to perfect the art of flying
b) to skim the waves
c) to dive for fish
d) all of the above
Answer: d

Question: The extract refers to the many movements of the young gull’s brothers and sister. Choose the option that correctly sequences these movements.
a) The young gull’s brothers and sister flew by tilting their wings, rose high, made darting movements and plunged headfirst.
b) The young gull’s brothers and sister flew by plunging headfirst, making darting movements, tilted their wings and rose high.
c) The young gull’s brothers and sister flew with darting movements, tilted their wings, rose high and plunged headfirst.
d) The young gull’s brothers and sister flew by rising high, plunging headfirst, making darting movements and tilting their wings.
Answer: c

Question: The line “he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly” implies the —
a) great confidence the young gull had in his skills.
b) naturalness of the act of flying for the young gull.
c) satisfaction and joy of flying together as a family.
d) desire of the young gull to leave his fears behind.
Answer: b

Question: Which of the following mirrors the use of the literary device in “shrieking shrilly”?
a) Sparkling saga
b) Singing soft
c) Slippery sloppily
d) Sneeze silently
Answer: d

Question: How would you describe the screams of the gulls in the given extract?
a) Elation
b) Bewilderment
c) Shock
d) Protection
Answer: a

Question: 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
Answer: c

(A) He should be lurking in shadow,
Sliding through long grass
Near the water hole
Where plump deer pass.

(A) Everything was going well — it was an easy flight. 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. I knew I could not fly up and over them, and I did not have enough fuel to fly around them to the north or south. “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.

Question. How would you describe the “risk” the narrator took?
a) calculated
b) impetuous
c) unavoidable
d) navigable

Answer: B

Question. In what way might the reference to the Dakota as “old” be relevant?
a) Its antique value made it expensive and precious to the narrator.
b) It is employed by the narrator as a term of endearment.
c) It did not have enough fuel to fly around the storm clouds.
d) Its ability to negotiate the storm clouds might have been suspect.

Answer: D

Question. Read the statements given below, and then select the option that best describes the given statements.
Statement I – The narrator’s desire to reach home and see his family made him complacent.
Statement II – The narrator was unaware of the threat that the adversarial storm clouds presented.
Statement III – The narrator’s decision making was quick but irresponsible as well as dangerous.
a) Statement I is False, Statement II is True, Statement III cannot be inferred
b) Statement I and III are True, Statement II cannot be inferred.
c) Statement I cannot be inferred, Statement II is False, Statement III is True.
d) Statement I and II are False, Statement III is True.

Answer: C

Question. Select the correct option to fill in the blanks below:
risk: risky :: _ : __
a) danger: dangerously
b) hazard : hazardous
c) peril : imperilled
d) caution : precaution

Answer: B

(B) I was safe! I turned to look for my friend in the black aeroplane, but the sky was empty. There was nothing there. The black aeroplane was gone. I could not see it anywhere. I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota near the control tower. I went and asked a woman in the control centre where I was and who the other
pilot was. I wanted to say ‘Thank you’. She looked at me very strangely, and then laughed. “Another aeroplane? Up there in this storm? No other aeroplanes were flying tonight. Yours was the only one I could see on the radar.” So, who helped me…

Question. Select the option that correctly tracks the progression of emotions experienced by the narrator in the given extract.
a) excited – surprised – relieved – grateful – perplexed
b) relieved – confused – curious – dejected – panic-stricken
c) optimistic – lonely – calm – elated – appreciative
d) triumphant – reassured– inquisitive – thankful – uncertain

Answer: A

Question. Why do you think the woman in the control centre laughed?
a) She found the narrator funny.
b) She thought his question preposterous.
c) She thought he was teasing her.
d) She was relieved the narrator was safe.

Answer: B

Question. The narrator exclaimed that he was “safe”. Which of the following represented the most immediate threat to the narrator’s safety?
a) The black mountain-like storm cloud
b) The depletion of fuel in the last fuel tank
c) Being lost due to non-functioning equipment
d) The old rattling Dakota aeroplane

Answer: B