CBSE Class 6 English Question Paper Set G

CBSE Class 6 English Question Paper Set G. You can download the past year question papers in pdf format with solutions from the links below. The students should practice the question papers of last year which will help them to understand the pattern on the papers and will help them to practice for the exams. You can download the question papers for last 10 years free by clicking links below. Refer to the extract below and download the full pdf file of question papers below.

SECTION A

READING

1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Today, there are six species of pelicans living. Two of these, the White or Rosy Pelican and the Spotted- billed Pelican, are found in India. Little is known why the bird is called a pelican. It is that since a very long time Greeks, the Romans and most Europeans have known this bird by this name. However, the Portuguese and Spanish call it Alcatraz. A rocky island in San Francisco Bay in the United States is called Alcatras. The word literally means a place of no escape, a prison. Pelicans once lived on this rocky island. Of the six species of pelican, only one, the Brown Pelican of the Americas, is a coastal and marine bird. It is a fish-catcher, smashing headlong into the water with a tremendous splash. Other Pelican species are highly social. Their food is fish and their feeding strategy is charming. On an average, a pelican eats three kilos of fish a day. Once full, the pelicans either continue floating on water or clumsily walk onto some dry spot, where they spend time resting. With a weighty body and a ridiculous large beak, one would think that pelicans find flying impossible. But they are among the beat fliers of the bird kingdom. Only during take-off the pelican needs some effort. Once airborne it is a strong flier that can fly for hours. The heaviest pelican weighs 11 kilos.

a) Of the six species of pelican, two are found in

i) America ii)Japan iii) India

b) Pelican is called Alcatraz by the

i) Americans ii) French iii) Portuguese and Spanish

c) The Brown Pelican of the Americas is a

i) good snake-catcher ii) slow swimmer iii) good fish-catcher

d) A Pelican’s food is

i) small birds ii) fish iii) snakes

e) The word ridiculous means

i) light ii) silly iii) heavy

2 Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

Schools all over India celebrate ‘Children’s Day’ on the 14th November every year. On this day our first Prime Minister, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru was born. His ancestors came down from Kashmir to the rich plains below. Kaul had been his family name. This changed to Kaul- Nehru. In the later years, Kaul was dropped and they became simply Nehrus. Jawahar Lal was the only son of his prosperous parents. His sisters were much younger than Nehru. So he grew up and

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