Chapter 3 His First Flight | class 10th english First Flight Important MCQs

Two Stories about Flying (first flight) MCQ Questions Class 10 English with Answers

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 :   D

Question : What were the young seagull’s brothers and sister doing around him?
(a) curveting
(b) banking
(c) soaring
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

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

Answer :   B

Question : The woman at the control tower confirmed that:
(a) he could not land
(b) there was no facility
(c) there was no other aeroplane
(d) there was no signal

Answer :   C

Question : What did the seagull pretended?
(a) Running Fast
(b) Falling Asleep
(c) Crying
(d) None of the Above

Answer :   B

Question : 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

Answer :   D

Question : Who fell outwards and downward into space?
(a) Young Seagull
(b) Mother Seagull
(c) Father Seagull
(d) Brother Seagull

Answer :   A

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

Answer :  B

Question : Who is the author of the lesson ‘His First Flight’?
(a) Fredrick Forsyth
(b) Cynthia Moss
(c) Liam O’Flaherty

Answer :  C

Question : Nobody had come near the young seagull for the last :
(a) ten hours
(b) twelve hours
(c) twenty hours
(d) twenty-four hours

Answer :  D

Question : The compass was not working and:
(a) the radio was dead
(b) he lost his patience
(c) he lost his grip
(d) the steering was upset

Answer :  A

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

Answer :  B

Question : The story is about a young –
(a) Dove
(b) Seagull
(c) Crow
(d) Peacock

Answer :   B

Question : 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

Answer :  B

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

Answer :  B

Question : Why could the writer not see anything outside the aeroplane?
(a) Because of lightning
(b) Because it was dark outside
(c) Because there was bird
(d) None of the Above

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 young seagull had lack of –
(a) Courage
(b) Morality
(c) Fear
(d) Enthusiasm

Answer :  A

Question : Select the most appropriate option for the following: devour : guzzle: : nibble : _______
(a) chew
(b) savour
(c) peck
(d) gulp

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

Question : Out of excitement his family members were offering him –
(a) Star
(b) Dog fish
(c) Fruits
(d) Herring fish

Answer :  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 : 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 : ‘I’ here refers to:
(a) Robin Klein
(b) Liam O’ Flaherty
(c) Frederick Forsyth
(d) FI Bsor Ester

Answer :  C

Question : The young seagull was feeling more heat because –
(a) He was facing east
(b) He was afraid
(c) He was hungry
(d) It was a too sunny day

Answer :  C

Question : Who was alone on the ledge?
(a) Young Seagull
(b) Mother Seagull
(c) Father Seagull
(d) None of the Above

Answer :  A

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 : The young seagull got mad by the sight – of ——.
(a) Food
(b) Sunny sky
(c) Vast sea
(d) His brothers and sister

Answer :  A

Question : When he looked down, he saw:
(a) the lights over buildings
(b) the lights on a tower
(c) the lights in the houses
(d) the lights of a big city

Answer : D