Question 1.
Where did the bird and her new born babies live?
(a) in a house
(b) in a farm
(c) in a forest
(d) in a burrow
Question 2.
Who killed the mother bird?
(a) a hunter
(b) a storm
(c) a peasant
(d) a parasite
Question 3.
What for did the king come to the forest?
(a) hunting
(b) amusement
(c) resting
(d) none of these
Question 4.
What did the king see in the forest?
(a) a tiger
(b) a deer
(c) a lion
(d) a rabbit
Question 5.
Why did the king lose his way in the forest?
(a) he was not known to the place
(b) his horse put him on the wrong
(c) he had gone deep into the forest
(d) none of these
Question 6.
Where did the king go?
(a) to a house
(b) to a temple
(c) to a palace
(d) to a cave
Question 7.
Whom did he see there?
(a) a brown bird
(b) a guard
(c) a wicked man
(d) a holy man
Question 8.
Who said this, “Quick! Hurry up! Come and take his jewels and his horse.”
(a) the wicked man
(b) the guard
(c) the wicked brown bird
(d) none of these
Question 9.
What did the king do then?
(a) stole the jewels
(b) stole the horse
(c) went into the cave
(d) rode away
Question 10.
Where did the king go next?
(a) to a house
(b) to a palace
(c) to an ashram
(d) to a temple
Question 11.
“Welcome to the ashram”. Who greeted the king?
(a) the rishi
(b) the guard
(c) the wicked bird
(d) the bird
Question 12.
Who asked the king to share his food?
(a) the rishi
(b) the guard
(c) the bird
(d) the dacoits
Question 13.
Who told the story of two birds to the king?
(a) the bird
(b) a common man
(c) the dacoits
(d) the rishi
Question 14.
Who said this, “A man is known by the company he keeps.”
(a) the holy man
(b) the king
(c) the bird
(d) none of these
Answer
Answer: (a) the holy man
Important Questions
Question 1.
Where do the two baby birds live with their mother?
Answer:
The two baby birds live in a tall and shady tree.
Question 2.
How were the two birds separated?
Answer:
The two birds were separated by a strong wind.
Question 3.
Why was the king amazed?
Answer:
The king was amazed to hear a similar voice of a bird again.
Question 4.
Why did the king go to forest?
Answer:
The king went to the forest for hunting.
Question 5.
Why did the king go near the cave?
Answer:
The king lost his way in the forest and was exhausted. To take some rest, he got down the horse and went to find a resting place near the cave.
Question 6.
How was the rishi?
Answer:
The rishi requested the king to go inside the ashram. He asked him to make himself comfortable and share his food.
A Tale of Two Birds Extra Questions and Answers Long Answer Type
Question 1.
A man is known by the company he keeps. Comment.
Answer:
The story of two birds reveal this truth. Both the birds were siblings but the drastic difference in their attitude is evident. They responded in contrast with each other when they saw the king. The first bird behaved like robbers. Whereas the second bird welcomed him as it was bred in a rishi’s ashram.
Question 2.
The child should be nurtured well to make him/her a good citizen. Do you agree or not?
Answer:
A child will grow into a responsible citizen if lie/she is groomed well. A child is like a bud, its mental, psychological and social aspects should be given priority. Education enables a person to earn the livelihood. And the traits that he adopts decide how he is going to behave.
Question 3.
How did the two baby birds get separated?
Answer:
The two baby birds got separated as wind blew them away to the other side of the forest. Both landed at different places.
Question 4.
Where did each of them find a home?
Answer:
One of the young birds found its home near a cave. A gang of robbers lived there. The other bird landed outside the ashram of a rishi at a little distance.
Question 5.
What did the first bird say to the stranger?
Answer:
The stranger heard the first bird cried out. “Quick! Hurry up! There’s someone under the tree. Come and take his jewels and his horse. Hurry or else he’ll slip away”
Question 6.
What did the second bird say to him?
Answer:
The second bird asked the king to make himself comfortable in the ashram. She welcomed the king.
Question 7.
How did the Rishi explain the different ways in which the birds behaved?
Answer:
The rishi smiled and explained the different ways in which the birds behaved by saying after all one is known by the company he keeps. The first bird has always heard the talk of robbers, imitates them and talks about robbing people. The other bird repeats what he always heard and so welcomes people to the ashram.
Question 8.
Which one of the following sums up the story best?
(i) A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.
(ii) One is known by the company one keeps.
(iii) A friend in need is a friend indeed.
Answer:
(ii) The line that sums up the story best is “One is known by the company one keeps”.