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Unit - 10 : The Banyan Tree ENGLISH (NCERT) - Unit - 10 : The Banyan Tree

Gujarat Board (GSEB) - STD 6 - ENGLISH (NCERT) (GSEB - English Medium). 48 questions in this chapter.

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Q 1MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
The crow died of$.........$
  • ✓
    the cobra$-$bite.
  • B
    the mongoose$-$bite.
  • C
    the collision with myna in the midair.
  • D
    shot from the writer's air gun.

Answer: A.

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Q 2MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
The myna and the crow were sitting$.........$
  • A
    on the top branch of the banyan tree.
  • ✓
    on a cactus.
  • C
    on the terrace of the writer's old house.
  • D
    in the bushes nearby.

Answer: B.

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Q 3MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
By swaying slowly from side to side, the cobra was trying to$.........$
  • A
    evade the mongoose.
  • ✓
    mesmerize the mongoose into making a false move.
  • C
    frighten the mongoose.
  • D
    tire out mongoose to carry on the fight further.

Answer: B.

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Q 11Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
The warm breezes of approaching summer had sent everyone, including the gardener, into the house. I was feeling drowsy myself, wondering if I should go to the pond and have a swim with Ramu and the buffaloes. when I saw a huge black cobra gliding out of a clump of cactus. At the same time a mongoose emerged from the bushes and went straight for the cobra.
In a clearing beneath the banyan tree, in bright sunshine, they came face to face. The cobra knew only too well that the grey mongoose, three feet long. was a superb fighter, clever and aggressive. But the cobra, too, was a skilful and an experienced fighter. He could move swiftly and strike with the speed of light and the sacs behind his long sharp fangs were full of deadly poison. It was to be a battle of champions.
Questions :
$(1)$ Why had everyone including the gardener gone inside the house?
$(2)$ What was the author thinking of doing?
$(3)$ What did the author see as he sat on the crude platform one fine afternoon ?
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Q 12Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
Halfway up the tree I had builta crude platform where I would spend the afternoons when it was not too hot. I could read there propping myself up against the tree with a cushion from the living room Treasure Island, Huckleberry Finn and The Story of Dr Dolittle were some of the books that made up my banyan tree library.
When I did not feel like reading, I could look down through the leaves at the world below. And on one particular afternoon I had a grandstand view of that classic of the Indian wilds, a fight between a mongoose and a cobra.
Questions :
$(1)$ What had the author built halfway up the tree?
$(2)$ What would the author do on a crude platform built halfway up the tree ?
$(3)$ What books made up the author's banyan tree library ?
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Q 13Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
My first friend was a small rey squirrel. Arching his back and sniffing into the air. he seemed at first to resent my Invasion of his privacy. But when he found that I did not arm myself with catapult of air gun, he became friendly and when I started bringing him pieces of cake and biscuit he grew quite bold and was soon taking morsels from hand. Before long, he was delving into my pockets and helping himself to whatever he could find. He was a very young squirrel and his friends and relatives probably thought him foolish and headstrong for trusting a human.
Questions:
$(1)$ Who was the author's first friend and how did he first react to the presence of the author ?
$(2)$ When did the author's friend become friendly with the author ?
$(3)$ How did the author's friend become bold with the author ?
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Q 14Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
I saw the bird flung nearly twenty feet across the garden. It fluttered about for a while, then lay still. The myna remained on the cactus plant and when the snake and the mongoose returned to the fight, very wisely decided not to interfere again! The cobra was weakening and the mongoose, walking fearlessly up to it, raised himself on his short legs and with a lightning snap had the big snake by the snout. The cobra writhed and lashed about in a frightening manner and even coiled itself about the mongoose, but to no avail. The little fellow hung grimly on until the snake had ceased to struggle. He then smelt along its quivering length, gripped it round the hood and dragged it into th bushes. The myna dropped cautiously to the ground hopped about, peered into the bushes fror a safe distance and then, with a shrill ci of congratulation, flew away.
Questions :
$(1)$ Why did the myna decide not interfere again?
$(2)$ What did the mongoose do after it saw that the cobra was weakening?
$(3)$ How did the mongoose kill the cobra ?
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Q 15Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
The cobra stood on side to side, tri mesmerise the mongoose into making move. But the mongoose knew the pou his opponent's glassy, unwinking eyes refused to meet them. Instead he fixe gaze at a point just below the cobra's i and opened the attack.
Moving forward quickly until he was within the cobra's reach, the mongoose m a pretended move to one side.
the cobra struck. His great hood came dow $3$ so swiftly that I thought nothing could sau the mongoose. But the little fellow jumped neatly to one side, and darted in as swiftly as the cobra, biting the snake on the back and darting away again out of reach.
At the same moment that the cobra struck the crow and the myna hurled themselves at him, only to collide heavily in mid-air. Shrieking insults at each other they returned to the cactus plant. A few drops of blood glistened on the cobra's back.
Questions :
$(1)$ How was the cobra trying to mesmerise the mongoose ?
$(2)$ Why did the mongoose not meet the eyes of the cobra ?
$(3)$ Why did the author think that nothing would be able to save the mongoose ?
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Q 21Fill the Blanks (text) [4-M]4 Marks
(hurled, shrieking, that, glistened, struck, only, returned, Heavily)
At the same moment _____________________ the cobra _____________________, the crow and the myna _____________________ them selves at him, _____________________ to collide _____________________ in mid-air. _____________________ insults at each other they _____________________ to the cactus plant. A few drops of blood _____________________ on the cobra's neck.
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Q 22Match the Following [4-M]4 Marks
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
$(1)$ I have sharp eyes
$(2)$ I can reach my home from anywhere
$(3)$ I have a strong radar to detect obstacles
$(4)$ I can change colour and blend with my background		 $(A)$ Bat
$(B)$ Eagles
$(C)$ Chameleon
$(D)$ Pigeon
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Q 23Match the Following [4-M]4 Marks
Column ‘A’ Column ‘B’
$(1)$ I have a strong day vision
$(2)$ I have a strong hearing capacity
$(3)$ I have the highest acceleration
$(4)$ I have the highest stamina		 $(A)$ Owl
$(B)$ Wolf
$(C)$ Vultures
$(D)$ Cheetah
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