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Unit - 9 : Desert Animals ENGLISH (NCERT) - Unit - 9 : Desert Animals

Gujarat Board (GSEB) - STD 6 - ENGLISH (NCERT) (GSEB - English Medium). 55 questions in this chapter.

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Q 2MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
The desert camel with a single hump is known as$.........$
  • ✓
    Dromedary,
  • B
    Bactrian.
  • C
    Python.
  • D
    Both $A$ and $B$

Answer: A.

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Q 3MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
A thirsty camel can drink as much as$.........$
  • ✓
    thirty gallons of water.
  • B
    about five hundred full glasses of water.
  • C
    about five hundred pails of water.
  • D
    Either $A$ or $'B'$

Answer: A.

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Q 4MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
The kitten of mongooses are raised$.........$
  • ✓
    $m$ a den made inside an old termite mount.
  • B
    in a den made inside a hollow log
  • C
    in a burrow made by other animals.
  • D
    Both $A$ and $B$

Answer: A.

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Q 5MCQ [1-M]1 Mark
A mongoose kills a snake$.........$
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    when the snake gets completely tired in their fight.
  • B
    in a single bite:
  • C
    $C$ with its venom.
  • D
    if the snake is wounded.

Answer: A.

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Q 11Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
There are two different kinds of camel. One, known as the Dromedary, has only a single hump: the other is called a Bactrian camel and has two humps. The humps help the animal to survive in the desert, by acting avivot vrage containers. But they don't store water - as many people wrongly believe - they are full of fat. This fat nourishes the camels when food is scarce. If they have nothing to eat for several days, their humps shrink as the fat is used up. There are many other ways in which camels are adapted to desert life. Their mouths are so tough that even the sharp thorn cannot pierce through.
Questions :
$(1)$ What are Dromedary camels ?
$(2)$ What are Bactrian camels ?
$(3)$ What helps the camels survive in the desert ?
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Q 12Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
Mongooses are famous for being able to kill snakes without getting hurt themselves. Their reactions are so fast that they can dodge each time the snake strikes. They continually! make a nuisance of themselves until after a while, when the snake gets tired, they quickly dive in for the kill.
All the female mongooses have their kitten at about the same time. They are raised by the whole group in a den made inside an old termite mount or hollow log. When most of the adults are out looking for food. one or two males stay behind to stand guard until the others return for the night.
Questions :
$(1)$ What are mongooses famous for ?
$(2)$ How does a mongoose kill a snake ?
$(3)$ Who raises the kittens of the mongoose ?
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Q 13Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
But the rattlesnake, or 'rattler' as it is sometimes called, prefers to avoid people if it possibly can. It holds its tail upright and rattles the end whenever it is disturbed, in the hope that the intruder will go away. However, if its warnings are ignored - and it feels threatened - it will coil ready to bite. But the rattler itself cannot hear the noise its own tail makes. Like most snakes, it 'hears' things through vibrations in the ground. If a person walks nearby the snake can feel the movement. But if the same person were to shout, it would not hear a thing. Rattlesnakes are very common and widespread animals, living right across the American continent from Canada to Argentina. They feed on a variety of prey, including mice, voles, rats, chipmunks and many other small animals. Rattlesnakes kill their prey with venom. Like all snakes, they swallow the unfortunate animals whole. Few snakes have to eat more than once a week and some, such as the larger pythons, can survive for a year or more without eating.
Questions :
$(1)$ What do the rattlesnakes do in the that the intruder will go away?
$(2)$ How do rattlesnakes hear?
$(3)$ Where are rattlesnakes found ?
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Q 14Comprehention Passage (text) [3-M]3 Marks
Deserts are the driest places on earth and sometimes go for months, or even years, without rain. But even the desert animals cannot survive without water, or for long periods in the scorching sun, so they have had to find different ways of coping with the harsh conditions. For example, gerbils spend the hottest part of the day in cool underground burrows. And strange insects called darkling beetles are experts at catching drops of moisture on their legs, then lifting them into the air until the drops trickle down into their mouths. Not all deserts are endless seas of rolling sand dunes. Some are rocky or pebbly and dotted with small bushes while others are sprinkled with colourful flowers during the spring.
Questions :
$(1)$ Why are deserts known as the driest places on earth ?
$(2)$ Why do desert animals have to find different ways of coping with the harsh conditions ?
$(3)$ How do gerbils adapt themselves to the harsh conditions ?
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Q 20Fill the Blanks (text) [4-M]4 Marks
(fascinate, writings, spectes, that, characteristics, used, may, is full of)
The animal kingdom _____________________ innumerable _____________________ of animals and birds. which _____________________ us. There are some creatures _____________________ have _____________________ that _____________________ appear strange and are _____________________ by poets and writers in their _____________________.
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Q 21Match the Following [4-M]4 Marks
'Desert' ‘Location'
$(1)$ Sahara Desert
$(2)$ Antarctica Desert
$(3)$ Kalahari Desert
$(4)$ Great Victorian		 $(A)$ South Pole
$(B)$ South Africa
$(C)$ Australia
$(D)$ North Africa
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