Class 6 English Chapter 8: What a Bird Thought — practice questions with answers
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Q1. Where did the bird live first?
- Inside a little egg shell
- In a straw nest
- On a tree branch
- In the sky
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Answer: A. Inside a little egg shell
Why: The bird lived first in a little house — a small, round, pale blue shell (its egg). [p.86]
Why: The bird lived first in a little house — a small, round, pale blue shell (its egg). [p.86]
Q2. What did the bird think the world was made of while inside the egg?
- Pale, blue shell
- Straw
- Leaves
- Sky
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Answer: A. Pale, blue shell
Why: It thought the world was small and round and made of pale, blue shell. [p.86]
Why: It thought the world was small and round and made of pale, blue shell. [p.86]
Q3. Why did the bird think the world was made of straw?
- Its nest was made of straw
- It lived in a straw hut
- Its mother fed it straw
- There was straw everywhere
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Answer: A. Its nest was made of straw
Why: Living in its straw nest, the bird thought the world was made of straw. [p.86, p.88]
Why: Living in its straw nest, the bird thought the world was made of straw. [p.86, p.88]
Q4. Who was with the baby bird in the nest?
- Its mother
- Its neighbours
- A parrot
- Nobody
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Answer: A. Its mother
Why: ‘And nestled by my mother.’ [p.86]
Why: ‘And nestled by my mother.’ [p.86]
Q5. When the bird fluttered from its nest, what did it think the world was made of?
- Leaves
- Shell
- Straw
- Water
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Answer: A. Leaves
Why: ‘I said the world is made of leaves.’ [p.86]
Why: ‘I said the world is made of leaves.’ [p.86]
Q6. What did the bird do at the end of the poem?
- It flew beyond the tree
- It returned to the egg
- It built a nest of leaves
- It went to sleep
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Answer: A. It flew beyond the tree
Why: ‘At length I flew beyond the tree, / Quite fit for grown-up labours.’ [p.86]
Why: ‘At length I flew beyond the tree, / Quite fit for grown-up labours.’ [p.86]
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How many practice questions are there for Class 6 English Chapter 8: What a Bird Thought?
26 questions (10 easy, 12 medium, 4 hard). A few are solved on this page; the free test shows the answer and explanation for every question after you submit.
Is this chapter from the NCERT book?
Yes — it follows the NCERT Class 6 English syllabus, used by CBSE and many state boards.