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Read the given extract… (Class 10 English SQP 2025-26, Q6a)

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EnglishCBSE Class 10 · Sample paper, session 2025-26 · 5 marks · Reading comprehension

CBSE Class 10 English sample paper 2025-26: question 6(a)

From the official CBSE sample question paper for 2025-26, section D, question 6(a), for 5 marks. Try it first; the hints and our step-by-step solution are below.

Q6(a) · 5 marks · Reading comprehensionCompetency-basedTwo Stories about Flying

Read the given extract A and answer the questions.

A. He just felt a bit dizzy Then he flapped his wings once and he soared upwards. “Ga, ga, ga, Ga, ga, ga, Gaw-col-ah,” his mother swooped past him, her wings making a loud noise. He answered her with another scream. Then his father flew over him screaming. He saw his two brothers and his sister flying around him curvetting and banking and soaring and diving. Then he completely forgot that he had not always been able to fly, and commended himself to dive and soar and curve, shrieking shrilly.
(Two Stories About Flying - First Flight)

  1. I

    Contradict the view that the young seagull celebrated his maiden flight alone.

    2 marks
  2. II

    Which of the following statements best explains the young seagull’s experience as he starts flying? a) The young seagull immediately mastered flying and was no longer afraid. b) The young seagull gradually gained confidence and joined his family in the air.

    1. (a)The young seagull immediately mastered flying and was no longer afraid.
    2. (b)The young seagull gradually gained confidence and joined his family in the air.
    1 mark
  3. III

    What can be inferred about the young seagull’s emotional state after flying with his family?

    1 mark
  4. IV

    Read the following sound and movement words: i) flapped ii) shrieking iii) swooped iv) soared v) screaming. Select the option that correctly categorises (i) –(v) into sound and movement words. A. Sound: i, ii, v; Movement: iii, iv. B. Sound: iv, v; Movement: i, ii, iii. C. Sound: ii, v; Movement: i, iii, iv. D. Sound: v; Movement: i, ii, iii, iv.

    1. (A)Sound: i, ii, v; Movement: iii, iv
    2. (B)Sound: iv, v; Movement: i, ii, iii
    3. (C)Sound: ii, v; Movement: i, iii, iv
    4. (D)Sound: v; Movement: i, ii, iii, iv
    1 mark

Source: official sample paper from cbseacademic.nic.in (PDF). See it in the full Sample paper 2025-26.

Hints

Open one hint at a time and try again before the next.

Hint 1

Look at who else is flying around him in the extract.

Hint 2

Notice that he felt dizzy first, so the change was not instant.

Hint 3

Sound words describe noise and movement words describe motion.

Step-by-step solution

Each step shows the marks it earns, as an examiner would award them. Checked by an independent re-solve from the question paper.

  1. (I) The seagull did not celebrate alone. His mother swooped past him and his father flew over him, screaming encouragement. His brothers and sister flew around him, so the victory was shared with the whole family.

    2 marks

  2. (II) (b). He first felt dizzy, then flapped his wings and gradually gained confidence and joined his family.

    1 mark

  3. (III) He feels accomplished and thrilled. He forgets his earlier fear and enjoys soaring and diving with his family.

    1 mark

  4. (IV) C. Sound words: shrieking, screaming. Movement words: flapped, swooped, soared.

    1 mark

Answer: (I) His parents and siblings flew with him; (II) b; (III) accomplished, excited, fearless; (IV) C

Where the marks are

  • I: parents and siblings encouraging and flying around him, a shared victory (2 marks)
  • II: b (1 mark)
  • III: sense of accomplishment and excitement (1 mark)
  • IV: C (1 mark)

Revise the chapter

Practise this chapterBoard-style questions from Two Stories about Flying, one at a time, marked against the answer key and marking points.Back to the full paperSample paper 2025-26: every question, by section.

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