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Q1 | A camel can do without water for days together. What is the reason given in the text? |
Ans: | A camel can do survive without water for many days together because they sweat very less. Camels have high body temperature so they don't need to sweat and therefore, can retain the water they drink for long period of time. |
Q2 | How do the smaller desert animals fulfil their need for water? |
Ans: | The small desert animals fulfill their requirement for water by burrowing underground during the hot days and come out at night for feeding. Some of them eat other animal and the water they need from the moisture in the meat, other eat seeds and plants and get the water that they need from plant juices. |
Q3 | In a desert the temperature rises during the day and falls rapidly at night. Why? |
Ans: | In desert lands, moisture is absent during the day. The moisture present in the air acts as blanket that protects the earth's surface from the harmful UV rays of the sun but the moisture in the air is absent in desert. Therefore, the moisture land gets heat up very rapidly during the day due to the sun's rays and cools down rapidly at night. |
“I became one of the tiger’s favourites”. Who is ‘I’ in the statement? Why did he think so?
What made Grandfather decide to transfer Timothy to the zoo?
When was the bear tied up with a chain? Why?
1. The story of an ant’s life sounds almost untrue. The italicised phrase means
(i) highly exaggerated.
(ii) too remarkable to be true.
(iii) not based on facts.
Why did Tilloo’s father advise him not to try to reach the surface of the planet?
Why did Chandni hate the rope round her neck?
Name two things the elephant can do with his trunk, and two he cannot.
What was Grandmother’s prophecy about the cook? Did it come true?
Why did he buy a young goat?
Kari was like a baby. What are the main points of comparison?
What did Tilloo hope to see once he emerged from his underground home?
What are some of the signs of approaching winter referred to in the text?
Where did the lady find the bear cub? How did she bring it up?
3. Golu’s relatives did not answer his questions because
(i) they were shy.
(ii) the questions were too difficult.
(iii) Golu was a naughty baby.
How does Tilloo manage to find his way to the ‘forbidden passage’?
Why did Abbu Khan’s goats want to run away? What happened to them in the hills?
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of following statements.
(i) Mr Purcell sold birds, cats, dogs and monkeys.
(ii) He was very concerned about the well-being of the birds and animals in his shop.
(iii) He was impressed by the customer who bought the two doves.
(iv) He was a successful shopowner, though insensitive and cold as a person.
“He had the distinction of being the only member of the party to have bagged any game...” The phrase in italics means
(i) Grandfather was the most distinguished member of the party.
(ii) Grandfather was the only sportsperson in the party.
(iii) Grandfather was the only successful member of the hunting party.
Mark the right answer.
Write ‘True’ or ‘False’ against each of the following.
(i) Soapy stole a man’s umbrella.
(ii) The owner of the umbrella offered to give it to Soapy.
(iii) The man had stolen the umbrella that was now Soapy’s.
(iv) Soapy threw away the umbrella.
“But the cop’s mind would not consider Soapy”. What did the cop not consider, and why?