List of top English Questions on Two Stories About Flying asked in CBSE Class X

Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answer.

What made the woman in the control centre look at the narrator strangely?

Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota…”?

Describe the narrator’s experience as he flew the aeroplane into the storm.

“I’ll take the risk.” What is the risk? Why does the narrator take it?

“They were beckoning to him, calling shrilly.” Why did the seagull’s father and mother threaten him and cajole him to fly?

“The sight of the food maddened him.” What does this suggest? What compelled the young seagull to finally fly?

Why was the young seagull afraid to fly? Do you think all young birds are afraid to make their first flight, or are some birds more timid than others? Do you think a human baby also finds it a challenge to take its first steps?