Q-1 Read the paragraph and give answers: (ફકરો વાંચો અને જવાબ લખો.)
[1]
We find birds everywhere. They live in villages, towns and cities. They live in forests and on mountains. Some water-birds live near lakes. Look out of the window. You will see a bird or two. Watch them carefully. Look at their colour, shape and size. Some birds are small, some are big. Birds have different colours. Parrots are green, doves are grey. Crows and cuckoos are black.

1. Where do we find birds?
Answer:
We find birds in villages, towns, cities, forests and mountains.

2. Some water-birds live near _______.
(A) ground 
(B) lakes
(C)fields
(D) houses
Answer :
(B) lakes

3. Birds are of different size and colour. (True or False)
Answer:
True

4. Parrots are ______.
Answer:
green

5. Doves are ________.
Answer:
grey

6. Crows and cuckoos are _______.
Answer:
black

[2] A wood-pecker has a strong beak. It pecks its beak on the trunk of a tree. It can make a hole in it with its beak. An owl has big round eyes and a small beak. It is a bird of night. Some people dislike the owl, but it is not a bad bird. It is harmless.

1. A wood-pecker has a _________.
(A) strong beak
(B) long tail
(C)white feathers
(D) black beak
Answer:
(A) strong beak

2. Where does a wood-pecker peck its beak?
Answer:
A wood-pecker pecks its beak on the trunk of a tree.

3. A wood-pecker makes a hole in the tree-trunk with its teeth. (True or False)
Answer:
False

4. An owl is a bird of night. (True or False)
Answer:
True

5. An owl is ________. (harmless / harmful)
Answer:
harmless

[3] A pelican is a water-bird. It lives near big lakes. The beak of the pelican is very large. It can hold a large fish in it. The pelican is a big bird. Some pelicans are four feet long!

1. A ________ is a water-bird.
(A) pelican
(B) owl
(C) weaver-bird
(D) peacock
Answer:
(A) pelican

2. The beak of the pelican is very large. (True or False)
Answer:
True

3. It can _______ a large fish in its beak.
(A) push
(B) swallow
(C)hold
(D) set free
Answer:
(C) hold

4. What is the length of some pelicans? (four feet / five feet) _______.
Answer: four feet

[4] A weaver-bird weaves its nest with soft straws and leaves of grass. Its nest is really beautiful. Flamingo is the state bird of Gujarat. It is also a water-bird. It has light pink feathers. It has a long neck and long legs. It can fly long distances. Indeed, birds are lovely. They are our friends.

1. What does a weaver-bird use to weave its nest?
Answer:
A weaver - bird uses soft straws and leaves of grass to weave its nest.

2. Weaver-bird's nest is really ___________. (beautiful/ ugly)
Answer:
beautiful

3. Which bird is the state bird of Gujarat?
Answer:
Flamingo is the state bird of Gujarat.

4. Flamingo has light blue feathers. (True or false? If it is false, then write the correct sentence.)
Answer:
False, Flamingo has light pink feathers.

5. Flamingo has ___________________.
(A) long neck and long legs.
(B) heavy feathers.
(C) short beak.
(D) heavy legs.
Answer: (A) long neck and long legs.

6. Which bird can fly long distances?
(A) weaver-bird
(B) owl
(C) flamingo
(D) wood-pecker
Answer:
(C) flamingo

Q-2 Read the sentences. Find out the names of birds. Write their names in the blanks. Use words given in the bracket: (વાક્યો વાંચી પંખીઓને ઓળખો અને તેમનાં નામ કૌંસમાંથી શોધીને લખો.)
[cuckoo, sparrow, parrot, peacock, owl, pelican, wood-pecker, weaver-bird, flamingo]

1. It can see in the dark with its big, round eyes.
Answer:
owl

2. It pecks in the wood.
Answer:
wood-pecker

3. It can hold fish in its beak.
Answer:
pelican

4. It weaves the nest with soft straws and leaves of grass.
Answer:
weaver-bird

5. It is the state bird of Gujarat.
Answer: flamingo

6. It has beautiful feathers. It dances when it rains.
Answer:
peacock

7. It is black in color. It sings sweetly.
Answer: cuckoo

8. It is green in color. It has a red beak.
Answer:
parrot

9. fat has become extinct.
Answer: sparrow

Q-3 Write 'T’ for True and 'F' for False sentences: (સાચા વિધાન માટે ‘T’ અને ખોટા વિધાન માટે ‘F’ લખો.)
1. A flamingo can make a hole in the trunk of a tree.
Answer:
F

2. A pelican lives near big lakes.
Answer:
T

3. Some people dislike the owl.
Answer:
T

4. Birds are found only in forests.
Answer:
F