PM SHRI KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SOUTHERN COMMAND PUNE
QUESTION BANK CLASS 4 ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
(Seen Passage)
I) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below.
A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar. He told the King and his
courtiers that he had mastery over many different languages.The Pundit could
speak many languages fluently. He was so fluent that no one could find out what
his mother tongue was. He challenged everybody at the court to name his mother
tongue. When everyone failed , the challenge was taken up by the Birbal. That
night , Birbal went quietly to the Pundit’s room when he was asleep. He
whispered into the Pundit’s ear and tickled it with feather.
1.Who came to Akbar’s court?
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2.What did he claim to know?
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3.How did he challenged everybody?
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4.By whom the challenge was taken up, when everyone failed?
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5. Who went quietly to the Pundit’s room?
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6. What did Birbal do into the Pundit’s ear?
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7. Write the meaning of the given word.
a.educated ……………….
8. Find out the past tense of given word from the passage.
a. Visit ……………….. b. challenge …………………
9. Find out two words from the passage ending with ‘ly’
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10. Underline the naming word (Noun) in the given sentence:
A learned Pundit once visited the court of Akbar.
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II]Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Tree: Come, Boy, come. What can I do for you?
Young man: I am going on a business trip. I want a boat to take me away. Can
you give me a boat?
Tree: All I have left is a trunk. Cut down my trunk and make a boat. Then you
can sail away.
Narrator: The young man cut the trunk of the tree and sailed away in a boat. The
tree was left only with a stump.
And after a long time, the young man came back again. Now he was an old man
but the tree recognized him.
1. Where was the young man going?
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2. What was the tree left with?
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3. What did the young man want to make from the tree trunk?
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4. When did the young man come back again?
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5. Find out the appropriate word for the given picture, from the above passage.
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Read the stanza carefully and answer the following questions:
“Come in, come in!” Said the library door;
I opened it wide And saw books galore!
Tall skinny books Up high on the shelves;
Little fat books That stood by themselves.
I opened one up And sat down to look;
The pictures told stories! What a wonderful book!
1. Who said “Come in, Come in !”
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2. What did the poet see inside the door?
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3. What kind of books are there on the shelves?
(A)Tall (B)Small (C)Heavy (D)Short
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4. Write True or False–
Tall skinny books were on the lower shelf. _______________
Little fat books needed support to stand up. ______________
5. Why did the poet sit down?
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6. Which kind of books are wonderful?
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7. Find out the word from the stanza which means
a) A room or building that contains a collection of books, etc. that can be
looked at or borrowed: ________________________
b) In large numbers or amounts: __________________
c) Too Thin :_______________
d) Extremely good : __________________
Unseen Passage
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Lily was a little girl who loved flowers. She had a small garden in front of her house
where she grew many colorful flowers. Every morning, Lily would water her flowers
and talk to them. She believed that talking to flowers made them happy and helped
them grow. One day, while watering her garden, Lily noticed a tiny seed on the
ground. She picked it up and planted it in her garden. Every day, she took special care
of the seed, watering it and giving it plenty of sunshine. After a few weeks, the seed
grew into a beautiful sunflower. Lily was so excited! The sunflower was tall and
bright, and it made her garden look even more beautiful.
i)What did Lily love?
a) Animals b) Flowers c) Trees
ii) Where did Lily have her garden?
a) In front of her house b) In her backyard c) On the roof
iii) What did Lily find on the ground one day?
a) A flower b) A leaf c) A tiny seed
iv) What did Lily do with the seed?
a) She threw it away b) She planted it in her garden c) She gave it to her friend
v) What did the seed grow into?
a) A rose b) A sunflower c) A tulip
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
Maya was a little girl who loved to visit her grandmother’s house. Her grandmother
lived in a small cottage at the edge of a forest. Every weekend, Maya would go to the
cottage and spend time with her grandmother.
One day, while walking in the forest with her grandmother, Maya saw a beautiful
butterfly. The butterfly had bright blue wings with tiny yellow spots. Maya followed
the butterfly as it fluttered from flower to flower. Her grandmother told her that the
butterfly was called a Blue Morpho.
Maya was fascinated by the butterfly and spent the whole afternoon watching it. When
it was time to go home, Maya waved goodbye to the butterfly, promising to visit again
soon.
A) Fill in the Blanks:
a) Maya loved to visit her ______________’s house.
b) The butterfly had bright ______________ wings.
c) The butterfly was called a ______________.
B) True or False:
a) Maya’s grandmother lived in a big city. (True/False)
b) The butterfly had red wings with black spots. (True/False)
c) Maya followed the butterfly from flower to flower. (True/False)
C) Answer in One Word:
a) Where did Maya’s grandmother live? ______________
b) What did Maya see in the forest? ______________
c) What color were the butterfly’s wings? ______________
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
A fox and his wife wanted to eat chicken. So, the fox silently went into a farmer’s field
nearby. He caught a chicken moving lonely and put it in his bag. A good monkey on a
tree saw this incident. The monkey followed the fox. On his way home, the fox
stopped at a lake to drink water, keeping the bag aside. The monkey silently released
the chicken from the bag and held a pumpkin in its place.The fox reached home. His
wife was heating water in an earthen pot to boil the chicken. She eagerly took the bag
and dumped it in the pot. Due to the pumpkin’s weight, the earthen pot was broken.
The boiled water spilled over them and they suffered burns on their bodies. After that,
they never dared steal any chicken.
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Q.1 What did the fox and his wife want to eat?
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Q.2 Where did the fox catch the chicken?
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Q.3 Who witnessed the fox catching the chicken?
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Q.4 What did the monkey do when the fox stopped at the lake?
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Q.5 How did the fox and his wife suffer burns on their bodies?
a) They touched a hot stove b) They fell into a fire
c) The earthen pot broke and boiled water spilled over them
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below:
I took a little seed one day about a month ago. I put it in a pot of soil and hoped that it
would grow. I poured a little water. To make the soil right. I put the pot upon the sill,
where the sun would give it light. I checked the plant almost every day. So I can really
tell with a little care and water I helped it grow so well.
Q.1 What did the speaker put in a pot of soil a month ago?
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Q.2 Why did the speaker pour water into the pot?
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Q.3 How often did the speaker check the plant?
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Q.4 I put the seed in a pot of ___________.
Q.5 I poured a little __________ to make the soil right.
Q6. Draw a plant and label its parts.
