RBSE Class 5 English Reading Unseen Passages

RBSE Class 5 English Reading Unseen Passages is part of RBSE Solutions for Class 5 English.Here we have given Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 5 English Reading Unseen Passages.

Board	RBSE
Textbook	SIERT, Rajasthan
Class	Class 5
Subject	English Reading
Chapter Name	Unseen Passages
Number of Passages	11
Category	RBSE Solutions

Rajasthan Board RBSE Class 5 English Reading Unseen Passages

आपकी परीक्षा में एक Unseen Passage देकर उस पर आधारित कुछ प्रश्न पूछे जाते हैं। उन प्रश्नों का उत्तर उस Passage को पढ़कर देना होता है। इस प्रकार का प्रश्न हल करने हेतु अभ्यास अति आवश्यक है। कुछ महत्त्वपूर्ण Unseen Passages तथा उन पर आधारित प्रश्न आपके अभ्यास हेतु यहाँ दिये जा रहे हैं।

Read the followings passages and answer the questions given below :

Passage : 1

Bharatpur Park is the bird-watchers delight. It is best known for the Siberian cranes. They arrive in December and stay till March every year.

Questions

1. (i) Which place is the bird watchers delight ?
(ii) What is Bharatpur Park best known for ?

2. (i) In which season do the Siberian cranes come to Bharatpur Park ?
(ii) How long do they stay there ?

Answers

1. (i) Bharatpur Park is the bird watchers’ delight.
(ii) Bharatpur Park is best known for, the Siberian cranes.

2. (i) The siberian cranes come to Bharatpur park in winter season.
(ii) They stay there for four months.

Passage : 2

Walking is a good exercise. It is useful for us. It keeps us fit and healthy. Walking brings us in contact with nature which fills us with joy. It is good to walk early in the morning because it makes us active, fresh and happy.

Questions

1.(i) Which exercise is good and easy for everybody?
(ii) Why is it good to walk early in the morning ?

2. (i) What brings us in contact with nature ?
(ii) What should we do to keep ourselves active ?

Answers

1. (i) Walking is good and easy exercise for everybody.
(ii) It is good to walk early in the morning because it makes us achive, fresh and happy.

2. (i) Walking brings us in contact with nature.
(ii) We should undertake walking early in the morning to keep ourselves active.

Passage : 3

Washing machines clean clothing by forcing a water and detergent mixture through clothes. The detegrent reacts with the dirt and loosens its grip. Thus, dirt and stains are separated from the clothes. In olden days, people would beat wet clothes against a stone-slab to loosen the dirt. The mechanical system includes the motor, transmission, clutch, inner and outer wash tubs, agitator, pumps, water valve and a bell.

Questions

1. (i) The functioning of which appliance is told here ?
(ii) What is forced through clothes ?

2. (i) What are separated from the clothes ?
(ii) How did people loosen the dirt in olden days?

Answers :

1. (i) The functioning of washing machine is told here.
(ii) Water and detergent mixture is forced through clothes.

2. (i) Dirt and stains are separated from the clothes.
(ii) In olden days, people would beat wet clothes against a stone slab to loosen the dirt.

Passage : 4

Birds always attract children. They are of different types, colours and natures. We have the smallest bird—the humming bird and the biggest one ostrich. Our national bird peacock is also a large, beautiful bird. Birds are of various colours. sparrows-grey, white, black; parrots, light green, dappled; pigeons—light grey, white etc. Pigeons, sparrows, parrots etc. are of quiet nature. Hawk, eagle. Kite, vulture, crow etc. are predators.

Questions

1. (i) What do birds always do ?
(ii) Which are the smallest and the biggest birds?

2. (i) Which bird is our national bird ?
(i) Who are of quite nature ?

Answers :

Answer 1. (i) Birds always attract children. They are of different types, colours and nature.
(ii) The humming bird is the smallest bird and ostrich is the biggest bird.

Answer 2. (i) Peacock is our national bird.
(ii) Pigeons, sparrows, parrots etc. are of quiet nature.

Passage : 5

Once a mother-parrot gave birth two baby-parrots. A hunter bought and brought up one baby-parrot. This baby-parrot learnt the harsh words like catch, hit, kill etc. By chance, the other baby-parrot had been bought and brought up by a holy man. This baby-parrot learnt the honeyed words like welcome, sit, thanks etc.

Questions

1. (i) Who bought and brought up one baby-parrot?
(ii) What words did the hunter’s baby-parrot learn?

2. (i) What did a holy man do?
(ii) What words did the holy man’s baby-parrot learn?

Answers :

1. (i) A hunter bought and brought up one baby-parrot.
(ii) The hunter’s baby-parrot learnt the harsh words like catch, hit, kill etc.

2. (i) A holy man bought and brought up the other baby-parrot
(ii) The holy man’s baby-parrot learnt the honeyed words like welcome, sit, thanks etc.

Passage : 6

Mount Abu is a popular hill station in the Aravalli Range in Sirohi district of Rajasthan. The mountain forms a plateau 22 km long and 9 km wide. The highest peak is Guru Shikhar at 1722 metres above sea level. Its heights are home to rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests. The mountain is home to Hindu temples. The Achalgarh fort is nearby.

Questions 

1. (i) Which hill station is described here?
(ii) What is Guru Shikhar?

2. (i) Which fort is nearby?
(ii) What make this mountain beautiful?

Answers :

1. (i) The hill station of Mount Abu is described here.
(ii) Guru Shikhar is the highest peak of Aravalli range in Sirohi.

2. (i) The Achalgarh fort is nearby.
(ii) Rivers, lakes, waterfalls and evergreen forests make this mountain beautiful.

Passage : 7

Mr. Patel worked in an office in Bikaner, but he lived in a village. He came to work by train everyday. The railway station was not far from his office so he always went there on foot. He reached his office at 10 o’clock; He worked there from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Questions 

1. (i) Where did Mr. Patel work ?
(ii) Where did he live.

2. (i) How did Mr. patel go to the railway station from his office ?
(ii) How long did he work in his office ?

Answers :

1. (i) Mr. Patel worked in an office in Bikaner.
(ii) He lived in a village.

2. (i) He went to the railway station from his office on foot.
(ii) He worked from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Passage : 8

Once a merchant was riding to the city when a sickly man asked for a lift. The merchant agreed. At the city the man refused to get down saying that the horse was his. They went to the judge. Both of the horses were tied in a stable. The judge asked both of them to look at the horse. The horse did not take any notice of the man but he continued to look into merchant’s eyes affectionately. The judge gave the horse to the merchant.

Questions 

1. (i) What did the sickly man ask for?
(ii) What did the man say to the merchant when he did not get down from the horse ?

2. (i) What did they do then ?
(ii) Whom was the horse given to ?

Answers :

1. (i) The sickly man asked for a lift.
(ii) The man told the merchant that the horse was his.

2. (i) They went to the judge.
(ii) The horse was given to the merchant.

Passage : 9

Aunt reached the mango grove in no time. It was just as Meenu had said, there was a huge tiger pulling at the white cow’s leg. Filled with rage, aunt rushed at the tiger, raising the pair of coconuts, she rained blow after blow upon its head. The news of the tiger had reached the rice fields. when the men came to help the aunt, they found the tiger dead.

Questions

1. (i) Where was the tiger ?
(ii) What was the tiger doing ?

2. (i) What did the aunt do to attack the tiger ?
(ii) What did the men find when they rushed to help the aunt ?

Answers :

1. (i) The tiger was in a mango grove.
(ii) The tiger was pulling at the white cow’s leg.

2. (i) The aunt rushed at the tiger, raising the pair of coconuts and rained blow after blow upon its head.
(ii) The men found the tiger dead when they came to help the aunt.

Passage : 10

Ramesh came to stay with his cousin. He stayed with him for two days. Today he is leaving. His bus leaves at 11.15 a.m. His cousin has gone to his office. Ramesh waits for the driver. But the driver does not come till 10 o’clock so Ramesh takes an auto rickshaw and goes to the bus-stand. He meets Kamal at the bus-stand.

Questions 

1. (i) How long did Ramesh come to stay with his cousin ?
(ii) When does his bus leave ?

2. (i) Whom does Ramesh wait for ?
(ii) How does Ramesh go to the bus stand

Answers :

1. (i) Ramesh came to stay with his cousin for two days.
(ii) His bus leaves at 11.15 a.m.

2. (i) Ramesh waits for the driver.
(ii) Ramesh goes to the bus-stand by an auto-riskhaw

Passage : 11

The lion family also came out of their cave. It was a small family the lion, the lioness and their two lovely cubs. The lion climbed on to a rock. He looked around and gave a loud roar. The cubs began to play with each other. The lioness watched them. frolicking for some time then she called them.

Questions 

1. (i) Where did the lion family live?
(ii) Where did the lion climb ?

2. (i) What did the cubs do ?
(ii) What did the lioness do ?

Answers :

1. (i) The lion family lived in a cave.
(ii) The lion climbed on to a rock.

2. (i) The.cubs began to play with teach other
(ii) The lioness watched the cubs frolicking for some time then she called them.

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