NCERT MCQ Solutions for Class 5 English Santoor Chapter 4 The Wise Parrot

The story begins by introducing a rich merchant who lived in a quiet village. This merchant is identified as the owner of the parrot.
He kept the bright and talkative parrot in a cage of gold providing for its needs.

Although the merchant provided everything for the parrot including a golden cage and tender fruits the bird had a deeper desire.
Deep inside the bird longed for the open skies and green trees. This desire for freedom is central.

When the merchant offered to bring his pet a gift the parrot’s first request was not for a material item.
The parrot clearly replied that it wanted to taste the joy of flying. It directly asked the merchant “please let me fly off into the sky”.

After the merchant refused to free the parrot the bird sighed and made a second request. It asked the merchant to find its friends in the jungle.
The specific message was to tell them “that I send them greetings from my cage” a cleverly coded plea.

The merchant found a flight of parrots in a forest and delivered the message as requested. Immediately after he finished speaking one of the parrots reacted strangely.
It dropped like a stone from the tree and fell motionless on the ground.

After returning home the merchant told his pet parrot about the incident in the forest. As soon as the merchant finished his story the pet parrot understood the hidden message.
It immediately fell from its perch and lay still on the floor of its cage.

Believing his pet was dead the merchant took its body and placed it on the windowsill. The moment he stepped back the parrot stirred stretched its wings and flew away.
It revealed its friend had shown it how to escape by feigning death.

It introduces several new vocabulary words. The word perch is listed among them. In the story the pet parrot falls from its perch to the floor of the cage indicating that a perch is a place where the bird rests inside its golden cage.

An exercise on collective nouns to complete sentences. The second sentence in this activity is “I saw a ____ of sheep in the fields”.
From the list of words provided the correct collective noun to describe a group of sheep is flock.

The exercise on collective nouns includes the sentence “A ____ of bees hovered around the flowers.” From the given options the correct collective noun is “swarm” which is commonly used to describe a group of bees flying or resting together.

The “Let us Do” section defines a bird feeder as an object used to keep food for birds. It is not a trap or shelter but a way to feed wild or visiting birds by filling it with suitable food like seeds and nuts.

These are preferred by birds and are safe for their consumption. The feeder helps attract and nourish birds in parks gardens and homes.

The listening activity states that there are more than 70 bird sanctuaries in India.
This information is shared in a paragraph that highlights India’s efforts to protect birds and endangered species by building sanctuaries across the country.

The paragraph for the listening activity provides specific information about key bird sanctuaries in India.
It clearly identifies one sanctuary by its age stating that “The Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary located in Tamil Nadu is the oldest bird sanctuary in India”.

The listening passage mentions two specific bird sanctuaries. After identifying the oldest sanctuary it discusses the largest one.
“The Bharatpur Bird sanctuary located in Rajasthan is the largest bird sanctuary in our country”.

After escaping the golden cage the parrot did not just fly away. It turned around to speak to the merchant.
The bird revealed that its friend in the forest had taught it how to escape and then it said a final goodbye.

The story of the wise parrot shows how intelligence, observation and careful planning can help one overcome restrictions.
The parrot learned from its friend and pretended to be dead to escape. The lesson is about clever thinking and valuing freedom.

Although the parrot was given food comfort and a golden cage it still longed for freedom.
The story emphasizes that no amount of luxury can replace the joy and importance of living freely in one’s natural environment.

The parrot used wisdom and strategy to escape. By pretending to be dead it made the merchant believe it had died.
This smart action allowed it to gain freedom. So the word “wisely” best describes its action.

As the clever parrot finally achieved its freedom it flew off into the open sky. Before disappearing it spoke to the merchant one last time.
It explained how its friend had shown it the way to escape and ended its statement with the simple word “Goodbye!”.