Class 8 CBSE English — Chapter 13: Feathered Friend MCQs with Answers
48 practice questions · 16 Easy · 16 Medium · 16 Hard
Practise the most important Class 8 CBSE English questions from Chapter 13, "Feathered Friend" — 48 NCERT-aligned multiple-choice questions with answers and explanations. The set is split into 16 Easy, 16 Medium and 16 Hard, so you can warm up on the fundamentals and then push into the exam-level problems that separate top scorers in CBSE Board exams.
"Feathered Friend" is one of the chapters where comprehension, grammar and writing-skill questions really pays off. Each MCQ on this chapter is timed and uses exam-grade marking (+4 correct, −1 wrong, 0 skipped), training the accuracy-under-pressure that real papers demand. Every question carries a short explanation, so a wrong answer becomes a quick lesson rather than a dead end — the fastest way to close gaps before a test.
Use this chapter as targeted revision: attempt the Easy set first to confirm your basics on Feathered Friend, then move to Medium and Hard to test application and problem-solving. Your accuracy, streaks and XP save automatically, and the chapter feeds into your overall Class 8 English mastery score. A sample question is shown below; sign in free to see its answer and practise all 48.
Key concepts: Feathered Friend (Class 8 English)
'Feathered Friend' by Arthur C. Clarke is a science-fiction story set aboard a manned space station. Sven Olsen, a construction man, smuggles a little yellow canary named Claribel up from Earth out of scientific curiosity about how a bird flies with no weight. In the weightless station Claribel delights the crew by hanging and looping in mid-air. During an eclipse the station cools, part of the air-purifying plant freezes, and the air slowly goes bad, but the single alarm fails and its duplicate is not yet connected. Claribel, being tiny and sensitive, faints first. The narrator remembers that miners once carried canaries to warn them of gas, grasps the danger in time, and the crew use oxygen to survive. The bird recovers, and the story celebrates observation, curiosity, and the value of a small life.
- Sven Olsen and the narrator
- Sven is a skilled, wiry construction man who smuggles the canary aboard; the unnamed narrator is the observant crew member whose quick thinking saves everyone.
- Claribel the canary
- A small yellow canary weighing almost nothing, a 'stowaway' pet who becomes the crew's feathered friend and, in the end, a life-saving early-warning system.
- Space-station setting
- The story unfolds in orbit under weightless (zero-gravity) conditions, where a bird can hover motionless like a hummingbird and loop about with no effort.
- Scientific curiosity
- Sven's stated reason for bringing Claribel is curiosity about how a bird uses its wings with no weight, tying the story to its unit theme 'Science and Curiosity'.
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What are the key concepts in Class 8 English Feathered Friend?+
'Feathered Friend' by Arthur C. Clarke is a science-fiction story set aboard a manned space station. Sven Olsen, a construction man, smuggles a little yellow canary named Claribel up from Earth out of scientific curiosity about how a bird flies with no weight. In the weightless station Claribel delights the crew by hanging and looping in mid-air. During an eclipse the station cools, part of the air-purifying plant freezes, and the air slowly goes bad, but the single alarm fails and its duplicate is not yet connected. Claribel, being tiny and sensitive, faints first. The narrator remembers that miners once carried canaries to warn them of gas, grasps the danger in time, and the crew use oxygen to survive. The bird recovers, and the story celebrates observation, curiosity, and the value of a small life. Key ideas include Sven Olsen and the narrator, Claribel the canary, Space-station setting, Scientific curiosity.
What does Class 8 English Chapter 13 (Feathered Friend) cover on XamBaaz?+
It covers 48 NCERT-aligned MCQs on "Feathered Friend" — 16 Easy, 16 Medium and 16 Hard — each with a timed quiz and an instant explanation, suitable for CBSE Board exams.
Are these "Feathered Friend" questions free to practise?+
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How should I revise "Feathered Friend" for the exam?+
Start with the Easy quiz to confirm your fundamentals, then attempt Medium and Hard for application-level practice. Review each explanation, retry the questions you miss, and track your accuracy on this chapter until it is consistently high.
Are these "Feathered Friend" MCQs available with answers?+
Yes. This page shows one sample question so you can see the format; sign in free with Google to reveal the correct option and a step-by-step "Why" explanation for it, then practise all 48 questions with instant scoring.
Is there negative marking in the "Feathered Friend" quizzes?+
Yes — the timed quizzes use exam-grade marking: +4 for a correct answer, −1 for a wrong one and 0 for a skipped question. Note that MHT-CET and the CBSE board papers themselves carry no negative marking — our mocks for those are scored their way, not this way.
Are these important questions for Feathered Friend?+
The set is curated to the NCERT syllabus and weighted toward the question patterns that actually appear in CBSE Board exams, across Easy, Medium and Hard — so it doubles as an "important questions" revision list for "Feathered Friend".