Chapter- 1.3 Autobiography of a Great Indian Bustard
Question 1: Which is the heaviest flying bird in India?
Answer: The Great Indian Bustard is the heaviest flying bird in India.
Question 2: Who is narrating this autobiography?
Answer: The Great Indian Bustard is narrating the autobiography.
Question 3: Why does the bird feel proud of its name?
Answer: The bird feels proud because it is known as the ‘Great Indian’ Bustard.
Question 4: How many different names does the Great Indian Bustard have in Indian languages?
Answer: It has more than 30 different names in various Indian languages.
Question 5: What is the Great Indian Bustard called in Marathi?
Answer: In Marathi, it is called ‘Maldhok’ or ‘Hoom’.
Question 6: How much can the Great Indian Bustard weigh?
Answer: It can weigh up to 18 kilos.
Question 7: How tall can the Great Indian Bustard grow?
Answer: It can grow up to four feet in height.
Question 8: Which parts of the human body can its height reach?
Answer: Its height can reach up to a human’s shoulders or even higher.
Question 9: What is the colour of the Great Indian Bustard’s neck?
Answer: It has a long white neck.
Question 10: What colour are its wings?
Answer: Its wings are brown.
Question 11: Describe the legs of the Great Indian Bustard.
Answer: The bird has tall yellow legs.
Question 12: What special marking is found on its head?
Answer: It has a black cap on its head.
Question 13: How is Mrs Bustard different from her husband?
Answer: Mrs Bustard is smaller, slimmer, and her neck is not white.
Question 14: How do humans describe the appearance of the Bustard pair?
Answer: Humans say that both look impressive.
Question 15: Where does the Great Indian Bustard live?
Answer: It lives in grasslands and deserts.
Question 16: Name some animals that live along with the Great Indian Bustard.
Answer: Chinkara, blackbuck, and larks live along with it.
Question 17: What type of food does the Great Indian Bustard eat?
Answer: It eats snakes, lizards, small fruits, berries, and insects.
Question 18: Which food items are its favourites?
Answer: Grasshoppers and beetles are its favourite food.
Question 19: When do the birds gather together on grasslands?
Answer: They gather together when it starts raining.
Question 20: Why do they choose grasslands with no people?
Answer: They choose such places so that no one disturbs them.
Question 21: What special activity does the Great Indian Bustard perform during rains?
Answer: It performs a wonderful dance.
Question 22: How does the bird produce a resonating sound?
Answer: It gulps air into a feathery pouch below its neck.
Question 23: What kind of sound does this pouch produce?
Answer: It produces a sound similar to a cow’s ‘Hoooooom’.
Question 24: Describe the bird’s dancing posture.
Answer: It dances with puffed-out feathers, a cocked-up tail, and dropped-down wings.
Question 25: Why does the Great Indian Bustard dance?
Answer: It dances to impress its soul mate.
Question 26: How do young Great Indian Bustards come into the world?
Answer: They hatch out of eggs.
Question 27: How many eggs does the mother Great Indian Bustard lay?
Answer: The mother lays only one egg.
Question 28: Where does the mother lay the egg?
Answer: She lays the egg directly on the ground.
Question 29: Do Great Indian Bustards build nests?
Answer: No, they do not believe in building nests.
Question 30: What does this lesson mainly tell us about the Great Indian Bustard?
Answer: It tells us about the life, habits, appearance, and unique qualities of the Great Indian Bustard.
Answer by Dimpee Bora
