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Class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 8. Mijbil the Otter Summary, Explanation, Question Answers (NCERT Solutions)

Mijbil The Otter (8. Mijbil the Otter) CBSE class 10 English - First Flight Chapter 8. Mijbil the Otter summary with detailed explanation of the lesson Mijbil The Otter along with meanings of difficult words. Given here is the complete explanation of the lesson, along with summary, explanation and questions and answers of each topic of lesson 8. Mijbil the Otter.

English - First Flight (Chapter 8. Mijbil the Otter) Solution
 Thinking About The Text

2. What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?

Answer :


Otters belong to a comparatively small group of animals called Mustellines, shared by the badger, mongoose, weasel, stoat, mink and others. Maxwell’s otter was of a race previously unknown to science and was at length named by zoologists Lutrogale perspicillata maxwelli or Maxwell’s otter. They are found in large numbers in marshes. They are often tamed by the Arabs. It is characteristic of otters that every drop of water must be extended and spread about the place; a bowl must at once be overturned, or, if it would not be overturned, be sat in and splashed in until it overflowed. For them, water must be kept on the move. Otters love playing various games, especially with a ball.


All Questions of English - First Flight Chapter 8. Mijbil the Otter
Oral Comprehension Check [Page-106]
1. What ‘experiment’ did Maxwell think Camusfearna would be suitable for?
2. Why does he go to Basra? How long does he wait there, and why?
3. How does he get the otter? Does he like it? Pick out the words that tell you this.
4. Why was the otter named ‘Maxwell’s otter’?
5. Tick the right answer. In the beginning, the otter was
  • aloof and indifferent
  • friendly
  • hostile
    • 6. What happened when Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom? What did it do two days after that?

    Oral Comprehension Check [Page-108]
    1. How was Mij to be transported to England?
    2. What did Mij do to the box?
    3. Why did Maxwell put the otter back in the box? How do you think he felt when he did this?
    4. Why does Maxwell say the airhostess was “the very queen of her kind”?
    5. What happened when the box was opened?

    Oral Comprehension Check [Page-110]
    1. What game had Mij invented?
    2. What are ‘compulsive habits’? What does Maxwell say are the compulsive habits of
    (i) school children
    (ii) Mij?
    3. What group of animals do otters belong to?
    4. What guesses did the Londoners make about what Mij was?

    Thinking About The Text
    1. What things does Mij do which tell you that he is an intelligent, friendly and fun-loving animal who needs love?
    2. What are some of the things we come to know about otters from this text?
    3. Why is Mij’s species now known to the world as Maxwell’s otter?
    4. Maxwell in the story speaks for the otter, Mij. He tells us what the otter feels and thinks on different occasions. Given below are some things the otter does. Complete the column on the right to say what Maxwell says about what Mij feels and thinks.
    What Mij doesHow Mij feels or thinks
    Plunges, rolls in the water and makes the water splosh and splash-
    Screws the tap in the wrong way-
    Nuzzles Maxwell’s face and neck in the aeroplane-
    5. Read the story and find the sentences where Maxwell describes his pet otter. Then choose and arrange your sentences to illustrate those statements below that you think are true.
    Maxwell’s description

    (i) makes Mij seem almost human, like a small boy.
    (ii) shows that he is often irritated with what Mij does.
    (iii) shows that he is often surprised by what Mij does.
    (iv) of Mij’s antics is comical.
    (v) shows that he observes the antics of Mij very carefully.
    (vi) shows that he thinks Mij is a very ordinary otter.
    (vii) shows that he thinks the otter is very unusual.


    Thinking About Language
    I. From the table below, make as many correct sentences as you can using would and/or used to, as appropriate. (Hint: First decide whether the words in italics show an action, or a state or situation, in the past.) Then add two or three sentences of your own to it.
    Emperor Akbarwould used tobe found of musical evenings.
    Every evening wetake long walks on the beach
    Fifty years ago, very few peopleown cars.
    Till the 1980s, Shanghaihave very dirty streets.
    My unclespend his holidays by the sea.
    II. Noun Modifiers
    1. Look at these examples from the text, and say whether the modifiers (in italics) are nouns, proper nouns, or adjective plus noun.
    (i) An otter fixation
    (ii) The iron railings
    (iii) The Tigris marshes
    (iv) The London streets
    (v) soft velvet fur
    (vi) A four-footed soccer player

    2. Given below are some nouns, and a set of modifiers (in the box). Combine the nouns and modifiers to make as many appropriate phrases as you can. (Hint: The nouns and modifiers are all from the texts in this book.)
    templethree girls triangledresses
    personthoughtsboysroar
    giftsscreamfarewellexpression
    timesubjectlandscapehandkerchief
    crossingflightchatterboxprofession
    physiquecoffeeviewcelebration

    collegeroughhundredstone
    loveuncomfortablewhiteslang
    barerailroadtremendousfamily
    plumpinvigoratingpanoramicheartbreaking
    incorrigible ridiculousloudbirthday
    ordinaryslackmarriagefirst
    III. Read this sentences:
    He shook himself, and I half expected a cloud of dust.
    The author uses a cloud of dust to give a picture of a large quantity of dust. Phrases like this indicate a particular quantity of something that is not usually countable. For example: a bit of land, a drop of blood, a pinch of salt, a piece of paper.
    1. Match the words on the left with a word on the right. Some words on the left can go with more than one word on the right.
    (i) a portion of- blood
    (ii) a pool of- cotton
    (iii) flakes of- stones
    (iv) a huge heap of- gold
    (v) a gust of- fried fish
    (vi) little drops of- snow
    (vii) a piece of- water
    (viii) a pot of- wind
    2. Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicised nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.
    (i) My teacher gave me some advice.My teacher gave me a bit of advice.
    (ii) Can you give me some clay, please.-
    (iii) The information you gave was very useful.-
    (iv) Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city.-
    (v) Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of fire.-
    (vi) He gave me some flowers on my birthday.-

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