Gr IX Weathering the storm in Ersama

Gr IX Weathering the storm in Ersama

Multiple Choice

What calamity hit Orissa?

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Cyclone

• Drought

Multiple Choice

The distance that Prashant had to cover to reach his village was

• eighty kilometers

• eighteen kilometers

• one hundred kilometers

Multiple Choice

Why didn't Prashant and other volunteers want separate institutions for widows and orphans?

• to save them from isolation and grief stricken feelings

• for their personal benefits

• to take work from them

Multiple Choice

How did Prashant help the victims of the storm?

• by arranging food for them

• formed a volunteer group to help the widows

• helped in fostering families and playing with the orphans

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

Whom did the flood victims send signals to for help regarding food?

• military helicopters

• strangers

• people of the town

• Government

Multiple Choice

What are the things which could be used by youngsters to help overcome any adversity?

• strength

• courage

• energy

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

What did Prashant love to play?

• football

• cricket

• badminton

Multiple Choice

The meaning of the word 'menacing' is

• uproar of a disorderly crowd

• dangerous and harmful

• continual

• small remaining quantities

Multiple Choice

Six months after the devastation of the super cyclone Prashant's wounded spirit healed because

• he had engaged himself in playing football.

• he had no time to bother about his own pain

• he had no time to bother about others' pain

Multiple Choice

Prashant instructed the children to lie in the sand ..

• with utensils on their stomachs to communicate to the helicopters about their plight.

• with utensils on their stomachs to help them pass their time

• as they had no shelter

Multiple Choice

The distance that Prashant had to cover to reach his village was

• eighty kilometers

• eighteen kilometers

• one hundred kilometers