This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 9 > English > Supplementary Weathering The Storm In Ersama > Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 6 Weathering The Storm In Ersama – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 6 Weathering The Storm In Ersama Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Why did Prashant and other volunteers not want a separate institution for widows and orphans? A) To save them from isolation and grief stricken feelings. B) For their personal benefits. C) To take work from them. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To save them from isolation and grief stricken feelings. 2. 'Heavy and incessant rain'? What is the closest meaning of the word incessant A) Continuous. B) Violent. C) Lethal. D) None of theseTagsVocabulary section. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuous. 3. When did Prashant's heart go cold? A) At the sight of homeless villagers. B) At the sight of his house in ruins. C) At the sight of his family in the shelter. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the sight of his house in ruins. 4. What was the name of Prashant village A) Maligudi. B) Palm. C) Arsama. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Palm. 5. 'Weathering the storm' means ..... A) Ill during the storm. B) Succumbing to the storm. C) Sailing against a storm. D) Surviving the storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Surviving the storm. 6. In which state was Ersama locates in? A) Karnataka. B) Bihar. C) Maharashtra. D) Orissa. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Orissa. 7. What role did the women of Kalikuda play? A) Mothers' role. B) Caretakers. C) Cooks. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mothers' role. 8. How old was Prashant when this incident had occurred? A) 15. B) 19. C) 20. D) 18. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 19. 9. After how many years of his mother's death did Prashant go to Ersama A) 2 years. B) 7 years. C) 5 years. D) 11 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7 years. 10. John, '' I am going to visit my grandma next week" . It means A) John said that he was going to visit my grandma the following week. B) John said that he is going to visit his grandma the following week. C) John said that he will going to visit grandma next week. D) John said that he was going to visit his grandma the following week. E) John said that he will be going to visit his garndma the following week. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John said that he was going to visit his grandma the following week. 11. When does the storm hits the town Erasama A) 1988. B) 1999. C) 000. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1999. 12. The wind's velocity was nearly A) 400km/hr. B) 370km/hr. C) 420km/hrTagsLiterature section. D) 350 km/hr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 350 km/hr. 13. What was the name of the NGO program Prashant made the widows engage in? A) Study to Eat. B) Work and Feed. C) Food for Work. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Food for Work. 14. Heavy and incessant rain filled the darkness ..... What is the meaning of 'incessant'? A) Immortal. B) Deluge. C) Nonstop. D) Hailstorm. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonstop. 15. I will follow you wherever you ..... A) Goes. B) Will go. C) Go. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Go. 16. ASSERTION:Prashant went to Ersama to visit his family.REASON:He went there, seven years after his mother's death. A) A is true but R is false. B) A is false but R is true. C) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A. D) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A is false but R is true. 17. When did the cyclone hit Orissa? A) 20 October 1989. B) 27 October 1989. C) 17 October 1999. D) 27 October 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 27 October 1999. 18. My mom told me last night if I had had a spare time. It means ..... A) My mom asked me, "Do you have a spare time?". B) My mom asked me, Did I have a spare time?". C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". D) My mom asked me, '' Had you had a spare time?". E) My mom asked me, "Have you had a spare time?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My mom asked me, "Did you have a spare time?". 19. Which was a blessing in disguise? A) Coconut tree. B) Banyan tree. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coconut tree. 20. Whom did Prashanth meet on the way back home after the storm A) Two friends and their uncles. B) Cousins. C) His father. D) His wife. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two friends and their uncles. 21. The shelter had ..... crowd in the shelter A) 2500. B) 3500. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 2500. 22. Who all were found at the Red Cross Shelter A) His brothers & sisters. B) His grandmother. C) His uncle & aunts. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 23. The boy kept sitting on the roof top for A) 2 weeks. B) 1 week. C) 2 days. D) 5 days. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 2 days. 24. What did Prashant do when the red cross shelter was facing food shortages? A) Drink coconuts. B) Call in an evacuation. C) Moved to a different location to get more coconuts. D) Made the children lie down on the ground and made them keep a plate on their stomach so that the Rescue helicopter could see them and give them food daily. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made the children lie down on the ground and made them keep a plate on their stomach so that the Rescue helicopter could see them and give them food daily. 25. How long did it rain continuously in Ersama? A) For 24 hours. B) For 36 hours. C) For 48 hours. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For 36 hours. 26. Where was Prashant when the super cyclone hit Ersama? A) Ethics. B) Coastal Orissa. C) Jagatpur. D) Jagatsinghpur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics. 27. After the destruction wrought by the cyclone, the surge of the ocean continued for how many hours? A) 24 hours. B) 12 hoursTagsLiterature section. C) 48 hours. D) 36 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 36 hours. 28. Where was Prashant when the cyclone hit his village? A) At the block headquarter about 18 k.ms from his village. B) In his village. C) In another stage. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the block headquarter about 18 k.ms from his village. 29. The heavy cyclone mentioned in this lesson hit Orissa in A) 1998. B) 2000. C) 2001. D) 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1999. 30. Prashant spotted his ..... first. A) Mother. B) Grandmother. C) Grandfather. D) Father. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grandmother. 31. (ii) days / aware / their / health / these / people / are / more / of / A) These people are more aware of their health days. B) These days people are more aware of their health. C) People these days are more aware of their health. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) These days people are more aware of their health. 32. There were only few leaves left because? A) People picked the leaves off of it. B) The wind had blown the leaves away. C) The vine was very small. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The wind had blown the leaves away. 33. How did Prshant clean the filth? A) With the help of volunteers. B) With machines. C) Hired sweepers. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) With the help of volunteers. 34. Who were deputed to attract the military helicopters? A) Men volunteers. B) Women volunteers. C) Children. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Children. 35. Prashant went to Ersama, Orissa to spend a day with his A) Friend. B) Father. C) Brother. D) Sister. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friend. 36. What calamity hit Orissa in October 1999? A) Cyclone. B) Earthquake. C) Drought. D) Land sliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cyclone. 37. What did Prashant see on his way back home? A) Dead bodies of humans floating in the flood water. B) Dead bodies of animals floating in the flood water. C) Several villages entirely destroyed. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 38. The story is about a super cyclone in which state? A) Kerala. B) Orissa. C) Jharkhand. D) Anurachal Pradesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Orissa. 39. I want to ..... many books. A) Readed. B) Reading. C) Read. D) Reads. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read. 40. Why did Prashant go to his friends village? A) To attend the funeral. B) To spend the day with Him. C) To work out a business proposition with him. D) To spend time with him. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To spend the day with Him. 41. How much distance did Prashant cover while going back to his village A) 18Kms. B) Around 18 Kms. C) 8 Kms. D) 10 Kms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18Kms. 42. What is Prashant experiencing for the first time in his life? A) The darkness that followed the storm. B) The speed and fury of the wind. C) The hunger pangs. D) The screams of the villagers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The speed and fury of the wind. 43. Meaning of incessent A) Non stopping. B) Discontinued. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Non stopping. 44. Who faced the fury storm? A) A young Prashant. B) Villagers. C) People. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A young Prashant. 45. When did the cyclone hit Ersama? A) 27 October 1996. B) 27 October 1998. C) 27 October 1985. D) 27 October 1999. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 27 October 1999. 46. Who was pressurized to part with his rice? A) The merchant. B) The rich people. C) A money lender. D) The Sarpanch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The merchant. 47. Where did Prashant and his friend's family take shelter in the first few days? A) On top of the coconut tree. B) In other villager's house. C) On the roof top. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) On the roof top. 48. How many days after were the people at the shelter fed? A) Three. B) Four. C) Two. D) Five. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four. 49. The cyclone in Orissa is called ..... A) Super Cyclonic Storm. B) Cyclonic storm. C) Severe Cyclonic Storm. D) Deep Depression. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Super Cyclonic Storm. 50. I ..... up at 6:00 am every day. A) Wake. B) Woken. C) Woke. D) Waking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wake. 51. Ersama is ..... kms away from prashanth's village A) 18. B) 12. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18. 52. Where did Prashant stay before his journey to the village? A) With his Family safely on the rooftop. B) In his friends house. C) Hotel room. D) Prashant stayed huddled with his friends family in the open on a rooftop. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prashant stayed huddled with his friends family in the open on a rooftop. 53. How did Prashant help the storm victims? A) By arranging food for them. B) Formed a volunteer group and NGO to help widows. C) Helped in fostering families and playing with the orphans. D) All. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All. 54. How far is Ersama from Prashant's village? A) 18 km. B) 16 km. C) 22 km. D) 15 km. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 18 km. 55. Where did prashanth find his family members? A) Red Cross shelter. B) Home. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red Cross shelter. 56. Who was the first person Prashant saw after reaching his village? A) His father. B) His mother. C) His grandfather. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) None. 57. How many lives were lost and how many houses had been washed away in the cyclone according to Prashant? A) 96 lives, 86 houses. B) 86 lives, 96 houses. C) 98 lives, 90 houses. D) 88 lives, 98 housesTagsLiterature section. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 86 lives, 96 houses. 58. Prashant belongs to A) Palm. B) Sambalpur. C) Gentleman. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Palm. 59. Then they deputed the ..... to lie in the sand left by the waters around the shelter with these utensils on their stomachs, to communicate to the passing helicopters that they were hungry. A) Youths. B) Men. C) Cildren. D) Women. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cildren. 60. On ..... day, prashanth decided to go to his village A) Third. B) Second. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Third. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesEnglish QuizzesClass 9 QuizzesClass 9 English Supplementary Chapter 6 Weathering The Storm In Ersama Quiz 1Class 9 English Supplementary Chapter 6 Weathering The Storm In Ersama Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books