A Short Monsoon Diary - Worksheets

WorkSheet 01
A Short Monsoon Diary
  1. How did the author in the story A Short Monsoon Diary describe the valley in one sentence?
     
  2. Where do the snakes and rodents take shelter? Why? Answer in the context of A Short Monsoon Diary.
     
  3. What signs do we find in Nature which show that the monsoons are about to end? Answer in the context of A Short Monsoon Diary.
     
  4. Why does the writer of the story A Short Monsoon Diary find himself lonely during winters?
     
  5. When does the monsoon season begin in mussoorie and when does it end? How do you prepare to face the monsoon?
     
  6. Mention a few things that can happen when there is endless rain for days together. Answer in the context of A Short Monsoon Diary.
     
  7. How do the hills look like in the mist?
     
  8. Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow choosing the correct options from among the given ones:

    Through the mist, Bijju is calling to his sister. I can hear him running about on the hillside but I cannot see him.
    1. The scene being described here is
      (a) the first day of monsoon
      (b) the last day of monsoon
      (c) an ordinary day on the hills
      (d) a winter day
       
    2. The author cannot see Bijju because
      (a) he is not in the line of his eyes
      (b) it is misty
      (c) it is night
      (d) he is blind
       
    3. The passage is written by
      (a) Satyajit Ray
      (b) Rabindranath Tagore
      (c) Nathaniel Hawthorne
      (d) Ruskin Bond
WorkSheet 01
A Short Monsoon Diary
Solution
  1. The author described the valley as 'A paradise that might have been'.
  2. The rodents and snakes take shelter in roofs, attics and godowns. They do so because their holes are flooded with rainwater.
  3. Wild balsam, dahlias, begonias and ground orchids begin to appear. The seeds of cobra lily are turning red. These signs show that the monsoons are about to end.
  4. The writer finds himself lonely during winters because his friend who was with him has gone.
  5. The monsoon generally begins at the end of June. It generally ends at the end of August or at the beginning of September. We buy raincoats or umbrellas to face the monsoon.
  6. When there is endless rain for days together, life becomes difficult. To go out becomes difficult. One gets bored living in the room all the time. Everything becomes damp and soggy. The washed clothes do not get dried. Constant rainfall is an invitation for many insects, rodents and snakes to enter the house.
    It can also cause diseases. The sun is the source of life. If sunlight doesn’t reach people for a long time, they fall ill.
  7. The mist in the hills provides privacy. Nothing can be seen. The hills are completely surrounded by mist making them silent. The birds sitting on the tree fly away to different places. As soon as the mist surrounds the hills, birds too fall silent.
  8. i. (a), ii. (b), iii. (d).