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1 / 40Who is the author of 'Weathering the Storm in Ersama'?

A) Vikram Seth

B) Ruskin Bond

C) Harsh Mander

D) Isaac Asimov

2 / 40In which state did the super cyclone hit in 1999?

A) Odisha

B) West Bengal

C) Bihar

D) Jharkhand

3 / 40How old was Prashant when the cyclone hit?

A) 15 years

B) 17 years

C) 19 years

D) 21 years

4 / 40Where had Prashant gone on 27 October 1999?

A) To his home

B) To Ersama (friend's house)

C) To a hospital

D) To his school

5 / 40For how many hours did the storm continue?

A) 12 hours

B) 24 hours

C) 36 hours

D) 48 hours

6 / 40Where did Prashant and his friend's family take shelter?

A) In a room

B) On the roof

C) Under a tree

D) In a cellar

7 / 40What saved them from starving on the roof?

A) Two coconut trees

B) Food from neighbors

C) Rainfall water

D) A food packet

8 / 40How many years ago had Prashant lost his mother?

A) Five years

B) Seven years

C) Ten years

D) Two years

9 / 40What did Prashant use to help him walk through flood water?

A) A rope

B) A long sturdy stick

C) An umbrella

D) A boat

10 / 40How far was Ersama from Prashant's village?

A) 10 km

B) 18 km

C) 25 km

D) 5 km

11 / 40What was the name of Prashant's village?

A) Ersama

B) Kalikuda

C) Puri

D) Balasore

12 / 40Whom did Prashant see first at the Red Cross shelter?

A) His father

B) His maternal grandmother

C) His sister

D) His brother

13 / 40How many people were in the shelter?

A) 500

B) 2500

C) 1000

D) 5000

14 / 40How many houses were washed away in Kalikuda?

A) 96

B) 50

C) 100

D) 80

15 / 40What did Prashant organize to clean the shelter?

A) A party

B) A group of youth volunteers

C) A meeting with govt

D) A cleaning machine

16 / 40What did the children do to signal the helicopters?

A) Shouted loudly

B) Put utensils on stomachs

C) Waved flags

D) Lighted fires

17 / 40Prashant persuaded the _______ to look after orphans.

A) Police

B) Women

C) Teachers

D) Doctors

18 / 40What programme was started for the men and women?

A) Dancing

B) Food-for-work

C) Storytelling

D) Farming

19 / 40Prashant organized _______ matches for children.

A) Football

B) Cricket

C) Hockey

D) Chess

20 / 40Why did Prashant oppose the setting up of separate institutions?

A) It was costly

B) Lack of love and stigma

C) Govt was bad

D) No space

21 / 40What was the speed of the wind?

A) 100 km/h

B) 350 km/h

C) 500 km/h

D) 200 km/h

22 / 40The cyclone hit Ersama on _______.

A) 27 Oct 1999

B) 15 Aug 1999

C) 26 Jan 1999

D) 10 Nov 1999

23 / 40Prashant found his maternal grandmother at _______.

A) Hospital

B) Red Cross shelter

C) Temple

D) Her house

24 / 40How did Prashant feel seeing the destruction?

A) Excited

B) Deathly pale/Shaken

C) Happy

D) Angry

25 / 40What did the military helicopter drop?

A) Water

B) Food morsels

C) Money

D) Clothes

26 / 40How did the group get rice for the shelter?

A) Bought from market

B) Pressurized the merchant

C) Looted a ship

D) Govt gave it

27 / 40Prashant became the _______ of his village.

A) Enemy

B) Savior/Leader

C) Doctor

D) Teacher

28 / 40What was the condition of water?

A) Blue and clean

B) Brown and muddy

C) Fresh

D) Red

29 / 40How long did it take for the helicopter to return?

A) One day

B) It didn't return initially

C) One hour

D) Five days

30 / 40What were floating in the flood water?

A) Only wood

B) Animal carcasses/Human bodies

C) Toys

D) Fish

31 / 40How many days did he spend on the roof?

A) One day

B) Two days

C) Three days

D) Five days

32 / 40"He decided to step out into the _______."

A) Park

B) Unknown

C) Forest

D) Rain

33 / 40Whom did Prashant meet on his way home?

A) His mother

B) Two friends of his uncle

C) A tiger

D) A doctor

34 / 40The women were _______ with grief.

A) Laughing

B) Sinking

C) Sleeping

D) Running

35 / 40Prashant's heart went _______ for the orphans.

A) Cold

B) Out

C) Black

D) Hard

36 / 40Odisha is famous for which God?

A) Ram

B) Jagannath

C) Shiva

D) Ganesha

37 / 40Prashant's maternal grandmother was the _______ of his family.

A) Youngest

B) Eldest

C) Strongest

D) Richest

38 / 40What is the moral of the story?

A) Never travel in rain

B) Unity and self-help

C) Only govt can help

D) Run away from storm

39 / 40The shelter was made of _______ sheets.

A) Gold

B) Polythene

C) Glass

D) Cloth

40 / 40Prashant is a symbol of _______.

A) Fear

B) Hope

C) Laziness

D) Wealth

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