Q103
Kalahandi as described in the poem stands for :
- (1) prosperity
- (2) hunger
- (3) natural disasters
- (4) development
CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 103
Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : (100-105)
Put away the road maps now.
To go there,
you do not need
helicopters any more;
wherever there is hunger,
there Kalahandi is.
The god of rain
turned away his face.
There was not one green leaf
left on the trees for supper.
The whole village a graveyard.
Cracked ground,
drab river sand.
All the plans failed;
the poverty line
receded further.
Solution.
CBSE answer: (2)
Answer: (2) hunger
- The poet says, "wherever there is hunger, there Kalahandi is."
- So Kalahandi is no longer just a place on a map; it stands for hunger anywhere.
- That is why we do not need road maps or helicopters to reach it.
Trap: (3) drought causes the hunger, but the poem names hunger as what Kalahandi means.