Q104
What natural calamity is the poet talking about ?
- (1) drought
- (2) earthquake
- (3) landslide
- (4) floods
CTET 8 Feb 2026 Paper 1 English, Question 104
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: (1)
Answer: (1) drought
- "The god of rain turned away his face" means no rain fell.
- The poem also shows cracked ground, dry river sand and trees without a single green leaf.
- All these are signs of a long period without rain, that is, drought.
- Nothing points to an earthquake, a landslide or floods.