Weathering the Storm In Eesama
Chapter 6
1. What calamity hit Orissa?
a) cyclone
b) earthquake
c) drought
Ans: a) cyclone
2. How did Prashant reach his village?
a) travelling on cycle
b) travelling on foot
c) travelling by bus
Ans: b) travelling on foot
3. The heavy cyclone hit Orissa in
a) 1984
b) 1986
c) 1999
Ans: c) 1999
4. Ersama is a part of -
a) Tamil nadu
b) Orissa
c) India
Ans: b) Orissa
5. What kept the family away from starving?
a) The tender Apple
b) The tender banana
c) The tender coconut
Ans: c) The tender coconut
6. How did Prashant clean the filth?
a) With the
b) with machines
c) hired sweepers
Ans: a) With the help of volunteers
7. What kind of person was Prashant?
a) helping and caring
b) Wise
c) All
Ans: c) All
8. What happened when Prashant visited Ersama?
a) A cyclone hit the village
b) two friends came to meet him
c) he saw many things on the road
Ans: a) A cyclone hit the village
9. Whom did the flood victims send signals to for food help?
a) Strangers
b) Military helicopters
c) People of the town
Ans: b) Military helicopters
10. What was the impact of the cyclone?
a) homes were lost
b) many lives were lost
c) All
Ans: All
11. What was the name of Prashant’s village?
a) Maligudi
b) Kalikuda
c) Ersama
Ans: b) Kalikuda
12. Who faced the fury of the storm?
a) A young boy Prashant
b) Villagers
c) People
Ans: a) A young boy Prashant
13. Where did the storm hit?
a) A town
b) Coastal town of Ersama in Odisha
c) Odisha
Ans: c) Odisha
14. How did people in Ersama survive during the storm?
a) by eating tender coconut and remaining on the rooftops
b) remaining in the water
c) by hanging on trees
Ans: a) by eating tender coconut and remaining on the rooftops
15. What was the name of Prashant’s village?
a) Maligudi
b) Kalikuda
c) Ersama
Ans: b) Kalikuda
16. Who faced the fury of the storm?
a) People
b) A young boy Prashant
c) Villagers
Ans: b) A young boy Prashant
17. Where did the storm hit?
a) Odisha
b) A remote area
c) None a & b
Ans: c) None a & b
18. how many years letter go to ersama
a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
Ans : 7
19. prashant spend a day for ersama with-
a) Mother
b) Father
c) Friend
Ans: Friend
20. How many coconut prashant friends rooftop
a) 2
b) 4
c) 5
Ans: a) 2
