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| English 11th Lesson No. 10: A MILD ATTACK OF LOCUSTS Questions Bank |
English 1st Year Chapter 10 A Mild Attack of Locusts Questions Bank
MCQs
Please select the right answer.
1. From how many miles was the smoke rising?
2. How did the advance guards of the swarm look? Like
3. How did the land look after the locusts had moved to south?
4. How did the locusts attack the crops?
5. How did the main swarm look?
6. How did the sunshine come down?
7. How many patches of bared soil were there?
8. How many patcixes of bare soil were there
9. It was a half night, a perverted blackness. Here the word perverted means
10. Locusts are just like:
11. Locusts attack in the areas of:
12. Looking out, all the trees were queer and still clotted with insects. Here the word clotted means
13. Looking out, all the trees were queer and still clotted with insects. Here the word queer means
14. Oppressive it was, too, with the heaviness of storm. Here the word Oppressive means
15. Piles of wood and grass had been prepared there. Here the word Piles means
16. The boughs of the trees weighed to trees Ground .Here the word weighed means
17. The boughs of the trees weighed to trees ground. Here the word boughs means
18. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong. Here the word clamour means
19. The locusts are heavy due to:
20. The old Stephen yelled at the houseboy. Here the word yelled means
21. The sun was blotted out with fresh blackness. Here the word blotted out means
22. The sunlight comes down distorted, a thick, hot orange. Here the word distorted means
23. Then came a sharp crack from the bush. Here the word crack means
24. They all stood and gazed. Here the word gazed means
25. They were throwing wet leaves on fire now, to make it acrid and black. Here the word acrid means
26. Through the hail of insects, a man came running. Here the word hail means
27. what happened to the old Smith's crops? They were
28. What made the boughs of the trees weighed to the ground?
29. What sort of darkness was prevailing with the arrival of locusts?
30. What was showing in the patches of bare soil?
31. What was the effect of locusts on the air? It was
32. What was the hope of every farmer? Everyone hoped that
33. What were they throwing on fire to make it black and arid?
34. Who called locusts 'beggars'?
35. Who first saw the locusts?
36. Who ran to beat the old ploughshare hanging from a tree branch?
37. Who said, 'We are finished, Margaret'?
38. who was attending the telephone calls?
39. Why did a branch snap of Due to the load of
40. Why did the cook boy run?
41. Why did the earth seem to be moving? Due to the
42. Why was the sun blotted out? Due to the
43. Why was the sunlight oppressive? Owing to
44. Why were the boughs of trees weighed to the ground? Due to
45. With what were the trees clotted?
Short Questions
1. After the attack of locusts, what were the hopes?
2. Are the hoppers different from the locusts?
3. Did Margaret know what to do to keep the locusts away?
4. Did Margaret lose heart on the loss of crops?
5. How did farmers try to get rid of the locusts?
6. How did old Stephen treat the stray locust which he found in his pocket?
7. How did the farmers know that locusts were coming?
8. How many people were there on the farm?
9. What are locusts?
10. What did old Stephen tell Margaret about the locusts?
11. What is an attack of locusts?
12. What was the condition of the countryside?
13. What was the condition of the sun due to locusts?
14. What was the condition of the trees?
15. What was the desire of every farmer?
16. What was the feeling of Margaret after the attack of locusts?
17. Why are the locusts compared with bad weather?
18. Why did the farmers beat the gong?
19. Why did the farmers throw wet leaves on fire?
20. Why did the men eat their supper with good appetite?
Long Questions
"1. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
Looking out all the trees were queer and still, clotted with insects, their boughs weighed to the ground. The earth seemed to be moving, locusts crawling everywhere, she could not see the lands at all, so thick was the swarm. Toward the mountains it was like looking into driving rain-even as she watched, the sun was blotted out with a fresh onrush of them. It was a half-night, a perverted blackness. "
"2. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
At once Richard shouted at the cook boy. Old Stephen yelled at the houseboy. The cook boy ran to beat the old ploughshare hanging from a tree branch, which was used to summon labourers at moments of crisis. The houseboy ran off to the store to collect tin cans, any old bit of metal. The farm was ringing with the clamour of the gong; and they could see the labourers come pouring out of the compound, pointing at the hills and shouting excitedly."
"3. Translate the following passage into Urdu. (Short Stories Book-I)
Margaret was wondering what she could do to help. She did not know. Then up came old Stephen from the lands. “We’re finished, Margaret, finished! Those beggars can eat every leaf and blade off the farm in half an hour! And it is only early afternoon-if we can make enough smoke, make enough noise till the sun goes down, they’ll settle somewhere else perhaps"