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01. Read the, answer the questions that follow., = house-the only one in the entire, ley -sat on the crest of a low hill., , 35 From this height one could see the river, and the field of ripe corn dotted with, the flowers that always promised a good, harvest. The only thing the earth, needed was a good downpour or at, least a shower. Throughout the, , idly Person morning Lencho who knew his fields, , no) had af. intimately had done nothing but see the, , cided to he, sky towards the North-East., , D (CBSE Question Bank 2021), chose (i) Based on the detail of the house’s, lo id, location, how can it best be, olka ga ae described?, , a pat (a) Majestic (b) Imposini, , lect a (c) Solitary (d) inte :, , Pee the (ii) The field of corn dotted with flowers, , nd signeditas means that, , (a) not a single flower was bigger thana, dot., , (b) the flowers were scattered across., , » became heppl (c) the flowers were in shaped like dots., , ating the mone (d) the flowers had shrunk in size, , , , , , , , ty pesos wil (iii) Lencho wished for a downpour or a, heavy shower, Pick the option that, correctly lists the correct match for, , atter ake? kinds of rain., , tm :, ald n° List -I List I, in. THe sae, agen adit A. Heavy rain 1. Light rain that falls, and ™ shel in very fine drops, a, , juten ‘Goll B. Thunderstorm 2. Very heavy rain,, , te re tropical rain”, , C. Drizzle 3. Its coming down, quite strong and, , you get very wet, very qucnya, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , Codes, ANB 0" 0-E, (a2 4513, (bl) 4 13 52, (c)eotror Avie, (ay SS) tet, (iv) Based on the given extract, what is, Lencho NOT likely to think while, looking at his field?, (1) Such a bl }. Godt, oi Co a ee, . perlect, [@) Allset for he grand ‘a So, harvest. tm going to food to eat after this, be rich! harvest, (a) Option (1), (b) Option (2), (c) Option (3), (d) Option (4), (v) Which quote supports the idea in the, given extract?, , (a) “Farming is a profession of hope.”, , (b) “| would rather be on. my farm than be, emperor of the world”, , (c) "Farming looks mighty easy when your, plough is a pencil, and you're a, thousand miles from the corn field”, , (d) ‘Those too lazy to plough in the right, season will have no food at the, harvest.”