NCERT Class 9 English Chapter 6 Weathering The Storm In Ersama
NCERT Solutions For Class 9 English Moments Chapter 6 Weathering the Storm in Ersama
Textbook Questions
Think about it
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Question 1.
What havoc has the super cyclone wreaked in the life of the people of Orissa ?
Or
Describe the aftermath of the devastating super cyclone. (CBSE 2017)
Answer.
The super cyclone uprooted the trees. It had also destroyed all crops and the buildings. The water entered the houses and fields. There was water and water everywhere. Strong winds blew. They beat the houses with great fury. It rained and rained continuously.
Question 2.
How has Prashant, a teenager, been able to help the people of his village ?
Or
How did Prashant, a teenager, help the people of his village ? (CBSE)
Or
How did Prashant help the villagers ? (CBSE)
Answer.
Prashant is a teenager. He brings a large number of orphan children together. He puts up a polythene sheet shelter for them. He asks women of his village to look after them. He lays the children on the sand with utensils on their stomachs. The helicopters see them. Then they throw food items.
Question 3.
How have the people of the community helped one another ? What role do the women of Kalikuda play during these days ?
Answer.
The people of the community help one another through cooperation. They gather together the orphan children. They build a polythene shelter for them. Men secure food and materials for the shelter. Women work in the food-for-work programme of the Non-Government Organisation.
Question 4.
Why do Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows ? What alternatives do they consider ?
Answer.
Prashant and other volunteers resist the plan to set up institutions for orphans and widows. They feel that in them the children would grow without love. Women will suffer from stigma and loneliness. These would be bad for their proper and normal growth. They feel that orphans should be resettled in their own community itself.
Question 5.
Do you think Prashant is a good leader ? Do you think young people can get together to help people during natural calamities ?
Answer.
I think that Prashant is a good leader. He organises all together to face the super cyclone’s ruin. He becomes a kind of saviour for these cyclone-hit people of Ersama. I also think that young people can surely get together. They can help people during natural calamities like Prashant.
Talk about it
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Question 1.
Talk about the preparedness of the community for a natural disaster.
(You can talk about evacuation plans and rehabilitation; permanent safe shelters; warning system; relief efforts; building materials to withstand cyclone/flood/ earthquake, i.e. safe housing; peoples’ organisation of their own rescue; the survival instinct, etc.)
Answer:
We are the part of community. Natural calamities may occur any time. We have witnessed many such natural disasters which caused devastation all around. Occurence of such calamities is not under our control but to prepare ourselves to face such devastation is under our control. If precautions are taken timely, the effects of such calamities may be reduced. For this purpose we should adopt the following points and discuss them :
- Evacuation plans
- Rehabilitation process
- Permanent safe shelters
- Warning systems
- Relief efforts
- Building materials to withstand cyclone/ flood/earthquake
- People’s organisation of their own rescue
- The survival instinct etc.