Prose-8 ➤ A Short Monsoon Diary

1. The hillsides are lush because of the appearance of flowers during

 
 
 
 

2. Through the mist Bijju is calling to his sister. I can hear him running about on the hillside but I cannot see him.
The author cannot see Bijju because

 
 
 
 

3. The drongos

 
 
 
 

4. It is a good sound to read by—the rain outside, the quiet within—and, although tin roofs are given to springing unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain.
Here, the author is praising

 
 
 
 

5. In his Diary the author is describing

 
 
 
 

6. Who are the obnoxious visitors that arrive at the hill station?

 
 
 
 

7. This Diary is written by

 
 
 
 

8. Through the mist Bijju is calling to his sister. I can hear him running about on the hillside but I cannot see him.
The passage is written by

 
 
 
 

9. It is a good sound to read by—the rain outside, the quiet within—and, although tin roofs are given to springing unaccountable leaks, there is a feeling of being untouched by, and yet in touch with, the rain.
The ‘good sound’ is produced by

 
 
 
 

10. The word‘ravine ’ means ……

 
 
 
 

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