The Call Of The Soil - The Scent of Rice | Brainstorming - Questions and Answers : Class 11th English | English Prose

Class 11 English Chapter 3 (1.3)

The Call of the Soil - The Scent of Rice

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(A1) (i) Read the extract and state whether the following statements are true or false. Correct the false statements.

(a) Growing in abundance is more important than the quality of the crop.

Ans: False

 : The quality of crop is more important. 

(b) The author wanted to grow the desi variety of rice.

Ans: True

(c) The author did not succeed in finding Kasbai.

Ans: False

: The author succeeded in finding Kasbai at Asarvari village.

(d) The aroma of the ‘desi’ rice would spread around the village.

Ans: True

(e) Newer hybrid crops have a great appetite for chemicals.

Ans: True

(f) The author is an example of ‘reverse migration’.

Ans: True

Activity :- Read the text and fill in the blanks. One is done for you.

(a) The author wanted to grow organic moong.

(b) Moru Dada wanted to spray pesticides on the moong crop.

(c) Baban’s father and some elders mentioned the name ofKasbai, the desi rice variety.

(d) “Hybrids need more water, fertilizers and pesticides”, said Devu Handa.

(e) The author bought 10 kilos of rice from an Adivasi woman who lived in remote hills.

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