Question

Read the following case study and give answer for the following

From landless agricultural labourers in Hatkarwadi to a cloth merchant and a home maker in a small

town , Shambhu and Sheena are living their best life now respectively . Being retrospective Shambhu

shared the drastic experience with his neighbour. To the times , when the village of Hatkarwadi, about

20 miles from Beed in Maharashtra state, was completely deserted, millions of farmers were forced to

choose this option as the natural calamity that hit the village left miseries and sorrows all around .

Helpless to pay back the loans and fetch their pieces of land back from Manohar Lal they were

distressed and decided to settle the assets including land , livestock and a thatched house against the

loan amount .

a) What was the occupation of Manohar Lal ? 1

b) Which calamity do you think must have hit Hatkarwadi ? 1

c) What option did Shambhu mention they were left with ?​

Answer 1

a) Landlord

b) famine

c) to settle the assets including land , livestock and a thatched house against the loan amount