Question

The first day of monsoon mist.

How all the bird full silent as the mist comes climbing up the hill? Perhaps that’s what makes the

mist so melancholy; not only does it conceal the hills, it blankets them in silence too only an

hour ago the tresses were ringing with build song. But now the forest is directly still as through it

were midnight?

(i) Name the chapter from which this passage has been taken.

(ii)

(iii) What has happened to the birds?

(iv) Which word in the passage means to ‘hide’?

(v) Why does the author call mist melancholy?​

Answer 1

(1). A Short Monsoon Diary

(3) all the bird full silent as the mist comes climbing up the hill

(4) conceal

(5) The author calls the mist melancholy because not only does it conceal the hills, it blankets them in silence too. On June 25, there was some genuine early monsoon rain. It was warm and humid, contrary to the cold high-altitude weather that the author had been experiencing all year.