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Virat

Asked: September 26, 2026In: Class 9 English

Why did Khetaram term famine as ‘a way of life’?

Khetaram termed famine as ‘a way of life’ because severe droughts and crop failures occur persistently in the arid desert, making water scarcity and food shortages a constant reality.

Virat

Asked: September 26, 2026In: Class 9 English

Read the words given in the box below and place them in their appropriate context in the following passage: slumped, dunes, defying, hamlets, signals, devoid. We stepped out of the vehicle at the end of the road. Immediately, our body sent 1. ___ that our decision to visit the sand 2. _ in the afternoon was insane. We had passed a few 3. _ on our way to the desert. We could not find even a single soul outdoors, 4. _ the blazing sun. Even the camels were 5. _ in the little shade offered by the khejri trees. In this remote place people relied on Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to connect to the world as the area was 6. ___ of any other network service.

signals 2. Dunes 3. Hamlets 4. Defying 5. Slumped 6. devoid Each word accurately completes the desert passage: ‘signals’ describes bodily physical warnings, ‘dunes’ names sand mounds, ‘hamlets’ identifies remote settlements, ‘defying’ captures braving extreme heat, ‘slumped’ depicts resting camels and ...