A Short Monsoon Diary (Ruskin Bond)

The drongos

Insectivorous birds are happy in the monsoon season

The sound of the falling rain on tin roof

The blackest cloud I've ever seen squatted over Mussoorie, and then it hailed marbles
for half an hour. Nothing like a hailstorm to clear the sky. Even as I write, I see a
rainbow forming.
1. The author is describing a scene on hills in the season of
(a) coming of winter (b) end of winter
(c) monsoon (d) summer.
2. The phrase hailed marbles' indicates
(a) threw pieces of marbles (b) a hailstorm
(c) rain (d) heat.
3. According to the author, a hailstorm
(a) makes the clouds disappear
(c) is good for the farmers
(b) is good for us
(d) gives rise to a rainbow.

This Diary is written by

The author could hear Bijju but could not see him because of