CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: As sugar symbolises sweetness or happiness, whereas excess salt signifies the spoilt taste. The hailstorm spoiled Lencho’s fields totally that’s why it is said that the field was white as if covered with salt.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The field is compared to a land covered with salt because the crop was destroyed. Now it was similar to a land covered with salt which cannot yield any crop.

Detailed explanation-3: -The field was white as if covered with salt. The flowers were gone from the plants. The corn was totally destroyed.

Detailed explanation-4: -The fields were soon covered with it and looked as if it is covered with salt. The crops that were lushing green and fresh under the monsoon shower were now destroyed by the hailstones. This made Lencho gloomy and he felt that they all had to starve this year as all the crops were destroyed.

Detailed explanation-5: -Correct Answer: The fields looked as if it were covered in salt.