Question

The farmers consider sparrows a nuisance because _______________.

• A. They are loud and noisy
• B. They chirp loudly
• C. They splash around in muddy water.
• D. They eat up the grains from the fields

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

They eat up the grains from the fields

'There were guards with slings and stones to chase them sway as they ate grain from standing crops'. This information indicates that farmers used to guard their fields from the sparrows as they ate away grain from the crops. Option A,B & C indicate other activities of sparrows but the real nuisance done by sparrows which affected farmers is:
They eat up the grains from the fields.