"Tea From Assam" by Arup Kumar Datta
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Q.1) Who is Pranjol?
Ans:- Pranjol is a youngster from Assam who reads in a school in Delhi.
Q.2) Who is Rajvir?
Ans:- Rajvir is a classmate of Pranjol.
Q.3) How many cups of tea are drunk throughout the world everyday?
Ans:- Over eighty crore cups of tea are drunk throughout the world everyday.
Q.4) What genre of literature did Pranjol like to read?
Ans:- Pranjol liked to read detective stories.
Q.5) Write about the legends concerning the discovery of tea.
or
Q.5) Narrate briefly Rajib's remarks on the discovery of tea and the legends
that surround it.
Ans:- There are two
legends concerning the discovery of tea as
The first legend tells that a
Chinese emperor had always got water boiled before drinking. One day a few
leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water giving it a delicious
flavour. It is said they were tea leaves.
There is another legend.
According to the legend once in ancient India there was an ascetic named
Bodhidharma, who cut off his eye lids because he fell sleepy during
meditations. Then tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of these
plants when put into hot water and drunk banished sleep.
Q.6) When tea went to Europe?
Ans:- Tea went to Europe in the sixteenth century.
Q.7) What is Pranjol's father?
Ans:- Pranjol's father is the manager of a tea-estate called Dhekiabari Tea Estate in Upper Assam.
Q.8) ‘You seem to have done your homework before coming.'- who said this?
Ans:- Mr. Barua said this to Rajvir.
Q.9) Where and when tea was first drunk?
Ans:- Tea was first drunk in China as far back as 2700 B. C.
Q.10) Give a description of Dhekiabari
tea-garden as seen by Pranjol and Rajvir when they were driven through it.
or
Q.10) Give a description of the magnificent view of tea garden seen by Rajib
from the railway train?
Ans:- When Pranjol and
Rajvir were driven through Dhekiabari Tea-garden they crossed a cattle bridge
and entered the Tea-Estate. There they saw acre upon acre of tea bushes on both
sides of the gravel road. All the tea bushes were neatly pruned to the same
height. They saw the groups of tea-pluckers with bamboo baskets on their backs.
The groups were plucking the newly sprouted leaves.
Other Questions & Answers
Q.1.
Describe the scenery outside the train. Where were Pranjol and Rajvir going by
train?
Ans:- There were green, green forests everywhere. Rajvir had
never seen such greenery before. He was going to Assam with his friend. Soon
the soft green paddy fields gave way to tea bushes. Both of them were going to
Assam. Pranjol’s father Mr. Barua was the manager of a tea garden in Upper
Assam.
Q.2.
What did they see on both side of the gravel-road?
Ans:- While travelling they saw tea bushes. On both sides they saw acres of tea bushes. They were all neatly pruned to the same height. Groups of tea-pluckers had bamboo-baskets on their back.
Q.3.
Why was Pranjol’s father was surprised?
Ans:- Pranjol’s father was surprised when Rajvir showed how much he knew about tea by saying that it was the second flush or sprouting period and that it lasted from May to July and yielded the best tea.
Q.4.
At which station did the boys stop and who received them?
Ans:- The boy got down at Mariani junction.
Q.5.
What are the two Legends about Tea?
Ans:- Chinese legend :-
A Chinese emperor always boiled water before drinking it. One day a few leaves of branches burning under the pot fell into the water. It gave a delicious flavour. These were tea leaves.
A Chinese emperor always boiled water before drinking it. One day a few leaves of branches burning under the pot fell into the water. It gave a delicious flavour. These were tea leaves.
Indian
legend:-
Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of his eyelids. These leaves when put in hot water and drunk, banished sleep.
Bodhidharma, a Buddhist monk cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations. Ten tea plants grew out of his eyelids. These leaves when put in hot water and drunk, banished sleep.