The Prince of Panidihing

1. Who is the central character of the story?
➡️ Khagen.

2. How old was Khagen?
➡️ Seventeen.

3. What did villagers call Khagen?
➡️ The Prince of Panidihing.

4. Where did Khagen study?
➡️ Nitaipukhuri College.

5. What kind of boy was Khagen?
➡️ Brave, active, and helpful.

6. Which natural disaster struck the area?
➡️ A flood.

7. Which river caused the flood?
➡️ The Brahmaputra.

8. Which embankment was breached?
➡️ The Chitolia embankment.

9. What did the villagers build to protect themselves?
➡️ Chang-ghars.

10. Who cried and wailed during the flood?
➡️ The villagers.

11. What sound filled the air during the flood?
➡️ Cries of villagers and bellows of livestock.

12. What rolled over the house-tops?
➡️ Flood water.

13. Who did Khagen call first during the flood?
➡️ His friend Ramen.

14. What did Khagen ask Ramen to do?
➡️ Get hold of the others.

15. Who were Khagen’s close friends?
➡️ Ramen, Dambaru, Dhan, and Abbas.

16. What did the friends make for rescue?
➡️ Rafts.

17. What were the rafts made of?
➡️ Banana trunks.

18. Who brought his father’s boat?
➡️ Khagen.

19. How many rafts were made?
➡️ Five.

20. How many boys steered each raft?
➡️ Two boys.

21. Where did the fleet of rafts rush to?
➡️ Chitolia village.

22. Where were the rescued villagers sheltered?
➡️ In the school building.

23. What did Khagen and his friends arrange for them?
➡️ Food and water.

24. Which authorities had to be informed?
➡️ The civil authorities at Demow.

25. Who shouted that Doctor Hatibaruah was stranded?
➡️ Naren kai.

26. What was the doctor’s name?
➡️ Doctor Hatibaruah.

27. Where was Doctor Hatibaruah stranded?
➡️ At Kotiori hospital quarters.

28. Who accompanied Khagen to rescue the doctor?
➡️ Dambaru.

29. Who lived with the doctor?
➡️ His wife, Moni Baidew.

30. How did the boat almost crash?
➡️ Into the verandah railing.

31. Who was afraid to step into the boat?
➡️ Moni Baidew.

32. Who carried the doctor’s bag?
➡️ The doctor himself.

33. How many people were in the boat during the rescue?
➡️ Six persons with the doctor’s bag.

34. Who teased Moni Baidew playfully?
➡️ Dambaru.

35. What was Moni Baidew’s reply?
➡️ “No! Not when you two are around.”

36. What suddenly pulled the boat?
➡️ A strong undercurrent.

37. What caused the boat to capsize?
➡️ A whirlpool.

38. Who spotted Moni Baidew in the water?
➡️ Khagen.

39. How did Khagen save Moni Baidew?
➡️ He caught her arm and helped her float to a mound.

40. Who was also rescued to the mound?
➡️ The doctor.

41. What did Dambaru and two men catch hold of?
➡️ The capsized boat.

42. What did they use to bail out water?
➡️ Tubs tied to the boat.

43. Where were the doctor and his wife placed finally?
➡️ Into the boat.

44. What did the doctor say to Khagen after rescue?
➡️ “You have saved our lives.”

45. How did Moni Baidew thank Khagen?
➡️ By touching his arm and saying “Thanks, Khagen.”

46. Whom had Khagen and his mother visited earlier?
➡️ Doctor Hatibaruah.

47. Why did they visit the doctor?
➡️ His mother had a serious ailment.

48. What did the doctor ask Khagen about his mother?
➡️ “How’s she now?”

49. How did Khagen reply?
➡️ She was fine by God’s grace and the doctor’s help.

50. Who reminded the doctor about Khagen’s title?
➡️ Dambaru.

51. What title did the doctor finally give Khagen?
➡️ A real Prince.

52. What lit up the muddy flood water?
➡️ The bright moon.

53. What did the flood water look like in moonlight?
➡️ Gleaming silver.

54. Where was the boat heading at the end?
➡️ Towards the school building.

55. What did the doctor know about himself?
➡️ He would be the only doctor in the relief camp.

56. What did the doctor feel with Khagen and friends around?
➡️ There wouldn’t be many problems.

57. Who is the hero of the story?
➡️ Khagen.

58. Why was Khagen called Prince of Panidihing?
➡️ Because of his bravery and leadership.

59. What was the main disaster in the story?
➡️ A flood caused by the Brahmaputra.

60. What was the name of Khagen’s village?
➡️ Borgaon.

61. How did Khagen swim?
➡️ Like an otter.

62. Who asked Moni Baidew, “Are you still scared, Baidew?”
➡️ Dambaru.

63. Who patted Khagen’s back in appreciation?
➡️ The doctor.

64. What did the doctor call Khagen after saving them?
➡️ A real Prince.

65. What was the central theme of the lesson?
➡️ Bravery, leadership, and service.

66. Which district does Panidihing belong to?
➡️ Sivasagar district of Assam.

67. Who informed Khagen about the embankment breach?
➡️ Villagers.

68. What did Khagen’s friends bring besides rafts?
➡️ A boat.

69. Who helped steer the rafts?
➡️ The boys.

70. Who provided shelter in the school building?
➡️ The villagers with Khagen’s help.

71. What did Khagen and friends provide along with shelter?
➡️ Food and water.

72. Who was Doctor Hatibaruah’s wife?
➡️ Moni Baidew.

73. Who accompanied Khagen in the rescue of the doctor?
➡️ Dambaru.

74. What danger did the boat face during rescue?
➡️ Whirlpool and undercurrent.

75. How did the villagers describe Khagen?
➡️ As the Prince of Panidihing.

76. Why was the doctor important during flood relief?
➡️ He was the only doctor available.

77. What did Khagen recall about his mother?
➡️ Her recovery due to the doctor.

78. What did the villagers do after rescue?
➡️ Stayed in the school building.

79. What emotion filled the villagers during flood?
➡️ Fear and panic.

80. Who helped Khagen pull Moni Baidew to safety?
➡️ His friends.

81. What was used to remove water from the capsized boat?
➡️ Tubs.

82. How did the moonlight affect the scene at the end?
➡️ It turned muddy flood water silver.

83. Who was called “a real prince” by the doctor?
➡️ Khagen.

84. Who displayed courage apart from Khagen?
➡️ Dambaru.

85. What happened when the boat capsized?
➡️ Everyone fell into water.

86. Who helped steady the boat after capsizing?
➡️ Dambaru and two men.

87. What was Khagen’s role in the village?
➡️ A leader during disaster.

88. What is the setting of the story?
➡️ Panidihing during a flood.

89. What was the reaction of Moni Baidew after rescue?
➡️ She thanked Khagen warmly.

90. What natural danger is highlighted in the story?
➡️ The flood of the Brahmaputra.

91. How did villagers survive before rescue?
➡️ By climbing chang-ghars.

92. Who was most courageous in the flood?
➡️ Khagen.

93. Why did Dambaru call Khagen Prince?
➡️ For his bravery and leadership.

94. How did Khagen inspire others?
➡️ By leading the rescue fearlessly.

95. What symbol of hope ended the story?
➡️ The moonlight on floodwater.

96. Why is Khagen considered a hero?
➡️ He saved lives selflessly.

97. How did Khagen’s friends support him?
➡️ By steering rafts and helping rescues.

98. What shows the unity of villagers?
➡️ Rescuing and sheltering together.

99. What message does the story give?
➡️ Bravery and service to humanity are noble.

100. What is the lesson’s main theme?
➡️ Courage, leadership, and humanity during disasters.

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