Tea from assam (Class X)

 Tea From Assam (Class X)

1. Who is the writer of “Tea from Assam”?

Arup Kumar Datta.

2. Who are the two main characters in the lesson?

Pranjol and Rajvir.

3. Where do Pranjol and Rajvir study?

In a school in Delhi.

4. Where were they travelling to?

To Assam.

5. Why were they going to Assam?

To visit Pranjol’s home during vacation.

6. Who is Pranjol’s father?

Manager of a tea garden.

7. What is the name of the tea estate?

Dhekiabari Tea Estate.

8. Who invited Rajvir to Assam?

Pranjol.

9. What drink did they have in the train?

Tea.

10. Where was tea first drunk?

In China.

11. Who was Bodhidharma?

An ancient Buddhist monk.

12. What did Bodhidharma cut off?

His eyelids.

13. Where did the tea plants grow, according to the Indian legend?

From Bodhidharma’s eyelids.

14. Why did Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids?

To avoid sleeping while meditating.

15. What did Rajvir see outside the train window?

Tea gardens and green fields.

16. Who were plucking tea leaves?

group of tea-pluckers with bamboo busket on their back.

17.. Why was Rajvir excited?

To visit Assam and to see the tea gardens of Assam..

18. Why was Pranjol not so excited?

He was born and brought up in Assam.

19. Who received them at the station?

Pranjol’s father.

20. What is tea called in Chinese?

“Cha” or “Chai.”

21. Who manages Dhekiabari Tea Estate?

Pranjol’s father.

22.. What was the subject of Pranjol’s book?

Detective stories.

23. What does the term ‘tea country’ refer to?

Assam.

24. Which month was it when they visited Assam?

Likely May or June (summer vacation).

25. Who knows more facts about tea?

Rajvir.

26. Who was more excited about the journey?

Rajvir.

26. What did the garden look like from a distance?

A green carpet.

27. What does pruning mean?

Cutting plants to help them grow better.

28. What was the name of the station where they got down?

Mariani Junction.

29. What did the women carry while plucking leaves?

Baskets on their backs.

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1. Who were Pranjol and Rajvir?

They were classmates from Delhi. Pranjol belonged to Assam, and Rajvir was his friend who came to visit him during vacation.

2. Why was Rajvir excited about the trip?

Because he had read a lot about tea and wanted to see tea gardens for the first time.

3. Why didn’t Pranjol share Rajvir’s excitement?

Pranjol had lived in Assam since childhood; tea gardens were a common sight for him.

4.. What legends did Rajvir tell about tea?

He shared a Chinese legend about an emperor and an Indian one about Bodhidharma, the monk.

5. What is the Chinese legend about tea?

A few leaves fell into an emperor’s boiling water, giving a pleasant smell and taste — that’s how tea was discovered.

6.. What is the Indian legend about tea?

Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids to stay awake; tea plants grew where his eyelids fell.

7. How did Rajvir describe the tea gardens?

As green seas of bushes stretching endlessly, with women plucking fresh leaves.

8.  Who met them at the station?

Pranjol’s father, the manager of Dhekiabari Tea Estate.

9. What is the main crop of Assam?

Tea.

10. How did the tea gardens look from a distance?

They looked like a vast green carpet spread over the hills.

11. Why did Rajvir call Assam ‘a tea country’?

Because Assam produces the largest amount of tea in the world.

12. How did Rajvir describe the tea bushes?

As small green plants spread over the land like a green carpet.

13. Why is tea called the most popular beverage?

Because millions of people drink it every day all over the world.

14.What did Rajvir know about tea history?

He had studied its Chinese and Indian origins and how it became popular.

15. What did Rajvir find most interesting about Assam?

Its tea plantations and natural beauty.

16. What is the significance of Assam in tea production?

Assam is the largest tea-producing region in India.

17. Describe the beauty of Assam as shown in the lesson.

The region is full of lush green tea gardens, hills, and beautiful valleys.

18. Who took Rajvir to see the tea garden?

Pranjol’s father.

19. Why did the writer choose Assam for this story?

Because Assam is world-famous for tea.

20. How do women carry the leaves they pluck?

In baskets slung on their backs.

21. Describe the magnificent view that Rajvir saw outside from the train.

Answer: The magnificent view that Rajvir saw outside from the train was that the whole land was full of greenery. First, he noticed soft green paddy fields. Then, the tea bushes planted in orderly rows came into view, and the hills behind them were covered with dense green trees. The tea bushes stretched as far as the eye could see. The tall, sturdy shade trees made the tea gardens look even more beautiful. Among the tea bushes, the tea pluckers looked like tiny doll-like figures from the train. In the distance, Rajvir also noticed an ugly building with smoke rising from its chimney.

           All these together - the paddy fields, the hill, trees, tea bushes, and tea pluckers formed a scene that was truly beautiful and magnificent.