TEA  FROM  ASSAM

1.What did Pranjal and Rajvir do when the train pulled out of the station?

Ans:  when train pulled out of the station; Pranjal started reading what he liked most, to read detective books. Rajbir, his friend, also liked detective story very much but now he was rather keen on looking the beautiful scenery through the window of the moving train.

2.What is the Indian legend regarding tea leaves?

Ans: The Indian legend on tea leaves is that Badhidharma, an ancient Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eye lids as he felt sleepy during the meditation. Subsequently, tea plants grew out of his eye lids. Leave of these plants were put in hot water and when drunk, banished sleep.

3.What is the Chinese legend regarding the tea?

Ans:  The Chinese legend states that one of their emperors always boiled water before drinking. One day, accidently, few leaves from the burning twigs under the pot fell into the boiling water .Thus giving it a delicious flavor. It is said that these leaves were the tea leaves.

4.When did drinking of tea, start?

Ans: Tea was first drunk in china as far back as 2700 B.C. In fact,  words such as ‘tea’ ‘chai’ & ‘chini’, have originated from chineses. Tea came to Europe only in the 16^th  century where it was drunk more as a medicine  than as a beverage.

5.Name the tea garden of which Prasnjol’s father is the manager?

Ans: Pranjal’s father was the manager of the Dhekiabari tea estate in upper Assam.

Essay type questions:

1. Elucidate in your words the visit of Rajvir in accompaniment Pranjol to the Estate of Assam.

Ans: Pranjal a youngster from Assam is Rajvir’s classmate at school in Delhi. Pranjal’s father is a manager of a tea garden in upper Assam. Pranjal has invited Rajvir to visit his home during the summer vacation. When the train pulled out of the station Pranjal buried his nose in his detective book .Rajvir too was an ardent fan of detective stories, but at the moment he was keener on looking at the beautiful scenery. Soon they were driving towards Dhekiabari, the tea garden managed by Pranjal’s father.

    An hour later the car veered sharply off the main road. They crossed a cattle bridge and entered ‘Dhekiabari’ tea estate. On both sides of the graver road were acre upon acre of tea bushes, all neatly pruned to the same height. Groups of tea-pluckers, with bamboo baskets on their backs, wearing plastics aprons, were plucking the newly sprouted leaves.

2.     Describe the legends associated with tea.

Ans: The Chinese legend states that one of their emperors always boiled water before drinking. One day accidently, few leaves from the burning twigs under the pot fell into the boiling water thus giving it a delicious flavor. It is said that these leaves were tea leaves.

     

     Tea was first drunk in china as far back as 2700 B.C.  In fact words such as ‘tea’, ‘chai’ & ‘chini’ have originated from Chinese. Tea came to Europe only in the 16^th century where it was drunk more as a medicine than as a beverage.