Short Answer Type Questions:- Glimpses of India (Part III) Tea from Assam - Class 10 PDF Download

The seventh chapter of Class 10 English textbook "First Flight", titled "Glimpses of India" is a compilation of personal accounts by various authors detailing their experiences and observations of different regions across India.  The second part of this chapter is dedicated to Assam, a stunning state situated in the northeastern region of India.

Q.1. Which state did Pranjol belong to?
Ans. Pranjol belonged to Assam a North-Eastern State of India.

Q.2. According to Rajvir how many cups of tea are drunk daily throughout the world?
Ans. According to Rajvir, over eighty crore cups of tea are drunk daily throughout the world.

Q.3. Where was Pranjol’s father's Tea Estate situated?
Ans. It was situated at Dhulabari.

Q.4. Why did Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids?
Ans. He cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditation.

Q.5. When did tea come to Europe?
Ans. Tea came to Europe in the sixteenth century.

Q.6. Why did Rajvir visit Assam?
Ans. Rajvir had been invited by his classmate Pranjol, who was from Assam, to visit his home during the summer vacation.

Q.7. How does Rajvir describe the tea-garden at Dhekiabari?
Ans. On both sides of the gravel road were acres and acres of neatly pruned tea bushes. It was the second sprouting period. Women wearing plastic aprons were plucking new tea leaves and putting them in the bamboo baskets.

Q.8. Describe the magnificent views of the tea estate with reference to the lesson, ‘Tea from Assam’.
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Draw a pen picture of tea gardens in Assam.
Ans. The tea bushes were spread like a sea against the backdrop of densely wooded hills. Amidst the orderly rows of tea, bushes were doll-like figures plucking tea leaves.

Q.9. Describe the scenery that Rajvir saw as soon as the train pulled out of the station.
Ans. When the train moved ahead, there were huge fields full of green plantations. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery. He called it a ‘magnificent view’. The bushes were spread like a sea against the backdrop of densely wooded hills.

Q.10. How are tea pluckers different from other farm labourers?
Ans. The tea pluckers are different from other farm labourers. The women plucking tea leaves in the tea gardens look like dolls. They wear plastic aprons and carry baskets on their backs to put tea leaves in them.

Q.11. How can you say that tea was first drunk in China?
Ans. There is an ancient legend about the discovery of tea. A Chinese emperor had the habit of drinking boiling water. One day a twig from the fire fell into the pot in which water was being boiled. It gave a delicious flavour to the water. It is said that those were tea leaves and that was the first tea. It is thus thought that tea was first taken in China.

Q.12. What information was given by Pranjol’s father to Rajvir about Assam Tea Estate?
Ans. He was the manager of a tea garden in upper Assam. He showed Pranjol and Rajvir the acres of tea bushes, all neatly pruned to the same height. Groups of women pluckers with bamboo baskets were plucking the newly sprouted leaves.

Q.13. What did Rajvir see when he entered the Tea Estate?
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What made Rajvir amazed on the way?
Ans. Rajvir was amazed to see huge fields full of green plantations. There were vast green tea gardens on both sides of the road. The tall trees at the back of the gardens, in the forest on the rolling hills, looked beautiful.

Q.14. Which tea is considered the best tea? Why?
Ans. Assam tea is considered to be the best tea as it has the largest concentration of tea plantations in the world. The weather and environmental conditions are perfect here to grow tea plants.

Q.15. Who were Pranjol and Rajvir? Where were they going?
Ans. Pranjol and Rajvir were friends. Pranjol belonged to Assam. He was studying in a school in Delhi.  Rajvir was his classmate. Pranjol’s father was the manager of a tea garden in Upper Assam. Pranjol invited Rajvir to visit his home during the summer vacation. Both of them travelled to Assam by train.

Q.16. What did Rajvir and Pranjol do after the train pulled out of the station?
Ans. When the train pulled out of the station. Pranjol became busy reading a detective book. Rajvir was looking out of the train. It was green, green everywhere. He had never seen so much greenery before.

Q.17. What is the Indian legend about the discovery of tea?
Ans. According to an Indian legend, Bodhidharma, an ancient Buddhist monk, fell asleep during meditation. So he cut off his eyelids. Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drank banished sleep.

Q.18. Where was tea first drunk? When did tea come to Europe?
Ans. It is believed that tea was first drunk in China in 2700 B.C. Words like ‘chai and ‘chini‘ are Chinese. Tea came to Europe in the sixteenth century. At first, it was used more as a medicine than as a beverage.

Q.19. What is the best season for tea Production?
Ans. Rajvir and Pranjol reached Assam in the sprouting season. This season lasts from May to July. The best tea is produced during this season.

Q.20. How has tea become a popular beverage?
Ans. Tea is decidedly a very popular beverage in the world. More than eighty crore cups of tea are drunk every day throughout the world. At every platform in India, you can hear vendors crying “Chai-garam”. The people can’t resist buying steaming hot cups of tea.

Q.21. Why was Rajvir so much excitement?
Ans. Rajvir had never seen so much greenery before. He was looking at the beautiful scenery. The soft green paddy fields gave way to tea bushes. Against the backdrop of densely wooded hills, a sea of tea bushes stretched as far as the eyes could see. The orderly rows of bushes were pruned to the same height. Rajvir was really excited to see the magnificent view.

Q.22. Why didn’t Pranjol share Rajvir’s excitement?
Ans. Pranjol had been born and brought up on a tea plantation. He was familiar with tea gardens. On the other hand, Rajvir had never visited any tea plantation ever before. A sea of bushes stretching as far as the eyes could see fascinated him. The magnificent view, and orderly rows of tea bushes really excited him. But Pranjol was used to such sights.

Q.23. Describe the Chinese legend regarding the discovery of tea leaves.
Ans. There is a Chinese legend regarding the discovery of tea leaves. One Chinese emperor always boiled water before drinking it. One day a few leaves of the burning twigs under the pot fell into the water. The result was wonderful. The water gave a delicious flavour. Those leaves that gave the water a delicious flavour were tea leaves.

Q.24. What is the Indian legend regarding the discovery of tea?
Ans. We have an Indian legend regarding the discovery of tea. Bodhidharma, an ancient Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he fell sleepy during meditation. It is said that ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of those plants, when put in hot water and drunk, banished sleep.

Q.25. Where and when did the drinking of tea start and how did it come to Europe?
Ans. The drinking of tea first started in China. Tea was drunk in China as far as 2700 B.C. Words like tea, `char and ‘chin? are from Chinese. Tea came to Europe in the 16th century. In Europe, tea was dining as medicine than a beverage in the early period.

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