Chapter 14
Lake of Diamonds
1. Answer the following: [ āϤāϞāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়া:]
(a) What was the name of the village?
Ans- The name of the village was Ratna Sarovar.
[(āĻ) āĻাঁāĻāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- āĻাāĻঁāĻāύ⧰ āύাāĻŽ āĻāĻিāϞ ā§°āϤ্āύ āϏ⧰োāĻŦā§°।]
(b) Why did the villagers keep the lake clean?
Ans- The villagers kept the lake clean because it was their only source of drinking water, and they used its water for household purposes and for their paddy fields.
[(āĻ) āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻিāϝ় āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāĻো āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦিāϞāĻāύ āĻĒā§°িāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āĻāϝ়াāϤেāĻ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻোā§ąাāĻĒাāύীā§° āĻāĻāĻŽাāϤ্ā§° āĻā§āϏ āĻāĻিāϞ, āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āĻĒাāύী āĻā§°ুā§ąা āĻাāĻŽāϤ āĻā§°ু āϧাāύāύি āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।]
(c) What was the interesting story about the lake of Ratna Sarovar?
Ans- The interesting story about the lake of Ratna Sarovar was that many people believed diamonds lay buried beneath the lake-bed.
[(āĻ) ā§°āϤ্āύ āϏ⧰োā§ąā§° āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻāĻŽোāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- ā§°āϤ্āύ āϏ⧰োā§ąā§° āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻāĻŽোāĻĻāĻāύāĻ āĻাāĻšিāύীāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻŦāĻšুāϤে āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻšীā§°াā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻĒুāϤি āĻĨোā§ąা āĻšীā§°া āĻĒā§°ি āĻāĻে।]
(d) Why did the village teacher call the people careless?
Ans- The village teacher called the people careless because they cut down trees and destroyed forests, which led to changes in the climate and adversely affected the weather patterns.
[(āĻ) āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে ā§°াāĻāĻāĻ āĻিāϝ় āĻ āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ’āϞে?**
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে ā§°াāĻāĻāĻ āĻ āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ āĻিāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°ে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻে āĻāĻ āĻাāĻি āĻŦāύাāĻ্āĻāϞ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ, āϝাā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻāϞāĻŦাāϝ়ুā§° āĻĒā§°িā§ąā§°্āϤāύ āĻāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦāϤ⧰⧰ āϧ⧰āĻŖāϤ āĻŦিā§°ূāĻĒ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻাā§ą āĻĒā§°িāĻিāϞ।]
(e) With what purpose did the villagers decide to dig the lake?
Ans The villagers decided to dig the lake to find water and potentially discover diamonds buried beneath the lake-bed.
[(āĻ) āĻি āĻāĻĻ্āĻĻেāĻļ্āϝেā§°ে āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻŦিāϞāĻāύ āĻাāύ্āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻĒাāύী āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āĻš্ā§°āĻĻāĻো āĻাāύ্āĻĻি āϏāĻŽ্āĻাā§ąāύাāĻŽāϝ়āĻাā§ąে āĻš্ā§°āĻĻā§° āϤāϞāϤ āĻĒুāϤি āĻĨোā§ąা āĻšীā§°া āĻā§ąিāώ্āĻাā§° āĻā§°াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞāϝ়।]
(f) Did the villagers find diamonds in the lake-bed?
Ans- No, the villagers did not find diamonds in the lake-bed.
[(āĻ) āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ-āĻŦিāĻāύাāϤ āĻšীā§°া āĻĒাāĻāĻিāϞ āύেāĻি?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- āύাāĻ, āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āĻšীā§°া āĻŦিāĻাā§°ি āύাāĻĒাāϞে āĻš্ā§°āĻĻ-āĻŦিāĻāύাāϤ।]
(g) Who were the persons present with the villagers in the meeting?
Ans The village teacher and the village priest were present with the villagers in the meeting.
[(āĻ) āϏāĻাāϤ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšā§° āϞāĻāϤ āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻŦ্āϝāĻ্āϤিāϏāĻāϞ āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āϏāĻাāϤ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻĒুā§°োāĻšিāϤāĻāύ āĻাঁā§ąā§° ā§°াāĻāĻā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻāĻĒāϏ্āĻĨিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ।]
2. Fill up the blanks: (āĻাāϞী āĻ াāĻ āĻĒূā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻ:)
(a) People are careless. They cut trees and destroy forests. This is not good for us.
(b) Water is the greatest treasure. Where there is water, there is work; where there is work, there is wealth and prosperity.
(c) There was a small lake with pleasant surroundings in a village named Ratna Sarovar.
[(āĻ) āĻŽাāύুāĻš āĻ āϏাā§ąāϧাāύ। āĻāĻ āĻাāĻি āĻŦāύ āϧ্āĻŦংāϏ āĻā§°ে। āĻāĻāĻো āĻāĻŽাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻাāϞ āύāĻšāϝ়।
(āĻ) āĻĒাāύী āĻšৈāĻে āĻāĻাāĻāϤāĻৈ āĻĄাāĻā§° āϧāύ। āϝ'āϤ āĻĒাāύী āĻāĻে āϤাāϤ āĻাāĻŽ āĻāĻে; āϝ'āϤ āĻাāĻŽ āĻāĻে āϤাāϤেāĻ āϧāύ-āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒāϤ্āϤি āĻā§°ু āϏāĻŽৃāĻĻ্āϧি।
(āĻ) ā§°āϤ্āύ āϏ⧰োā§ąā§° āύাāĻŽā§° āĻāĻāύ āĻাঁā§ąāϤ āϏুāĻā§° āĻৌāĻĒাāĻļā§° āϏ⧰ু āĻŦিāϞ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻিāϞ।]
3.You can produce diamond seeds':(āĻšীā§°া āĻুāĻি āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে':)
(a) Who said this?
Ans The village teacher said this.
[(āĻ) āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻোāύে āĻৈāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻļিāĻ্āώāĻে āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨা āĻ’āϞে।]
(b) What did he mean by 'diamond seeds'?
Ans- By 'diamond seeds,' he meant that with the sufficient water now in the lake, the villagers could cultivate their paddy fields and yield crops, which would be more valuable to them than actual diamonds.
[(āĻ) ‘āĻšীā§°া āĻুāĻি’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ’āϞে āϤেāĻঁ āĻি āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ?
āĻāϤ্āϤ⧰- ‘āĻšীā§°াā§° āĻুāĻি’ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ’āϞে āϤেāĻঁ āĻŦুāĻাāĻŦ āĻŦিāĻাā§°িāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻāϤিāϝ়া āĻŦিāϞāĻāύāϤ āĻĨāĻা āĻĒā§°্āϝাāĻĒ্āϤ āĻĒাāύী āĻĨাāĻিāϞে āĻাঁā§ąā§° āĻŽাāύুāĻšে āύিāĻā§° āϧাāύāύি āĻĒāĻĨাā§°āϤ āĻেāϤি āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ āĻā§°ু āĻļāϏ্āϝ āĻā§āĻĒাāĻĻāύ āĻā§°িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻŦ, āϝিāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻৃāϤ āĻšীā§°াāϤāĻৈ āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻŽূāϞ্āĻ¯ā§ąাāύ āĻš’āĻŦ।]
Type- Bikash Bora