B. Tea from Assam
1. Pranjol and Rajvir studied in a school in______.
(a) Delhi
(b) Dehradun
(c) Mumbai
(d) Kolkata
Ans: (a) Delhi
2. What was Mr Baruah ?
(a) Manger of Amchang tea Garden
(b) Manger of Salona Tea Garden
(c) Manger of Moinabari Tea Garden
(d) Manger of Dhekiabari Tea Garden
Ans: (d) Manger of Dhekiabari Tea Garden
3. How did Pranjol and Rajvir visit Assam ?
(a) By water
(b) By train
(c) By road
(d) By air
Ans: (b) By train
4. Who wrote the prose-piece "Tea from Assam"?
(a) Lucio Rodrigues
(b) G.L Fuentes
(c) Arup Kumar Datta
(d) Lokesh Abrol
Ans: (c) Arup Kumar Datta
5. Where was Tea first drunk ?
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Europe
(d) North America
Ans: (a) China
6. Where is Pranjol's hometown ?
(a) Digboi , Tinsukia
(b) Guwahati, Kamrup Metro
(c) Mariani, Jorhat
(d) Sonari, Charaideo
Ans: (c) Mariani, Jorhat
7. Mr. Baruah was______.
(a) Rajvir's friend
(b) Pranjol's father
(c) Rajvir's father
(d) Pranjol's uncle
Ans: (b) Pranjol's father
8. When was tea first drunk in China ?
(a) 2700 A.D
(b) 2700 B.C
(c) 2900 A.D
(d) 2900 B.C
Ans: (b) 2700 B.C
9. When was tea introduced in Europe ?
(a) Eighteenth Century
(b) Seventeenth Century
(c) Sixteenth Century
(d) Fifteenth Century
Ans: (c) Sixteenth Century
10. Who always boiled water before drinking it as mentioned in the prose-piece " Tea from Assam"?
(a) A Japanese Emperor
(b) A Korean Emperor
(c) A Mongolian Emperor
(d) A Chinese Emperor
Ans: (d) A Chinese Emperor
11. In Europe, tea was drunk as more of a ______ than ______.
(a) sleep banisher, medicine
(b) medicine, beverage
(c) beverage, medicine
(d) sleep waver, medicine
Ans: (b) medicine, beverage
12. Where is Dhekiabari Tea Garden ?
(a) Jorhat
(b) Golaghat
(c) Dibrugarh
(d) Sivasagar
Ans: (a) Jorhat
13. 'Chai garam... garam chai' a vendor called out in a high pitched voice. He came up to their window and asked, 'Chai, sa'ab'.() Name the prose piece from where this extract has been taken.
(a) Tea from Assam by Arup Kumar Datta
(b) Coorg by Lokesh Abrol
(c) Madam Rides the Bus by Vallikkannan
(d) A Baker from goa by lucio Rodrigues
Ans: (a) Tea from Assam by Arup Kumar Datta
14. Pranjol as mentioned in the prose- piece" Tea from Assam"?
(a) Sanjib
(b) Diganta
(c) Rajvir
(d) Manoj
Ans: (c) Rajvir
15. Who was Bodhidharma?
(a) An ancient Hindu ascetic
(b) An ancient Mongol ascetic
(c) An ancient Christian ascetic
(d) An ancient Buddhist ascetic
Ans: (d) An ancient Buddhist ascetic
16. How many tea leaves grew out of the eyelids of Bodhidharma?
(a) Fifteen tea leaves
(b) Ten tea leaves
(c) Twenty tea leaves
(d) Five tea leaves
Ans: (b) Ten tea leaves
17. The train clattered into________.
(a) Mariani Junction
(b) Saparmukh Junction
(c) Kamakhya Junction
(d) Lumding Junction
Ans: (a) Mariani Junction
18. Pranjol was reading ______ inside the train
(a) a novel
(b) a drame
(c) a detective book
(d) a magazine
Ans: (c) a detective book
19. How many cups of tea are drunk everyday throughout the world ?
(a) Over Sixty crore cups
(b) Over Seventy crore cups
(c) Over Eight crore cups
(d) Over Ninety crore cups
Ans: (c) Over Eight crore cups
20. The sprouting season lasts from_______.
(a) April to July
(b) May to July
(c) May to September
(d) May to October
Ans: (b) May to July
21. ________ has the largest concentration of Plantations is the world.
(a) Assam
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Tamil Nadu
(d) West Bengal
Ans: (a) Assam
