What were the tiny tea plants?

* What were the tiny tea plants?

(i) Palm trees
(ii) Banyan trees
(iii) Shade – trees
(iv) None of these
Answer: (iii) Shade – trees

* In the distance, there was an ugly building with smoke
(i) emitting
(ii) billowing out of chimneys
(iii) whirling
(iv) None of these
Answer: (ii) billowing out of chimneys

* Tea plantations have been compared to a sea of ………………
(i) palm leaves
(ii) coriander leaves
(iii) mango leaves
(iv) tea bushes
Answer: (iv) tea bushes

* How was the view of the tea garden?
(i) unimpressive
(ii) common
(iii) ordinary
(iv) magnificent
Answer: (iv) magnificent

* Find out a word from the passage similar in meaning to ‘thickly.’
(i) gently
(ii) densely
(iii) easily
(iv) lightly
Answer: (ii) densely

* Where was tea first drunk in 2700 B.C.?
(i) Malaysia
(ii) India
(iii) China
(iv) Britain
Answer: (iii) China

* When did tea come to Europe?
(i) Thirteenth century
(ii) Sixteenth century
(iii) Eighteenth century
(iv) Nineteenth century
Answer: (ii) Sixteenth century

* Tea was drunk more as than as beverage.
(i) medicine
(ii) liquid
(iii) both (i) and (ii)
(iv) none of these
Answer: (i) medicine

* What did the boys do at Mariani junction?
(i) They remained there as spectators.

/> (ii) They collected their luggage and pushed to their way to the crowded platform.
(iii) They were busy in talking only.
(iv) None of these
Answer: (ii) They collected their luggage and pushed to their way to the crowded platform.

* Find out a word from the passage similar in meaning to ‘rattled’.
(i) fix
(ii) gaze
(iii) mend
(iv) clattered
Answer: (iv) clattered