Prince of Panidihing | Lesson 1 | Class 8 English | Question Answer | The Prince of Panidihing | Text Book Answer |

Prince of Panidihing | Lesson 1 | Class 8 English | Question Answer | The Prince of Panidihing | Text Book Answer |

1. Answer did following questions to check your understanding:

তোমাৰ বুজি পোৱা ধাৰনাৰে তলৰ প্ৰশ্ন কেইটাৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া।

(a) Why did the people of Chitolia and the neighbouring villages panic?

     চিতলীয়া আৰু ওচৰৰ গাওঁৰ লোকসকলে কিয় ভয় খাইছিল?

Ans: All the people in Chitilia and its surrounding village were scared because the water of Brahmaputra river was increasing due to excess rain.

(b) What happened when the embankment at Chitolia village was breached?

      চিতলীয়া  গাওঁত থকা মথাউৰিটো চিঙি যোৱাৰ ফলত কি হৈছিল?

Ans: As soon as the embankment of Chitolia broke, all the water started entering the village and water started flowing from the roof of the house, and the animals kept in the house got swept away in the river water.

(c) What action did Khagen and his classmates take to rescue the villagers of Chitolia?

      চিতলীয়া গাওঁত থকা ৰাইজক উদ্ধৰ কৰাৰ বাবে খগেন আৰু তাৰ স্কুলিয়া বন্ধো সকলে কি ব্যৱস্থা হাতত লৈছিল?

Ans: Khagen and his classmates made five raft of banana trunks and noved towards Chitolia to rescue the village of Chitolia from flood.

(d) How did Khagen and Dambaru rescue Dr. Hatibaruah and Moni Baidew?

      খগেন আৰু ডম্বৰুৱে কেনেকৈ ডাঃ হাতীবৰুৱা আৰু মনি বাইদেউক উদ্ধাৰ কৰিছিল?

Ans: Where Dr. Hatibaruah and his wife Moni Baidew were stranded, Khagen and Dambaru reached there after half an hour and took them into the boat with their bags and moved back to a higher place.

(e) Why did the people of the village call khagen ‘The Prince of Panidihing’?

গাওঁৰ মানুহবোৰে কিয় খগেনক পানীদিহিঙৰ ৰাজকুমাৰ বুলি মাতিছিল?

Ans: The people of the village called Khagen “the Prince of Panidhing” because  Khagen was a brave fellow and quickly grasped the seriousness of the situation and swung into action.

2. How much of the story do you remember? Answer these questions quickly.

কহিনীটো কিমান মনত থাকিলে। এই প্ৰশ্ন কেইটাৰ উত্তৰ তক্ষনাত দিয়া

(a) Who was Khagen? How old was he?
Ans: Khagen was a seventeen years young man and he was live in Bargaon Village.

(b) ‘It rained heavily all week.’ What was the result?
Ans: The result of after heavy rainfall, The whole village was flooded due to rain for a week.

(c) ‘In moments, huge waves of water broke into the villages.’ – What is this situation called?
Ans: This situation is called flood disaster.

(d)”khagen! You have saved our lives, given us a new life.” – Who said this? Why did he say this?
Ans: Dr. Hatibaruah said this, when khagen saved his life from the flood.

3. Complete the following sentences in your words:

(তোমাৰ নিজৰ কথাৰে তলৰ বাক্য কেইশাৰি সম্পূন কৰা।)

(a) The water rolled over some of the house-tops and __________________

(b) By the time the people of Chitolia were evacuated, ____________________

(c) Half an hour latter, the boat reached the doctor’s house______________

(d) The boat took a U turn now and _______________________________

(e) Dambaru and two other men somehow managed to catch____________________

4. read the following. Use the clues to write a summary of the situation of Panidhing to be published in the local newspaper. Give a suitable title.

• it rained heavily
• panic gripped our village
• the embankment was breached
• villages took shelter on house-tops
• villagers from neighboring villages rushed to help
• the civil authority were also informed
• in no time rafts and boats were made ready
• hundreds of village were rescued along with their livestock

5. (a) Let’s learn some grammar:
         আহা কিছুমান ব্যাকৰণ শিকো।   

Now read the lesson again and underline all the adverbs. Also find out the verb to which they are adding new information.

(b) Underline the adverbs in the sentences below and say what types they are.

   তলৰ বাক্যসমূহত থকা adverb- বোৰৰ তলত চিন দিয়া আৰু সেইবোৰ কি কি প্ৰকাৰৰ কোৱা।
(i) Khagen quickly grasped the situation.

Ans: Khagen quickly grasped the situation. (Adverb of manner)

(ii) He will stay here.

Ans: He will stay here. (Adverb of place or position)

(iii) The civil authorities at Demow had to be informed immediately.

Ans: Immediately ( Adverb of manner)

(iv) He had done it already.

Ans: already

(v) He is strong enough to steer the raft.

Ans: enough

(vi) Since when has the doctor been standed?

Ans: since  and when

Vii) Moni Baidew is to afraid to board the boat.

Ans: too

 

Word Meaning