III. TEA FROM ASSAM- by Arup Kumar Datta I. Read the extracts and answer the questions that follow: 1. An hour later the car veered sharply off the main road. They crossed a cattle bridge and entered Dhekiabari Tea Estate. On both sides of the gravel road were acre upon acre of tea bushes, all neatly pruned to the same height. Groups of tea-puckers with bamboo baskets on their backs, wearing plastic aprons, were plucking the newly sprouted leaves. (a) How are the women tea-puckers different from the other workers on the farms? (b) What did they find on both sides of the road? (c) How did the tea bushes appear? (d)What were the groups of women doing? Answer: (a) They had bamboo baskets on their backs and wore plastic aprons. (b) On both the sides of the gravel road were acre upon acre of tea bushes. (c) The tea bushes were all neatly pruned to the same height. (d) They were plucking the ne...
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