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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow :

"I have been reading as much as I could about tea." Rajvir said. "No one really knows who discovered tea but there are many legends."

"What legends?"

"Well, there’s the one about the Chinese emperor who always boiled water before drinking it. One day a few leaves of the twigs burning under the pot fell into the water giving it a delicious flavour. It is said they were tea leaves." "Tell me another!" scoffed Pranjol. "We have an Indian legend too. Bodhidharma, an ancient Buddhist ascetic, cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations.Ten tea plants grew out of the eyelids. The leaves of these plants when put in hot water and drunk banished sleep.

1. What kind of water did the Chinese emperor drink?

a. The Chinese emperor drank boiled water.

b. The Chinese emperor drank holy water.

c. The Chinese emperor drank ice cold water.

d. The Chinese emperor drank warm water.

2. What happened when a few leaves of the twigs fell into the water kept for boiling?

a. The water got contaminated, when a few leaves of the twigs fell into the water.

b. The water got a delicious flavour, when few leaves of the twigs fell into the water.

c. The water got poisoned, when few leaves of the twigs fell into the water.

d. The water turned into a different kind of coffee, when few leaves of the twigs fell into the water.

3. What banished sleep?

a. The coffee grounds, when put in hot water and drank, banished sleep.

b. The corn kernels, when put in hot water and drank, banished sleep.

c. The tea leaves, when put in hot water and drank, banished sleep.

d. The ancient medicine, when put in hot water and drank, banished sleep.

4. Why did Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids?

a. Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he felt guilty of killing his friend.

b. Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during his daily lessons.

c. Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during teaching his students.

d. Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations.

5. ________ grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

a. Ten tea plants grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

b. Eight coffee grounds grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

c. Five tea leaves grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

d. Six tea leaves grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

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1. a. The Chinese emperor drank boiled water.

2. b. The water got a delicious flavour, when few leaves of the twigs fell into the water.

3. c. The tea leaves, when put in hot water and drank, banished sleep.

4. d. Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids because he felt sleepy during meditations.

5. a. Ten tea plants grew out of Bodhidharma eyelids.

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