Class 7 English Chapter 14 – The Longest Train Journey – All Textual Solutions | AJB Assam

Class 7 English Chapter 14 The Longest Train Journey Solutions | AJB Assam

Class 7 English Chapter 14 – The Longest Train Journey Complete Textual Question Answers and Solutions (AJB Assam)

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 AJB Class 7: English

Lesson-14                                                           Ospin Academy

The Longest Train Journey

TEXUAL SOLUTION

1. Answer the following questions in complete sentences.

(তলৰ প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ পূৰ্ণ বাক্যৰে উত্তৰ দিয়া।)

(a) What is the summer destination of the narrator?

(গৰমৰ বন্ধত বৰ্ণনাকাৰীৰ লক্ষ্যস্থান কি আছিল?)

Answer: The narrator planned to visit Kanyakumari during her summer vacation.

(বৰ্ণনাকাৰীয়ে গৰমৰ বন্ধত কন্যাকুমাৰী ভ্ৰমণ কৰাৰ পৰিকল্পনা কৰিছিল।)

(b) Who accompanied the narration in her journey?

(বৰ্ণনাকাৰীৰ লগত কোনে সহযোগ কৰিছিল?)

Answer: Shikha, who is a colleague of the narrator, traveled along with her on the journey.

(বৰ্ণনাকাৰীৰ সৈতে তেওঁৰ এগৰাকী সহকৰ্মী শিখাই যাত্ৰা কৰিছিল।)

(c) At what time did the Vivek Express arrive at the Guwahati Railway Station?

(বিবেক এক্সপ্রেছ গুৱাহাটী ৰে’ল ষ্টেচনত কোন সময়ত উপস্থিত হৈছিল?)

Answer: The train reached Guwahati Railway Station at 11:30 am, a day after they arrived in Guwahati.

(গুৱাহাটী পোৱাৰ পিছদিনা পুৱা ১১:৩০ বজাত ৰে’লখন গুৱাহাটী ৰে’লৱে ষ্টেচনত উপস্থিত হৈছিলহি।)

(d) Name the bridge over the mighty river Brahmaputra mentioned in the lesson.

(পাঠত উল্লেখ কৰা মতে মহাবাহু ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ ওপৰত থকা সেঁতুখনৰ নাম লিখা।)

Answer: The bridge built across the river Brahmaputra that is mentioned in the text is the Narnarayan Setu.

(পাঠটোত উল্লেখ থকা ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰ নদীৰ ওপৰৰ দলংখনৰ নাম হৈছে নৰনাৰায়ণ সেঁতু।)

(e) Which is the most expensive luxury train in India?

(ভাৰতৰ আটাইতকৈ চৌখিন আৰু খৰচী ৰে’লগাড়ী কি?)

Answer: In India, the ‘Maharajas’ Express’ is known as the costliest luxury train.

(ভাৰতবৰ্ষৰ আটাইতকৈ ব্যয়বহুল আৰু বিলাসী ৰে’লখনৰ নাম হৈছে ‘মহাৰাজা এক্সপ্ৰেছ’।)

(f) Which city is called the ‘Temple City of India?

(ভাৰতৰ ‘মন্দিৰ নগৰী’ বুলি কোন চহৰক কোৱা হয়।)

Answer: The city of Bhubaneswar is known as the ‘Temple City of India’.

(ভুৱনেশ্বৰ চহৰক ভাৰতৰ ‘মন্দিৰৰ চহৰ’ বুলি জনা যায়।)

 2. What are the landmarks of Kanyakumari?

(কন্যাকুমাৰীৰ প্ৰধান দৰ্শনীয় স্থান বা পৰিচিত চিহ্নবোৰ কি কি?)

Answer: The famous landmarks situated in Kanyakumari include the Vivekananda Rock Memorial, the Thiruvalluvar Statue, the Tsunami Memorial Park, and the Gandhi Memorial Mandapam.

(কন্যাকুমাৰীৰ বিখ্যাত পৰিচিত স্থানসমূহৰ ভিতৰত বিবেকানন্দ ৰক মেম’ৰিয়েল, থিৰুভাল্লুভাৰৰ মূৰ্তি, চুনামি মেম’ৰিয়েল পাৰ্ক আৰু গান্ধী মেম’ৰিয়েল মণ্ডপ আদি অন্যতম।)

3. Write about the Vivek Express.

(বিবেক এক্সপ্ৰেছৰ বিষয়ে লিখা।)

Answer: The Vivek Express is a weekly train traveling between Dibrugarh in Assam and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. Introduced to honor Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary, it holds the record for India’s longest train route. The journey covers a total distance of 4,233 kilometers across eight states and takes approximately 83 hours to complete, stopping at 56 different stations along the way.

(বিবেক এক্সপ্ৰেছ হৈছে অসমৰ ডিব্ৰুগড়ৰ পৰা তামিলনাডুৰ কন্যাকুমাৰীলৈকে যাত্ৰা কৰা এখন সাপ্তাহিক ৰে’ল। স্বামী বিবেকানন্দৰ ১৫০ সংখ্যক জন্মবাৰ্ষিকীৰ প্ৰতি সন্মান জনাই আৰম্ভ কৰা এইখন ভাৰতৰ আটাইতকৈ দীৰ্ঘতম ৰে’লপথ। ই আঠখন ৰাজ্যৰ মাজেৰে ৪,২৩৩ কিলোমিটাৰ দূৰত্ব অতিক্ৰম কৰে আৰু এই যাত্ৰা সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰিবলৈ প্ৰায় ৮৩ ঘণ্টা সময় লয়, য’ত ৰে’লখন ৫৬টা বেলেগ বেলেগ ষ্টেচনত ৰয়।)

4. Look at the following example

(তলৰ উদাৰণটো চোৱা।)

train: passengers, compartments, coach, tickets, TTE Now write some related words of the following.

(এতিয়া তলৰ শব্দবোৰৰ লগত সম্পৰ্ক থকা শব্দবোৰ লিখা।)

Station, Journey, River, Breakfast

And: 

Station: passengers, train, vendor, security, TTS, labourers, beggars, Ticket counter, Announcers, Enquiry counters.

Journey: Co-passengers, breakfast, dinner, vendors, seat and berth provision, sight, seeing, book reading etc.

River: Flowing water, fish, boats and ships, residents on the banks, natural beauty, washing-bathing activities etc.

Breakfast: Dal-Roti-Sabji, egg, tea-snacks, Idli-Dosa, sweets etc.

5. Write the different forms of degrees of the fol-lowing.

(তলত দিয়াবোৰৰ বিভিন্ন প্ৰকাৰৰ degree বোৰ লিখা)

good, fascinating, long, polite, great, loud, luxurious,low, interesting, famous

Ans:

Positive good fascinating long polite great loud luxurious low interesting famous

Comparative better more fascinating longer politer (more polite) greater louder more luxurious lower – more interesting more famous

Superlative best most fascinating longest politest (most polite) greatest loudest most luxurious lowest most interesting most famous

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs given in brackets.

(বন্ধনীত দিয়া verbবোৰ শুদ্ধ ৰূপত খালী স্থান পূৰ্ণ কৰা)

(i) If he comes, I _________ (go) for a walk.

Ans: If he comes, I will go for a walk.

(ii) If you _________ (eat) too much, you will be ill.

Ans: If you eat too much, you will be ill.

(iii) He _________ (come) if you called him.

Ans: He would come if you called him.

(iv) If he _________ (see) you, he would speak to you.

Ans: If he saw you, he would speak to you.

(v) If you had come, he _________ (meet) you.

Ans: If you had come, he would have met you.

(vi) If you _________ (listen) to my advice, you would not have had this problem.

Ans: If you had listened to my advice, you would not have had this problem.

(vii) My son always wakes up if he _________ (hear) any noise.

Ans: My son always wakes up if he hears any noise.

(viii) If they _________ (know) him, they _________ (talk) to him.

Ans: If they had known him, they would have talked to him.

(ix) They would understand if you _________ (speak) to them politely.

Ans: They would understand if you spoke to them politely.

(x) If you _________ (see) her, please _________ (ask) her to meet me.

Ans: If you see her, please ask her to meet me.

(xi) If I _________ (know) this, I _________ (not make) such a mistake.

Ans: If I had known this, I would not have made such a mistake.

Activity 2

(i) I did not see him because I did not go there.

Ans: If I had gone there, I would have seen him.

(ii) I was in a hurry and so I spilled the milk.

Ans: If I had not been in a hurry, I would not have spilled the milk.

(iii) I did not know her, so I did not talk to her.

Ans: If I had known her, I would have talked to her.

(iv) You did not try again, so you failed.

Ans: If you had tried again, you would not have failed.

(v) She did not have a degree, so she did not get the job.

Ans: If she had had a degree, she would have got the job.

Activity 3

Correct the following sentences.

(i) They have read the stories for one hour last night.

Ans: They read the stories for one hour last night.

(ii) I am seeing a flock of birds in the sky now.

Ans: I see a flock of birds in the sky now.

(iii) My grandmother reads Ramayana every evening.

Ans: My grandmother reads the Ramayana every evening.

(iv) I am teaching in this college since 2015.

Ans: I have been teaching in this college since 2015.

(v) He knows me for six years.

Ans: He has known me for six years.

(vi) The teacher left the school before I reached.

Ans: The teacher had left the school before I reached.

(vii) The boy is not coming from the market yet.

Ans: The boy has not come from the market yet.