The Prince of Panidihing
প্ৰশ্নোত্তৰ আৰু কাৰ্যাৱলী (Textbook Activities & Solutions)
Activity 1: Answer the following questions (প্ৰশ্নসমূহৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া)
** (a) Why did the people of Chitolia and the neighbouring villages panic? **
(চিতলীয়া আৰু কাষৰীয়া গাঁওসমূহৰ মানুহবোৰ কিয় আতংকিত হৈ পৰিছিল?)
Answer: The people panicked because it had been raining heavily all week, causing the water level of the Brahmaputra to rise continuously, threatening a devastating flood.
(এসপ্তাহ ধৰি ধাৰাসাৰ বৰষুণ হৈ ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ পানী ক্ৰমাগতভাৱে বাঢ়ি অহাৰ ফলত ভয়ংকৰ বানপানীৰ আশংকাত চিতলীয়া আৰু কাষৰীয়া গাঁৱৰ মানুহবোৰ আতংকিত হৈ পৰিছিল।)
** (b) What happened when the embankment at Chitolia village was breached? **
(চিতলীয়া গাঁৱৰ মথাউৰিটো ভাগি যোৱাৰ পিছত কি হৈছিল?)
Answer: When the embankment was breached with a loud roar, huge waves of water broke into the villages, rolling over house-tops. The air filled with the cries of villagers stranded on roof-tops and the bellowing of livestock being washed away.
(মথাউৰিটো ডাঙৰ শব্দ কৰি ভাঙি যোৱাৰ লগে লগে বিশাল জলৰাশি গাঁৱৰ ভিতৰত সোমাই পৰে আৰু ঘৰৰ চালবোৰ ডুবাই পেলায়। চাংঘৰৰ চালত আশ্ৰয় লোৱা মানুহৰ আৰ্তনাদ আৰু উটি যোৱা পশুধনৰ চিঞৰেৰে পৰিৱেশ ভৰি পৰিছিল।)
** (c) What action did Khagen and his classmates take to rescue the villagers of Chitolia? **
(চিতলীয়াৰ গাঁওবাসীক উদ্ধাৰ কৰিবলৈ খগেন আৰু তেওঁৰ সহপাঠীসকলে কি পদক্ষেপ লৈছিল?)
Answer: Khagen quickly grasped the seriousness of the situation. He gathered his friends (Ramen, Dambaru, Dhan, Abbas), built five banana-trunk rafts, brought his father’s boat, and rushed to Chitolia to evacuate the marooned villagers to the higher grounds of the school building.
(খগেনে পৰিস্থিতিৰ গুৰুত্ব উপলব্ধি কৰি বন্ধুসকলক একত্ৰিত কৰিলে, কলগছৰ পাঁচখন ভুৰ সাজিলে আৰু দেউতাকৰ নাওখন লৈ চিতলীয়ালৈ গৈ বানত আবদ্ধ গাঁওবাসীক নিৰাপদে স্কুল ঘৰৰ ওখ স্থানলৈ স্থানান্তৰ কৰিলে।)
** (d) How did Khagen and Dambaru rescue Dr. Hatibaruah and Moni Baidew? **
(খগেন আৰু ডম্বৰুৱে ডাঃ হাতীবৰুৱা আৰু মণি বাইদেউক কেনেকৈ উদ্ধাৰ কৰিছিল?)
Answer: Khagen and Dambaru rowed a boat to Kotiori hospital quarters to fetch the doctor and his wife. On their return, the boat capsized in a whirlpool. Khagen swam like an otter, caught Moni Baidew, and kept her afloat until they reached a high mound. He also helped rescue the doctor, while Dambaru recovered the boat.
(খগেন আৰু ডম্বৰুৱে নাৱেৰে গৈ ডাঃ হাতীবৰুৱা আৰু তেওঁৰ পত্নীক হাস্পতাল কোৱাৰ্টাৰৰ পৰা নাৱত উঠাই লয়। উভতি অহাৰ পথত নাওখন ঘূৰ্ণিজলত পৰি ওলোটা হৈ যায়। কিন্তু খগেনে উদৰ দৰে সাঁতুৰি মণি বাইদেউক ধৰি এখন ওখ টিলালৈ লৈ যায় আৰু ডাক্তৰকো উদ্ধাৰ কৰে, আনহাতে ডম্বৰুৱে নাওখন উদ্ধাৰ কৰে।)
** (e) Why did the people of the village call Khagen ‘The Prince of Panidihing’? **
(গাঁওবাসীয়ে খগেনক কিয় ‘পানীদিহিংৰ ৰাজকুমাৰ’ বুলি মাতিছিল?)
Answer: The villagers called Khagen ‘The Prince of Panidihing’ because of his extraordinary bravery, leadership, helpful nature, and knack for solving problems during times of crisis like floods.
(খগেনৰ অদম্য সাহস, নেতৃত্বৰ গুণ, পৰোপকাৰী মনোভাৱ আৰু বানপানীৰ দৰে বিপদৰ সময়ত যিকোনো সমস্যা সমাধান কৰাৰ বিশেষ দক্ষতাৰ বাবেই সকলোৱে তেওঁক ‘পানীদিহিংৰ ৰাজকুমাৰ’ বুলি মাতিছিল।)
Activity 2: Quick Memory Check (মনত পেলোৱা প্ৰশ্নসমূহ)
** (a) Who was Khagen? How old was he? **
(খগেন কোন আছিল? তেওঁৰ বয়স কিমান আছিল?)
Answer: Khagen was a brave college student of Nitaipukhuri College from Borgaon village. He was seventeen years old.
(খগেন বৰগাঁও গাঁৱৰ নিতাইপুখুৰী কলেজৰ এজন সাহসী ছাত্ৰ আছিল। তেওঁৰ বয়স সোতৰ বছৰ আছিল।)
** (b) ‘It rained heavily all week.’ What was the result? **
(‘গোটেই সপ্তাহ ধৰি ধাৰাসাৰ বৰষুণ হৈছিল।’ ইয়াৰ ফলাফল কি হ’ল?)
Answer: The result was that the water level of the Brahmaputra rose rapidly and breached the embankment at Chitolia village, causing severe floods.
(ইয়াৰ ফলত ব্ৰহ্মপুত্ৰৰ পানী বাঢ়ি চিতলীয়া গাঁৱৰ মথাউৰি ভাঙি পেলায় আৰু ভয়ংকৰ বানপানীৰ সৃষ্টি কৰে।)
** (c) ‘In moments, huge waves of water broke into the villages.’ — What is this situation called? **
(‘মুহূৰ্তৰ ভিতৰতে গাঁওবোৰত বিশাল পানীৰ ঢৌ সোমাই পৰিল।’ — এই পৰিস্থিতিটোক কি বোলা হয়?)
Answer: This situation is called a flash flood / flood inundation due to an embankment breach.
(এই পৰিস্থিতিটোক মথাউৰি ভগা আকস্মিক বানপানী (Flash Flood) বুলি কোৱা হয়।)
** (d) “Khagen! You have saved our lives, given us a new life.” — Who said this? Why did he say this? **
(“খগেন! তুমি আমাৰ জীৱন ৰক্ষা কৰিলা, আমাক নতুন জীৱন দিলা।” — এই কথাষাৰ কোনে কৈছিল? কিয় কৈছিল?)
Answer: Dr. Hatibaruah said this to Khagen. He said this because Khagen had saved him and his wife Moni Baidew from drowning when their boat capsized in the floodwaters.
(ডাঃ হাতীবৰুৱাই খগেনক এই কথা কৈছিল। কাৰণ বানপানীত নাও ওলোটা হৈ ডুব যাব ওলোৱা অৱস্থাত খগেনে নিজৰ জীৱন বিপন্ন কৰি ডাক্তৰ আৰু তেওঁৰ পত্নী মণি বাইদেউক নিশ্চিত মৃত্যুৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰিছিল।)
Activity 3: Sentence Completion (বাক্য সম্পূৰ্ণ কৰা)
The water rolled over some of the house-tops and the air quickly filled with the cries and wails of the villagers huddled on roof-tops.
(পানীয়ে কিছুমান ঘৰৰ চাল ডুবাই পেলালে আৰু ঘৰৰ চালত আশ্ৰয় লোৱা মানুহবোৰৰ আৰ্তনাদেৰে আকাশ-বতাহ ভৰি পৰিল।)By the time the people of Chitolia were evacuated, Khagen and his friends were completely exhausted.
(চিতলীয়াৰ মানুহখিনিক স্থানান্তৰ কৰাৰ পাছত খগেন আৰু তেওঁৰ বন্ধুসকল অতিশয় ক্লান্ত হৈ পৰিছিল।)Half an hour later, the boat reached the doctor’s house and narrowly missed crashing into the railing of the verandah.
(আধা ঘণ্টাৰ পাছত নাওখন ডাক্তৰৰ ঘৰ পালেগৈ আৰু বাৰান্দাৰ ৰেলিংত খুন্দা খোৱাৰ পৰা কোনমতে বাচিল।)The boat took a U turn now and began to move swiftly with the current.
(নাওখনে এতিয়া ঘূৰি সোঁতৰ দিশে দ্ৰুতগতিত আগবাঢ়িবলৈ ধৰিলে।)Dambaru and the two other men somehow managed to catch hold of the capsized boat that had almost been swept away.
(ডম্বৰু আৰু আন দুজন ব্যক্তিয়ে কোনমতে প্ৰায় উটি যাবলৈ ধৰা ডুবা নাওখন ধৰি ৰাখিবলৈ সক্ষম হ’ল।)
Activity 4: Flood Summary / Newspaper Snippet (সংবাদ সাৰাংশ)
Devastating Flood Inundates Panidihing; Prompt Rescue by Local Youths
Panidihing, Demow: Following a week of relentless heavy rainfall, the swelling waters of the Brahmaputra breached the embankment at Chitolia village. The floodwaters rapidly engulfed homes, forcing villagers and livestock onto roof-tops and chang-ghars. Hearing the cries of distress, local youths led by seventeen-year-old Khagen immediately mobilized five banana-trunk rafts and a country boat. They successfully evacuated hundreds of marooned villagers to the high grounds of the local school building and arranged emergency food and water before the civil authorities at Demow stepped in.
(ধাৰাসাৰ বৰষুণৰ ফলত চিতলীয়াৰ মথাউৰি ভাঙি সমগ্ৰ পানীদিহিং অঞ্চল বানপানীত বুৰ যায়। স্থানীয় ১৭ বছৰীয়া খগেন আৰু তেওঁৰ বন্ধুসকলে কলগছৰ ভুৰ আৰু নাৱেৰে সহস্ৰাধিক আবদ্ধ লোক আৰু পশুধনক উদ্ধাৰ কৰি স্কুল ঘৰৰ আশ্ৰয় শিবিৰলৈ লৈ যায়।)
Activity 5: Grammar — Adverbs & Their Types (ক্ৰিয়া বিশেষণ আৰু ইয়াৰ প্ৰকাৰ)
Types of Adverbs:
Adverbs of Manner: Tells how an action happened (e.g., quickly, heavily, bravely).
Adverbs of Time: Tells when an action happened (e.g., immediately, already, soon).
Adverbs of Place: Tells where an action happened (e.g., here, there, near).
Adverbs of Direction: Tells which direction (e.g., towards, left, right).
Adverbs of Frequency: Tells how often (e.g., always, often, never).
Adverbs of Degree: Tells intensity/to what extent (e.g., very, too, enough, narrowly).
Interrogative Adverbs: Asks questions (e.g., when, why, how).
Exercise 5(b) Solutions:
Khagen quickly grasped the situation.
→ Adverb of Manner (কেনেদৰে বুজি পাইছিল: ক্ষিপ্ৰতাৰে)He will stay here.
→ Adverb of Place (ক’ত থাকিব: ইয়াত)The civil authorities at Demow had to be informed immediately.
→ Adverb of Time (কেতিয়া জনাব লাগিব: তৎকালেই)He had done it already.
→ Adverb of Time (কেতিয়া কৰিলে: ইতিমধ্যে)He is strong enough to steer the raft.
→ Adverb of Degree (কিমান শক্তিশালী: যথেষ্ট)Since when has the doctor been stranded?
→ Interrogative Adverb (কেতিয়াৰ পৰা: প্ৰশ্নবোধক)Moni Baidew is too afraid to board the boat.
→ Adverb of Degree (কিমান ভয় পাইছে: অতিমাত্ৰা)
Activity 7: Sentence Formation with Word Cards (শব্দ কাৰ্ডৰ দ্বাৰা বাক্য সাজা)
That morning a loud roar alerted the riverside villagers.
They steered the boat into the flood.
Half an hour later the boat reached the doctor’s house.
She got into the boat.
The villagers reached the safe house.
Activity 8: News Item Questions & Report (বাতৰিৰ প্ৰশ্নোত্তৰ আৰু প্ৰতিবেদন)
Questions on News Item:
Where did the flood occur?
Answer: The flood occurred in Anil Nagar, Kamrup (Metropolitan) district, Assam.
How many people died in the flood?
Answer: Two persons (a man and a woman) died in the flood.
Where were the flood affected people taken to?
Answer: The flood-affected people were taken to relief camps.
Who helped the flood affected people?
Answer: The district administration with the help of paramilitary forces and many NGOs helped the affected people.
Activity 9: Diary Entry as Khagen (দিনপঞ্জী লিখন)
Date: 25 August 2026
Time: 9:30 PM
Place: Borgaon / Relief Camp School
Dear Diary,
Today has been the most challenging and unforgettable day of my life. Around morning, a loud roar shook us as the Chitolia embankment was breached by the surging Brahmaputra. Without wasting a single minute, I called Ramen, Dambaru, and the other boys. We quickly fashioned five banana rafts and brought my father’s boat. We worked tirelessly to rescue all the families of Chitolia to the school building. Later, when Naren kai told us about Dr. Hatibaruah and Moni Baidew being stranded at Kotiori, Dambaru and I rowed out immediately. On our return journey, our boat capsized in a whirlpool! By God’s grace, I managed to swim and pull Moni Baidew and the doctor safely onto a mound. Seeing their tears of relief gave me immense satisfaction. Everyone is safe tonight in the relief camp.
— Khagen
Activity 11: School Notice Writing (জাননী লিখন)
XYZ HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, DEMOW
NOTICE
Date: 26 August 2026
Subject: Free Health & Medical Camp for Flood Victims
This is to inform all students and teachers that our school, in collaboration with the local health department, is organizing a Free Health Camp to provide essential medical aid, checkups, and medicines to the flood-affected people of Chitolia and surrounding villages.
Date: 28th August 2026
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Venue: School Auditorium
Student volunteers from Classes VIII to X who wish to assist in managing the camp and distribution of relief materials are requested to register their names with Person by tomorrow afternoon.
(Sd/-)
General Secretary / Health Club Coordinator
XYZ Higher Secondary School