6.4 Travelogue

 TRAVELOGUE

A Travelogue is a film, book, article or illustrated lecture about the places visited by or the experiences of a traveller. It is usually a single person's account about a trip or journey.

Sample Question

1. Read the travelogue and choose the correct options for the questions given below:

We went from one end of the country to the other, a distance more than one-tenth of the earth's circumference : 4286 km in a little over 82 hours; an idea fascinating enough to forgo an anniversary celebration. So there we were, on a hot Saturday afternoon, hopping on to the longest train in India, a ride from Kanyakumari to Dibrugarh. Till the once-a-week Dibrugarh Express started its first run last month, that crown belonged to the Himsagar Express, a journey that sliced the country tip to tip along a 3,715 km-long route, from Kanyakumari to Jammu Tawi. It was an experience that would appeal more to a connoisseur of Test matches than fans of the quick Twenty 20 : 20.

 1. That crown belonged to ..........What does that crown mean? 

(1) that of being the fastest train

(2) that of being the longest train

(3) that of being the most fascinating train

(4) that of being the first train

2. A 'connoisseur' means :

10 (1) one who enjoys something

(2) one who criticizes something

(3) one who knows a lot about something (such as art, wine, food, etc.)

(4) a spectator

3. The Vivek Express covered a distance of:

(1)3715 km    (2) 2020 km     (3) 4286 km      (4) 4826 km