Rearrange a) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.

1. b) Napoleon, the king of France, was a great hero.

a) In 1930, he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the c) One day, he was walking along the sea-shore
next year. d) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
b) In 1947, when the partition was made, Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India. e) The boy said, "I shall cross the sea and go my home."
c) He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in "The Parichaya f) Suddenly, he noticed a wonderful thing.
Patrika". g) The boy was brought before him.
d) He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935. h) An English boy was making a small boat.
e) He took his Master's Degree in English at the age of 22. 6.
f) In 1951, he joined the Kharagpur College. a) "I am not playing. I have already gone through these pages."
g) Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899. b) His father was passing by.
h) The next year, he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City c) From his boyhood, he was a very meritorious boy.
College. d) He at once entered the room and said, "O my boy, don't play with your book."
2. e) His father Kazi Wazed Ali was a renowned pleader in the Barishal Bar.
a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi and ordered him to give all he had to f) One day, the boy Fazlul Huq was reading in his study room.
him. g) He saw Fazlul Huq was reading his lessons and tearing off the pages of his book one
b) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble. after another.
c) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money. h) The great leader of the country whom we love and admire is Sher-E-Bangla A. K.
d) He had a bundle of books and some money with him. Fazlul Huq.
e) On the thirteenth day, a gang of robbers attacked them and took away all the goods 7.
and money from the merchants. a) Penicillin is the life saving medicine.
f) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had b) He passed his boyhood with his parents.
without any fear. c) It was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.
g) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants. d) He was the seventh of the eight brothers and sisters.
h) Saadi then said, "I hope that you will make the good use of these books." e) He was never absent from school up to the age of twelve.
3. f) He was sent to London at the age of fourteen for higher study.
a) He thought him to be dead. g) Fleming was born in a poor family in Scotland.
b) The bear smelt his ears, nose and face. h) Fleming was a very regular and attentive student.
c) Suddenly, they came across a bear. 8.
d) Once upon a time, two friends were passing through a forest. a) He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school.
e) Then the bear went away. b) In 1953, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board.
f) Finding no other way, the later one laid down on the ground and feigned death. c) He has a great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh.
g) The first friend climbed up a tree but the latter could not climb. d) At the age of six, he was admitted in a Furkania Madrasha and then in an English
h) They were talking about their love for each other. School.
4. e) Dr. Kudrat E Khuda was born in Birbhum District of West Bengal in 1900. .
a) In the evening, a lion entered the cave. f) In 1925, he passed M.Sc in Chemistry from Kolkata University and in 1929, passed
b) One day, he fled from his master's house and took shelter in a cave. D.Sc from Imperial College in England.
c) Once upon a time, there lived a young man named Androcles. g) He died on 3rd November, 1977.
d) He came near Androcles and lifted his paw. h) His father Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious man and his mother Fashiha Khatun
e) He was caught by a slave merchant who sold him to a rich man in another country. was also a pious woman.
f) The lion seemed wounded as he was groaning. 9.
g) His master was very bad and inflicted heavy torture on him. a) On the completion of his house educations, he was sent to school, but did not like
h) He took the lion's paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it. The lion was institutional education.
relieved of his pain. b) In 1911, he translated his poems of the "Geetanjali" into English.
5.
c) He was given Knighthood by the British Government in 1914 but he rejected it as a h) The man was very rude and cruel.
protest against the atrocities of the British Government. 14.
d) Rabindranath Tagore, one of the most leading poets in the history of world literature, a) He made his first appearance in literature by writing "Liza of Lambeth", a realistic
was born in the renowned Tagore family in March 1861. study on the life of low neighbourhood in London.
e) He was sent to London to study Law but he studied literature with Professor Henry b) Some of his well-known plays are "Mrs. Cardilac " "Lady Frederick" and so on.
Morley for a few months and he returned home. c) He was born in Paris in 1874.
f) It brought him the highest honour in the form of Nobel Prize in 1913. d) This brought for him a good name.
g) At the age of eighty, he breathed his last. e) He wrote a few other novels too.
h) In his twentieth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to the Himalayas. f) William Somerset Maugham was one of the greatest short story writers of modern
10. time.
a) One day, he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat. g) Despite being a doctor. he gave up medicine for literature because of having no
b) The food was very hot. charm.
c) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat. h) Then he took to writing plays.
d) As a result, he burnt his finger. 15.
e) He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish. a) The king followed the advice of the physician and became slim and fully cured.
f) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveller and supported himself by begging b) He advised the king to move a heavy club in the air till he got tired.
g) Once young Taimur attacked a province of a powerful prince but unfortunately all his c) He did not undergo physical labour.
soldiers were killed. d) The doctor was very wise.
h) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur dish full of food. e) He became bulky and could not move or do anything.
11. f) Once there was an idle king.
a) Suddenly, he stopped one of the guests. g) He did not prescribe any medicine
b) The marriage ceremony was over and the quests were all going to the feast. h) He called in a doctor.
c) He spoke so strangely that the guest stood still and listened to the story. 16.
d) He saw people walking past him. a) On the way. people were showing due respect to the statue of the goddess.
e) The old man told him about his last journey on the sea. b) So, feeling proud, the donkey started to bray in joy.
f) The old sailer sat on a stone outside the church. c) Once a statue of goddess was being taken to the town placing on the back of a
g) He had a strange mad look in his eyes. donkey.
h) “There was a ship, the old sailor began. d) Then the driver of the donkey became very angry.
12. e) Saying this, he started beating the donkey with his stick.
a) The dog dropped the bone and barked at the crow. f) Seeing this, the donkey thought that people were showing him honour.
b) One of them started pecking to the dog's tail. g) He said, "You wretched, do you think people show you this respect? Such a bad day
c) Both the crows went near the dog. for man will never come.
d) Once a dog was eating a bony piece of meat sitting under a tree. h) Moreover, it refused to move even a step.
e) The dog not only felt disturbed but also became angry. 17.
f) It flew away and after sometime returned with another crow. (a) Shamim got a lease of land in his village.
g) A crow saw him and wished to eat that. (b) Shamim's lot has changed radically.
h) In the meantime the other crow flew away with the bone. (c) Poverty forced him to look for work.
13. (d) He has also been raising hybrid cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
a) The merchant sold him to a rich man in another country. (e) Shamim was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.
b) To escape torture, he one day fled from his master's house. (f) Then he joined the training programme of youth development and received training in
c) Once there lived a young man named Androcles. vegetable cultivation.
d) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant. (g) He is now very happy to be a self-sufficient man.
e) He took shelter in a cave. (h) He applied his new and improved knowledge for cultivating vegetables.
f) He used to inflict heavy torture on him. 18.
g) It was unbearable for him. a) He disguised himself as a poor traveller and supported himself by begging.
b) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world. 22.
c) One day, he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat. a) But the corporal, full of dignity, did nothing but stood by and shouted orders.
d) Young Taimur once attacked a province of a powerful prince. It was situated far away b) "Are you?" said the officer.
from the capital. c) Presently an officer, not in uniform rode up.
e) An old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food. The food d) "Hello," he said to the corporal, "Why don't you lend your men a hand to get that
was very hot. beam up?"
f) When the news reached the Prince, he came with a large army. The area was e) He then getting down from his horse worked very hard to put the beam to its place,
surrounded on all sides. and the man was none other than Washington himself.
g) Taimur was so hungry that he did not wait. He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the f) "Don't you know that I am a corporal?" was the reply.
middle of the dish. As a result, he burnt his fingers. g) There were few men for the work.
h) A terrible battle took place, and Taimur's soldiers were all killed, but Taimur escaped h) In the American War of Independence, a corporal and a party of soldiers were sent to
with great difficulty. raise a heavy beam for a battery.
19. 23.
a) But his heart was not in medicine and he felt that he was born to be a poet. a) Applicants were enlisted serially for the competition.
b) This great poet met a premature death on February 23, 1821. b) A date was fixed for the competition.
c) Finally, he abandoned surgery for literature. c) They were all taken before the king.
d) John Keats was born on October 31. 1705. d) A king declared a rich prize for the teller of the biggest lie.
e) He lost his father in 1804 and his mother in 1810. e) They tried their best to tell bigger lies but failed to win the mind of the king.
f) His finest poems like Ode to a Nightingale, Ode on a Grecian Urn', etc. were f) It was nearly to the close of the competition.
published in 1820. g) He said that the king was a worthless person.
g) In 1811. Keats became an apprentice to a surgeon at Edmonton. h) A newcomer prayed for a chance to try and he was allowed.
h) He was the eldest son of his parents. 24.
20. a) Alexander asked him how he liked to be treated.
a) They got money, made a shelter in a makeshift house and started making "Nakshi b) Alexander, the king of Macedonia, crossed the Khaibar pass and reached India.
Kantha' with new and old clothes and thread of different colours. c) Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack
b) Yet, Nur Banu did not become frustrated and inspired her husband to stand against all of Alexander.
odds. d) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply and allowed him to rule his
c) Her husband was a farmer and they had everything, but they became helpless. country as before.
d) As Nur Banu was good at art in her early age, she could make wonderful design in e) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab, which was ruled by a king named Purus.
her Kanthas, f) He was brought before Alexander.
e) A few years back, Nur Banu lost everything for the river erosion. g) Porus bravely replied, "Like a king."
f) Her husband sold them in the market and became solvent. h) But unfortunately, he was defeated and taken prisoner.
g) She together with her husband worked hard and made a lot of Kanthas. 25.
h) She had an ornament made of gold, and she gave it to her husband to sell it. a) In 1914 when the 1st World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
21. b) At last, at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier on the side of the
a) The dog was cured. alliance.
b) He found a mad dog and injected some weak germs of its diseases into blood. c) At the age of eleven, he showed his poetic genius.
c) One day, a boy named Joseph Meister was brought to Pasteur. d) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B.S (1899 AD) at Churulia in
d) He had been bitten by a mad dog. the district of Burdhwan.
e) Pasteur was a French scientist. e) On his return from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write
f) Pasteur gave him some injections and the boy did not get dog's disease. poems.
g) He discovered that many diseases are caused by germs and he also found cures for f) He breathed his last on 29 August, 1976.
several of them. g) In 1972, he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national
h) At first, he only treated animals because he did not want to cause the death of any poet.
human being. h) His poems inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
26. 30.
a) "It was great, Dad," the son replied. a) When asked if he had any objection if they took him under the police custody, he
b) They spent a few days and nights in a nearby house. answered 'no'.
c) Hearing the boy, the father became speechless and realized the bitter truth. b) A police officer went to that place and asked all the people there if they knew
d) One day, a wealthy father took his son on a trip to the village. anything about the incident but the villagers replied in the negative.
e) The son answered, "They are much happier and richer than we." c) The man being dull-headed could not learn English but could learn only 'yes', 'no' and
f) After their return from the trip, the father asked his son how he liked the trip. 'very well' without knowing their meaning.
g) He wanted to show his son how people lived there in the village. d) At last, the police officer asked the man, he replied in the affirmative.
h) "So what did you learn from the trip?" asked the father. e) He came back to his village and whenever anybody asked him any question or
27. discussed a thing with him, he would say either 'yes', 'no' or 'very well'.
a) In 1971, he fought for independence during Bangladesh Liberation War. f) Finally, when the police officer wanted to arrest him, he replied as 'very well' and
b) He studied medicine at Dhaka Medical College, and finished his MBBS degree in accordingly he was arrested and put to jail.
1964. g) One night a theft took place in a house of the village and the police were informed of
c) This great personality died on 11 April 2023 at the age of 81. it.
d) He was known more for his contribution in formulating the Bangladesh National h) A man living in a village wanted to learn English, and so, he went to a teacher.
Drug Policy in 1982. 31.
e) He was also given Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1985 and the Right Livelihood a) The astrologer was taken to the place of execution. The king then asked, "How long
Award in 1992. would you live?"
f) Zafrullah Chowdhury was a Bangladeshi public health activist and the founder of b) Once, there was a king who was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
Gonoshasthaya Kendra. c) As the astrologer told something unpleasant, the king got furious and condemned him
g) After that he left for the UK for post-graduate studies in general and vascular surgery. to death.
h) Chowdhury's work in population control earned him Independence Day Award in d) With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that, I'II die only a week before your death.
1977. I shall wait to receive your majesty where you are sending me".
28. e) At this the king turned pale and said, "Drive this wretch away and let him not come
a) The angel took down his request and went away. again".
b) His name was Abu Ben Adhem. f) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.
c) Abu then requested him to put his name in the list, because he loved mankind and his g) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death. He then thought
fellow brothers. for a while for a way of escape.
d) He again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of the (h) The king wished to know his future from the astrologer and so he called him to the
list. palace.
e) Suddenly, he woke up and saw an angel who was writing the names of the persons 32.
who loved God. a) One day, the bad man was stealing some mangoes from the garden of a neighbour and
f) Once upon a time, there was an honest and pious man. the owner of the garden saw it.
g) He asked the angel if his name was there, and in reply, the angel said that his name b) The bad man wanted to know the reason of beating and the owner retorted, "God is
was not there. getting it done by me."
h) He was once sleeping peacefully. c) Instantly, the owner of the garden asked loudly. "Why are you stealing mangoes from
29. my garden?"
a) It was named after an Englishman named George Everest d) Hearing the ridiculous answer, the owner of the garden said nothing
b) There might be snow slides and cracks under ice and snow. e) "Because God is getting it done by me," replied the bad man.
c) Mount Everest has always fascinated climbers. f) When the bad man came down from the tree, the owner started beating him with the
d) Mount Everest is in the Himalayan Mountains. stick.
e) It is in the north of India between Tibet and Nepal. g) There was a bad man in a village and when he did any mischief, he would say, "God
f) He was the first to survey the Himalayas. had it done by me."
g) It is difficult and dangerous because there is snow all over. h) Rather the owner got inside the garden with a stick and waited for the bad man to
h) But climbing Everest is difficult and dangerous. come down from the tree.
i) 45. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story: 2.
j) [Sylhet Board-2016/ Column A Column B Column C
k) (a) The guests praised the king. (a) Bassanio i) had thought of an i) grandly dressed, with many
l) (b) People praised him more than their king. (b) Portia's father unusual plan servants.
m) (c) The name of that man was Hatem Tai. (c) Before his ii) wanted a man to marry ii) lately.
n) (d) But the guests praised Hatem Tai also. death, he Portia for herself iii) and not for her wealth.
o) (e) Long long ago there lived a very kind and generous man in Yemen. (d) He iii) went to Belmont to iv) to find a good husband for his
p) (f) One day the king gave a dinner. (e) He visit Portia daughter.
q) (g) He was not rich but very hospitable. iv) had v) three caskets made, one of gold,
r) (h) So, the king felt happy and proud. v) had died one of silver and one of lead.
s) 46. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story: 3.
[Dhaka Board-2015] Column A Column B Column C
t) (a) She asked Bayazid to give her a glass of water, but he could not find any water in
(a) The Japanese (i) cross the road in (i) violate the traffic rules.
the pitcher.
(b) They never drive or (ii) transport, someone (ii) vehicle standing on the
u) (b) Once Hazrat Bayazid Bustami came home to see his ailing mother.
v) (c) But she again fell asleep.
(c) No Japanese, he or she, is found road.
w) (d) So, he went to the well quite far from their house. (d) So long the red signal (iii) are law (iii) waiting on the road for
x) (e) She woke up some hours later. continues, (iv) a driver will keep a green signal.
y) (f) He filled the pitcher, came back and went to his mother with a glass of water. (e) At dead of night, when the (iv) abiding people.
z) ( there is no (v) alone on the street (v) violation of traffic
aa) g) As he was still standing by her bed, his mother drank the glass of water and blessed will rules.
him from the core of heart.
bb) (h) He, instead of waking her up, stood by her bed with the glass of water in his hand. 4.
cc) 47. Put the following parts of the story in correct order Column A Column B Column C
dd) to rewrite the whole story: (a) Punctuality is a virtue (i) person is (i) accurate in timing.
ee) [Rajshahi Board-2015/ (b) It helps (ii) which can make us (ii) loved by all.
ff) (a) He graduated from the Govt. School of Art in Kolkata. (c) A punctual (iii) punctual, we shall (iii) surely succeed in life.
gg) (b) He is recognized as the most valuable painter of Bangladesh. (d) He who (iv) is punctual never (iv) successful in future.
hh) (c) He died of lung cancer. (e) If we become (v) us to become (v) gets late in his work.
ii) (d) Zainul Abedin was born in 1914 in Kishoreganj.
jj) (e) Still now he is referred with great respect as
5.
kk) Shilpacharja in Bangladesh.
Column A Column B Column C
ll) (f) He is also the pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art. (a) We want to see (i) their democratic (i) looking ahead.
mm) (g) He was also appointed as a teacher there. Bangladesh rights (ii) as well as their
nn) (h) He is highly admired for his Bengal Femine Sketches (b) We have a vision (ii) will be sent constitutional rights.
Matching (c) Education will be (iii) of seeing or (iii) to the museum.
1. (d) Every citizen of imagining or (iv) as it is their fundamental
Column A Column B Column C Bangladesh will exercise (iv) as a democratic, right.
a) Democracy means i) fair and equal i) of democracy (e) Poverty, injustice and corruption- (v) in the world in 2041.
b) It allows freedom ii) a system ii) in a democratic country corruption free and developed
c) It means iii) of speech, religion iii) of government country
d) People elect iv) their representative iv) and political opinions (v) free for all
e) Free and fair directly v) treatment for citizens
v) election is the 6.
precondition Column A Column B Column C
(a) Patriotism is a great (i) to be ready to fight i) themselves to work for the
virtue against country. 10.
(b) It is such a virtue (ii) to be patriot and to (ii) all oppressions that can Column A Column B Column C
(c) Patriotism inspires us be devoted hinder our progress. a) Donation of blood (i) sound health can donate (i) we donate blood, we
(d) So, all we should (iii) that inspire children (iii) dream of a developed b) In our society, some of blood invite no harm to us.
encourage our children to prepare nation. us (ii) enough to save (ii) after every 3 months
(e) Radio and television (iv) to their respective duties nourish (iii) a crystal clear idea without any side effect.
(iv) without which we
and responsibilities. (c) As per medical science that if (iii) be a very noble deed.
should telecast cannot every man in (iv) a misconception about (iv) the life of a dying
programmes (v) for which a citizen (v) to shed the last drop of his
(d) We should have blood donation which person.
doesn't hesitate blood. (e) Sometimes, a bag of conveys (v) a negative message for
our blood is (v) is universally the others.
7. acknowledged to
Column A Column B Column C
a) ICT means i) ICT to take i) multimedia classes. 11.
b) In education sector ii) through telemedicine ii) is run with the help of ICT. Column A Column B Column C
c) In health science, ICT which iii) and give good treatment. a) Your friends cannot i) that makes us i) in everyone.
is iii) ICT works as a means iv) of class presentation. help ii) loving you ii) you don't love others.
d) Teachers use iv) used to diagnose v) communication b) It is love Love is divine iii) to love you iii) feel for others.
e) Patients can get disease technology. c) Love is divine iv) it is a good evidence iv) if you love them.
treatment v) information and d) You cannot find others that v) unless you love them.
8. e) If you are not loved v) which exist
Column A Column B Column C 12.
(a) E-mail is a wonderful (i) two persons or offices (i) within a few seconds. Column A Column B Column C
invention and the receiver (ii) which are connected in a a) There are many i) in our developing country i) of the natural beauty.
(b) This is a scientific way (ii) need two sets of network. b) Cox’s Bazar in respect ii) sea-beach every year.
(e) Communication computers (iii) and the Internet c) Cox’s Bazar ii) come to visit this iii) in Bangladesh.
through email is made (iii) and it plays an connection d) It is a remarkable place iii) nice places iv) place among them.
between important role (iv) in business and e) Many people iv) sea-beach v) is very charming.
(d) To operate an email (v) a computer set, communication
system, we android mobile phone (v) is not required to remain v) is the most beautiful
(e) E-mail functions and tab present simultaneously like 13.
instantly with the help of (v) of sending messages, telephone. Column A Column B Column C
data and a) Our Parliament House (i) by an artificial lake i) in 1982.
information files b) It has been designed called ii) buildings in the world.
c) The building is (ii) is one of the most iii) the same year.
9. surrounded spectacular iv) Louis I Kahn.
Column A Column B Column C d) It (iii) was held in February v) Crescent Lake.
(a) Bangladesh lies (i) gave warning (i) everybody of our e) The first parliamentary in
(b) During recent years (ii) should be followed country. session (iv) was inaugurated
(c) The recurrences of strictly (ii) earthquake zone. (v) by a famous American
quakes (iii) in an active (iii) at the time of building architect
(d) Experts (iv) earthquakes recur any house.
(e) Earthquake-resistant (v) in recent years have (iv) frequently in
building code frightened Bangladesh. 14.
(v) regarding earthquake. Column A Column B Column C
a) Education means i. conscious of our rights i. the individual. Altaf Mahmud
b) The purpose of ii. frees a man ii. removing the darkness. Role Musician, cultural activist and freedom fighter
education iii. is to enlighten iii. from restrictions. Life time From (i)________ to 1971
c) Education iv. aims at iv. from any educational Who/What Activities Type of Time
d) Education v. the receiving of formal institution. work/Name
e) Education makes us v. and responsibilities. Altaf Mahmud (ii)___________ gonoshongit 1950
learning
Altaf Mahmud (iii) ___________ 1971
(iv)___________ caught hm August 30, 1971
Unseen Comprehension-1 Bangladesh Govt. awarded him Ekushey Padak (v)____________
Read the passage on Altaf Mahmud and then answer the questions no. 4 and 5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
5.
Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist, and martyred freedom fighter of Unseen Comprehension-2
the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was born on the 23 December, 1933. He was Read the passage about Stephen Hawking and then answer the questions no.
also a language activist of the Language Movement and composer of 'Amar 4
Bhaier Rokte Rangano', the famous song written by Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, a Stephen Hawking is considered the greatest Physicist after Einstein. He was born
famous journalist who breathed his last in 2022. In 1950, he sang gonoshongit in in England in 1942. He was very skilled in Mathematics from an early age. He
many places to inspire the activists of Language Movement. Along with his wrote the book "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes" in
singing, Mahmud continued to support the movement. He tuned the song Amar 1988. In his book, he explained cosmology for the general public. It became
Bhaier Rokte Rangano' in 1969, in Zahir Raihan's film 'Jibon Theke Neya'. Altaf famous and established his reputation as a great scientist. He received his PhD in
Mahmud took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He created a secret Cosmology from Cambridge University in 1968. But fortune did not favour him.
camp inside his house for the freedom fighters. But as the secret revealed, In 1972, he became a victim of Gehrig's disease. Since then, he has been confined
Pakistan Army caught him on August 30, 1971. He was tortured by them. A lot of to a wheelchair with no power to control his body. But he continued his teaching
other guerrilla war fighters like Shafi Imam Rumi were also captured by the Pak through the help of a computer. In 1974, he won the prestigious Albert Einstein
Army on that day. Along with most of them, he was lost ever since. His patriotic award for Theoretical Physics. In 1979, he joined Cambridge University as
songs which were then broadcast at the "Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra" also Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He carried out his research work using his
inspired the war fighters at that time. In 1977, Altaf Mahmud was awarded the computer. This great scientist breathed his last on 14 March 2018.
Ekushey Padak for his valuable contribution to Bengali culture and the War of 4. (i) Complete the table below with information from the passage:
Liberation. Albert Stephen Hawking
4. (i) Complete the table below with information from the passage: Aims Highlighting his glorious works despite his being handicapped
Altaf Mahmud Lifespan Spent a life of (i) _______ years
Role Musician, cultural activist and freedom fighter Who/What Activities Name of Time/Date
Life time From 1933 to (i)________ work/Achievements
Who/What Activities Type of Time Stephen wrote a book (ii)_____________ 1988
work/Name Hawking
Altaf Mahmud sang (ii) _________ 1950s He took a degree PhD in Cosmology (iii)__________
(iii)__________ was tuned song 1969 (iv)________ appointed as a Lucasian Professor 1979
Altaf Mahmud (iv)___________ 1971 Stephen
Bangladesh awarded him Ekushey Padak (v)_______________ Hawking
Government He (v)________ 1972
(ii) Complete the table below with information from the passage: (ii)
Who/What Activities Type of Time/Date Subject Katha" Achievement
work/Name (ii)
Stephen Hawking wrote a book "A Brief History 1988 (i)________
Who/What Event/Activity Time/When Place/where
of Time" Dr. Muhammad (i) ________ in 1904
He took a degree PhD 1968 (ii)______Shahidullah
(iii)___________ appointed (iv)___________ 1979 Mathematics
He joined as Professor in 1921 (ii)_______
Stephen Hawking He (iii) _______ in 1912
Stephen Hawking was awarded (v)_______ theoretical(iv)________
Albert Einstein was published in 1953
physics He Award was awarded the in 1928 (v) ____________
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. Doctorate Degree
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
Unseen Comprehension-3
Read the passage on Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah and then answer the Unseen Comprehension-4
questions no. 4 and 5. Read the passage on Abraham Lincoln and then answer the questions no. 4
The great men were born in different places of this world but their activities make and 5.
them familiar and closer to us. Dr Muhammad Shahidullah was one of those who Abraham Lincoln was the 16" President of the USA. He is famous for his
contributed a lot towards Bangla language and literature. He was the greatest Gettysburg Address. It was delivered by him during the American Civil War, on
scholar of Bengal. This great scholar was born on July, 1885 at 24 Pargonas in November 19, 1863. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, the
West Bengal, India. He passed his entrance examination in 1904 and obtained his USA. His parents were from Virginia. In 1819, his mother died. Then his father
B.A. degree six years later. It took him two years to complete his M.A. and moved to Indiana State. He grew up there. He was a captain during the Black
another two years for his Bachelor of Law Degree. He later joined the University Hawk War. He got the nomination for President in 1860. Then he became the
of Dhaka in 1921 as a Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali. He was awarded the President of the USA in 1861. Lincoln declared a ban on slavery in America on
Doctorate Degree from Sorbonne University, Paris in 1928. "Bangla Shahitter January 1, 1863. He was re-elected President in 1864. On Good Friday, April 14,
Katha," the first well-arranged history of Bengali literature was composed by him 1865, he was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
that was published in 1953. This great scholar remained busy with his work till he 4. (i) Complete the table below with information from the passage:
became seriously ill in 1967 and was confined to bed for about two and a half Who/What/W Event/Activi Time/Wh Place/wher Achievement/Specia
years. Dr. Shahidullah breathed his last on 13th July, 1969 in Dhaka. We hy ty en e lity
remember him with great respect and gratitude. Abraham 16" 1861-1865 the (i) ________
4. (i) Complete the table below with information from the passage: Lincoln President,
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah noted for
Speciality Great contribution to Bengali literature He (ii) _______ November USA
Time Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was born in (i)___________. 1863
Who/What Event/Activitiy When Where (iii)_________ lost his 1819
(ii) passed entrance in 1904 mother
examination Abraham migrated to (iv)______
Dr. Muhammad joined as Professor in 1921 (iii) Lincoln's __
Shahidullah parents
He (iv)_________ in 1928 Sorbonne a declaration 1 January America (v) __________
University, Paris was made 1863
"Bangla Shahitter was published in (v) _________ (ii)
Name of Events Place Time/Year h Tagore n study _______
Born (i) __________ (v) brought him 1913
(ii)______ November 19, 1863 _____ the highest
Became the President the USA (iii)________ honour in the
Banned slavery (iv)__________ January 1, 1863 form of the
Died (v)________ Nobel Prize
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. (ii)
Person/Facts Action/Achievement Place/institute Time
Unseen Comprehension-5 Rabindranath born (i) _________ (ii)_________
Read the passage on Rabindranath Tagore and then answer the questions no. Rabindranath published 1877
4 and 5: (iii)________
Rabindranath Tagore was one of the most leading poets in the history of world The poet was honoured 1940
literature. He was at the same time a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a philosopher (iv)_______
and a musician. He was born in the renowned Tagore family in March, 1861. The poet established (v) ________ 1921
After the completion of his house education, he was sent to school. But he did not 5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words.
like institutional education. So, arrangements were made at house for his proper
education. In his thirteenth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to visit
Himalayas. At the age of seventeen, he was sent to London to study Law. But he
studied literature with Professor Henry Morley only for a few months and then
returned home. Only at the age of eight, he started composing poems. He wrote
his poetic novel Banaphul at the age of fifteen. When he was sixteen, his poems
and essays were being published in journals. After returning from England, he
began to write tirelessly in all branches of literature. In 1911, he translated his
poems of "The Gitanjali" into English which brought him the highest honour in
the form of the Nobel Prize in 1913.
One year after his awarding of the Novel Prize, he was made a knight by the
British Government which he rejected as a protest against the atrocities of British
Government at Jalianwalabagh. The University of Oxford honoured him with
D.Litt., in 1940. Earlier in 1921, he laid the foundation of Viswa Bharati. At the
age of eighty, Rabindranath Tagore breathed his last.
4. (i) Complete the table below with information from the passage:
Biography of Rabindranath Tagore
Known as a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a philosopher and a musician
Life time From 1861 to (i) _________
Who What Event/Activit Time/Whe Place/Wher Subject/
y n e Specialty
Rabindranat tour went to visit (ii) ______ Himalayas accompanie
h Tagore d by his
father
Rabindranat educatio was sent to (iii) (iv)_____