Answer the following questions :
- What do you know about the parentage and birth place of Sheikh Kamal?
- Sheikh Kamal was both a sports lover and a good organizer. Do you agree? Give reasons for your answer.
- What do you know about Sheikh Kamal's participation in cultural activities?
- What type of life did Sheikh Kamal lead?
- How did Sheikh Kamal spend his childhood?
(a) Sheikh Kamal's father was Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and his mother was Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib. He was their eldest son. He was born in Tungipara, Gopalganj.
(b) Yes, I agree that Sheikh Kamal was both a sports lover and a good organizer. He had passion for sports. He was a first division basketball and cricket player. Moreover, he was the founder of Abahoni Krira Chokro, which introduced modern football in our country.
(c) Sheikh Kamal participated in various cultural activities. He was one of the founders of Dhaka Theatre, a theatre group, and a founder of Spondon Shilpi Gosthi, a cultural organization. He participated in stage performances of dramas like "Kabar". He was also interested in classical music. In order to learn sitar, he became a student of Chhayanaut. Besides, he collected musical instruments.
(d) Sheikh Kamal led a simple life despite being the son of a Prime Minister and later of a President. He never took advantage of his father's name and officE-
(e) Sheikh Kamal spent his childhood at Tungipara. He loved to spend his time with his friends.
- Which one of the following statements is false?
- The phrase 'took part' in the passage implies ___
- Buriganga is on death-bed due to-
- Education supports us to choose-
- The interpretation of dream is a____
- The word 'launched' in the passage could be replaced
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.One of the sources of water in our country is the rivers. Rivers are everywhere in our life, literature, economy and culturE- But are the rivers in good shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A few are already dead and several are going through the pangs of death. The river Buriganga is an example of a dying river. A report published in the Daily Sun describes what has happened to the river Buriganga and why. Its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. But that is not what it was like beforE- The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once, it was a tributary of the mighty Ganges and flowed into the Bay of Bengal through the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it lost its link with the Ganges and got the name Buriganga. The Mughals marvelled at the tide level of the Buriganga and founded their capital Jahangirnagar on its banks in 1610. The river supplied drinking water and supported trade and commercE- Jahangirnagar was renamed Dhaka which grew into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortage of spacE- The city paid back the bounty of the river by sucking life out of it. According to newspaper report, Buriganga is dying because of pollution. Huge quantities of toxic chemicals and wastes from mills and factories, hospitals and clinics and households and other establishments are dumped into the river every day. The city of Dhaka discharges about 4500 tons of solid waste every day and most of it is directly released into the Buriganga. According to the Department of the Environment (DoE), 20,000 tons of tannery waste, including some highly toxic materials, are released into the river every day. Experts identified nine industrial areas in and around the capital city as the primary sources of river pollution: Tongi, Tejgaon, Hazaribagh, Tarabo, Narayanganj, Savar, Gazipur, Dhaka Export Processing Zone and Ghorashal.
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The word 'decade' refers to-
- The word ‘indigenous’ mentioned in the passage means --
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives : The phrase 'provider attitude' refers to
- '... neonatal mortality is another concern for younger mothers.' Here 'concern' means -
- Jerry was wordless when he received candy and apple from the narrator because -....
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The word "appreciate" means-
- How many cities have been mentioned here?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.We set out on the evening of July 21ª. Food was scarce in the village so Abdul packed a suitcase with two loaves and some tea and tins of milk, cheese and jam. We travelled Intermediate class in a cross-country train not uncomfortably crowded, through a country of shadowy loveliness. It was a moonlit night of broken soft clouds; the land was mostly under water, with paddy and coco-palms growing from it, and a few raised cart-tracks and groups of cottages islanded among clumps of bushes, all reflected among shadows. Here and there was the red glow of a cooking-fire or the lantern of a fisherman's boat in open water. At dawn we reached Sonaimuri, a small canal-side station among wide fields, from there we had eight more miles by country boat, some of it along the canal, some of it across the flooded paddy fields. I was looking forward to that tranquil water-journey in the early morning, and tranquil it must have been, for I fell instantly asleep and knew no more till we reached the landing-ghat at Khorshed's house, in a blaze of sunlight. It turned out that his letter saying that he was bringing me was still on its way, but they rallied to the crisis and gathered round to make me welcome, though as none of them spoke any English they could only stare and laugh and offer me coconut juicE-Khorshed set me up a camp, a wooden bed, chair and table in a thatched bamboo outhousE- It was a lovely spot among bamboo and coco-palms, facing a tank where fireflies wove intricate dances at night. He put his own bed beside it for protection, and there I stayed, holding permanent court from dawn to bedtimE- Within village memory- and that went back for some two centuries, I was the first European to go there: it was too remote even for a District Commissioner to pass through. Also since I was a woman, the women could come (at different times from the men) to look at me without losing their characters. People kept coming and coming: only the rains and the fact that few of them were rich enough to have boats prevented them from coming from ten miles round. When he saw that they would not stop coming, Khorshed fixed some curtains round the bed so that I could crawl behind them when I was tired of being looked at, like a zoo animal into its sleeping hut. Even then the little hut would fill up with women and children. Children followed when I went out, and when Khorshed remonstrated a small boy pleaded, "Don't send us away! After she's gone not even a strange bird will come to the villagE-" I stood up to being the celebrity for the two days we had planned, but it was enough.
- Mediators have the ability -.
- The word ‘dewater’ in the passage implies-
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.Consistent with the psychoanalytic perspective, Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a representation of unconscious desires, thoughts and motivations. According to Freud, people are driven by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from conscious awareness. While these thoughts are not consciously expressed, they find their way into our awareness via dreams. In his famous book The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), Freud wrote that dreams are "...disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes." Freud's theory contributed to the popularity of dream interpretation. Following his paths many theorists came up with their own ideas about dreams. The following are just a few of them : # Some researchers suggest that dreams are a subjective interpretation of signals generated by the brain during sleep. Dreams are not meaningless. Instead, during dreams the cognitive elements in our brain produce new ideas.# One theory suggests that dreams are the result of our brains trying to interpret external stimuli during sleep. For example, the sound of the radio may be incorporated into the content of a dream.# Another theory uses a computer metaphor to account for dreams. According to this theory, dreamsserve to 'clean up' clutter from the mind, much like clean-up operations in a computer, refreshing the mind to prepare for the next day.# Yet another model proposes that dreams function as a form of psychotherapy. In this theory, the dreamer is able to make connections between different thoughts and emotions in a safe environment.
- "Eventually, they were missing from people's practices." What does the underlined word refer to?
- What keeps us close to each other?
- What does the word 'known' in the passage refer to?
- The sky teaches us to be-
- B. Answer the following questions :What do you know about Tereshkova's early life?What led to the selection of Tereshkova as a cosmonaut?What can you say about the trainings Tereshkova took?Who was the first human being to fly to outer space?Briefly discuss Tereshkova's experience in Vostok-6.
- The people of Bengal voted for-
- When are the images, thoughts and emotions of a dream experienced?
- What is the meaning of the word 'aquatic'?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.We have two terms to describe our social behaviour—'etiquette' and 'manners'. 'Etiquette' is a French word and it means the rules of correct behaviour in society. The word 'manners' means the behaviour that is considered to be polite in a particular society or culturE- Manners can be good or bad. For example, it is a bad manner to speak with food in one's mouth. No one likes a bad-mannered person. Remember that etiquette and manners vary from culture to culture and from society to society. We learn etiquette and manners from our parents, families and various institutions, such as schools, colleges or professional bodies. There are rules of behaviour for all kinds of social occasions and it is important to learn them and practise them in everyday lifE- The manners that are correct in a wedding reception will not do in a debating club. Therefore, we have to be careful about etiquette and manners. We know how important it is to say 'please' and 'thank you' in everyday lifE- A few more polite expressions such as 'pardon me,' 'excuse me', 'may I', are bound to make your day smooth and pleasant
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.The term "diaspora" is used to refer to people who have left their homelands and settled in other parts of the world either because they were forced to do so or because they wanted to leave on their own. The word is increasingly used for such people as a collective group and/or a community. The world has seen many diasporas but scholars have been studying the phenomenon with great interest only in recent decades. Among the great diasporas of history is that of the Jewish people, who were forced to leave their lands in ancient times. The movement of Aryans from Central Europe to the Indian sub continent thousands of years ago is also a noteworthy diaspora, although the causes of this diaspora are unclear. In twentieth century history, the Palestinian diaspora has attracted a lot of attention and been a cause of concern for world leaders because of the plight of Palestinians. There have been massive diasporas in Africa, too, over the centuries, either because of war or because of the ravages of naturE- But the chief reason why the phenomenon of diaspora is attracting so much attention now is globalization.
- Answer the following questions :Describe the man in your own words from the first paragraph.Why did the man want to discover the device?What happened to the people when the machine was discovered and started working?How did the girls bring back people to their normal behavior?Comment on the two girls of special needs
- Answer the following questions :What is the theory of Sigmund Freud about dream?How much has science been successful in explaining dreams?What are the benefits of dream?What does the expression ‘disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes’ mean?Define dream in your own languagE-
- The word ‘unique’ mentioned in the passage is a/an-
- The word 'self-evident' means -
- The phrase 'leads to’ in the passage refers to-
- "I was half wakened by the sound of chopping." Here the word 'chopping' in the first line is a/an ....
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The word 'intimate' could be replaced by
- "She wanted to give me a puppy, but they can't let any boy keep a puppy." Here the word 'they' refers to?
- What does 'baffling' mean?
- What does ‘parent fish’ refer to?
- Mandela remained one of the world's most ----- public figures.
- What does the word 'apartheid' mean in the passage?