Read the following passage and answer the questions that follows:
Now look at the opposition between pen and the sword from another point of view. The sword can only destroy; ideas also can destroy- the ideas of Bolshevism destroyed Czarism; the ideas
of voltare and Rousseau destroyed the French, aristocracy. But ideas can also build, whereas the sword can only destroy. It is in fact the power of ideas which has brought us out of barbarism into
such civilization as we have been above to achieve. "In what" asked Aristotle, "does man differ from the animal?" And answered, "It is by virtue of reason". The greatness of man consists in his thinking. The universe is vast, and man is tiny, but man has one advantage over the universe. He knows it is vast and he is tiny, but the universe does not. In this savage, the sense that it is to ideas
and not to violence, to the pen and not to the sword, that man owes whatever had distinguished him from animals, whatever has enabled him to rise above purely savage condition. For the pen is
the vehicle of thought, and it is by thought that man is enabled to voyge through the infinite philosophy, to unlock the secrets of the universe, to create beauty and to commune with God.
(a)What is the opposition between pen and sword.?
(b)In what according to Aristotle , does man differ form animals?
(c)To what does man owe his distinction from animals?

- (b) Fill in the blanks with appropriate word:(i) Ambition supplies stimulus....... industry.(ii) All students should guard.............. mistakes.(iii) I saw him going up ................ the hill.(iv) Hardly had I reached the college............(v) Only the chairman ........... to the proposal.
- " We squander health in search of wealth". The word squander can best be replaced by -
- A person is 'garrulous' when-
- The word 'cartography' relates to
- ____means to make fun of someone in a good humoured way.
- Some families have to maintain two households , one in their extended family home in the village and the other in the city. This often poses dilemma for them . Here, some families in "dilemma" indicates that certain families are -
- "Waifs and strays" is an idiom that refers to___ people.
- Unequivocal is most nearly opposite in meaning to-
- Peripheral is most nearly opposite in meaning to-
- Select the correct sentence:
- Anger, even when it is _____ has no virtue; it tha overcomes _______.
- A) Your teacher is the _____ his teacher.C) If I were rich, I _____ around the world.E) Because of bad weather, the fishermen decided ____ going to the deep sea.
- a) A satellite is a man - made device which moves around the earth in an orbit.c) No freedom has any real value for the common man or women unless he / she also means freedom from want diseases and ignorance.e) Corruption has been the burning question in our country.
- (a) যে ছাত্র উচ্চত?? শিক্ষা গ্রহণ করতে চায় তাকে ইংরেজি শিখতে হবে।
- (b)"How will they get there?" (Turn into reported speech)(d)"Uneasy lies the head (Complete the proverb)
- I _____ a new house last year, but I _____ my old house yet.
- Choose the correct sentence.
- (a) Only Allah can help us. (Make it negetive)(c) Let the boy be warned. (Make it active)(e) I am sure that he will succeed. (Make it simple)
- সে এত আস্তে আস্তে কথা বলছে যে আমরা শুনতে পারছিনা।প্রতিটি ঘণ্টা ও মিনিট কর্তব্যের আহ্বান নিয়ে আসে।
- (a) What are the factors of poverty?(c) What is its impact in rural areas?
- The sentence which makes a simple statement or assertion is called-
- What is the simple word for"one who breaks out into a house to steal"?
- Which one does not fall into the same category.
- "Raj wasn`t the paragon of virtue Rashida had expected" means
- (a)If we extend our helping hands towards others in their difficulty, they similarly return the help at the time of our need.(c)My sole concern was how I could contribute to the progress of the Bengali language(d)The internet has made it possible for people all over the world to communicate effectively and inexpensively with one another
- (b) Change the narration of the following:"You know it isn't safe to go to bed without locking the door", he said to his son."Thank you", the boy said to me receiving the gift.My mother said to me "Be polite to elders, my child".He said "Tell me boy, is the miller within?""My face is as the Lord made it, Mr. Mark"
- Choose the grammatically correct sentence.
- (a) Only God can help us. (Make it negative without changing the meaning)(c) There is no boy taller than he in the class. (Make it superlative degree) (e) I arrived at the station and met him. (Make it complex)
- When I____ my job I____ to move to another flat.
- Which one is the correct form of English ?
- Motorcycles having larger, more powerful engines normally accelerate faster and achieve higher speeds than motorcycles with smaller engines. However, the majority of motorcycle crashes involve motorcycles with smaller engines. Hence, to enhance the safety for motorcycle riders, we should encourage them to ride motorcycles with larger, more powerful engines.Which of the following statement, if true, most seriously weakens the argument above?
- at stakepros and consthe patient (die) before the doctor cameI ( read) for three hours.
- I made arrangements to close my florida place.(b) Translate into English.যখন-তখন আমাকে ফোন করিও না।
- The winning team of the World Series often has a jovial attitude. Jovial means
- After ________ suspended for misbehaviour, the student requested reconsideration