Read the following text and
answer the questions 4 and 5
ইংরেজি
সুমন লেনার্ড রোজারিও, সিনিয়র শিক্ষক (ইংরেজি)
সেন্ট গ্রেগরী হাইস্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ, ঢাকা
PART B: UNSEEN PART:
Read the following text and answer the questions 4 and 5:
Abul Qasem FazlulHuq was born in 1872 at Saturia in Barishal (the present Jhalakathi district). There he received his primary education in a village Maktab. He entered the BarishalZilla School. He passed the Entrance Examination standing firstin the Dhaka division. After that, he went to Kolkata for higher education. At the age of twenty-one, he passed the B.Sc. Examination obtaining Honours in Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics from the Presidency College. He took his M.Sc. degree in Mathematics in1895. The next year he was appointed an Examiner of M.A. in Mathematics in Kolkata University. In 1897, he passed B.L. Examination with distinction and enrolled himself in the Kolkata High Court as assistant to Sir AshutoshMukharjee. He worked with Nawab Sir SalimullahBahadur and played an important role in founding the All India Muslim League in 1906. In the same year, he gave up his legal profession and became a Magistrate. He acted for a short time, resigned and he joined the Kolkata High Court in 1912. In 1913, he became an elected M.L.C. for the first time. Three years after, he attended the special joint session of the Congress and the Muslim League in Lucknow and played an important role. In 1918, he became the General Secretary of the Indian National Congress and the President of the All India Muslim League.
4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage. 1×5=5
The name of the events
Place
Year/Time
Birth
(i) ------------
Entrance examination
(ii) -------------
M.Sc. degree
(iii) -----------
(iv) ----------
in 1906
Higher education
(v) -------------
5. True or false. If false write the correct answer: 1×5=5
(a) A. K. Fazlul Huq received his primary education from a primary school.
(b) He did his M. Sc. In Physics.
(c) He became M.L.C. in 1913.
(d) He practised law in Dhaka High Court.
(e) He had an important role in founding All India Muslim League.
6. Fill up the following blanks using appropriate words from the box below. 0.5×10=5
began
the
inaccessible
valley
enjoyed
got
peaks
urge
impossible
Himalayas
party
heard
Tenzing Norkay was born in the (a) ___ of 'son kumbu' in Nepal. He (b) ___ his life as a porter and (c) ___ of the inaccessible peaks of the (d) ____ being attempted to be conquered by (e) ___ Europeans. He felt within him the (f) ___ to climb the unconquered. He (g) ___ the chance when in 1935 a European (h) ___ came to climb the snowy Himalayan (i) ___. All the members of the party, (j) ___ a lot.
7. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each blank: 1×5=5
The book where we find the (a) ___ of words, explanations, etc. is called (b) ___ dictionary. We cannot even imagine our (c) ___ life without a dictionary. It was (d) ___ published in Latin language in 1225. (e) ___ may be of different kinds.
8. Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A' and column 'B' to write five complete sentences. There are more parts of sentences in column 'B' than required. 1×5=5
Column A
Column B
(i) Shylock was a cruel
(ii) He used to lend money to
(iii) The people of Venice did
(iv) There was a rich man
(v) He was very different
(a) named Antonio in Venice at that time.
(b) man who lived in Venice.
(c) people at a very high rate of interest.
(d) from Shylock and always helped people.
(e)not like him, for they knew him to be cruel.a
