আব্দুল্লাহ আল মামুন
সিনিয়র শিক্ষক
ন্যাশনাল আইডিয়াল স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ, ঢাকা
Part B: Unseen Passage (10 Marks)
[NB-The Figures in the right margin indicate full marks]
Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5 :
Lord Byron was an English poet who lived from 1788 to 1824. His father, Captain John Byron, dies only three years after his birth. At the age of ten, after the death of his grand uncle, he inherited the family title and estate.
Byron attended a number of schools for his education and received his M.A. degree from Cambridge in 1808.
Byron left England in 1816, never to return and travelled to Geneva. His first collection of poems 'Honours of Idleness' appeared in 1807. Byron avenged himself in 1809 with his satire 'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers'. He published first two parts of 'Child Harold' in March, 1812 which made him famous. The third part of 'Child Harold' was published in 1816 and fourth part 1818. In 1817 he complied and published an American Dictionary.
The first two parts of 'Don Juan' were published in 1819 and by 1823 the poem was published completely in six separate volumes. Apart from his literary career, in 1809 he took his seat in the House of Lords. In 1824 he formed 'Byron Brigade" and gave large sums of money to the insurgent Greeks. But before any serious military action against the Turkish, he died.
4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage : 1×5=5
Educational position/event
Institution
Achievement/ Activity
Year
M.A
(i) ......
M.A degree
in 1809
Composer
(ii) .......
in 1807
Complied and published
an American Dictionary
(iii) ....
(iv) ......
in the House of Lords
in 1809
(v) .......
Formed
in 1824
5.Read the passage again and write True or False beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements : 1×5=5
a) Byron's grand uncle died after ten years of his birth.
b) Byron left England in 1816 in order to return soon.
c) In 1817 he assembled an American Dictionary.
d) Byron Brigade was made in 1824 under his guidance.
e) Lord Byron financed insurgent Greeks.
Answer:
4.(i) Cambridge; (ii) Honours of Idleness; (iii) 1817;
(iv) took his seat; (v) Byron Brigade.
5. (a) True. (b) False.Correct Answer : Byron left England in 1816 never to return and travelled to Geneva.
(c )True. (d) True. (e) True.
