মো. শহীদুল ইসলাম, শিক্ষক
পারুলিয়া তফশীলি হাইস্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ
Part-A : Reading Test
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below. Text book: Unit-3; Lesson- 3 (B)
21 February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every year as International Mother Language Day. The day is a national holiday. On this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state language in undivided Pakistan in 1952. It is known as the Language Movement. The seed of the Language Movement was sown on 21 March 1948 when Mohammad Ali Zinnah, the then Governor General of Pakistan, at a public meeting in Dhaka declared that Urdu would be the only state language of Pakistan. The declaration raised a storm of protest in the eastern part of the country. The protest continued non-stop, gathering momentum day by day. It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952. The government outlawed all sorts of public meetings and rallies to stop it.The students of Dhaka University defied the law and they brought out a peaceful protest procession on 21 February 1952. When the procession reached near Dhaka Medical College, the police opened fire on the students, killing Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Safiur and Jabbar. As a result, there were mass protests all over the country and the government had to declare Bengali too as a state language. This kindled the sparks of independence movement of Bangladesh.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.
(a) The seed of the language movement was shown by —-
(i) Salam (ii) Martyrs
(iii) Zinnah (iv) Students
(b) The phrase ‘storm of protest’ means—— (i) mild protest (ii) strong protest (iii) moderate protest (iv) symbolic protest
(c) Which of the following is the closest meaning of ‘tribute’?
(i) gift (ii) salvo
(iii) honour (iv) offering
(d) Why did the eastern part become agitated?
(i) for the declaration of national holiday (ii) because of declaring the Urdu as the only state language (iii) for the equal rights of all people (iv) for the suffrage of people
(e) What is the closest meaning of ‘kindle’? (i) inflame (ii) candle (iii) kind (iv) burring
(f) Which of the following sparked a mass protest in the then East Pakistan?
(i) Zinnah’s declaration
(ii) Zinnah’s amicable declaration (iii) Tyranny on the common people
(iv) Exploitation of the ruler
(g) Pakistani government declared Bangla as a state language because they were ——
(i) compelled to do that
(ii) requested to do that (iii) urged to do that (iv) advised to do that
(h) 21st February is a memorable day for all Bangladeshis because this is the day when ——
(i) Urdu was declared as the only state language of Pakistan (ii) we pay tribute to the martyrs of Liberation war (iii) some great people laid down their lives to establish Bangla as a state language (iv) students protested against
(i) Mohammad Ali Zinna’s declaration
Salam and Jabbar were the citizen of —- (i) Bangladesh (ii) Nepal
(iii) India (iv) Pakistan
(j) The gap between the beginning and the climax of Language Movement—-
(i) 2 years (ii) 3 years
(iii) 4 years (iv) 5 years