Section-A: Seen Passage
Read the text and answer the questions 1,2
Bangladeshi cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many spices. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks, and sweets. Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh-water fishes in the lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common, Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur (catfish), chingri (prawn or shrimp), Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsha is very popular among the people of Bangladesh.
Panta-Ilish is a traditional platter of PantaBhat. It is steamed rice soaked in water and served with fried hilsha slice, often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the PohelaBoishakh. The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets. 'Pitha' a type of sweets made from rice, flour, sugar syrup, molasses and sometimes milk, is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter PithaUtsab, meaning pitha festival is organized by different groups of people,weets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weddings, promotions etc. Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly milk based. The common ones are roshgulla, sandesh, rasamalai, gulapjamun, kaljamun and chom-chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweet preparations. Sweets are therefore an important part of the day to day life of Bangladeshi people.
1.Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1*7=7
a.Tradition.
(i)Heritage (ii)Convention(iii)Barter(iv)Dealing
b.'sweets are distributed among close relative'__ what does the word 'close' mean here?
(i)Block (ii)Dearer
(iii)Bosom (iv)Near in relationship
c.Pantailish is __ food in Bangladesh.
(i)An ancient(ii)A tradition
(iii)A recent(iv)An expensive
d.The people of Bangladesh are fond of _
(i)Lentil soup(ii)Green chilies
(iii)Protein(iv)Sweets
e.Our foods are rich became they have a lot of __ in them.
(i)Oil(ii)Sweets
(iii)Protein(iv)Vitamin
f.The sweet of Bangladesh are __
(i)Not appreciated of Bangladesh
(ii)Milk based
(iii)Of little varieties.
(iv)Not an important part of the day to day life of our people .
g.Pitha festival is organized by the different winter of people __
(i)During winter (ii)All the year round
(iii)In summer (iv)In spring
2.Read the passage in 'A' again. Now answer the following questions : 2*4= 8
(a)What has made Bangladeshi food so special?
(b)How is pitha made?
(c)Why are sweets distributed among the near relatives?
(d)How do people celebrate their good news?
Answer of the following questions :
1 .(a) (ii) convention
(b) (iv) near in relationship
(c) (iv) a tradition(d) (iv) sweets
(e) (iii) protein(f) (ii) milk based
(g) (i) during winter
2. (a) Bangladeshi cuisine has made Bangladeshi food so special.
(b) Pitha is made from rice flour, sugar, syrup, molasses and sometimes milk.
(c) Sweets are distributed among the near relatives for good news like births , weddings, promotions etc.
(d) People celebrate their good news by
distributing sweets among close relatives.