B. Answer the following questions :
- What does the expression 'a much sought after tourist destination' mean?
- Where does the name 'Kuakata' come from?
- What makes Kuakata an attractive tourist spot?
- Why would one visit Kuakata?
- Kuakata' upholds an ancient tradition'. How?
b. The name Kuakata comes from the story of ‘Kua’— or well dug on the seashore by the early Rakhaine settlers for collecting drinking water.
c. Kuakata is one of the unique spots, which allows the visitors to watch and enjoy both the sunrise and the sunset from the beach. It also has sandy beaches, blue sky and the shimmering expanse of water. These unique characteristics of Kuakata make it an attractive tourist spot.
d. One would visit Kuakata for several reasons. First, Kuakata has sandy beaches, evergreen forests and shimmering expanse of water of the Bay of Bengal. Secondly, it allows the visitors to watch both sunrise and sunset from the beach. Third, it is a sanctuary for migratory birds and one could enjoy surfing waves and line of coconut trees.
E- Indigenous Rakhaine community live in Kuakata. They have their own culture and tradition, which they have been celebrating for ages. Hundred year old Buddhist temples can also be found in Kuakata. Through all these, Kuakata upholds an ancient tradition.
- Answer the following questions :(a) How was Jerry’s relationship with Pat?(b) Describe Jerry’s mother according to his description.(c) Why did the information of Jerry’s having a mother shock the narrator?(d) What was the writer’s ‘distress’?(e) Why did Jerry tell an imaginary story about his having a mother?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.Valentina Tereshkova was born in the village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. Tereshkova's father was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. Tereshkova began school in 1945 at the age of eight but left school in 1953 and continued her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. At that time she was employed as a textile worker at a local factory. It was her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection as a cosmonaut. After the flight of Yuri Gagarin (The first human being to travel to outer space in 1961), the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in spacE- On 16 February 1962, 'Proletaria' Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training that included weightless flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training in MiG 15 UTI jet fighters. Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, Tereshkova began preparing for her own flight. On the morning of 15 June 1963, Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in space-suits and taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was sealed inside Vostok-6. Finishing a two-hour count down, Vostok-6 launched faultlessly
- 'Please' is a kind of --
- The Rakhaines originally came from-
- The people of Bengal voted for-
- When are the images, thoughts and emotions of a dream experienced?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls' and boys' lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh; 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys. The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterized by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities and vulnerability to violence and sexual abusE- In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married off before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Research finds that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later agE- Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood..
- to decide things rationally' means---
- The word 'weightless' stands for ..........
- Answer the following questions :How will you define adolescence?Why is adolescence important?What do the adolescent girls in Bangladesh usually faceWhat are the effects of female inequality in BangladeshHow do wealth and education influence a girl's marriage?
- What does 'baffling' mean?
- What does the word 'vulnerable' mean?
- What does the word ‘settler’ in the passage mean?
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :What does the word 'rare' (বিরল, adj.) mentioned in the passage refer to?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.Folk music consists of songs and music of a community that are uninfluenced by any sophisticated musical rules or any standard music styles. Bangladesh has a heritage of rich folk music which includes both religious and secular songs. Folk music may be described as that type of ancient music which springs from the heart of a community, based on their natural style of expression uninfluenced by the rules of classical music and modern popular songs. Any mode or form created by the combination of tune, voice and dance may be described as music. Thus, the combination of folk song, folk dance and folk tune may be called folk music. For example, Baul songs are a combination of tune, music and dancE- In Bangladesh folk music has great variety, with songs being composed on the culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine lifE- These songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural. Mystical songs have been composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats. Since the country is basically riverine, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music. Folk music is formed and develops according to the environment. Differences in the natural environment are reflected in the people of the different regions. The dialects too vary across the different regions. Bangladeshi folk music therefore varies from region to region
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.... (T)he Negro is still not freE-.. the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination..... (T)he Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity..... (T)he Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. So we have come here today to dramatise a shameful condition....... I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justicE- I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of 'interposition' and 'nullification', that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together". This is our hopE- This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith, we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hopE- With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.........And if America is to be a great nation, this must become truE- So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New HampshirE- Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring. And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
- The orphanage, half a mile beyond the farm. Here the word 'beyond' is.....
- The best synonym of 'tributaries' is --.
- Answer the following questions :(a) What abilities does education give us? (b) How can we gain a degree of self-confidence?(c) What is the usefulness of an awareness about ourselves?(d) How can we become productive members of society? (e) Why is education called progressive and liberal?
- The word ‘occasions’ can be replaced by-
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and lifestyles are shaped. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls' or boys' lives. There are 28 million adolescents in Bangladesh : 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys. The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterised by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation and exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities and vulnerability to violence and sexual abusE- In Bangladesh the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 percent of adolescent girls are married before the age of 15 and 60 percent become mothers by the age of 19. Research finds that adolescents with higher level of education and from more affluent families tend to marry at a later agE- Boys, however, become ready for marriage only after several years of adolescence and young adulthood.
- The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has comE-" --- What is meant by 'to bridge the chasms'?
- Meditation has been a part of some religious traditions sincE-.....
- Answer the following questions :(a) What do you know about the education life of Sheikh Kamal ? (b) What were the cultural activities Sheikh Kamal was involved with?(c) What was the evidence that Sheikh Kamal was very fond of sports?(d) Which institutions did Sheikh Kamal found?(e) How was Sheikh Kamal exceptional from others?
- Where was Tereshkova sealed?