Unseen Passage (4)
Class : Five,
Subject-English
Read the text and answer the
questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:
Independence
is the birth right of a man. Everyone wants to lead a free and independent
life. But, we, the Bangalis were deprived of our freedom for a long time. First
the British ruled us for about 200 years. Then the Pakistanis ruled us from 1947
to 1971. But the Bangalis did not remain silent. They stood against all the
oppressions from time to time. In 1952, we achieved the right place of our
mother tongue. To get this, many heroic sons of our country sacrificed their
valuable lives. This was a rare example in the history of the world. For this,
21 February is observed as International Mother Language Day all over the
world. However, after achieving the right place of Bangla, the people of this
country became bolder. They began to think how to achieve complete
independence. At last, in 1971, we got our independence. For this we had to
sacrifice many things. Many gave away their own lives. People lost their
father, mother, sons, daughters, relatives and friends. After nine months’ hard
struggle, we became free on 16 December, 1971. So 16 December is our Victory
Day. Now, we are citizens of an independent country. We have to build up the
country. So we have to perform our duties properly.
1.
Write
only the answer on the answer paper.
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(a) The
word ‘right’ in the first sentence means _____.
(i)
accurate (ii)
just (iii)
light (iv) claim
(b) _____
is the birth right of man.
(i)
dependence (ii)
independence (iii) free (iv) dependent
(c) The
word ‘lead’ in the second sentence means _____.
(i)
leader (ii)
take (iii)
live (iv) leave
(d) For
how many years did the British rule us?
(i)
200 (ii)
100 (iii)
250 (iv) none of
these
(e) The
Pakistanis ruled us for _____ years.
(i)
23 (ii)
24 (iii)
25 (iv) 26
(f)
The Banglais did not remain
_____.
(i)
noisy (ii)
free (iii)
quiet (iv) quite
(g)
We achieved the right place of
our mother tongue in _____.
(i)
1947 (ii)
1952 (iii)
1970 (iv) 1971
(h)
Many heroic sons of our country
sacrificed their _____.
(i)
lives (ii)
worried (iii)
bolder (iv) sick
(i)
Achieving the right place of
Bangla, made the people of this country _____.
(i)
weak (ii)
worried (iii)
bolder (iv) sick
(j)
Our Victory Day is _____.
(i)
26 March (ii) 16
December (iii) 21
February (iv) 01 March
2.
Fill
in the gaps with the best word from the box. Find the information in the story.
There are extra words which you need not use. 1´5=5
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up
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birth
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independence
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pay
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achieved
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observed
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hard
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( a) Independence
is a man’s _____ right.
(b)
We _____ our
independence in 1971.
(c)
The people of
Bangladesh struggled _____ to get independence.
(d)
21 February is
_____ as International Mother Language Day.
(e) We
have to build _____ the country.
3.
Answer
the following questions in a sentence or sentences. 2´5=10
(a)
What is the
birth right of a man?
(b)
For how many
years did the British rule us?
(c)
What did the
Bangalis do against all the oppressions?
(d)
What did the
heroic sons of our country do to achieve the right place of Bangla?
(e)
What did people
lose in the War of Independence?
4.
Write
at least in five sentences about “The Independence of Bangladesh”. The
following questions will help you. (Remember to use capital letters,
punctuation, correct spelling and sentence structure.) 10
(a) What do generally people want to do?
(b) By whom we were ruled?
(c) What did the Bangalis do to get free from the
oppressions?
(d) When did the War of Independence take place?
(e) How did we achieve our independence?
5.
Suppose,
you are Asif. Write a letter to your friend, Yasir about the Independence of
Bangladesh. (Write at least six sentences.) 10
Here are
some words to help you: address, date, salutation, main point, closing.
(Remember to use capital letters, punctuation, correct spelling and sentence structure.)
