Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.
Sohan lives in a village in the south-west part of Bangladesh. Last night he could not sleep. His sister had the SSC exam next morning. She could not read either. There was-load shedding. The summer night being sticky hot, life became hell without electricity. Most of their area remained dark for hours due to power shortage.
In May-June, temperature shoots up to 40 degree Celsius. With almost 90 per cent of humidity in the atmosphere, it becomes all sweat, wet, damp and stinky. When you are busy fanning yourself all the time, how come you concentrate on studies? In the night it is impossible to sit in the study with a candle light or table lamp or hurricane lamp or a rural kerosene lamp. People simply come out of houses almost bare-bodied and sit in the open places. Some splash cold water on their faces. Fans are still, lamps are out and it is dark everywhere. It is simply unbearable.
What is the reason of frequent load-shedding? Press reports say there is a shortage in electricity production. According to the Power development authorities, the current demand for electricity is more than 6,000 MW* a day while the supply remains around 4,200 MW. In the rural areas, the Rural Electrification Board (REB) can supply barely half of the total demand which is around 2,400 MW per day. In the capital city, the demand stands at around 1,400 MW while the supply amounts to 650 MW. As a result, load shedding is unavoidable.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a) The reason of Sohan’s sister’s inability to read that night was —.
i) Sohan’s disturbance ii) lack of load-shedding ;
iii) lack of electricity iv) her own intention
b) Increase of temperature upto 40°C occurs —.
i) throughout the whole year ii) at the time of load-shedding
iii) during the SSC exam iv) in the summer
c) How is the situation of the supply of electricity in term of demand?
i) consistent ii) insufficient iii) over-flowing iv) enough
d) The weather in summer is —.
i) intolerable ii) unavoidable iii) impossible iv) very pleasant
e) Load-shedding is — affair now-a-days.
i) rare ii) uncommon iii) common iv) weekly
f) When was the SSC exam held, according to the passage?
i) in the winter ii) in the spring iii) in the summer iv) in February–March
g) About — of the atmosphere remains free of humidity in May to June.
i) 90% ii) 40% iii) 60% iv) 10%
Extra Practices
h) Which cannot function at the time of load-shedding?
i) candle lamp ii) fans iii) table lamp iv) hurricane lamp
i) Which is the main reason of load-shedding?
i) low production ii) hot temperature iii) high production iv) limited demand
j) The REB monitors electrical affairs —.
i) throughout the whole country ii) in the capital
iii) outside the urban areas iv) outside the rural areas:
k) Sohan lives in the —— part of Bangladesh.
(i) south-west (ii) east-west
(iii) north-south (iv) south-east
l) Sohan’s sister had the —— exam next morning.
(i) HSC (ii) SSC
(iii) BA (iv) MA
m) Temperature shoots up to —— in May–June.
(i) 40ºC (ii) 50ºC
(iii) 60ºC (iv) 30ºC
n) In the capital city the demand stands at around ——.
(i) 1400 MW (ii) 140 MW
(iiI 1400 W (iv) 1400 KW
o) REB stands for ——
(i) Rural Electricity Bureau (ii) Rare Electricity Board
(iii) Rural Electicity Board (iv) Rural Electrification Board
2.Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
a) Why could not Sohan sleep last night?
b) Where does Sohan live?
c) What are simply unbearable?
d) What do people do in time of load -shedding at night?
e) Why is it impossible to sit in the study without electricity at night?
Extra Practices
a) What happened to Sohan last night?
b) How was the summer night?
c) What happened during load-shedding in Sohan’s area?
d) What causes load-shedding?
e) What is the current demand for electricity?
Answer:
1. a. iii) lack of electricity; b. iv) in the summer; c. ii) insufficient; d. i) intolerable; e. iii) common; f, iii) in the summer; g. iv) 10%; h. ii) fans; i.i) low production; j.iii) outside the urban areas; k. (i); l. (ii); m. (i); n. (i); o. (iv);
2. a. Sohan could not sleep last night as there was no electricity.
Sohan lives in a village in the north-west part of Bangladesh.
When electricity goes, fans are still, lamps are out and it is dark everywhere. All these things are simply unbearable.
People come out of houses almost bare-bodied and sit in the open places. Some splash cold water on their faces.
It is impossible to sit in the study without electricity in the night with a candle light or table lamp or hurricane lamp or a rural kerosene lamp,
Last night Sohan could not sleep due to power shortage.
Bangla Translation
সোহান বাংলাদেশের দক্ষিণ-পশ্চিমাঞ্চলের একটি গ্রামে বাস করে। গত রাতে সে ঘুমাতে পারেনি। পরের দিন সকালে তার বোনের এসএসসি পরীক্ষা ছিল। সেও পড়তে পারেনি। লোডশেডিং ছিল। গ্রীষ্মের রাতটা ছিল তীব্র গরম, বিদ্যুৎ ছাড়া জীবন নরক হয়ে ওঠে। বিদ্যুৎ সংকটের কারণে তাদের বেশিরভাগ এলাকা ঘণ্টার পর ঘণ্টা অন্ধকারে থাকত।
মে-জুন মাসে তাপমাত্রা ৪০ ডিগ্রি সেলসিয়াসে পৌঁছে যায়। বায়ুমণ্ডলে প্রায় ৯০ শতাংশ আর্দ্রতা থাকায়, সবকিছু ঘাম, ভেজা, স্যাঁতসেঁতে এবং দুর্গন্ধযুক্ত হয়ে ওঠে। যখন আপনি সর্বদা নিজেকে ফ্যান জ্বালাতে ব্যস্ত থাকেন, তখন আপনি কীভাবে পড়াশোনায় মনোযোগ দেন? রাতে মোমবাতির আলো, টেবিল ল্যাম্প, হারিকেন ল্যাম্প বা গ্রামীণ কেরোসিনের বাতি নিয়ে পড়াশোনায় বসতে অসম্ভব। মানুষ কেবল খালি গায়ে ঘর থেকে বেরিয়ে খোলা জায়গায় বসে থাকে। কেউ কেউ মুখে ঠান্ডা জল ছিটিয়ে দেয়। ফ্যান স্থির থাকে, ল্যাম্প নিভে যায় এবং সর্বত্র অন্ধকার থাকে। এটা একেবারেই অসহনীয়।
ঘন ঘন লোডশেডিংয়ের কারণ কী? সংবাদমাধ্যমের প্রতিবেদনে বলা হয়েছে যে বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদনে ঘাটতি রয়েছে। বিদ্যুৎ উন্নয়ন কর্তৃপক্ষের মতে, বর্তমানে বিদ্যুতের চাহিদা দৈনিক ৬,০০০ মেগাওয়াটেরও বেশি, অথচ সরবরাহ ৪,২০০ মেগাওয়াটের কাছাকাছি। গ্রামীণ এলাকায়, পল্লী বিদ্যুতায়ন বোর্ড (REB) মোট চাহিদার মাত্র অর্ধেক সরবরাহ করতে পারে, যা প্রতিদিন প্রায় ২,৪০০ মেগাওয়াট। রাজধানীতে, চাহিদা প্রায় ১,৪০০ মেগাওয়াট এবং সরবরাহ ৬৫০ মেগাওয়াট। ফলস্বরূপ, লোডশেডিং অনিবার্য।
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.
Partha Pratim Majumder was born in 1954 in Pabna to a family of artistes. He spent most of his early years in his ancestral home, one of the biggest houses, situated in a small locality known as Kalachandpara. At that time Kalachandpara was well known for its cultural activities. There were festivals and various types of cultural shows round the year. Majumder’s father, a photographer by profession was an art lover. He taught and inspired his son to appreciate different forms of art.
Majumder went to live with his aunt in Chandernagar, 30 kilometres away from Kolkata in 1966. It was there that he first came across a mime artiste named Jogesh Dutta. The way Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word, left Majumder spellbound. He took lessons on mime from Dutta in Jogesh Dutta’s mime academy in Kolkata from 1966 to 1972.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a) Majumder went to ----- live with his aunt.
(i) Chandpur (ii) Chanderhat (iii) Chandernagar (iv) Chunasughat
b) Majumder’s ----- was a photographer.
(i) father (ii) brother (iii) uncle (iv) cousin
c) The birth place of Partha Pratim is -----.
(i) Patna (ii) Pabna (iii) Paharpur (iv) Parbatipur
d) He was highly inspired by his -----.
(i) father (ii) mother (iii) sister (iv) brother
e) Chandernagar is ----- away from Kolkata.
(i) forty kms. (ii) thirty kms. (iii) thiry miles. (iv) fifty kms.
f) Majumder was born in -----.
(i) 1954 (ii) 1945 (iii) 1950 (iv) 1854
g) His father was born in -----.
(i) artist (ii) art lover (iii) honest man (iv) educationist
Extra Practices
h) ----- was well-known for its cultural activities.
(i) Kalyanpur (ii) Kalachandpara (iii) Khamarpara (iv) Kamarkhali
i) He went to Chandernagar in -----.
(i) 1996 (ii) 1966 (iii) 1954 (iv) 1960
j) Majumder took lessons on ----- from Dutta.
(i) mime (ii) sports (iii) photography (iv) drawing
Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
a) Why did Majumder go to Chandernagar?
b) Who inspired him to appreciate different forms of art?
c) Where did he take lessons on mime from Dutta?
d) What was Majumder’s father?
e) What made Majumder spellbound?
Extra Practices
1. When was Partha Pratim Majumder born?
2. Where did he spend most of his early years?
3. What was Kalachandpara well known for?
4. Where was Chandernagar?
5. Did Partha take lessons on mime?
1. a. ii) the land owner; b. iv) the Archeological Survey of India; c. iv) 1991; d. ii) Pre-liberation; e. ii) southern Asia. f. (iii); g. (i);
2. a. Paharpur is in Naogaon district of northern Bangladesh
The Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh brought the site under further excavation after independence.
Expeditions revealed the architectural site of a vast Buddhist monastery, the Somapura Mahavihara.
Somapura Mahavihara was built during 781-821 AD.
Cunningham found the ruins of a square tower to 22 feet side with projection in the middle of each side from the top of central hill.
Paharpur is situated in a village named ‘Paharpur’ in Naogaon district of northern Bangladesh.
Clay seals indicates that the site was built by the second Pala king.
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