<p><strong>Read the following text and answer the following questions 1, 2 & 3.</strong></p> <p>Rumi Akter Rina, 13, is in class 8 at Prime School in Chittagong. She dreams of becoming an electrical engineer. A daughter of a day labourer, she has never believed her dream would come true. She has never thought she could be an electrical engineer. But an opportunity came. She took part in a six month vocational training programme. And that raised her hopes high. In the evening shift, she took training in electrical and house wiring at the training centre. The centre is run by an NGO in Bahaddarhat area of Chittagong city. After the training, she can now install calling bells, motor connections, tube lights, electric fans and so on. The name of the project is ‘Vocational Skills Training for Urban Working Children in Bangladesh.’ Under this project, the NGO provides training to poor children in Chittagong. The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or UNICEF is funding the project.</p> <p>The training shows how things can be done practically. Lessons about safety measures are also given. The instructors are always present during the practical training sessions as part of safety measures. Each trainee is given Tk. 50 per day as a Tiffin allowance.</p> <p><strong>1.  Choose the best answer from the alternatives :  5×1=5</strong></p> <p>a)  The central character of this passage is a student of --------level.</p> <p>    i. PSC ii. JSC   </p> <p>    iii. SSC    iv. HSC</p> <p>b)  The word opportunity is similar to --------.</p> <p>    i. change   ii. scope  </p> <p>    iii. operate    iv. option</p> <p>c)  Her father earns money --------.</p> <p>    i. daily    ii. weekly      iii. monthly    iv. yearly</p> <p>d)  Lesson about safety measures are also given. Here ‘also’ is --------.</p> <p>    i. an adverb    ii. a conjunction   iii. a pronoun iv. an adjective</p> <p>    e) The training helps learners to earn -------- knowledge.</p> <p>i. theoretical  ii. bookish     iii. industrial    iv. practical</p> <p>Answers:</p> <p>a) + ii. JSC   b) + ii. scope</p> <p>c) + i. daily   d) + i. an adverb</p> <p>e) + iv. practical</p> <p><strong>2. Answer the following questions :      5×2=10</strong></p> <p>a) What is Rumi Akter Rina?</p> <p>b) What is her father?</p> <p>c) Where is the centre for vocational programme?</p> <p>d) Who are eligible for receiving the training of NGO?</p> <p>e) Which organization is playing role as the financial authority?</p> <p><strong>Answers :</strong></p> <p>a) Rumi Akter Rina is a student of class eight at Prime School in Chittagong.</p> <p>b) Her father is a day labourer.</p> <p>c) The centre for vocational programme is at Bahaddarhat, Chittagong.</p> <p>d) The poor children in Chittagong are eligible for receiving the training.</p> <p>e) UNICEF is playing role as the financial authority.</p> <p><strong>3. Summarize the passage in your own words.     10</strong></p> <p><strong>Answer :</strong></p> <p>The central theme of this passage is focused on the dream of a teenager. The passage shows us that impossible facts turn to possible if there is the presence of cordiality. In spite of financial shortage, the daughter of a day labourer fulfils her dream. UNICEF associates the girls like her to reach the goal.</p> <p><strong>Read the passage carefully and answer the questions 4 & 5.</strong></p> <p>Jibananda Das was born in a small town of Barisal in 1899. He took his Masters Degree in English from university of Calcutta at the age of 22. The next year he started his career as a English teacher at the Kolkata City College. He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in the ‘Parichaya Patrika’. But two years after he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year. He got an appointment in Brajamohan College, Barishal in 1935. In 1947 when the partition was made Jibananda Das left Bangladesh for India. In West Bengal he started editing the ‘Swaraj Patrika’.Then he joined the Kharagpur College. He won the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955. He met with a tram accident on the 14th October, 1954. His remarkable works are Banalata Sen, Jhara Palak, Dhusar Pandulipi, Rupsi Bangla etc.</p> <p><strong>4. Complete the following table with the information mentioned in the passage.     5×1=5  </strong></p> <table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" style="width:500px"> <tbody> <tr> <td><strong>Who/ What</strong></td> <td><strong>Event/ Activity</strong></td> <td><strong>WhereWhen</strong></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Jibananda Das</td> <td>i. ........</td> <td>In Barisal</td> <td>In 1899</td> </tr> <tr> <td>ii. ........</td> <td>Acquired M.A degree</td> <td>In English</td> <td>In 1921</td> </tr> <tr> <td>He</td> <td>Lost job</td> <td>iii. ......</td> <td>In 1928</td> </tr> <tr> <td>He</td> <td>iv. ........</td> <td>the</td> <td>Kharagpur College</td> </tr> <tr> <td>v. ........</td> <td>Was left</td> <td>At hospital</td> <td>In 1954</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p><strong>Answers : </strong></p> <p>i. Was born   ii. he  iii. Kolkata City College</p> <p>iv. Kharagpur College    v. His last breath</p> <p><strong>5. Identify the correct and incorrect statements from the following. Write true for the correct and false with accurate information for the incorrect one.     5×1=5</strong></p> <p>a) A tram accident is responsible for the premature death of Jibonanda Das.</p> <p>b) His maiden job was as a English teacher at Kolkata City College.</p> <p>c) In 1947, he returned to India for his better career.</p> <p>d) He won the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1953.</p> <p>e) He survived for nine days after meeting the tragic accident.</p> <p><strong>Answer :</strong></p> <p>a) True   </p> <p>b) True</p> <p>c) False : correct answer- in 1947, he returned to India due to partition.</p> <p>d) False : correct answer- He won the Indian Sahitya Akademi Award in 1955. e) True</p>