RE-ARRANGEMENT
Re-Arranging
Sentences
1.
(a) Then
he invited applications. DB.-17;
BB.-17
(b) The applicants were asked to
meet the Sultan one by one.
(c) Long ago there lived
a Sultan in a country.
(d) Then he found the desired man.
(e) He wanted to appoint an honest man
as his tax collector.
(f) A number of people applied for the
job
(g) All the applicants blushed but
except one.
(h) So, he asked for the counselor’s
advice.
(i) When they all arrived Sultan asked
them to Dance.
(j) They came through a passage where
gold coins were kept.
Ans: c = e = h = a = f =
b = j = I = g = d
2.
(a)
As Bagherhat is near the Bay of Bengal , the water is usually saline. CB.-17
(b) Khan Jahan Ali was a philanthropic man.
(c) He therefore
excavated many tanks to provide fresh water to the people.
(d) He came to Bagherhat to preach
Islam and to promote the plight of the common people.
(e) He found Bagherhat beset with many
problems.
(f) His memory will never be sunk into
oblivion.
(g) Thus he redressed the problem of
drinking water.
(h) The scarcity of drinking water is
one of them.
(i) The people of Bagherhat remember
him with great respect.
(j) Gora Dighi is one of them.
Ans: b = d = e = h = a =
c = j = g = i = f
3. (a) As a result he studied under a
great thinker Plato. RB.-17
(b)
He also wrote books on Biology, Literature. Economics, and comparative
politics.
(c) Plato taught Aristotle according to
his own way.
(d)
Aristotle was born in Greece.
(e)
His father wanted him to be a physician but never cherished to be so.
(f)
Later on, Aristotle took the pen to write on topics suitable for human
civilization.
(g)
He is called the father of Biology because of his creativity.
(h)
Politics is one of his famous books which exposes fullest development of his
wisdom.
(i)
He was the son of a royal physician.
(j)
He wanted to be a free thinker.
Ans: d = i = e = j = a = c = f = h = b = g
4. (a) “Please let
me go to my country.” Dij B.-17
(b) An English boy was making a small
boat.
(c) “I shall cross the sea and go to my country by
this boat.”
(d) He made all arrangements to send him to his
country.
(e) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
(f) Nepoleon was charmed by the words of the small
boy.
(g) “ I have not seen my mother for a long time.”
(h) The
boy said, “My country is one the other side of the sea.”
(i) One day Nepoleon , the king of
France was walking along the sea shore.
(j) The boy was brought before him and
he asked him what he would do with such a small boat.
Ans: i = e = b = j = h =
g = c = a = f = d
5. (a) He asked him
where God was. JB.-17
(b) He praised him highly.
(c) Once a lad
went to a famous teacher.
(d) The teacher thought highly of the
boy’s understanding
(e) The lad replied that he would answer if he
would tell where He is not.
(f) The boy devoted himself to earning
knowledge.
(g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and
sciences.
(h) He
agreed to teach the lad.
(i) He had expressed his desire to
acquire knowledge.
(j) The teacher wished to find out the
ability of the boy.
Ans: c = i = g = j = a =
e = d = b = h = f
6. (a) He was one
of the most renowned linguists of Bangladesh. CtgB.-17
(b) He died in 1969 and we remember him
with respect.
(c) He was
second to none in Bengali Language and Literature.
(d) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was born
in 24 Porgona , west Bengal in 1885.
(e) He joined Jassore Zilla School in
1910.
(f) He passed the Entrance and FA exam in 1904
& 1906 respectively.
(g) He received some awards and
contributed much to Bengali Literature.
(h) He
passed Hons. and MA in 1910 and 1912.
(i) He joined Dhaka University as a
Lecturer of Bengali in 1921.
(j) He got his PhD in 1928.
Ans: d = f = e = h = i =
j = c = a = g = b
7.
(a) One prize is
awarded in each field. SB.-17
(b) The prize is instituted by a man who was the
innovator of the science of destruction.
(c) Nobel Prize is the world’s most important
prize.
(d) He is Alfred Bernard Nobel.
(e) Though he is a citizen of Sweden,
he was educated in Russia
(f) Nobel Prizes are awarded every year
for outstanding achievements in the field of science, literature, and for promoting World’s Peace.
(g) The prize is given to persons with
most outstanding contribution.
(h) If
there are more recipient of the prize in one field, the prize money is equally
distributed amongst all the winners.
(i) Economics was added to the list in
1969 for the first time.
(j) He was born in Stockholm on 21st
October , 1833 and he died on 10th December, 1896.
Ans: c = g = b = d = j =
e = f = i = a = h
8.
(a) They
were alliance in their own country and were subjected to all sorts of
indignities.
(b) The
black were treated cruelly.
(c) The
great leader vowed to put an end to the in human practice.
(d) They
were denied all sorts of human basic rights.
(e) Even
dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks.
(f) Eventually,
the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.
(g) He
was thrown behind the prison bar
(h) Nelson
Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.
(i) But
the oppressive rules could not break the spirit
(j) In fact
he was one of the greatest of the world who struggled against apartheid
throughout his whole life.
Ans:
h®j®b®a®d®e®c®g®i®f
9.
JB-16
(a) He had many wise men in his court.
(b) Birbal, who was praised by everybody for his presence of
mind.
(c) Akbar an emperor of Dilhi, was a great Mughal who was
not learned but he had great respect for the
learned.
(d) Birbal made a list but he put the name of emperor at the
top of the list.
(e) Oneday the emperor asked Birbal to make a list of the fools
living in the country.
(f) The emperor saw the list and became surprised to see his
name at the top.
(g) Birbal said, “I beg your pardon, your majesty. The other
dsay you gave ten thousand gold coins to an
unknown man to buy you some horses. He may not come back. So I call you a fool.
(h) I shall drop your name from the list and write his name
in your place.
(i) He called him and asked , “How is it that you call your
emperor a fool?”
(j) “If the man comes” said the emperor “What will you do?”
Ans: c = a = b = e = d =
f = i = g = j = h
10.
(a) There was a little water at the bottom of the
jar
(b) It was disheartened.
(c) Once a crow was very
thirsty.
(d) The water raised to the
brim and quenched its thirst.
(e) So it went out in
search of water.
(f) It dropped the pebbles
into the jar.
(g) It flew in different
places but found no water.
(h) So it found some
pebbles nearby.
(i) At last it went to a
garden.
(j) It was out of his reach.
Ans: c®e®g®®b®i®
a®j®h®f®d
11.
(i) The dauntless spider climbed the ceiling after
some unsuccessful attempts, inspiring Bruce to shake off the darkness of
despair.
(ii) The enemies were defeated and Bruce regained his
kingdom.
(iii) The spider failed again and again to succeed but did
not give up hope.
(iv) Once Bruce was lying in the cave and saw a spider
trying hard to reach the ceiling.
(v) He gathered an army of strong men and attacked his
enemies.
(vi) The king fought bravely but lost the battle.
(vii) Robert Bruce was a famous king.
(viii) He had to flee from his kingdom and took shelter from
a remote cave to save his life.
(ix) Enemies invaded his kingdom.
(x) The king was always in a gloomy state for his unhappy
condition.
Ans: vii®
ix ®
vi ®viii®
x®iv®
iii®i®v®ii
12.
(i)
The last words of the speech are, “Government of the people, by the people, for
the people shall not perish from the earth.
(ii) Abraham Lincoln
was the president of the United States of America.
(iii) He was going there to speak at a meeting.
(iv) On the 10th November 1863, a railway train
was carrying him to a place called Gettysburg.
(v) It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in the
English Language.
(vi) On the envelop , it was what he was going to say at the
meeting.
(vii) These words tell us what the best possible way of
ruling a country is.
(viii) In the train, he was busy in writing something.
(ix) In fact , the speech on the envelop is now famous as
“Gettysburg Address.”
(x) He was not writing on a paper but on the back of an
envelope.
Ans: ii®
iv®iii®viii®x®vi®
ix®v®i®vii
13.
(a)
Away from his brothers home he was lucky to find a friendly English family of
Dr. and Mrs. Scot.
(b) He went to school early and wrote his first
verse at the age of eight.
(c) But soon his brother sent him to London to
benefit from the education in he west.
(d) He described London as a dismal city, smoky,
foggy and wet.
(e) Though he had full of admiration for English
society, he was called back to India in 1880 without any qualification of distinction.
(f) At the age of seventeen , in 1878 he arrived in
London.
(g) There two daughters were taken aback with the
presence of a ‘blackie’ in the house but the girl’s parents in fact treated him like a son.
(h) He joined the Brother’s family at Brighton and
attended school there.
(i) Rabindranath Tagore was the fourteenth child of
Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.
(j) He was quiet happy in Brighton.
Ans: i®b®f® d® h® j ® c ® a ® g ® e
14. (a) Alexander
was pleased with pours for his bold reply.
(b) He was brought before Alexander.
(c)
There ruled a king named pours.
(d)
Alexander, the king of Macedon, crossed
the Khaibar Pass and reached India.
(e)
Porus came forward with his men and arms
in order to defend his land from attack of Alexander.
(f)
But unfortunately he was defeated in a
battle and was taken prisoner.
(g)
Then he came to this plain of the Punjab.
(h)
“ Like a king” was the reply made by
porus.
(i) He
allowed him to rule the country as before and also made him king at
another province in the Punjab.
(j)
Alexander asked him how he would like to
be treated.
Ans: d ® g ® c ® e ® f ® b ® j ® h ® a ® i
15. (a) As a student Luther king was very brilliant.
(b) He donated all the money for the development of
the Negro Nation.
(c)
After marriage Luther king worked as
clergyman in the Baptist church of Albania.
(d)
He was born on 15th 1929 in
the Atlanta city.
(e) He was shot dead in 1966 when he was only 37
years old.
(f) He was
awarded Nobel peace prize for leading the racial problem of America in a
non-violent and peaceful way.
(g)
In this time he married an extra-ordinary
learned woman called Curate Scolt.
(h)
Martin Luther king was a great leader in
the history of the freedom and the rise of
the Negro time.
(i)
He was imprisoned for this movement
against the colour University.
(j) He obtained high doctorate degree from Boston
University.
Ans:
h®d®a®j ® g®c®i®f®b®e
16.
(i)
Socrates joined in their laughter. (ii) One day the woman became more furious
than ever.(iii) She began to insult the great scholar of Greece.(iv) He quietly
remarked , “I was expecting this. I know that after thunder comes rain.” (v) The
found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word. (vi) She went
up to him with a bucket full of water and poured much water on him. (vii) Socrates went outside. (viii) He sat
on the door step of his residence looking out on the street. (ix) Socrates had
a wife who used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse. (x) The passers –
by in the street were much amused at the incident.
Ans:
ix®
(ii) ®
(iii) ®
(vii) ®
(viii) ®
(v) ®
(vi) ®
(x) ®
(i) ®
(iv)
17.
(a) In
1850, Alfred Noble joined his father’s company.
(b) He was an engineer and chemist.
(c) The Noble Prize’ has been given since 1901.
(d) He earned a lot of money from his dynamic
business.
(e) This award was named after Alfred Nobel and it
was called ‘Nobel Prize.’
(f) Alfred Noble was born on October 21, 1833 at
Stockholm, Sweden.
(g) He had ammunition business at Leningrad.
(h) After some years Alfred Nobel invented
dynamite.
(i) He undertook a plan to give an award for
encouraging the creative worked and for setting up peace in the world.
(j) His father Emanuel Noble was an architect and
researcher.
Ans: f = b = j = g = a = h = d=
i=e= a
18. (a) They
never imagined that this shabbily dressed man would be Einstein himself.
(b) He
could not think that these people were there actually to receive him.
(c) Einstein,
however, walked the whole way from the station with a suitcase in one hand and
a violin in the other.
(d) “But,” Einstein added, “I assure you, I greatly
enjoyed the walk.”
(e) Once Einstein went to Brussels at the
invitation of the Queen of Belgium.
(f) When he got down from the train at Brussels, he
saw many gorgeously dressed people present at the station.
(g) The
officials also expected to se somebody who would appear to be rich and
aristocratic to them.
(h) With
a smile on his face, he replied, “I did not expect that, your Majesty.”
(i) When
he reached the palace, the Queen said to him, “I sent a car for you Dr
Einstein.”
(j) So they went
back to the Queen and informed her that the great scientist had not come by the
train.
Ans: e®f®b®g®a®j®c®i®h®d
19. (a) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the
army.
(b) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic
genius.
(c) On
his returned from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen and began
to write poems.
(d) In
1972, he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national
poet.
(e) His
poem inspired our freedom fighters in the liberation war of Bangladesh.
(f) At last at the age of 19 he joined the army as
an ordinary soldier.
(g) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories,
gajals, novels etc and travelled all branches of Bengali literature.
(h) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in
1306 BS (1893 AD) at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.
(i) He died on the 29 August, 1976.
(j) His famous poem “Bidrohi” stirred the whole
nation.
Ans: h®b®a®f®c®g®j®e®d®i
20. (a) Then
the leader of the robbers came to Saadi.
(b) The
merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
(c) He
had a bundle of books and some money with him.
(d) They
travelled for twelve days without any trouble.
(e) He
ordered Saddi to give all he had to him.
(f) On
the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked
them.
(g) Sheikh
Saddi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without
any fear.
(h) Once
Sheikh Saddi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.
(i) Saddi
then said, “ I hope that you wil make good use of these books.”
(j) The
robbers took away all the goods and money from the merchants.
Ans: h®b®d®f®j ®a®e® c®g®i
21. (a) He
took the lions paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it.
(b) His
master was very bad and inefficient heavy torture on him.
(c) The
lion was relieved of his pain.
(d) One
day he field from his master house and took shelter in a cave.
(e) The
lion seemed wounded as he was groaning.
(f) Unfortunately,
he was caught by a slave merchant who sold him to a rich man in another
country.
(g) Once
upon a time there lived a young man named Andorcles.
(h) A
lion lived in the cave.
(i) He
came near Androcles and lifted his paw.
(j) In
the evening a lion entered the cave.
Ans: g®f®b®d®h®j®e®i®a®c
22. (a) The
king asked the astrologer how long he wanted to live.
(b) He
was very fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.
(c) But
another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for
execution.
(d) The
astrologer told him something unpleasant.
(e) He
condemned him to death.
(f) The
king called on him.
(g) At
this the king got furious.
(h) He
wanted to know about his future from him.
(i) A
famous astrologer happened to stop at his capital.
(j) Once
there was a king.
Ans:- j®
b® i® f ®h® d® g® e® c
23. (a) He spent the next four decades as a scientist
and a science administrator.
(b) He was awarded by “Bharat Ratna”, India’s
highest civilian honor.
(c) He thus came to be known as the Missile Man of
India.
(d) He was involved in India’a civilian space
program and military missile development effort.
(e) While delivering a lecture at the Indian Institute
Of Management Shillong , Kalam collapsed and died from an apparent cardiac
arrest on 27July 2015, aged 83.
(f)
He was born and raised in Rameswaram ,
Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.
(g) He was widely referred to as the “People’s
president’.
(h) APJ Abdul Kalam was the 11th
president of India from 2002 to 2007.
(i)
His death was mourned across the nation
with national- level dignitaries attending the funeral ceremony.
(j) He returned to his civilian life of education
writing and public service after a single term.
Ans: h®f®a®d®c®g®j®b®e®i
24. (a) He entered the kingdom
of the prince and captured a large village.
(b)
Taimur disguised himself as a poor
traveler.
(c) He came with a large army.
(d) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of
the world.
(e)
The prince heard the news. (f)
Thus the saved his life.
(g)
Taimur’s soldiers were killed.
(h)
His soldiers surrounded the village on
all sides and a terrible battle took place.
(i)
Once he attacked the province of a
powerful prince.
(j)
The village was situated far away from
the capital.
Ans:
d ® i ® a® j® e® c ® h ® g ® b ® f
25. (a) The honest
farmer told his wife that honesty is the best policy and that he would first
try to find out the man who had lost it.
(b) There lived a poor but worthy farmer in a
village.
(c) She advised him to use it or at least a part of
it for themselves.
(d) With
the small income of his few acres of land, he used to support himself, his wife
and seven children.
(e) One
day while walking through the field, he found a purse of gold which had been
dropped by a passerby.
(f) The farmer kept saying. “Honesty is the best
policy.”
(g) The wife rebuked the husband for his
foolishness.
(h) He carried it home and showed it to its wife.
(i) The rich man took the purse and gave him thanks
but no reward.
(j) The owner of the purse was at last discovered
by the farmer.
Ans: b®d®e®h®c®a®j®i®g®j
26. (a) Shakespeare composed both tragedies and
comedies.
(b) By 1598 he was ranked the greatest dramatist.
(c) Shakespeare was one of the greatest poets and
dramatists of the world.
(d) He possessed property both in Stratford and in
London.
(e) He was interested in the theatre and very soon
became an actor.
(f) He retired sometime before 1613 and died in
1616.
(g) He was born on 23rd April. 1564 and
at Stratford on Avon.
(h) By 1592 he established himself as a leading
dramatist of the age.
(i) Hamlet, Othello, Mac Beth and the Tempest are
some of his great plays.
(ii) He was associated with the theatre
companies for which he wrote plays.
Ans: c®g®d®e®j®a®h®b®i®f
27. (a) Edison created his first invention, and electric vote recorder, when
he was only twenty one years old.
(b) After
that, Edison concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be
readily marketable.
(c) The inventions made Edison both famous and
rich.
(d) He died in West Orange, New Jersy in 1931.
(e) Thomas
Alva Edison, the great American inventor, was born in the town of Milan, Ohio
in 1847.
(f) His school master considered him retarded.
(g) It did not sell well.
(h) He had only three months of formal education
during his boyhood.
(i) For most of his life, Edison suffered from
seriously impaired hearing.
(j) He made a series of very useful inventions.
Ans: e®h®f®i®a®g®b®j®c®d
28. (a) There she became a
teacher in Kolkata.
(b) Soon her activities for
the service of mankind spread all over the world.
(c) She was on her heels
for selfless service of mankind even at her old age.
(d) In recognition to her
service, she was awarded Nobel Prize for peace in 1979.
(e) She was one of those
people who dedicated their lives to the service of mankind
(f) When she was eighteen,
she decided to be a nun and came to Kolkata.
(g) She was born in
Yugoslavia in 1919.
(h) You have heard the name
of Mother Teresa.
(i) She swore to dedicate
her life to the cause of helpless and poor people.
(j) She was given 'Bharat
Ratna Award' th the following year.
Ans: h®e®g®f®a®i®b®d®j®c
29. (a) He also found his clothes
all in rags and falling to pieces.
(b) To his surprise he
found that he had a long white beard more than a foot long.
(c) He thought that perhaps
he had been dreaming.
(d) When he woke up, he
rubbed his eyes and looked about.
(e) There was no sign of
the strange people with whom he drank.
(f) He found his old gun
lying on the grass rusty and useless.
(g) On the way he come
across a group of strange looking fellows in a place.
(h) Suddenly he felt
something strange on his face and he put his hand.
(i) There he drank a drink
and soon fell into a deep sleep.
(j) One day Rip Van Winkle
went out for a walk with his gun and his dog.
30. (a) He showed extra-ordinary merit in every
examination of the school.
(b) He made a great plan to give a new structure of
education system.
(c)
He made a great contribution to the
scientific research of Bangladesh.
(d) At the age of
six he was admitted to a Furkania Madrasah and then to an English School.
(e) Extra-ordinaty
meritorious Dr. Kudrat-E-Khuda was born
on 8 May in the district of Birbhum in 1900AD.
(f) In 1925, he passed M. Sc. in Chemistry from
kolkata University with star. marks.
(g) He died on 3 November 1977.
(h) His father
Hazart Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious and his mother was Fashiha Khatu.
(i)
In 1953, he was appointed chairman of the
Secondary Education Board.
(j)
In 1929, he obtained DSc from Imperial in
England.
Ans:
e®h®d®a®f®j®c®i®b®g
31. (a) Edison created
his first invention, and electric vote recorder, when he was only twenty one
years old.
(b) After
that, Edison concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be
readily marketable.
(c) The inventions made Edison both famous and
rich.
(d) He died in West Orange, New Jersy in 1931.
(e) Thomas
Alva Edison, the great American inventor, was born in the town of Milan, Ohio
in 1847.
(f) His school master considered him retarded.
(g) It did not sell well.
(h) He had only three months of formal education
during his boyhood.
(i) For most of his life, Edison suffered from
seriously impaired hearing.
(j) He made a series of very useful inventions.
Ans: e®h®f®i®a®g®b®j®c®d
32. (a) He asked the angel if his name was there.
(b) The angel took down his request and went away.
(c) Once upon a time there was an honest and pious
man.
(d) In reply the angel said that his name was not
there.
(e) His name was Abu-Bin-Adhem.
(f) The angel was writing the names of persons who
loved God.
(g) Abu
then requested him to next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of
the list.
(h) He was once sleeping peacefully.
(i) He
again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of
the list.
(j) Suddenly he woke up and saw an angel.
Ans: c®e®h®j®f®a®d®g®b®i
33. (a) He was the greatest of all the prophets.
(b) He was brought up by Halima in his childhood.
(c) Hazrat
Mohammad (Sm) was born in the Quarish tribe of Makka in 570 A.D.
(d) He married Khadija at the age of 25.
(e) His father Abdullah died before his birth.
(f) He was then brought up by his uncle AbuTaleb.
(g) Hazrat Mohammad (Sm) was truthful form his
boyhood.
(h) He made an organization named Hilful Fuzul at
the age of 17.
(i) Then he was brought up by his grandfather Abdul
Muttalib.
(j) He got ‘Ohi’ or revelation at the age of forty.
Ans. c®e®b®i®f®g®h®d®j®a
34. (a) It took the Polos over three years to reach
China.
(b) He
was accompanied by his father and uncle who had already been to China.
(c) In
1271, Marco Polo who was then a boy of fifteen set out from Venice of China.
(d) Kublai Khan received them cordially.
(e)
It was summer when the Polos reached
Shangto where Kublai Khan the King of China, lived.
(f) They had to travel by land and sea, over
mountains and across deserts.
(g) With
the permission of the King, the Polos began their return journey which lasted
for three years and they reached Venice in 1295.
(h) The
King found Marco Polo much better than his other ambassadors and rewarded him.
(i) Marco Polo soon became a great favourite with
the King.
(j) The King sent him as his ambassador to some
parts of his empire.
Ans: c®b®f®a®e®d®j®h®i®g
35. (a) He wanted to teach him a good lesson.(b) So one day he painted the word 'dumb' on a
board.(c) So he thought how he
could add to his income.(d) He could not earn much by begging. (e) Once there lived a beggar in a city. (f) One day an idea crossed of
him. (g) He was very jealous of him. (h) Another
beggar also lived in the city.(i) He hung it round his neck. (j) He thought that he would have
more money if pretended to be dumb.
Ans: e®d ® c®f ® j® b ®I ® h®g ® a
36. (a) It’s
importance can easily be understood.
(b) English is an international language.
(c) A
deeper understanding of this language can also bring us much pleasure.
(d) A foreign office cannot function without
English knowing persons.
(e) Besides,
learning English at the secondary stage is very helpful for higher studies.
(f) It is regarded as second language almost in
every country of the world.
(g) To
keep communion with people of the English speaking would, learning of English
is a must.
(h) Then
a proficiency in this language can help us become better understood and more
capable of expressing our feelings.
(i) We will be able to enjoy good authors.
(j) There
are some jobs like that of a pilot, a telephone operator or a tourist guide and
the like which require men who know English.
Ans: b®f®g®e®d ®c®h ®j®i®a
37. (a) Gustave
proposed a 989-feet high tower of iron as a symbol of exhibition and a lot of
people worked on it for two years.
(b) He used to work for a railway construction
company.
(c) He comes of a rich family.
(d) He had his education in Engineering.
(e) The Eiffel Tower was named after Gustave
Eiffel.
(f) The tower was completed in March in 1889.
(g) Gustave
made plans of dams, factories, stations and structures of big size
construction.
(h) A World Fair was held in Paris.
(i) It is still regarded as one of the wonders of
the world.
(j) Millions of people visit the tower every year.
Ans: e®c®d®b®g®h®a®f®j®i
38. (a) In
1609 Galileo heard of telescope invented by a Hans Lippershey, a maker of
spectacles.
(b) He
persuaded his father to let his study medicine and philosophy at the University
of Pisa.
(c) He wanted to make his son a cloth dealer.
(d) Soon
Galileo made more powerful telescopes with which he made many amazing
discoveries about the sun and the moon and stars.
(e) Galileo
was born on 15 February 1564, at Pisa Italy.
(f) He
set to work on the day he heard of the Dutch telescope and made one of his own.
(g) He showed at a very early age, an unusual
talent for science.
(h) But Galileo had no taste for business.
(i) His father was a skilful musician and
moderation.
(j) At
the age of only seventeen he had invented an import scientific law the law of
the Pendulum.
Ans: e®i®c®h®g®j®b®a®f®d
39. (a) One
said, “ I have lost my husband.”
(b) A
poor woman once came to Buddha.
(c) The
sorrowful mother went from door to door seeking the mustard seeds but at every
door she met with sad replies.
(d) She
returned with heavy heart to the great teacher and told him the result of her
great search.
(e) He
told her that there was only one medicine which could revive her son.
(f) Another
said “ Our youngest child dies last year.”
(g) Then
Buddha told her affectionately that she must not think much of her own grief
since sorrow and death are common to all.
(h) The
holy man was touched by the great sorrow of the woman.
(i) She
asked him whether he could give her any medicine to restore her dead child to
life.
(j) He
told her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where death had never
entered.
Ans: b®i®h®f®j®c®a®e®d®g
40. (a) He
was given a job in the civil service in 1813. (b) He was educated at Howkshed
Grammar school and at St. John’s
College Cambridge. (c) illiam Wordsworth, a romantic poet was born 1770 at Cockermount. (d)After 1810 his literary life marked the
banging of a decline and he died on April 23, 1850 at the age of 80. (e) He went to France
and lived there for a year. (f)He became a friend of S.T. Coleridge who was his contemporary. (g) Wordsworth
began his literary life with Coleridge and his sister
Dorothy.(h)They jointly published Lyrical Ballads in 1798.(i) The later part of his life was prosperous and peaceful.(j)He also received honorary degrees from
Durham and Oxford University in 1833 and
1839 respectively.
Ans:
c®b®f®g®h®e®i®a®j®d
41. (a) The first friend climbed up a tree.
(b) Suddenly a bear came there.
(c) Once upon a time two friends were passing by a forest.
(d) The later could not climb up a tree.
(e) They were talking about their love for each other.
(f) He did not find any way.
(g) The bear smelt his ears, nose and face.
(h) He lay down on the ground and feigned death/ pretended to be dead.
(i) Then the bear went away.
(j) He thought him to be dead.
Ans: c®e®b®a®d®f®h®g®j®i
42. (a) Soon he gave up
medicine for literature.
(b)
This brought for him a good name.
(c)
He was born in 1874 in Paris
(d)
It is a realistic study on the life of
low neighborhood in London
(e)
He wrote a few other novels as well.
(f)
William
Somerset Maugham is one of he greatest short story writers of modern time
(g)
Then he took to writing plays.
(h)
He qualified as a doctor and this life
had on charm for him.
(i)
Women of his well-known plays are Mrs.
Cardlace, Lady Lambeth his first novel.
(j)
He made
his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth his first novel.
Ans:
f®c®h®a®j®d®b®e®g®i
43. (a) By the time he was twenty five years old : he had become well known as a
writer of great talent.
(b)
When he was a small boy. his father was sent to prison for debt
(c) He could not go to school and receive
education
(d)
He wrote some of the best novels in
English Literature.
(e)
He never forgot his hard experience
of his boyhood.
(f)
He was born in February 7-1812 in
Portsmouth.
(g)
Even during his life time, he was
exceptionally popular.
(h)
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest
English novelists of the 19 the century.
(i)
Dickens died on June 9,1870
(j)
Dickens had to work in a factory at the
age of twelve.
Ans:
h®f®b®j®c®e® a®d®g®i
44. (a) The king was pleased with
the second blind and wanted to help him.
(b) The other cried saying,
"The king alone can help a man."
(c) They sat by the street
and asked for alms.
(d) One cried, "Allah
alone can help a man.
(e) They lived by begging.
(f) When somebody gave them
a coin, the first would say. "May the God be pleased with you."
(g) The second said,
"May the king be pleased with you."
(h) One day while the king
was going along the street, he heard them saying so.
(i) There were two blind
men in Rome
(j) He then handed over a
bread filled with gold coins to the servant to give it to the second blind man.
Ans: i ® e ® c ® f ® g ® h ® a ® j ® d ® b
45. (a) Everyday
he used to go fishing early in the morning
(b) Once upon a time
there lived a fisherman who was old and poor.
(c) But never threw
his net into the sea more than four times.
(d) One morning he
threw his net into the sea as usual.
(e)He thought he had
caught a large fish and so he felt very happy.
(f) But a moment later
he saw that he had no fish, rather only a dead donkey.
(g) He could barely
support his wife and three children.
(h) Then the fisherman
became angry.
(i) He was very
disappointed.
(j) He
had just repaired net and he noticed that the weight of the dead donkey had
broken it in several places. Ans: b ® g ® a ® c ® d ® e ® f ® j ® h ® i
46. (a) So, some frogs made their home in
the pond.
(b) One day some boys were going
by the side of the pond.
(c)
Finding the playful frogs in the pond, they began to throw stones into the pond
for fun.
(d)
There was a little pond in a village.
(e)
Many of them were hurt seriously and killed.
(f)
It was not so deep and its water was not
clean and pure.
(g)
They were living there very happily.
(h)
The villagers did not bathe there and drinks its water
(i)
The stones hit the frogs one by one.
(j)
An old man saw it and forbade the boys to kill them.
Ans: d ® f ® h ® a ® g ® b ® c ® i ® e ® j
47. (a)
While it was sailing across the icy
water of the North Atlantic a huge berg was spotted very close to the ship.
(b) It was on April 10, 1912
(c)
It was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891.
(d)
The Titanic was sailing for New York from Southampton.
(e)
Four days after sailing out, a great disaster happened.
(f)
The captain went down to see what had happened.
(g)
So, the captain realized to his horror
that the Titanic was sinking rapidly.
(h)
Five of the Ship’s sixteen water tight
compartments were totally damaged by the collision.
(i)
Suddenly there was a slight trembling sound from bellow.
(j)
The great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision.
Ans: b ® d ® c ® e ® a ® j ® i ® f ® h ® g
48. (a) The lion laughed and said, “ O
you! Are you suitable to help me?”
(b) The lion also said, “You are
small in size but really worthy.”
(c)
“Many thanks to you. You have saved my life.”, said the lion.
(d)
The lion caught the mouse and it began to treble with fear.
(e)
Once a lion was sleeping in a cave.
(f)
Listening to this, the mouse came
swiftly and found the lion in a trap.
(g)
At that time a mouse fell upon its body while playing.
(h)
After some days the lion fell into a trap and was crying loudly for help.
(i)
The mouse remembered his promise and cut the net into pieces and let the lion
come out.
(j)
The mouse said, “Let me go now; sooner or later , I may help you.”
Ans: e ® g ® d ® j ® a ® h ® f ® i ® c ® b
49. (a) His friends and disciples could
not bear the sight.
(b) The cup contained hemlock, a
deadly poison.
(c)
At last the hour of departure had arrived and Socrates met his friends and
disciples for the last time.
(d)
They burst into tears and cried loudly like a children.
(e)
He asked them to let him die in peace.
(f) At sunset, the
Governor of the prison came.
(g) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.
(h) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.
(i) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.
(j) Socrates took the
cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.
Ans: c + h + i + f + g + b + j + a + d + e
50. (a) During the time he was the president
of America a civil war took place.
(b) Lincoln became great by dint
of his own efforts and perseverance.
(c)
As a man he was very simple and kind.
(d)Lincoln
was in favor of the slaves.
(e)
It began in 1861and continued for more than four years.
(f)
Abraham Lincoln was among the greatest presidents of the USA.
(g)
The civil war occurred over the question of slavery.
(h)
Lincoln was born in 1809.
(i)
There were many Negro slaves in America in those days.
(j)
He rose from humble origin.
Ans: f ® h® j ® c ® b ® a ® e ® g ® i ® d
51. (a) His next mission was to kill a monster
called Hydra.
(b) With the help of his servant
he was able to kill it.
(c)
It was really a tough task to kill Hydra.
(d)
And thus he earned a great name and fame.
(e)
Hercules has occupied a vital place in Greek myths by dint of heroic deeds.
(f)
With his immense strength he killed the lion with his hands.
(g)
Thus he was successful in his every mission.
(h)
It had nine heads.
(i)
One of them was immortal.
(j) At first he was assigned with
the task of killing a lion that was disturbing the people of Nemea valley.
Ans: e ® j ® f ® a ® h ® i ® c ® b ® g ® d
52. (a)He has placed sacks
of money in the corridor.(b) All dishonest men filled their pockets with the
money when they were passing through to the Sultan.(c)If they had danced, their
pocket would have jingled.(d) So they refused to dance.(e) The Sultan was
sitting on his throne.(f) How did he know ?(g) The wise man was also sitting
near him.(h) The wise men pointed to him and said “This is an honest man.”(i) All
the people blushed and refused to dance except one who danced cheerfully and
well.(j) As soon as the applicants were assembled before the throne, the sultan
said, “Gentlemen, I’d like you to dance.”
Ans: e®g®a®b®j®i®h®f®c®d
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