Class 8 | English Model Question with Answer 2 | PDF

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2. Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–1, Lesson–03)

The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

The others live in the regions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.

They live in forest areas, in the hills and in the rural areas.They practise Jhum cultivation.

They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.

They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists.They speak their own mother tongues.Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs who live in the Hill Tracts.The Santals live in Rajshahi.The Khasias and the Monipuries live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.

Set 1

1. Guess the meaning of the following words and choose the correct meaning closest to the text.

(a)   rural

i.urban
ii. town
iii. pastoral
iv. municipal

(b)   tribal

i.local
ii. national
iii. ethnic
iv. regional

        (c)   practise

1. to do an activity ii. polish                         iii. refine                                 iv. rehearse

        (d)   hunt

1. seek ii. chase an animal to catch

iii. catch                                                                                 iv. fasten

        (e)   staple

1. main ii. urgent                                 iii. important                         iv. significant
2. answers the following questions.

(a)   Where can we find the Marmans?

(b)   What language do the ethnic people speak?

(c)   Where do the ethnic people do the Jhum cultivation?

(d)   What is the main food of the ethnic people?

(e)   What do the ethnic women weave?

3. Summarize the above text in around 85 words.

 Answer 

1. (a) (iii) pastoral; (b) (iii) ethnic; (c) (i) to do an activity; (d) (ii) chase an animal to catch; (e) (i) main.
2. (a) We can find the Marmans in the Hill Tracts.

(b)   The ethnic people speak their own language.

(c)   The ethnic people do the Jhum cultivation in the forest areas.

(d)   Rice is the main food of the ethnic people.

(e)   The ethnic women weave their own clothes.

3. The ethnic people hold a very important place in the culture of our country. They live in forest areas, in the hills and in the rural areas. They practise Jhum cultivation. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They are called Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas, the Moorangs the Santals, the Khasias the Monipuries and the Garos. They speak their own language. They love to practise their own tradition.

Set 2

1. Choose the correct meaning closest to the text.

        (a)   hold

1. secure ii. possess                               iii. have                                  iv. acquire

(b)   ethnic

1. pagan ii. inhabitant                         iii. people                               iv. jews

(c)   forest

1. jungle ii. bush                                   iii. wood                                 iv. river

        (d)   sow

1. plant ii. harvest                               iii. ripe                                    iv. land

(e)   religion

1. a faith of worship ii. practice                              iii. faith                                  iv. pious
2. Answer the following questions.

(a)   Who are the ethnic people? Name some of them.

(b)   What is the main occupation? How do they do it?

(c)   Where do their majority of them live? How do they speak?

(d)   Which ethnic group live in Hill Tracts?

(e)   Where do the Santal and Hajangs live?

3. Summarize the above text in around 85 words.

 Answer 

1. (a) (ii) possess; (b) (i) pagan; (c) (iii) wood; (d) (i) plant; (e) (i) a faith of worship.
2. (a) Namely Chakmas, the Marmars, the Tipperas and the Moorangs are ethnic people. They live in Chittagong Hill Tracts, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.

(b)   Jhum cultivation is their main occupation. They clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it.

(c)   The majority of these people live in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. They speak their own languages.

(d)   Ethnic group namely the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs live in Hill Tracts.

(e)   The Santals live in Rajshahi and the Hajangs live in Mymensingh.

3. Same as Set 1

 Read the text and answer the questions 1, 2 and 3. (Unit–1, Lesson–04)

Most of these ethnic people living in Bangladesh have some common characteristics.They have their own lifestyles. They build their houses on bamboo or wooden platforms called ‘machang’.

Rice is their staple food.They eat vegetables, maize and fish, poultry and meat.Their kitchen utensils are bamboo, wooden and earthen pots which they make themselves.Men wear lungis and women wear thamis or sarongs and angis.Women weave their own clothes.Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes.They are fond of songs, music, dances, theatre and fairs.Traditional musical instruments used are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums  and bambo flutes.Wrestling is a popular sport for them.

 Set 1

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives.

        (a)   Ethnic people are the ¾ in Bangladesh.

1. majority ii. largest part                        iii. minority                            iv. greatest part

(b)   The term ‘staple food’ means ¾.

1. favourite food                   ii. rich food                            iii. fast food                          iv. main food

(c)   Their kitchen utensils are made by ¾.

1. outsiders                             ii. themselves                        iii. foreigners                         iv. others

(d)   Hunting is ¾ favourite pastimes of the ethnic people.

1. one ii. one of the                          iii. the only                            iv. only

(e)   They ¾ songs, music, dances, theatre and fairs.

1. dislike ii. make                                  iii. sing                                    iv. like
2. Answer the following questions in your own words.

        (a)   What is machang?

(b)   What is the staple food of ethnic people?

(c)   What do their men wear?

(d)   What are their traditional musical instruments?

(e)   What is their popular sport?

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3. Summarize the above text in around 50 words.

 Answer 

1. (a) (iii) minority; (b) (iv) main food; (c) (ii) themselves; (d) (ii) one of the; (e) (iv) like.
2. (a) Machang is the house of the ethnic people, built on bamboo or wooden platforms.

(b)   The staple food of ethnic people is rice.

(c)   Their men wear lungis.

(d)   Their traditional musical instruments are bugles made from buffalo horns, drums and bamboo flutes.

(e)   Their popular sport is wrestling.

3. Most of the ethnic people living in Bangladesh have their own lifestyles. They live in machang built on bamboo or wooden platforms. Their staple food is rice. They eat vegetables, maize, fish, poultry and meat. Hunting and fishing are their favourite pastimes. They are fond of songs, music, dance etc. Wrestling is their popular sport.

 

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