English | Unseen Passage for Class 8 with Answers 101-105 | PDF

English | Unseen Passage for Class 8 with Answers 101-105 | PDF: This an important discussion on unseen passage with an answer sheet for class eight English subject so read the post carefully.

101. Noakhali Govt. Gigls’ Hish School, Noakhali 

Read the following text carefully and answer the following questions 4 & 5.

Adraham Lincoln was the 16th President of America. he was born in 1809 in Kentucky, USA in a very poor family. Poverty barred his formal education. When Abraham Lincoln was eight years old, their family moved to Indiana. He spent his early life doing all sorts of job as a log chopper, boatman and village postmaster.

He used to work all day long in the forest cutting down trees. But he had a strong desire to study. Through study he made himself self-educated.

When he reached the age of twenty-one, his father sent him on a journey to New Orleans was two thousand miles away from his home-town. Lincoln and one of his friends went on the journey  together by boat. It was very famous for slave business.

However he did not like the place because of this business and moved to Illinois to find a job.Self-educated Lincoln started practising law there, later on, he involved himseelf in politics.

He was elected the Legislator of Illinois at the age of twenty five. Then he became the 16th President of the USA in 1860. He is one of the three best presidents of the USA.

4. Compete the following table with the information given in the passage.

5. Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give correct answers for the false statements.

(a)  Abraham Lincoln could not get fromal education due to his poor financial condition.
(b)  Lincoln spent luxurious life in his early days.
(c)  Lincoln was very interested to study.
(d) Lincoln preferred slave business.
(e)  At Illinois, Lincoln started practising law.

102. Gaibandha Govt. Girls’ High School, Gaibandha 

      Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5.

More than one hundred seventy years ago, there lived in France one of the greatest soldiers called Napoleon Bonaparte. He was born in 1769 and died in 1821. When he was young, he joined the French army as an ordinary soldier.

He rose quickly to a high position in the army by dint of his good work and courage. He grew very powerful and soon became the greatest man in the country. He fought several wars with the neighbouring countries and won victories over them. In 1804 he declared himself emperor.

France under him was very powerful. He chose the officers who worked with him very carefully. He himself worked hard and made them work hard. He was strict to them when there was no need to be so. But he was kind to them when there was need to be strict. He looked his men and paid them well.

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

5. Read the passage again and write true or false. Give answer for the false statements.
6. a) Napoleon Bonaparte was the greatest soldier of France.
7. b) He died in 1769.
8. c) He rose quickly to a high position in the army by dint of his good work and cowardice.
9. d) France was very dominant under him.
10. e) He was kind to the officers when there was no need to be strict.

103. Feni Govt. Girls’ High School, Feni 

Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 & 5.

Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah (1885-1969), educationist, writer and Philologist, was born at Peyara village of 24 pargana in West Bengal on 10 July 1885. His father, Mafiz Uddin Ahmed, was a warden at the shrine of Pir Gorachand.

Dr. Shahidullah learnt Urdu, Parsian and Arabic at home and Sanskrit at school. He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904. He obtained his B.A. degree in 1910, M.A. in 1912 and B.L. in 1914. He joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali.

He was awarded the Doctorate degree from Sorborne University, Paris, in 1928. His “Bangla Sahitter Katha” published in 1953, was first well arranged history of Bengali Literature. Muhammad Shahidullah played an important role in the Language Movement.

Apart from research works, he wrote for children. He also translated and edited a number of books. He was awarded the ” Pride of Performance” award by the Pakistan government.

He was made Professor Emeritus by the University of Dhaka (1967) and awarded “Knight of Orders of Art and Letters” by the French Government (1967) for his lifetime achievement in research on language and literature.

In 1967 he was seriously ill and was in sick-bed for about two and a half years. He died in Dhaka on 13 July, 1969 and was huried on the campus of Shahidullah Hall of the university.

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

5. Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answer of the false statements.

(a)  Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah obtained MA Degree in 1910.
(b)  He passed Entrance in 1906.
(c)  “Bangla Sahitter Katha” is the name of a magazine.
(d) Shahidullah contributed a lot to Bengali Language and Literature.
(e)  Shahidullah translated and edited a number of magazines.

104. Cantonment Public School & College, Rangpur 

      Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5.

Joynul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoreganj in 1914. His father Tamij Uddin was a police officer. He did not like hard and fast rule of the school and drew pictures secretly. He had a great interest in art. So at the age of 15 he went to Calcutta to see Art School.

At the age of 19 he was admitted into Calcutta Government Art College. In 1938 he became first class first in the art college and in the same year he was awarded gold medal in All India Art Exhibition. He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1939.

His name and fame spread all over the world from then. In 1948 he founded the Dhaka Art Institution in Dhaka. He was appointed Principal of this institution in 1949. This institution was shifted to the present Art Institute Building in 1956.

By dint of his hard effort, within seven years this institute turned into Charukala Mahabiddalaya. He retired from this institute in 1973. He earned honorary doctorate in 1974 from Delhi University and in the same year became National Professor of Bangladesh. He died on the 28th May in 1976 in Dhaka.

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

5. Read the passage again and write true or false. Give answer for the false statements.
6. a) Joynul was keenly interested in art.
7. b) Joynul ws admitted into Calcutta Govt. College.
8. c) Dhaka Art Institute was set up in 1948.
9. d) He was awarded gold medal in 1939.
10. e) He passed away in 1976.

105. Bangladesh Mohila Samitee Girls’ High School, Chittagong 

Read the following text carefully and answer questions 4 and 5.

The Sumerians built the first cities in the world in about 3200 B.C. The biggest city was called Ur. They traded their grains, pottery and art work of metal stone and wood.

The priests of the Sumerians invented writing to keep records of what they bought and sold. They invented baskets, wheels and carts, sails and rud boats. They invented clocks, some were sundials, other used water dripping from a pot.

The Sumerians counted 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in and hour and 360^o, in a circle. They counted their grain in units of 10s. Everyone had to give one- tenth of their harest to the government.

4. Complete the table with the information given in the passage.

5. Write whether the following statements are true of false. If false, give the correct answer.

(a)  The Sumerians were good traders.
(b)  They invented single type of clock.
(c)  They gave one-fifth of their profit to the government.
(d) They were the first who built the first cities in the world.
(e)  The Sumerian civilization is at least 3200 years old.

Answer

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