English | Unseen Passage for Class 8 with Answers 105-110 | PDF :This an important discussion on unseen passage with an answer sheet for class eight English subject so read the post carefully.
106. Nasirabad Govt. Boys’ High School, Chittagong
Read the summary of the passage in 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99 & 100 words.
Aesop (620 – 564 BCE) was in Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop’s Fables. Although his existence remanins uncertain and (if they ever existed) no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day.
Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics. Scattered details of Aeson’s life can be found in ancient sources, including Aristotle, Herodotus, and Plutarch.
An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life, including the traditional description of him as a strikingly ugly slave who by his cleverness acquires freedom and becomes an adviser to kings and city-states, Older spellings of his name have included Esop (e) and Isope.
A later tradition (dating from the Middle Ages) depicts Aesop as a black Ethiopian. Depictions of Aesop in popular culture over the last 2500 years have included several works of art and his appearance as a character in numerous books, films, plays, and television programs.
The name of Aesop is as widely known as any that has come down from Graeco-Roman antiquity [yet] it is far from certain whether a historical Aesop ever existed…in the latter part of the fifth century [BC] something like a coherent Aesop legend appears, and Samos seems to be its home.
The earliest Greek sources, including Aristotle, indicate that Aesop was born around 620 BC in Thrace at a site on the Black Sea coast which would later become the city Mesembria.
A number of later writers from the Roman imperial period (including Phaedrus, who adapted the fables into Latin) say that he was born in Phrygia. The 3rd-century piet Callimachus Called hi, “Aesop of Sardis”, and the later writer Maximus of Tyre called him “the sage of Lydia.”
- Fill in the blanks with the correct information from the passage.
| Who/What/When | Event/Description | Where/Time |
| According to the sources | (i) ……………? | (ii) ……………..? |
| Phaedrus | adapted the fables | (iii) …………….? |
| (iv) ……………. | called him Aesop of Sardis | |
| By nature his fables have | (v) ………………..? |
- Write whether the sentences are true or false. If false, write the sentences with correct information.
(a) Although his existence remains uncertain and (if they were existed) no writings by him survive, numerous tales discredited to him were gathered across the centuries.
(b) Most of the tales are personified by animals and inanimate objects.
(c) Scattered details of Aesop’s life can be found in present day sources.
(d) An ancient literary work called The Aesop Romance tells an episodic, probably highly scientific version of his life.
(e) Older spellings of his name have included Aesop (e) and Aesope.
107. Ispahani Public School & College, Chittagong
Read the following text carefully and answer question 4 & 5.
Shelly was born on August 4,1792 at Sussex in England. At the age of twelve he was sent to Eton, one of the best schools in England where he began to write. At the age of eighteen his first work was published. The same year he entered into the University of Oxford.
But next year he was expelled from Oxford for writing pamphlet named, “The Necessity of Atheism”. He married Westbrook in 1812. Two years after their marriage a daughter was born to them. When he was twenty-three, his grandfather died and he inherited a vast property.
Shelley is known for his lyric poetry. His famous lyric “Ode to the West Wind” was written in 1819. Next year both the poem “The Cloud” and “To a Skylark” were written. He died a premature death only at the age of thirty by a boat capsize.
4 Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| Year | Event | Where/Why |
| 1792 | was born | 1. …………….. |
| 2. ……………. | admitted to school ‘Eton’ | 3. …………….. |
| 4. ……………. | entering into Oxford University | to study |
| 1811 | was expelled from Oxford University | 5. …………….. |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answer for the false statements.
(a) Shelley was awarded by the Oxford authority for writing “The Necessity of Atheism.”
(b) Shelley married Harried West brook at the age of twenty.
(c) Shelley became the owner of a vast property after his grandfather’s death.
(d) Shelley is famous for his lyric poetry.
(e) Shelley died in 1823.
108. Joypurhat Girls’ Cadet College, Joypurhat
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 4 & 5.
Satyajit Roy, the world famous film director, was born on May 2, 1921. His father, Sukumar Roy was a famous poet in child literature and his mother Suprabha Devi was a pious lady. The name of the newborn baby was Prasad but afterwards he was named Satyajit.
His nick name was Manik and really he was a jewel among so many Indian pebbles. His father died a premature death at the age of about 36. He was admitted to class VI in Ballygunj Govt. High School in 1932 and passed Matriculation Examination in 1936. He passed B.A. Exam. from Presidency College in 1940. Satyajit Roy was a man of versatile genius. He got art education at Shantiniketan in 1940.
A good many memorable films were released under his direction. Among them ‘Pather Panchali’ was released in 1955 and awarded President’s Gold Medal and 12 international awards. The other two of the trilogy ‘Aparajita’ and ‘Apur Sangsar’ were released in 1956 and 1959 respectively.
‘Mahanagar’ was released in 1963, ‘Charulata’ in 1964, ‘Gupi Gain Bagha Bain’ in 1969, ‘Ashani Sanket’ in 1972 and ‘Sonar Kella’ in 1974. His last film ‘Aguntuk’ was released in 1991. He was honoured with so many awards in his native country and abroad. He was awarded ‘Padma Bhushan’ in 1965 and ‘Magsaysay’ in 1967.
He was awarded ‘Lajiyan de Nar’ by Mitterand, the President of France. The highest award of the film world ‘OSCAR’ was awarded by the Academy of Motion Pictures, U.S.A. in 1992. He obtained ‘Bharat Ratna’ in the same year. He breathed his last on the 23rd April in 1992. We pay our heartiest homage to his world famous artist.
- Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| Name of the films | Released | Awards | Year |
| Pather Panchali | in 1955 | (i) ………………. | in 1955 |
| (ii) ……………… | in 1956 | Padma Bhushan | in 1965 |
| Apur Sangsar | in 1959 | (iii) ……………. | in 1967 |
| Mahanagar | in 1963 | OSCAR | (iv) …………….. |
| Ashani Sanket | (v) …………….. | Bharat Ratna | in 1992 |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements.
(a) Satyajit’s father was a poet in folk literature.
(b) Satyajit’s father died early.
(c) Satyajit had education on Art at Shantiniketon.
(d) Gupi Gain & Bagha Bain was released in 1991.
(e) His best film Aguntak was released in 1991.
109. Cantonment English School & College, Chittagong
Read the passage carefully and answer the question 4 & 5.
Naval architects never claim that a ship is unsinkable, but the sinking of the passenger-and-car ferry Estonia in the Baltic surely should have never happened. It was well designed and carefully maintained. It carried the proper number of lifeboat. It had been thoroughly inspected the day of its fatal voyage.
Yet hours later, the Estonia rolled over and sank in a cold, stormy night. It went down so quickly that most of those on board, caught in their dark, flooding cabins, had no chance to save themselves: Of those who managed to scramble overboard, only 139 survived.
The rest died of hypothermia before the rescuers could pluck them from the cold sea. The final death toll amounted to 912 souls. However, there were an unpleasant number of questions about why men in the prime of life while most of the dead were women, children and elderly.
4 Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.
| A | B | C |
| Estonia | (i) …………… | well designed |
| Shipwreck | died 912 | surviye (ii) …………….. |
| Estonia | passenger ferry | (iii) …………….. |
| Estonia | (iv) ……………… | not unsinkable |
| The sea was | cold | (v) ………………. |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answer for the false statements.
(a) Naval architects believe that a ship can be sunk.
(b) The ferry Estonia had insufficient lifeboats.
(c) Estonia was a well-organized ship.
(d) All the passengers died when Estonia sank.
(e) Women, children and old people became the worst sufferers.
110. Cox’s Bazar Govt. High School, Cox’s Bazar
Read the passage. Then answer to the questions below.
Albert Einstein was born as the first child of Jewish parents in Ulm. Germany on March 14,1879. In November 1881 Albert’s sister Maria was born. A short time later the Einstein family went to Munich, another city of Germany, where Albert first attended elementary school and Luitpold grammar school.
He was an average student but was very interested in science and mathematics. He did not like lessons in grammar school as they were held with strict discipline and as he was forced to learn. When he turned 15, he left school without any degree and followed his family to Milan, Italy.
Then he attended a school in Aarau, Switzerland. From 1895 to 1896 he successfully took his A-level and began to study in Zurich. His ambition was to obtain the diploma in mathematics and physics. He successfully finished his studies in July, 1900.
In 1905 he published several of his important works including the most famous formula of the world E=Mc2. In 1903 he married his college mate. In 1909 he became professor of Theretical physics at he University of Zurich.
In 1914 Einstein was called to Berlin to work there on theory of Physics. In 1921 he received the Nobel Prize for physics. Einstein spent the last years of his life in Princetion, USA. He died on April 18, 1955.
4 Complete the table below with information from the above passage.
| Who/What/Name of events | Place | Year/Time | Achievement |
| Born | (i) ………………. | ||
| Finished studies | (ii) ……………… | ||
| (iii) ……………….. | in 1909 | ||
| World War I broke out | (iv) ……………… | ||
| In 1921 | (v) …………….. |
- Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer.
(a) Einstein’s family moved to Munich after the death of Maria.
(b) Albert first attended elementary school at Ulm.
(c) Albert was a normal student at school.
(d) Albert became a professor of Mathematics.
(e) Einstein spent the last years of his life in America.
অষ্টম শ্রেণি-JSC এর অনুধাবনমূলক প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর
JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও জ্ঞানমূলক প্রশ্নগুলোর উত্তর
JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নগুলোর উত্তর
JSC : শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নোত্তর
অষ্টম শ্রেণি: শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়‘র জীবনী ও সৃজনশীল প্রশ্নোত্তর
Answer
106. Nasirabad Govt. Boys’ High School, Chittagong
4. (i) Aesop was a fabulist or story teller; (ii) Ancient Greek; (iii) Phrygia; (iv) the 3rd century poet; (v) moral.
5. (a) False. Although his existence remains uncertain and (if they ever existed) no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries.
(b)False. Many of the tales are personified by animals and inanimate objects.
(c)False. Scattered details of Aesop’s life can be found in ancient sources.
(d)False. It tells an episodic, probably highly fictional version of his life.
(e)True.
107. Ispahani Public School & College, Chittagong
4. (i) Sussex; (ii) 1804; (iii) England; (iv) 1810; (v) Writing pamphlet named, “The Necessity of Atheism”.
5. (a) False. Shelley was expelled by the Oxford authority for writing “The Necessity of Atheism.”
(b)True. (c) True (d) True.
(e)False. Shelley died in 1822.
108. Joypurhat Girls’ Cadet College, Joypurhat
4. (i) President’s Gold Medal and 12 international awards. (ii) Aparajita; (iii) Magsaysay; (iv) in 1992; (v) in 1972.
5. (a) False. Satyajit’s father was a poet in child literature.
(b)True.
(c)True.
(d)False. Gupi Gain & Bagha Bain was released in 1959.
(e)False. His last film Aguntak was released in 1991.
109. Cantonment English School & College, Chittagong
4. (i) passenger-and-car ferry; (ii) 139; (iii) sank; (iv) was; (v) stormy.
5. (a) True.
(b)False. The ferry Estonia had sufficient lifeboats.
(c)True.
(d)False. Of all the passengers only 139 survived.
(e)True.
110. Cox’s Bazar Govt. High School, Cox’s Bazar
4. (i) Ulm, Germany; (ii) 1900; (iii) Became professor of theoretical physics at the University of Zurich;
(iv) 1914; (v) received Nobel Prize.
5. (a) False. Einstein’s family moved to Munich after the birth of Maria.
(b)False. Albert first attended elementary school in Munich.
(c)True.
(d)False. Albert became the professor of theoretical physics.
(e)True.
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