English | Unseen Passage for Class 8 with Answers 21-25 | PDF: This an important discussion on unseen passage with an answer sheet for class eight English subject so read the post carefully.
21. Rangpur Zilla School, Rangpur
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
A recent data indicates the choice of professions among a group of students. At a glimpse, we notice the highest percentage of choice to be a physician. 35% of the students showed their interest in this profession. The next in the list is the choice of becoming an engineer.
20% of the students chose this profession. 15% of them chose teaching as the future profession. The number of students that chose practicing law was only 12%. 18% of the students wanted to be a successful businessman. This indicates how the youth think about their future.
- Complete the following table with information given in the passage. 1´5=5
| Group of people | Profession | Percentage | Ranking |
| Students | physician | (i) ………….. | highest |
| The youth | (ii) ………….. | 20% | (iii) ………….. |
| Young people | teaching | 15% | (iv) ………….. |
| Young generation | practising law | (v) ………….. | lowest |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements. 1´5=5
(a) Student life is the best time of choosing a profession.
(b) 12% of the students go for practising law.
(c) The students are careless about their future.
(d) Practising law is preferable to teaching.
(e) None of the students wants to be a businessman.
22. Jessore Zilla School, Jessore
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
The greatest dramatist of English literature named Shakespeare was born and died on the same day. It was on the 23rd April, 1564 when he was born at Stratford on Avon. This is why he is called the ‘Bard of Avon’.
He wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets. They spread fame to his unrivalled knowledge of human nature and the sympathy and understandings with which he painted almost every type and class of character.
In the poems, the poet’s love of nature has found an eloquent expression as has as an undertone, his deep concern for the limitations of human society. In the rough weather nature has no particular enmity towards man and it treats all equally.
- Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1´5=5
| Who | Events | Where/How many | Time/What |
| Shakespeare | was born | (i) ………….. | on 23rd April |
| He | is called | (ii) ………….. | |
| He | (iii) ………….. | 154 Sonnets | |
| He | wrote | (iv) ………….. | |
| He | died | (v) ………….. |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements. 1´5=5
(a) Shakespeare is mostly known for his sonnets.
(b) He was born in England.
(c) He wrote 37 dramas.
(d) His name and fame is still unrivalled.
(e) He was a dramatist of the 16th century.
23. Govt. Muslim High School, Chittagong
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was a famous Bengali educationist, writer, philosopher and linguist. He was born on July 10, 1885 in the village Peyara, 24 Pargana, West Bengal. He passed his entrance exam in 1904 from Howrah Zilla School. In 1906 he passed the FA exam from Presidencey College, Kolkata.
He received the BA degree with Honours in Sanskrit in 1910 from City College, Kolkata, MA in 1912 in comparative philology from the University of Kolkata. He also received a Ph.D from Sorborn University in 1928. He joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali.
His Bangla Shahitter Katha published in 1953 was the first well arranged history of Bangali literature. In 1966 he was seriously ill and was in sick bed for about two and a half years. The great scholar breathed his last on 13 July 1969 in Dhaka.
- Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1´5=5
| Who/What | Events/Activity | Where/Institute | When |
| Dr. Muhammad Sahidullah | (i) ………….. | West Bengal | 1885 |
| He | received BA degree | Kolkata City College | (ii) ………….. |
| He | received Ph.D | (iii) ………….. | 1928 |
| Shahidullah | (iv) ………….. | University of Dhaka | 1921 |
| Bangla Shahitter Katha | published | (v) ………….. |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give correct answers for the false statements. 1´5=5
(a) Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was a single linguist.
(b) He passed most of his student life at Kolkata.
(c) He was a professor of English and Bengali.
(d) His Bangla Shahitter Katha was the latest writing of Bengali literature.
(e) He died in Dhaka after the liberation of Bangladesh.
24. Mirzapur Cadet College, Tangail
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 4 & 5.
It was Autumn, August 26, 1910. A little girl was born to an Albanian descent, rich Catholic merchant’s family in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of the three siblings and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojashiu.
Who had known that this tiny, little girl would one day become the servant of humanity¾¾ love and serve the poorest of the poor and become the mother of humanity. Yes, we are talking about none other than Mother Teresa.
At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within her that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18 she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India.
After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came to India. On may 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, mother Teresa taughts geography and catechism (religious instruction) at St. Mary’s high School in Kolkata (then Calcutta).
However, the prevailing poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa’s mind, and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to work among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.
- Complete the following table with the information from the given passage.
| Who/What | Events/Activity | Where/Institute | When |
| Mother Teresa | birth | Macedonia | (i) ………………. |
| She | left | parental home | (ii) ……………… |
| Her | (iii) ……………. | India | 1931 |
| Learning | geography and catechism | (iv) …………….. | 1931 to 1948 |
| She | started to serve the poor | (v) ……………… | 1948 |
- Read the following passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. Give answers for the false statements.
(a) Mother Teresa’s ancestors came from Albania.
(b) She was born in Albania.
(c) She wanted to become a missionary at the age of 18.
(d) Mother Teresa came to India with the Sisters of Loreto.
(e) Mother Teresa devoted herself to work among the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.
25. Mymensingh Girls’ Cadet College, Mymensingh
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions 4 & 5.
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientists of modern age, was born of Jewish parents in Germany in 1879 A.D. At the age of twenty-one he graduated from the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich. Two years later he joined a service in Berne. He obtained his Doctorate in 1905 A.D.
Four years after his Doctorate, he took the post of Associate Professor at the University of Zurich. He resigned the next year to become a full Professor at a German University. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921. When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, Einstein was in America as a Visiting Professor.
For Hitler’s cruelty to the Jews, he did not return to his homeland. Einstein became famous for his Theory of Relativity. At the request of a group of scientists he wrote to the American President Roosevelt to use atomic energy in bombs.
- From your reading of the above text complete the following table with the relevant information.
| Who/What | Events/Activity | Place/Country | Time/Year |
| Albert Einstein | birth | (i) ………………. | in 1879 |
| graduation | Federal Institute of Technology | (ii) ……………… | |
| (iii) ……………. | Berne | in 1902 | |
| Einstein | Ph. D | (iv) …………….. | |
| (v) ……………… | awarded | in 1921 |
- Read the passage again and write true or false beside the following statements. If false, give the correct answer.
(a) Albert Einstein was born of Jewish parents.
(b) He obtained Doctorate in 1805.
(c) He resigned in 1912 to become a full Professor.
(d) Hitler’s cruelty to the Jews prevented him from returning to his homeland.
(e) American President Roosevelt was requested by Einstein to use atomic energy in bombs.
Answer:
21. Rangpur Zilla School, Rangpur
4. (i) 35%; (ii) engineer; (iii) second; (iv) third; (v) 12%.
5. (a) True.
(b)True.
(c)False. The students are careful about their future.
(d)False. Teaching is preferable to practicing law.
(e)False. 18% of the students want to be a successful businessman.
22. Jessore Zilla School, Jessore
4. (i) At Stratford-on-Avon; (ii) The Bard of Avon; (iii) wrote; (iv) 37 plays; (v) on 23rd April.
5. (a) False. Shakespeare is mostly known for his plays.
(b)True.
(c)True.
(d)True.
(e)False. He was dramatist of the 17th century.
23. Govt. Muslim High School, Chittagong
4. (i) was born; (ii) 1910; (iii) Sorborn University; (iv) joined as a professor; (v) 1953.
5. (a) False. Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was a multiple linguist.
(b)True.
(c)False. He was a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali.
(d)True.
(e)False. He died in Dhaka before the liberation of Bangladesh.
24. Mirzapur Cadet College, Tangail
4. (i) August 26, 1910; (ii) at the age of 18; (iii) initial vows as a nun; (iv) St. Mary’s High School in Kolkata;
(v) in the slums of Kolkata.
5. (a) True.
(b)False. She was born in Skopje, Macedonia.
(c)False. She wanted to become a missionary at the age of 12.
(d)True. (e) True.
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25. Mymensingh Girls’ Cadet College, Mymensingh
4. (i) Germany; (ii) 1900 A.D; (iii) job/service; (iv) 1905; (v) Nobel Prize.
5. (a) True.
(b)False. He obtained Doctorate in 1905.
(c)False. He resigned in 1910 to become a full Professor.
(d)True.
(e)True.
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