প্রিয় বন্ধুগণ যদি তুমিও মডেল অ্যাক্টিভিটি টাস্ক Class 10 Part 8 ইংরেজি উত্তর খুঁজছ তাহলে তুমি সঠিক জায়গায় এসেছ।
ENGLISH SECOND LANGUAGE
Class – X
Full Marks: 50
A. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:
I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January 1948, when I was called to Birla’s house by an urgent telephone. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. I was numb with shock as I got into the car.
At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body. There was silence in the room as Gandhiji breathed his last. Words of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by the wind. Sad groups of men and women had collected around Birla House. Out of every window,
one could see a brown blur of faces. They did not make a sound. There was an unnatural silence. It was as if time stood still for those few minutes.
The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning. Later they clamoured wildly, shouting and crying. They jostled one another in a stampede to break into the house. They calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
Table of Contents
Activity 1
Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: 1×5 = 5
a) The narrator was having ___.
i) rice
ii) bread
iii) tea
iv) fruits
Answer – The narrator was having tea.
b) The narrator received a telephone call in the ___.
i) morning
ii) afternoon
iii) night
iv) evening
Answer – The narrator received a telephone call in the evening.
c) Gandhiji was shot on his way to a ___.
i) fair gathering
ii) prayer meeting
iii) political meeting
iv) marketplace
Answer – Gandhiji was shot on his way to a prayer meeting
d) The narrator went to Birla House by ___.
i) car
ii) bus
iii) train
iv) rickshaw
Answer – The narrator went to Birla House by car.
e) Time appeared to have stopped for a few ___.
i) hours
ii) days
iii) minutes
iv) months
Answer – Time appeared to have stopped for a few minutes.
Activity 2
Complete the following sentences with information from the text: 1 × 3= 3
i) At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s ___________________________________________.
Answer: At the Birla House, Gandhiji’s relatives and followers had gathered round his body.
ii) Words of Bapuji’s death had __________________________________________.
Answer: Words of Bapuji’s death had spread through Delhi like a flame fanned by the wind.
iii) The people were too stunned to __________________________________________.
Answer: The people were too stunned to speak in the beginning.
Activity 3
Answer the following questions: 2 × 2 = 4
i) What could one see out of every window?
Answer: Out of every window one could see a brown blur of faces.
ii) When did the people become a little calm?
Answer: People calmed a little when it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral.
B. Read the text given below and answer the questions that follow:
The mountain and the squirrel
Had a quarrel:
And the former called the later ‘Little Prig.’
Bun replied,
‘You are doubtless very big;
But all sorts of things and weather
Must be taken in together,
To make up a year
And a sphere.
And I think it no disgrace
To occupy my place.
If I’m not so large as you
You are not so small as I,
And not half so spry.
I’ll not deny you make
A very pretty squirrel track;
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put;
If I cannot carry forests on my back
Neither can you crack a nut.’
Activity 4
Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentences: 1×4 = 4
i) The quarrel was between the mountain and the _________
a) nut
b) track
c) weather
d) squirrel
Anwer – The quarrel was between the mountain and the squirrel
ii) The “later” is the __________
a) squirrel
b) mountain
c) quarrel
d) year
Anwer – The “later” is the squirrel
iii) The squirrel is very __
a) spry
b) big
c) lazy
d) tall
Anwer – The squirrel is very spry
iv) The mountain can carry on its back a _____
a) sphere
b) forest
c) weather
d) year
Anwer – The mountain can carry on its back a forest