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Reading Part A

Passage Comprehension, Grammar & Vocabulary

9 questions · 🔥 marks repeated ones ·

Reading Part A9 questions

A1
1. (a) What does the passage deal with?
NU. 2023

War is the worst of all evils of human civilization. It is an ancient institution that has existed for at least six thousand years. It was always wicked and usually foolish, but in the past, the human race managed to live with it. Modern ingenuity has changed this drastically. Either man will abolish war, or war will abolish him. At present, nuclear weapons cause the gravest danger, but bacteriological or chemical weapons may soon offer an even greater threat. If we succeed in abolishing nuclear weapons, our work will not be complete. It will never be completed until we succeed in abolishing war forever. To do this, we need to persuade mankind to look upon international questions in a new intellectual and mutual way, not as a contest of force or power, but by arbitration according to agreed principles of law. It is not easy to change age-old mental habits, but this must be attempted. Destructive war must be checked for the existence of life on earth.

1. (a) What does the passage deal with?

The passage deals with the evils and dangers of war and the need to abolish war through arbitration and international law.

passage-টি যুদ্ধের অনিষ্ট ও বর্তমান ঝুঁকির কথা বলে। স্থায়ী শান্তির জন্য যুদ্ধ বিলোপ এবং আন্তর্জাতিক আইনের মাধ্যমে সমস্যার সমাধানের প্রয়োজনীয়তাও এতে তুলে ধরা হয়েছে।

1. (b) Why is war more dangerous at present?

War is more dangerous at present because modern nuclear, bacteriological and chemical weapons can destroy human civilization.

বর্তমানে পরমাণু, জৈবানু ও রাসায়নিক অস্ত্র মানুষকে ধ্বংস করতে পারে। তাই আজ যুদ্ধ আগের চেয়ে বেশি ভয়ংকর।

1. (c) Make a sentence with the antonym of the word ‘worst’.

Best is the antonym of ‘worst’.

Sentence: Honesty is the best policy.

‘worst’-এর বিপরীত শব্দ হলো best অর্থাৎ সবচেয়ে ভালো।

বাক্য: সততা সবচেয়ে ভালো নীতি।

1. (d) Change ‘threat’ into a verb and make a sentence.

The verb form of ‘threat’ is threaten.

Sentence: Pollution threatens human life.

‘threat’-এর verb হলো threaten, যার অর্থ ভয় দেখানো বা ঝুঁকি তৈরি করা।

বাক্য: দূষণ মানুষের জীবনের জন্য ঝুঁকি তৈরি করে।

1. (e) Rewrite the sentence in passive voice.

Active: Modern ingenuity has changed this drastically.

Passive: This has been drastically changed by modern ingenuity.

এটি আধুনিক বুদ্ধিবৃত্তি দ্বারা নাটকীয়ভাবে পরিবর্তিত হয়েছে।

Part A · Short Questions8

A2
1. (a) What does the trap of the pitcher plant look like?
NU. 2022
A3
1. (a) Transform into Complex.
NU. 2021
A4
1. (a) Mention the name of the clause.
NU. 2020
A5
1. (a) Identify the number of clauses and the structural name of the sentence.
NU. 2019
A6
1. (a) Identify the structural name of the sentence.
NU. 2018
A7
1. (a) Who are the intellectuals according to the writer?
NU. 2017
A8
1. (a) How many clauses are there in the first sentence, and what is its grammatical name?
NU. 2016
A9
1. (a) Choose the best answer.
NU. 2015