ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্র
মোহাম্মদ সারবিন মুন্সী
সহকারী অধ্যাপক, ইংরেজি বিভাগ
বীরশ্রেষ্ঠ নূর মোহাম্মদ পাবলিক কলেজ, ঢাকা।
পরীক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, এইচ.এস.সি. পরীক্ষার ইংরেজি প্রথমপত্রের আজ Part I-এর শুধু প্রশ্ন নং ১ উপস্থাপন করলাম। এগুলো ভালোভাবে দেখে নিও।
Part I : Reading Test (60 Marks)
Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.
Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against white minority rule, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight for his people’s emancipation. He was determined to bring down apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and charisma helped him win the support of the world.
“I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I will fight it now, and will do so until the end of my days, “Mandela said in his acceptance speech on becoming South Africa’s first black president in 1994, …. “The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms that divide us has come.”
“We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation.”
In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honour he shared with F.W. de Klerk, the white African leader who had freed him from prison three years earlier and negotiated the end of apartheid.
(a) What does ‘apartheid’ stand for?
(i) Apart (ii) Aloofness (iii) Racism (iv) Apartment
(b) F.W. de Klerk freed Mandela from prison in ————-.
(i) 1993 (ii) 1994 (iii) 1990 (iv) 1986
(c) Mandela was the first to advocate ————-.
(i) fighting for independence
(ii) the violation of unity among all
(iii) unarmed resistance to apartheid (iv) the reign of apartheid around the world
(d) Mandela was prisoner for nearly ————-.
(i) 20 years (ii) 36 years
(iii) 30 years (iv) 93 years
(e) The word ‘emancipation’ could be best replaced by the antonym ————-.
(i) participation (ii) encouragement
(iii) bondage (iv) liberation
(a) Who was Nelson Mandela? What did he do for the blacks of South Africa?
(b) For how many years, according to the text, was Mandela imprisoned? What did he fight for?
(c)What did Mandela abominate and how?
(d)Why was Mandela awarded the Nobel Peace Prize? With whom was the prize shared?
(e) Why was Mandela resolved? How did he win the support of the world?
Solution to Question No. 1 (A & B)
(a) (iii) Racism (b) (iii) 1990 (c) (iii) unarmed resistance to apartheid (d) (iii) 30 years (e) (iii) bondage
(a) Nelson Mandela was a world-famous political leader and the first black president of South Africa. He fought against apartheid for the emancipation of his black people.
(b) According to the text, Mandela was imprisoned for nearly thirty years. He fought against white minority rule for his people’s emancipation.
(c) Mandela abominated racial discrimination and in all its manifestations and he did it most intensely.
(d) Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993 for achieving the political emancipation of the African people without causing any civil war. The prize was shared with F.W. de Klerk.
(e) Mandela was resolved to bring down apartheid avoiding any civil war. He won the support of the world by his prestige and charisma.
