অষ্টম শ্রেণির ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্র

Read the text and answer the question no.1 and 2.
The ethnic people in Bangladesh hold a very important place in the culture of the country. The majority of these people live in the Chattogram Hill Tracts. The others live in the religions of Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet. They live in forest areas, in the hills and rural areas. They do Jhum cultivation. For this work, they clear a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sow seeds in it. They are mostly farmers. By religion they are Hindus, Christians or Buddhists. They speak their own mother toungues. Some of them are the Chakmas, the Marmans, the Tipperas and the Moorangs, who live in the Hill tracts. The Santals live in Rajshahi. The khasias and the Monipuries, live in Sylhet and the Hajangs and the Garos in Mymensingh.     
1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given.   
a. The ethinic people in Bangladesh play a significant role in the culture of the country. Here the word ‘ethinic’ means-
i) rural  ii) aboriginal  iii) urban  iv)  folk
Ans : ii) aboriginal 
b. The word ‘clear’ in the text means-
i) to be easy to perceive 
ii) to remove something 
iii) to be obvious 
iv) to cause people to leave
Ans : ii) to remove something 
c. What does ‘Christians’ refer to in the context?
i) a religion 
ii) the group of ethnic people 
iii) the followers of Christianity  
 iv) the follower of any religion
Ans : iii) the followers of Christianity   
d. The word ‘speak’ means-.

i) to say something    ii) to talk to someone 
iii) to communicate    iv) to make a speech
Ans : iii) to communicate 
e. The ethnic people use _ language.
i) foreign ii) global iii) native iv)  international
Ans : iii) native
f) The ethnic people are mainly_.
i) tillers ii) teachers iii) potters iv) carpenters
Ans : i) tillers
g) What does the word ‘Jhum Cultivation’ refer to in the text-.
i) clearing of the hills 
ii) a method of growing crops 
iii) a custom of the ethnic people 
iv) a social system of the aboriginal 
 Ans : ii) a method of growing crops
2. Answer the following question from your reading of the above text.
a. How do the ethnic people hold a significant place in our culture?
Ans : The ethnic people hold a significant place in our culture because they have a culture of their own, which is totally different from ours. They speak their own languages, and follow their own lifestyles. These are the ornaments of our culture. 
b. Why do you think the ethnic people are mainly farmers?
Ans : The ethnic people are mostly farmers because they live in forest, hills and rural areas where farming is the convenient occupation to earn money.
c. What is Jhum cultivation?
Ans : Jhum cultivation is a special kind of farming which is done by clearing a piece of land in the forest, prepare it and sowing seeds in it. 
d. Name the areas where the ethnic people live.
Ans : The areas where the ethnic people live in the Chattogram Hill Tracts, Mymensingh, Rajshahi and Sylhet.

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