Shankar Azan Vidyapith(Udmari, Nagaon)

 ( Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 15 FROM A RAILWAY CARRIAGE EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What are fairies and witches? (পৰী আৰু ডাইনীবোৰ কি?) Answer : Fairies are imaginary creatures in the forms of tiny human beings, exisiting in a child's imagination. They were supposed to move in a dainty manner and with great speed. Witches are ugly women who were supposed to cast evil spells. They were known to move at a great speed by flying through the air on their broom sticks. 2. What are the things seen by the poet from the railway carriage? (ৰেলৰ ডবাৰ পৰা কবিয়ে কি কি বস্তু দেখা পাইছে?) Answer : The things seen by the poet from the railway carriage are birdges, houses, hedges, ditches, horses, cattles, painted stations, child, tramp daisies, man, mill and river. 3. How is the movement of the things seen by the poet described? (কবিয়ে বর্ণনা কৰা বস্তুবোৰৰ গতি কেনেকুৱা ?) Answer : The poet gives a ...

 ( Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 14 THE SOLITARY REAPER EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What does the poet ask to do? (কবিয়ে কি কৰিবলৈ কৈছে?) Answer : The poet askes to see and listen to the song of the solitary reaper. 2. What is the young girl doing in the field? (যুৱতী ছোৱালীজনীয়ে পথাৰত কি কৰি আছে?) Answer : The young girl was reaping crops and singing song in the field. 3. Why does the poet ask the padders-by to go gently? (কবিয়ে বাটৰুৱাসকলক কিয় মনে মনে পাৰ হৈ যাবলৈ কৈছে?) Answer : The poet asks the padders-by either to listen to the song or pass gently so that the youg girl can sing song without any interruption. 4. Does the poet know what the Reaper is singing about? What does he imagine the Reaper's song is about? (দাওনীজনীয়ে কিহৰ গীত গাইছে কবিয়ে জানেনে? দাওনীজনীৰ গীত কিহৰ বিষয়ে বুলি কবিয়ে কল্পনা কৰিছে?) Answer : Yes, the poet knows what the reaper was singing about. He imagines...

 ( Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 13 SONG OF YOUTH EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What does the poet realize? (কবিয়ে কি উপলব্ধি কৰে?) Answer : The poet realizes that small aim is a crime. 2. What is the poet armed with? (কবি কিহৰ দ্বাৰা সজ্জিত হয়?) Answer : The poet is armed with technology, knowledge and love for his nation. 3. What will the poet work for? (কবিয়ে কিহৰ বাবে কাম কৰিব?) Answer : The poet will work for transforming Indiainto a developed nation. 4. What is the great vision of the poet? (কবিৰ মহান স্বপ্নটো কি?) Answer : The great vision of the poet is to transform India into a developed nation powered by economic strength with value system. 5. What will ignite the billion souls? (এশ কোটি আত্মা কিহে প্রজ্জ্বলিত কৰিব ?) Answer : The vision of transforming the nation into a developed nation will ignite the billion souls. 6. Which is the most powerful resource on the earth? (পৃথিৱীত...

 (Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 12 STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : Understanding the text (পাঠটো বুজি পোৱা) : 1. Multiple choice questions (বহু বিকল্পী উত্তৰধৰ্মী প্রশ্ন) : (a) Choose the correct answer (শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) : (i) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small town. (ii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small village. (iii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a big city. Answer : (ii) According to the poet the owner of the woods lives in a small village. (b) Choose the correct answer ( শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) : (i) The woods are filled up with snow. (ii) The woods are filled up with water. (iii) The woods are filled up with smoke. Answer : (i) The woods are filled up with snow. (c) Choose the correct answer (শুদ্ধ উত্তৰটো বাছি উলিওৱা) : (i) It was the brightest morning of the year.  (ii) It was the darkest evening of the year. (iii) It was the ...

 ( Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 11 LEAD KINDLY LIGHT EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What does the phrase 'Kindly Light' mean? ('Kindly Light' খণ্ডবাক্যটোৱে কি বুজাইছে?) Answer : The phrase 'Kindly Light' means light received from God to guide the poet to the right path. 2. What does the poet pray for? (‘কবিয়ে কিহৰ বাবে প্ৰাৰ্থনা কৰিছে?) Answer : The poet prays for divine light (guidance). 3. What type of life is described here in the poem, 'Lead Kindly Light'? ('Kindly Light' কবিতাটোত কোন প্রকাৰৰ জীৱনৰ বিষয়ে বৰ্ণনা কৰা হৈছে?) Answer : The poem describes a life which is full of gloom and darkness. But he poet appeals to God to lead him to a life which is full of righteousness because he is helpless without heavenly light. 4. What is enough for the poet? (কবিৰ কাৰণে কি যথেষ্ট?) Answer : One step ahead with heavenly light is enough for the poet. 5. What did...

(Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 10 IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT WINDOW EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What is the author's suggestions regarding the advertisements of rooms? ( ৰূমভাড়াৰ বিজ্ঞাপনৰ প্ৰতি লিখকৰ পৰামৰ্শ কি?) Answer : The author's suggestion regarding the advertisement of rooms is that the advetisement should include the facility of rooms with window. 2. Why does the author say that garrets do not help a young poet in writing poems? (‘লিখকে কিয় কৈছে যে গেৰেটে ডেকা কবিক কবিতা লিখাত সহায় নকৰে?) Answer : The poets are imaginative. They need stimulant to write poems. In a garret there is no facility to enjoy the natural scenery of birds and other things to write poems on them. So the poet says that the garrets do not help young poet in writing poems. 3. What unpleasant experience did the author have while living near Clapham Junction ? (ক্লেফাম জংচনত বাস কৰি থকা সময়খিনিত লিখকে কি অ...

 Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 9 JANTAR MANTAR EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. To whom was the title 'Sawai' conferred ? (কাক ‘সাৱাই’ উপাধি প্ৰদান কৰা হৈছিল?) Answer : The title 'Sawai' was conferred to Jai Singh II, the ruler of the princely state of Amber. 2. What does 'Sawai' mean? (‘সাৱাই’ য়ে কি বুজায় ? Answer : 'Sawai' means one and a quarter of an average man in worth. 3. What is 'Jantar-Mantar'? Why were these Jantar-Mantar made? (‘যন্তৰ-মন্তৰ’ৰ কি ? যন্তৰ-মন্তৰবোৰ কিয় তৈয়াৰ কৰা হৈছিল?) Answer : Jantar-Mantar is an astronomical observatory. It was made to study the movements of the sun, the moon and the other planets. 4. How did the observatory 'Jantar-Mantar' get its name? (মানমন্দিৰ যন্তৰ-মন্তৰ'ৰে ইয়াৰ নাম কিদৰে পাইছিল?) Answer : Jai Singh named the observatory 'Jantar-Mantar'. 'Jantar' means instrument and 'Mant...

  (Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 8 THE LAST LESSON EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : 1. Look at the follwoing sentences and note the italicised phrase (তলৰ দিয়া বাক্যবোৰ চোৱা আৰু বেঁকাকৈ লিখা খণ্ডবাক্যবোৰ লক্ষ্য কৰা) : Everything had to be as quiet as a Sunday morning. Now complete these phrases by filling in the blanks with a word from the box given below : a church mouse, an ox, ice, snow, the night, the grove, a panther. 1. as white as _____ 2. as black as _____ 3. as fast as _____ 4. as strong as _____ 5. as cold as _____ 6. as poor as _____ 7. as silent as _____ Answer : 1. as white as snow. 2. as black as the night. 3. as fast as a panther. 4. as strong as an ox. 5. as cold as ice. 6. as poor as a church mouse. 7. as silent as the grave. 2. Match the words from the text in column "A" with their meaning in column "B". There is a few extra items in column B. (4 স্তম্ভত থকা শব্দবোৰ B স্তম্ভত থকা অৰ্থবোৰৰ লগত মিলোৱা। B স্তম্ভত কিছুমান অতিৰিক্তি শব...

 Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 7 INDIA IN SPACE EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What is space? (মহাকাশ কি?) Answer : Space is a never ending three dimensional extend in which substance exist, actions take place and have virtual position and path. 2. Why we can't hear someone scream in space? (আমি কিয় মহাকাশত কোনোবাই চিঞৰা শব্দ শুনিবলৈ নাপাওঁ) Answer : We can't hear someone scream in space because there is no air. 3. Who is considered to be the father of the Indian Space Programme? (ভাৰতীয় মহাকাশ কাৰ্যসূচীৰ পিতৃ বুলি কাক কোৱা হয়?) Answer : Dr. Vikram Sarabhai is considered to be the father of Indian Space Programme. 4. When was the Indian Space Research Organisaton establish? (কেতিয়া ভাৰতীয় মহাকাশ গৱেষণা সংস্থা স্থাপন কৰা হৈছিল?) Answer : The Indian Space Research Organisation was established in 1969. 5. Why was the Thumbu Equatorial Rocket Launching Station dedicated to the UN? (থাম্ব...

 Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 6 THE MODEL MILLIONAIRE EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What are the great truths of modern life which Hughie Erskine couldn't realise? (হুগি এৰস্কিনে উপলব্ধি কৰিব নোৱাৰা আধুনিক জীৱনৰ ডাঙৰ সত্যটো কি?) Answer : The great truth of modern life that Hughie Erskine doesn't realise is that if one is not wealthy then there is no use of being charming. Romance is the profession of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. 2. What was Hughie Erskine not able to do? (হুগী এৰস্কিনে কৰিবলৈ সমৰ্থ নোহোৱা কামটো কি আছিল?) Answer : Hughie was not able to do a permanent job to earn a regular income though he took to do a number of jobs. 3. Write about Hughie in a few sentences. (কেইটামান বাক্যত হুগীৰ বিষয়ে লিখা।) Answer : Hughie was a charming young fellow. He was wonderfully good looking with crisp brown h...

(Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 5 ANNE FRANK AND 'THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL' EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. Who was Anne Frank? (এনি ফ্ৰেংক কোন আছিল?) Answer : Anne Frank was a young Jewish girl who wrote the 'Diary of a Young Girl'. [এনি ফ্ৰেংক আছিল এগৰাকী ইহুদী কণমানি ছোৱালী যিয়ে ‘ডায়েৰী অৱ এ ইয়ং গাৰ্ল’ লিখিছিল।] 2. What was The Diary of a Young Girl'? (‘এজনী গাভৰু ছোৱালীৰ দিনলিপি’খন কি আছিল?) Answer : 'The Diary of a Young Girl" was the moving record of the thoughts and days of a young girl named Anne Frank. [''দ্য ডায়েৰী অৱ এ ইয়ং গাৰ্ল" আছিল এনি ফ্ৰেংক নামৰ এগৰাকী কণমানি ছোৱালীৰ চিন্তা আৰু দিনৰ মন চুই যোৱা অভিলেখ।] 3. Why is the book The Diary of a Young Girl' significant? (‘এজনী গাভৰু ছোৱালীৰ দিনলিপি' কিতাপখন কিয় তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ?) Answer : 'The Diary of a Young Girl' is significant because it contains the wisest and most moving comm...

  Anundoram Borooah Academy) English - Class VIII Chapter 4 THE THREE QUESTIONS EXERCISE (অনুশীলনী) : A. Answer the following questions (তলত দিয়া প্ৰশ্নবোৰৰ উত্তৰ দিয়া) : 1. What things did occur to the king's mind ? (কি কথা ৰজাজনৰ মনলৈ আহিছিল ?) Answer : The things that occured to the king's mind were to know the right time to begin a thing, the right people to consult with and the most important work to do for him. 2. What were the three questions that the king had proclaimed throughout his kingdom? (কি তিনিটা প্রশ্ন ৰজাজনে গোটেই দেশজুৰি ঘোষণা কৰি দিছিল ?) Answer : The three questions that the king proclaimed throughout his kingdom were : First, what the right time was to begin a work. Second, who the important poeple was with whom he might consult. Third, what the most important thing was to do for the king. 3. Was the king contented with the answers given by the various learned men? What did he do then? ('ভিন ভিন বিজ্ঞ মানুহে দিয়া উত্তৰবোৰত ৰজাজন সন্তুষ্ট হৈছিলনে?...