অষ্টম শ্রেণির পড়াশোনা

Senior Teacher
Collegiate School, Chottogram

Read the text and answer the questions 1 and 2
Bangladesh is cuisine is rich and varied with the use of many species. We have delicious and appetizing food, snacks and sweets. Boiled rice is our staple food. It is served with a variety of vegetable, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat. Fish is the main source of protein. Fishes are now cultivated in ponds. Also we have fresh water fishes in the lakes and rivers. More than 40 types of fishes are common. Some of them are carp, rui, katla, magur (cat fish), chingri (prawn or shrimp). Shutki or dried fishes are popular. Hilsha is very popular among the people of Bangladesh. Pantha dish is a traditional platter of pantha bhat. It is steamed rice soaked in water and served with a fried hilsha slice. Often together with dried fish, pickles, lentil soup, green chilies and onion. It is a popular dish on the pohela Boishak. The people of Bangladesh are very fond of sweets. Almost all Bangladeshi women prepare some traditional sweets. Pitha is a type of sweets made from rice, flour, sugar, syrup, molasses and sometimes milk is a traditional food loved by the entire population. During winter pitha utsab, meaning pitha festival is organized by different groups of people.
Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is a news like births, weeding, promotions etc.
Sweets of Bangladesh are mostly oil-based. The common ones are roshgolla, sandesh, rasamali, golap Jamun, Kalo jamum and chom-chom. There are hundreds of different varieties of sweets preparations. Sweets are therefore, an important part of the day-to-day life of Bangladeshi people.
1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given.
a. The word `cuisine’ in line 1 of the text means-
i) a style of cooking    
ii) a special kind of food
iii) cooking spicy dishes     
iv) a combination of dishes.
Answer : (i) a style of cooking.
b. The word ‘platter’ means-
i) a meal served on a large plate .
ii) a large plate to serve.           
iii) a dish with a variety of food items on it.    
iv) all of the above.
Answer : iii) a dish with a variety of food items on it .   
c. The word ‘delicious’ means-
i) savory         ii) appetizing
iii) fresh          iv) tart
Answer : (ii) appetizing.
d. The word ‘molasses’ means-
i) a green substance on the rack
ii) some kind of sea food
iii) syrup obtained from raw sugar
iv) a sweet cake.
Answer : iii) syrup obtained from raw sugar
e. ‘Sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news’-what does the word ‘close’ means here?
i) near in distance     
ii) near is relationship
iii) stop                        
iv) shut.
Answer :  (ii) near in relationship.
f. The steamed rice that is soaked in water is called-
i) boiled rice             ii) stale rice
iii) pantha rice            iv) mixed rice
Answer : (iii) Pantha rice.
g. The word ‘pickle’ means-
i) some kind of sweet fruits
ii) to pinch someone
iii) fruit preserved in vinegar
iv) One kind of thorn.
Answer : (iii) fruit preserved in Vinegar.
2. Answer the following questions from your reading of the text above.
a) What has made Bangladeshi food so special?
b) What is our staple food and how is it served?
c) Why sweets are important part of our life?
d) What is the main source of protein?
Ans.
a) The use of many spices has made Bangladeshi food so special.
b) Our staple food is boiled rice which is served with a variety of vegetables, curry, lentil soups, fish and meat.
c) Sweets are an important part of our life because sweets are distributed among close relatives when there is good news like births, weeding, promotions etc.
d) Fish is the main source of protein.