Read the passage carefully and answer to the questions given below:
"Is there anybody here who has ever crossed a river by a country boat?" "I have, teacher," said Jamil. "And I clearly remember what happened in that journey ." "Would you please tell us what happened?" the teacher asked. "Okay, teacher. It Happened when I was in class 6. On a weekly bazar day, people were coming back with their shopping bags and baskets in hands, on shoulders and heads. They had to cross the river. It Was not a big river. There was a ferry boat plying on the river. The boat could cross it in 8-10 minutes. It Was just after sunset. The weather was getting bad. The wind started blowing from the north-west. Black clouds were moving fast in the sky. Everybody was trying to get into the boat. 'No more, no more, please wait,' shouted the boatman. But nobody listened to him." "What happened then, Jamil?" asked Rumi. "With too many people on board, the boat sank in the middle of the river," replied Jamil. "Oh no! What happened then?" asked the teacher. "Thank God. There were no casualties. All the passengers swam to the other side. But some of them lost the stuff they were carrying such as oil, salt and milk," said Jamil. "Were you on the boat?" asked the teacher. "No, teacher. Seeing the boat overcrowded, I waited for the next trip," replied Jamil. "You did the right thing, Jamil."
A ferry boat was playing on the river. Here ‘plying’ means-
- playing with other boats
- The boatman requested the people to wait, because _________.
- “With too many people on board, the boat sank…” Here the phrase ‘on board’ means-
- There were no casualties. This statement tells us that-
- The boat was overcrowded. Here ‘overcrowded’ means-
- The incident happened when Jamil was in class-
- The boat could cross the river in_____.
- Where did the wind start blowing from?
- Why did the teacher say to Jamil that he did the right thing?
1. Father of the Nation
- Bangabandhu's Family in 1971: Part - 1
- Bangabandhu's Family in 1971: Part - 2
- The Tale of Homecoming: Part - 1
- The Tale of Homecoming: Part - 2
- Bangabandhu at the UN: Part - 1
- Bangabandhu at the UN: Part - 2
- Bangabandhu's Relationship with Other Countries: Part - 1
- Bangabandhu's Relationship with Other Countries: Part - 2
2. Pastimes
- Have You Any Favourite Pastime?: Part - 1
- Have You Any Favourite Pastime?: Part - 2
- Reading Really Helps!: Part - 1
- Reading Really Helps!: Part - 2
- Change in Pastime
- Change in Pastimes in Bangladesh
- Pastimes Vary
- Have you any favourite pastime?
- Reading really helps!
- Change in pastime
- Change in pastimes in Bangladesh
- Pastimes vary
3. Events and festivals
5. Nature and environment
- The Greed of the Mighty Rivers: Part - 1
- The Greed of the Mighty Rivers: Part - 2
- Environmental Pollution: Part - 1
- Environmental Pollution: Part - 2
- Man and Climate
- Putting Our Fish in Hot Water!
- A Friend of the Earth: Part - 1
- A Friend of the Earth: Part - 2
- The greed of the mighty rivers
- Environmental pollution
- Man and Climate
- Putting our fish in hot water & A friend of the Earth
6. Our neighbours
- Nepal, The Land of Everest: Part - 1
- Nepal, The Land of Everest: Part - 2
- Nepal, The Land of Everest: Part - 3
- Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean: Part - 1
- Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean: Part - 2
- Sri Lanka: The Pearl of the Indian Ocean: Part - 3
- The Maldives: Part - 1
- The Maldives: Part - 2
- India: Unity in Diversity: Part - 1
- India: Unity in Diversity: Part - 2
- Bhutan: The Land of Happiness: Part - 1
- Bhutan: The Land of Happiness: Part - 2
- Nepal, the land of Everest
- Sri Lanka: The pearl of the Indian Ocean
- The Maldives
- India: Unity in diversity
- Bhutan: The land of happiness
7. People who stand out
- Zainul Abedin, The Great Artist: Part - 1
- Zainul Abedin, The Great Artist: Part - 2
- Zainul Abedin, The Great Artist: Part - 3
- The Art of Slience: Part - 1
- The Art of Slience: Part - 2
- The Beginning
- Love for Humanity: Part - 1
- Love for Humanity: Part - 2
- The Wizard of Apple: Part - 1
- The Wizard of Apple: Part - 2
- Job's Childhood: Part - 1
- Job's Childhood: Part - 2
- Zainul Abedin, the great artist
- The art of silence
- Flashback
- The beginning
- Love for humanity & Job's childhood
- The wizard of Apple
13. Media and modes of e-communications
14. Pleasure and purpose
- Books & Two Mothers Remembered
- The Sands of Dee
- Time, You Old Gipsy Man & Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- The Purple Jar: Part - 1
- The Purple Jar: Part - 2
- The Purple Jar: Part - 3
- A Pound of Flesh: Part - 1
- A Pound of Flesh: Part - 2
- The Three Caskets
- The Trial: Part - 1
- The Trial: Part - 2
- Books
- Two Mothers Remembered
- The Sands of Dee
- Time, You Old Gipsy Man
- Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
- The Purple Jar- 1
- The Purple Jar- 2
- The Purple Jar- 3
- A Pound of Flesh
- The three caskets
- The trial