Read the passage carefully and answer to the questions given below:
Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her polythene-roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45 but looks more than her age. Infront of her shelter, she is trying to make a fire to cook the day's only meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds some fallen leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing flames remind Meherjan of the turmoil in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had everything- a family, cultivable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna gradually consumed all her landed property. It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to devour Meher's house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness. There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers, some of whose banks overflow or erode during monsoon. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages are threatened by the mighty rivers like the Jamuna, the Pad.ma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. Infact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can't take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.
In paragraph 3, ‘mighty rivers’ mean-
- Landed property -
- Whispering wind-
- Dancing flames-
- What does Meherjan use to make fire for cooking her meals?
- How old is Meherjan?
- What does the word ‘tremble’ mean?
- What is the synonym of ‘turmoil’?
- Who/what consumed all her landed property?
- River erosion makes at least ____ people homeless every year
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