Rearranging sentences 8/1
Rearranging sentences 8/1
1. Kazi Nazrul Islam
- (a) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.
- (b) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.
- (c) On his return from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.
- (d) His poem inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
- (e) At last, at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.
- (f) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories, gajals, novels etc and traveled all branches of Bengali literature.
- (g) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B.S. (1899 A. D.) at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.
- (h) His famous poem "Bidrohi" stirred the whole nation.
2. Kazi Nazrul Islam
- (a) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the Army.
- (b) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.
- (c) On his return from the battle field, he gave up the sword for the pen and began to write poems.
- (d) In 1972 he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.
- (e) He died on 29 August, 1976.
- (f) He wrote a lot of poems, short stories, gazals, novels etc. and travelled all the branches of Bengali literature.
- (g) Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 at Churulia in the district of Bardhawan.
- (h) At the age of 19 he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier.
3. Kazi Nazrul Islam
- (a) After the war he came back to Kolkata in 1919.
- (b) Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born of poor parents in 1899.
- (c) There Nazrul studied in a high school at KazirSimla for three years and then returned to Burdwan.
- (d) During that time a Muslim police officer found him to be genius and sent him to his village home.
- (e) He started residing in the office of Bengal Muslim Literary Association.
- (f) In 1914 the first world war broke out and Nazrul joined the army at the age of 19.
- (g) When he was 12 years old, he fled away to Asansole and worked in a baker’s shop there.
- (h) His remarkable poem “Bidrohi” was published in that year when he was 21.
4. Kazi Nazrul Islam
- (a) He lost his father in his childhood.
- (b) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.
- (c) He spent his early life in great hardship.
- (d) Nazrul Islam was born on the 20th of May 1899.
- (e) As a boy being restless and absent minded, he did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.
- (f) One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.
- (g) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.
- (h) So, he was called Dukhu Mia.
5. Rabindranath Tagore
- (a) On the completion of his house education, he was sent to school, but he did not like institutional education.
- (b) In 1911, he translated his poems of the "Geentanjali" into English.
- (c) He was made a knight by the British Government in 1914 but he rejected it as a protest against the atrocities of the British Government at Jalianwalabag.
- (d) Rabindranth Tagore, one of the most leading poets in the history of the word literature, was born into the renowned Tagore family in March 1861.
- (e) He was sent to London to study law but he studied literature with Professor Henry Marley for a few months and then returned home.
- (f) It brought him the highest honour in the form of Nobel Prize in 1913.
- (g) At the age of eighty, he breathed his last.
- (h) In his twentieth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to the Himalayas.
6. Rabindranath
- (a) He was quite happy in Brighton.
- (b) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he arrived in London.
- (c) He joined his brother's family at Brighton and attended school there.
- (d) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.
- (e) He described London as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.
- (f) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the West.
- (g) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended Henry Morely's lectures on English literature.
- (h) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.
7. Rabindranath
- (a) Young Tagore joined London University where he attended Henry Morle's lectures on English literature.
- (b) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.
- (c) He was quite happy in Brighton.
- (d) At the age of 17, in 1878 he arrived in London.
- (e) He joined his brother's family at Brighton and attended school there.
- (f) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of 8.
- (g) He described London as a 'dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.
- (h) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.
8. Rabindranath Tagore
- (a) Some of his best works are Gitanjali, Sonar Tari, Kheya, Balaka, etc.
- (b) He had no regular school education.
- (c) Rabindranath Tagore was born at Jorasako in Calcutta on 7 May 1861.
- (d) He was educated at home by his father and tutors.
- (e) He composed Gitanjali, a book of poems and won the Nobel Prize in 1913.
- (f) He was a poet, a dramatist, a short story writer, a novelist and an essayist.
- (g) He was a man of versatile genius.
- (h) His father was Maharshi Debendranath Tagore.
9. Poet and unpaid letter
- (a) At this the poet became very angry.
- (b) So, he procured a heavy stone.
- (c) During his stay, he received an unpaid letter from his friend
- (d) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.
- (e) He packed it up in a fine box and sent it to his friends address.
- (f) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
- (g) The poet had to pay double postage.
- (h) The letter contained nothing but some words.
10. William Somerset Maugham
- (a) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.
- (b) This brought for him a good name.
- (c) He was born in 1874 in Paris.
- (d) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest and most famous short story writers.
- (e) Then he took to writing plays.
- (f) He qualified as a doctor, but he did not enjoy it.
- (g) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs Cardlac, Lady Frederick etc.
- (h) He made his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.
11. An English Poet
- (a) He became very annoyed.
- (b) So, he procured a heavy stone.
- (c) During his stay he received an unpaid letter from his friend.
- (d) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.
- (e) He packed it up in a fine box.
- (f) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.
- (g) The poet had to pay double postage.
- (h) The letter contained nothing but some words.
12. Joynul Abedin
- (a) At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata.
- (b) He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1939.
- (c) Joynul Abedin was born in 1914.
- (d) He did not like the hard and fast rule of schools.
- (e) He breathed his last on May 28, 1976.
- (f) So, he drew pictures secretly.
- (g) In 1938, he became first class first in the Art College.
- (h) At the age of nineteen, he got himself admitted into Kolkata Government Art College.
13. Zainul Abedin
- (a) He graduated from the Govt. School of Art in Kolkata.
- (b) He is recognized as the most valuable painter of Bangladesh.
- (c) He died of lungs cancer.
- (d) Zainul Abedin was born in 1914 in Kishoregonj.
- (e) Still now he is referred with great respect as Shilpacharya in Bangladesh.
- (f) He is also the pioneer of Bangiadeshi modern art.
- (g) He was also appointed as a teacher there.
- (h) He is highly admired for his 'Bengal Femine Sketches'.
14. Zainul Abedin
- (a) For this at the age of 15 he went to Kolkata to see Art School and at the age of 19 he was admitted into Kolkata Government Art College.
- (b) He had great thirst for drawing picture.
- (c) On 28 May, 1976 he breathed his last in Dhaka.
- (d) In 1938 he got first class in the Art School and in the same year he was awarded gold medal in All India Exhibitions.
- (e) Zainul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914.
- (f) He drew a lot of pictures of the Second World War and his name and fame spread all over the world.
- (g) In 1948 he founded the Dhaka Art Institution, Dhaka.
- (h) He did not like hard and fast rule of school and so he drew pictures secretly.
15. Zainul Abedin
- (a) At 15, he went to Kolkata.
- (b) He drew a lot of famine pictures in 1940.
- (c) Zainul Abedin was born in 1914.
- (d) He developed a different style of painting in his adolescence.
- (e) He passed away on 28 May, 1976.
- (f) He was very interested in painting from his childhood.
- (g) In 1938, he stood first in the Art College.
- (h) At 19, he got himself admitted into Kolkata Government Art College.
16. Zainul Abedin
- (a) He graduated from the Govt School of Art in Kolkata.
- (b) He is recognized as the most valuable painter of Bangladesh.
- (c) He died of lungs cancer.
- (d) Zainul Abedin was born in 1914 in Kishoregonj.
- (e) Still now he is referred with great respect as Shilpacharja in Bangladesh.
- (f) He is also the pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art.
- (g) He was also appointed as a teacher there.
- (h) He is highly admired for his 'Bengal Famine Sketches.'
17. Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque
- (a) His father was passing by the room then.
- (b) But Fazlul said "I have read the pages. So I do not need them."
- (c) He saw Fazlul Haque reading books and tearing pages from the books.
- (d) He instantly entered into the room.
- (e) He was very meritorious from his boyhood.
- (f) He forbade Fazlul Haque to tear the book's pages.
- (g) One day he was reading in his room.
- (h) The great leader of our country was Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque.
18. Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah
- (a) Dr. Shahidullah breathed his last on 13 July 1969 in Dhaka.
- (b) He was awarded the Doctorate degree form Sorbonne University, Paris in 1928.
- (c) This great scholar was born on July, 1885 at 24 Pargonas in East Bengal, India.
- (d) Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was the greatest scholar of Bengal.
- (e) It took him two years to complete his MA and another two years for his Bachelor of Law degree.
- (f) "Bangla Shahitter Katha" the first well-arranged history of Bengali literature was published by him in 1953, and he remained busy with his work till he became seriously ill in 1967.
- (g) He joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali.
- (h) He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904 and obtained his BA degree six years later.
19. Pritilata
- (a) One is a society without gender discrimination.
- (b) The other is her motherland without British colonial rule.
- (c) She was a meritorious student.
- (d) So, she received combat training to fight against the British rule.
- (e) It is known to us that Pritilata was born in Chittagong on 5 May 1911.
- (f) She finally graduated in philosophy with distinction from Bethune College in Kolkata.
- (g) All through her life, she dreamt of two things.
- (h) In her college days, Pritilata was an activist in the anti-British movement.
20. Pritilata
- (a) She finally graduated in philosophy with distinction from Bethune College in Kolkata.
- (b) Gradually she involved herself in Surya Sen's armed resistance movement.
- (c) In her college days, Pritilata was an activist in the anti-British movement.
- (d) So, she received combat training to fight against the British rule.
- (e) Pritilata was born in Chittagong on 5 May 1911.
- (f) Surya Sen was a famous anti British movement organizer and activist in Chittagong area that time.
- (g) All through her life, she dreamt of two things: a society without gender discrimination, and her motherland without British colonial rule.
- (h) She was a meritorious student at Dr. Khastagir Government Girls' School in Chittagong and Eden College, Dhaka.
21. Vidyasagar
- (a) He was very much industrious.
- (b) He always helped the poor.
- (c) This is why; everybody remembers him.
- (d) All of you have heard the name of Vidyasagar.
- (e) He would never violate the orders of his mother.
- (f) He was a very learned man.
- (g) He respected his parents very much.
- (h) He was very meritorious too.
22. Prafulla Chandra Ray
- (a) When he was in the fourth standard, he suffered from a severe attack of dysentery.
- (b) He started his education in his village school.
- (c) Ray and his elder brother were admitted to Hare School in 1874.
- (d) Prafulla Chandra Ray was born in Khulna in 1861.
- (e) It hampered his health throughout his life.
- (f) In 1879 he passed the Entrance Examination.
- (g) His father Harish Chandra Ray was a land proprietor.
- (h) In 1870 his family migrated to Calcutta.
23. Concert for Bangladesh
- (a) It was held on the 11th of August 1971 at the Madison Square Garden, New York.
- (b) At the same time, it raised millions of dollars for UNICEF relief fund.
- (c) He was an English singer who played very important role in favour of Bangladesh during 1971.
- (d) The concert won huge support for the millions of war victims of Bangladesh.
- (e) It was arranged by George Harrison with the help of some other famous musicians.
- (f) It was organized to make the world aware of the suffering of Bangladesh during the liberation war.
- (g) Many of you have heard about the historic "Concert for Bangladesh".
- (h) About forty thousand people enjoyed his live concert.
24. Tipu Sultan
- (a) The Nizam of Hyderabad and the Marathas also joined the British to destroy the power of the brave Tipu.
- (b) In 1790, the British, the Marathas and the Nizam attacked Mysore.
- (c) Tipu had to give away half of his kingdom to the victorious armies.
- (d) The British now hurriedly came to help the Raja.
- (e) The war continued for two years, and Tipu could no longer fight alone.
- (f) When Tipu attacked Travancore, a state to the south of Mysore in 1789, the Raja of this state was under the protection of the British.
- (g) Tipu tried to get help from the French, but France was at that time going through a great revolution and so the French could not give him any help.
- (h) He signed a treaty in 1792, and the war come to an end.
25. Alexander & Porus
- (a) Porus came forward with his people and arms in order to defend his country from the invasion of Alexander. He fought courageously, but unfortunately, he was defeated in the battle.
- (b) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated by him. “Like a king” was the reply of Porus. Alexander was pleased with Poru for his bold reply.
- (c) Then he was taken prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.
- (d) Being pleased, Alexander made him ruler of another province in the Punjab. He allowed him to rule his country as before.
- (e) He showed strong personality and integrity before Alexander.
- (f) Alexander, the conqueror of the world, once crossed the Khiyaber Pass and reached India.
- (g) He was brought before Alexander.
- (h) Then he came to the plain of the Pubjab. There ruled a king called Porus. He wanted to conquer the land of Porus.
26. Altaf Hossain
- (a) But unfortunately, he died in 1976 before completing his higher education.
- (b) When he was a small boy, he had great attraction for studies and completed his Primary Education from Kupdhon Primary School.
- (c) Md. Altaf Hossain was the 6th son of his parents.
- (d) Even today the locals and his schoolteachers remember him with love and affection.
- (e) He was born at Kupdhon village under Patharghata Upzilla.
- (f) After that he passed his HSC from Barguna Govt. College in 1974.
- (g) Then he was admitted into a famous institution named Kalmegha Muslim High School and he completed his SSC in 1972.
- (h) For B.Sc. Degree he was sent to Jagannath University College.
27. Einstein
- (a) "But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk," said Einstein.
- (b) Understandably they failed to find him out because he was shabby in his dress.
- (c) Being invited by the queen of Belgium, Einstein, the great scientist, travelled to Brussels by train and got down at the station.
- (d) "I didn't think that anybody would send a care for me ", replied the great scientist with a smile.
- (e) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him," I sent a car for you, Dr Einstein."
- (f) So, they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.
- (g) Many gorgeously dressed officials were sent to receive him at the station.
- (h) Einstein, however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other hand.
31. Alexander Fleming
- (a) He passed his boyhood with parents.
- (b) He was the seventh of eight brothers and sisters.
- (c) Penicillin is lifesaving medicine.
- (d) Dr. Fleming was given the title “Knight” in 1944 for his humanitarian services.
- (e) It was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.
- (f) He went to school and came back home on foot.
- (g) Fleming was born in a poor family of Scotland.
- (h) Up to age of twelve, he was never absent from school.
32. Alexander Fleming
- (a) Penicillin is a lifesaving medicine.
- (b) He passed his boyhood with his parents.
- (c) It was discovered by Dr Alexander Fleming.
- (d) He was the seventh of the eight brothers and sisters.
- (e) He was never absent from school up to the age of twelve.
- (f) He was sent to London at the age of fourteen for higher education.
- (g) Fleming was born in a poor family in Scotland.
- (h) Fleming was a very regular and attentive student.
33. Dr. Alfred Nobel
- (a) He earned a lot of money from his dynamite business.
- (b) This award was named after Alfred Nobel.
- (c) He was an engineer.
- (d) Dr. Alfred Nobel was born on 20 October, 1833 Stockholm, Sweden.
- (e) So, it was called the 'Nobel Prize'.
- (f) He invented dynamite after some years of joining his father's company.
- (g) This award also given for setting up peace in the world.
- (h) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work.
34. Einstein & the Queen of Belgium
- (a) “But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk” said Einstein.
- (b) Understandably they failed to find out because he was shabby in his dress.
- (c) Being invited by the queen of Belgium. Einstein, the great scientist travelled to Brussels by train and get down at the station.
- (d) “I did not think that anybody would send a car for me” replied the great scientist with a smile.
- (e) When he reached the destination, the queen said to him. “I sent a car for you Dr. Einstein.”
- (f) So, they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.
- (g) Many gorgeously dressed officials were sent to receive him at the station.
- (h) Einstein however walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other hand.
35. Einstein
- (a) The officials also expected to see somebody who was rich and aristocratic. They never imagined that this shabby man would be Einstein.
- (b) The queen was highly amazed at his simplicity.
- (c) They looked for him here and there for some time. But unfortunately, they failed to find him out, so they went back to the queen and informed her that Einstein had not come by train.
- (d) Einstein, the great scientist, was simple in his ways of life.
- (e) Einstein, however, walked the whole way with a suitcase in one hand and a violin in the other. When he reached the destination, the queen said to him, "I sent a car for you, Dr. Einstein."
- (f) Once the queen of Belgium invited him to Brussels.
- (g) He traveled to Brussels by train and got down at the station. But he could not think that many gorgeously dressed officials had come to receive him at the station.
- (h) "I did not think that any body would send a car for me," replied the great scientist with a smile. "But I can assure you that I have greatly enjoyed the walk." said Einstein.
36. Stephen Hawking
- (a) He is considered the greatest physicist after Einstein.
- (b) He is very skilled in Mathematics from an early age and having a brilliant result, he was able to join Cambridge University as a Lucasian professor of Mathematics.
- (c) In it he explains cosmology for the general public.
- (d) He got married in 1963.
- (e) It became famous and established his reputation as a great scientist.
- (f) He got his Ph. D in cosmology from Cambridge University by the time he was 26 years old.
- (g) Stephen Hawking was born in an educated family.
- (h) He wrote a book, "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bangs to the Present Times."
37. Thomas Alva Edison
- (a) For example, once the boy set his father's house on fire only to see how it could burn.
- (b) To satisfy his curiosity, he often undertook some risky advantages.
- (c) And that person was his loving mother.
- (d) But at the same time, he was proud of the young boy.
- (e) But there was only one person who did never feel annoyed with the boy.
- (f) He was Thomas Alva Edison.
- (g) His father got angry for this kind of activities.
- (h) A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in a village because he always asked, 'why, why, why.'
38. Socrates' Death
- (a) Socrates met his friends last time.
- (b) He talked to them about the immortality of soul.
- (c) They cried loudly like the children.
- (d) At last, the moment of departure arrived.
- (e) He asked them to let him die in peace.
- (f) He told them that the soul of a man cannot die.
- (g) His friends could not bear the sight.
- (h) With eyes full of tears, they bade farewell to Socrates.
39. Socrates’ Death
- (a) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time.
- (b) Then there came a man with a cup in hand.
- (c) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.
- (d) He told them that the soul of man cannot die.
- (e) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.
- (f) At last, the hour of departure had arrived.
- (g) At sunset, the governor of the prison came.
- (h) The cup contained hemlock a very strong poison and Socrates was made to drink it.
28. Socrates’ wife
- (a) He had a wife who used to lose temper on the slightest excuse.
- (b) Suddenly she poured much water over him.
- (c) One day she tried her utmost to irritate Socrates.
- (d) The wife found that her husband was not paying the least heed to her word and she went up to him with a bucket full of water.
- (e) The passers-by on the street started laughing and Socrates also joined them in their laughter.
- (f) Socrates went outside and sat on the door step of his residence looking out on the street.
- (g) He quietly remarked, "I was expecting this. I know that after thunder comes rain."
- (h) Socrates believed that an angry man was more of a beast than a human being.
29. Socrates’ Wife
- (a) He sat on the doorstep of his house looking out on the public street.
- (b) Socrates could not tolerate this.
- (c) She always tried to irritate Socrates.
- (d) This made his wife more furious.
- (e) She began to insult him.
- (f) So, he went out of his room.
- (g) Socrates’ wife used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.
- (h) One day the woman became more furious than ever.
30. Aristotle
- (a) As a result, from his childhood, he studied under a great free thinker, Plato.
- (b) He wanted to be a free thinker.
- (c) Aristotle was born in Greece.
- (d) Aristotle, achieving his academic qualifications, took the pen to write on different topics suitable for human civilization.
- (e) He also wrote books on Literature, Biology, Economics and comparative politics.
- (f) He was a son of a Royal physician.
- (g) His father wanted him to be a physician but he never cherished to be so.
- (h) Plato taught Aristotle according to his own way.
41. Hazrat Abdul Quader
- (a) At the time of sending, his other sewed forty gold coins in his shirt and advised him never to tell a lie.
- (b) That time the roads were unsafe. Gangs of robbers fell upon the travellers and plundered their belongings and money.
- (c) He was born in Jilan in Iraq.
- (d) His father died even before his birth.
- (e) His mother decided to send him to Baghdad with a view to educating him there.
- (f) Hazrat Abdul Quader was a famous religious figure in Islam.
- (g) The boy left for Baghdad with a caravan of merchants but on their way a gang of robbers fell upon them and looted their money.
- (h) She was very pious and taught him many important and religious things.
42. Marco Polo
- (a) In 1271 he set out from Venice to China when he was only 15.
- (b) They had travelled by land, sea, over mountains and across deserts.
- (c) For transport they had used ships, camels, horses and donkeys.
- (d) He was accompanied by his father and uncle.
- (e) He was one of the greatest adventurous men.
- (f) It took the Polos over three years to reach China.
- (g) Actually, at that time journey was very difficult because of no speedy vehicles.
- (h) Marco Polo was born in 1256 in Venice.
43. Abu Bin Adhem
- (a) His name was Abu Bin Adhem.
- (b) Abu then requested him to put his name in the list because he loved mankind and his fellow brothers.
- (c) The angel was writing the names of persons who loved God.
- (d) Once upon a time there was an honest and pious man.
- (e) He asked the angel if his name was there.
- (f) He was once sleeping peacefully.
- (g) In reply the angel said that his name was not there.
- (h) Suddenly he woke up and saw an angel.
44. Napoleon and English Boy
- (a) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.
- (b) Then the boy was very happy to meet his mother going to his country.
- (c) One day he saw that an English boy was making a small boat.
- (d) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
- (e) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.
- (f) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero who won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
- (g) The boy said, “I shall cross the sea by this boat.”
- (h) I want to go to my country because I didn’t see my mother for a long time.
45. Ibn-i-Batuta
- (a) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.
- (b) It took him almost six months to reach Chittagong.
- (c) He heard the name of Shah Jalal of Sylhet and decided to visit him.
- (d) He boarded a ship for Chittagong.
- (e) Once on a voyage of China he lost his way and found himself in the Maldives Islands.
- (f) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.
- (g) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.
- (h) Ibn-i-Batuta was a great Muslim explorer.
46. Nobel Prize
- (a) This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel.
- (b) This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contribution in six fields.
- (c) Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.
- (d) For this discovery he not only became famous all over the world but also earned huge amount of money by selling it.
- (e) This prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of science of destruction.
- (f) The Nobel prize is the world’s most important prize.
- (g) He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December, 1896.
- (h) He invented dynamite which is widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and in war.
47. Sir Walter Raleigh
- (a) When anyone came in, he quickly hid his pipe. One day he was not quick enough.
- (b) So, the man brought some water and threw it over Raleigh.
- (c) He ran out of the house and told everybody about it. After this smoke was not a secret.
- (d) Sir Walter Raleigh travelled widely, learnt to smoke and returned to England.
- (e) A man came in and found clouds of smoke in the room.
- (f) He used to smoke two pipes everyday secretly in his room.
- (g) He thought Raleigh was burning.
- (h) He also noticed that more smoke was coming from Raleigh's mouth.
48. Sheikh Sadi
- (a) On the way he took shelter in a courtier’s house.
- (b) On his way back home, Sadi again took shelter in the same courtier’s house.
- (c) Sheikh Sadi was a great Persian poet.
- (d) He set out for the emperor’s palace in ordinary dress.
- (e) The courtier and his men did not show much honour and hospitality to him.
- (f) This time he put on gorgeous dress.
- (g) He was simple in his ways of life.
- (h) Once he was invited to the emperor’s palace.
49. Sheikh Saadi
- (a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi and ordered him to give all he had to him.
- (b) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.
- (c) He had a bundle of books and some money with him.
- (d) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.
- (e) On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them and took away all the goods and money from the merchants.
- (f) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without any fear.
- (g) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.
- (h) Saadi then said, "I hope that you will make good use of these books."
50. Martin Luther King
- (a) He obtained his doctorate degree from Boston University.
- (b) He was awarded Nobel Peace Prize and donated all the money for the development of the Negro Nation.
- (c) After marriage Luther King worked as a clergy man in the Baptist Church of Albania.
- (d) He was born on 15 January, 1926 in the Atlanta city.
- (e) He was shot dead in 1966 when he was 37 years old.
- (f) He was imprisoned for the movement against the colour difference.
- (g) In the time, he married an extra-ordinary and learned women called Croats Scott.
- (h) Martin Luther King was great leader in the history of the freedom and the rise of the Negro Nation.
51. Abraham Linkoln
- (a) But the corporal full of dignity did nothing but shouted order.
- (b) "Are you?" said the officer.
- (c) Presently an officer, not in uniform rode up a horse came.
- (d) "Hellow!" he said to the corporal. "'Why don't you give the men a hand to get that beam up?"
- (e) He then getting down from his horse helped them to get the beam to its place and the man was none other than Abraham himself.
- (f) Don't you know that I'm a corporal?" "Was the reply."
- (g) There were too few men to work.
- (h) In the American War of Independence, a corporal and solders were sent to raise a heavy beam for a purpose.
52. Nelson Mandela
- a) Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942.
- b) In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- c) For 20 years he directed a campaign of peaceful, nonviolent defiance against the South African Government and its racist policies.
- d) Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95.
- e) In 1993, South African President F.W.de Klerk was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- f) In 2009, Mandela's birthday was declared "Mandela Day" to promote global peace.
- g) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa.
- h) In 1994, Mandela was celebrated as South African's first black President.
53. Robert Bruce
- a) He took part in the revolt against King Edward I of England for the independence of his country.
- b) But his army was defeated again and again.
- c) Robert Bruce was the King of Scotland.
- d) He led an expedition against England, overthrew the English army and secured the independence of Scotland.
- e) It fell down time and again but it did not give up its attempts. At its seventh attempt it succeeded in reaching the top.
- f) He noticed a spider trying to reach the top of the steep wall of the cave.
- g) Being defeated for six times, he lost all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day he was lying in a cave in the forest.
- h) Bruce got back his hope at that incident, took courage and gathered his soldiers together.
54. Queen Victoria
- (a) She saw a box marked half a crown and considered that the box would be the most appropriate gift for him.
- (b) The princess had a fixed allowance for pocket money, and she was not permitted to exceed it.
- (c) But her governess said, "No, you see the princess has not the money and so of course, she cannot buy the box."
- (d) Queen Victoria was taught economical habits by her governess when she was a little girl.
- (e) Once at a market at Wales she spent all her money in buying a number of presents for relatives and friends.
- (f) The people in shop wanted to enclose the box with the other articles.
- (g) But alas! She had no money.
- (h) As she was leaving, she remembered another cousin for whom she did not buy any present.
55. Washington
- (a) But the corporal, full of dignity, did nothing but stood by and shouted orders.
- (b) “Are you?” said the officer.
- (c) Presently an officer, not in uniform rode up.
- (d) “Hello” he said to the corporal. “Why don’t you lend your men a hand to get that beam up”.
- (e) He then getting down from his horse worked very hard to put the beam to its place and the man was not other than Washington himself.
- (f) "Don’t you know that I am a corporal" was the reply.
- (g) There were too few men for the work.
- (h) In the American war of independence, a corporal and a party of soldiers were sent to raise a heavy beam for a battery.
56. Hillary and Tenzing
- (a) Many climbers who took part in then lost their lives.
- (b) They lift some of their men and supplies in those camps.
- (c) Many expeditions had been led to conquer Mount Everest.
- (d) Only Hillary and Tenzing reached that hight.
- (e) As the climbers were going up and up –they set up camps of different places.
- (f) The highest camp was set up at 27000 feet, but the top was still 2000 feet away,
- (g) Some of them had to be abandoned.
- (h) Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and Tenzing Norlie from Nepal led an expedition in 1953.
57. Baron Pierre de Coubertin
- (a) He founded the International Olympic committee (IOC) in 1894.
- (b) The world has already seen 29 Olympic games.
- (c) Now over 13,000 athletes compete in 33 different sports in the Olympic games.
- (d) The 30th Olympic games took place in London, in 2012.
- (e) He is the father of the modern Olympic games.
- (f) And Phelps proved his talent.
- (g) Baron Pierre de Coubertin, was a French man.
- (h) Here Usain dominated the tracts.
58. Nasiruddin Hojja
- (a) Hojja was quite curious.
- (b) So, he climbed from the roof down the stairs.
- (c) As he came near, the man said that he wanted some financial help.
- (d) He saw there a man standing at the foot of the stairs.
- (e) The man was asking him to get down and listen to him.
- (f) He thought that man had something important to say.
- (g) Suddenly he saw someone calling from below.
- (h) One day Nasiruddin Hojja was mending a hole on the roof of his two-storied house.
59. Abu Ben Adhem
- (a) The angel took down his request and went away.
- (b) His name was Abu Ben Adhem.
- (c) Abu then requested him to put his name in the list because he loved mankind and his fellow brother.
- (d) He again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of the list.
- (e) Suddenly he woke up and saw an angel who was writing the names of persons who loved God.
- (f) Once upon a time there was an honest and pious man.
- (g) He asked the angel if his name was there and in reply the angel said that his name was not there.
- (h) He was once sleeping peacefully.
61. William Somerset Maugham
- (a) Soon he gave up medicine for literature and made his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.
- (b) This brought for him a good name.
- (c) He was born in 1874 in Paris.
- (d) It is a realistic study on the life of low neighborhood in London.
- (e) He wrote a few other novels and took to writing plays.
- (f) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest short story writers of modern time.
- (g) He qualified as a doctor and this life had no charm for him.
- (h) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs. Cardiac, Lady Frederick etc.
62. Hazrat Mohammed (SM)
- (a) He was brought up by Halima (R) in his childhood.
- (b) Hazrat Mohammed (SM) was born in the Qurish tribe of Makka in 570 AD.
- (c) He married Khadiza (R) at the age of 25.
- (d) His father Abdullah died before his birth.
- (e) He was then brought up by his uncle Abu Taleb.
- (f) He was truthful from his boyhood.
- (g) He made an organization named "HilfulFuzul' at the age of 17.
- (h) Then he was brought up by his grandfather Abdul Muttalib.
63. Caliph Omar (R)
- (a) They both reached the house of the Bedouin and offered some food which they had brought with them.
- (b) She was glad to have a meal.
- (c) She heard that the Caliph Omar (R) was a harsh man.
- (d) She expressed her feelings towards them.
- (e) Now she bowed low in gratitude to the Caliph.
- (f) On learning the fact, his wife expressed her eagerness to set out immediately for helping her fellow woman.
- (g) Once Caliph told his wife about a poor helpless Bedouin, woman who restlessly walked up and down.
- (h) Later on she learnt that the visitor was the Caliph.
64. Queen Victoria
- (a) She saw a box marked half a crown and considered that the box would be the most appropriate gift for him.
- (b) The princess had a fixed allowance for pocket money and she was not permitted to exceed it.
- (c) But her governess said, "No, you see the princess has not the money and so of course, she cannot buy the box."
- (d) Queen Victoria was taught economical habits by her governess when she was a little girl.
- (e) Once at a market at Wales she spent all her money in buying a number of presents for relatives and friends.
- (f) The people in shop wanted to enclose the box with the other articles.
- (g) But alas! She had no money.
- (h) As she was leaving, she remembered another cousin for whom she didn't buy any present.
65. Nelson Mandela
- (a) In 1993 Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- (b) Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942.
- (c) For 20 years he directed a campaign of peaceful, non violent movement against the South African government and its racists policies.
- (d) Mandela died at his home, in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.
- (e) In 2009 Mandela’s birthday was declared “Mandela Day” to promote global peace.
- (f) In 1993, South African president F.W. de Klerk was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
- (g) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 in South Africa.
- (h) In 1994, Mandela was celebrated as South African’s first black president.
66. Robert Bruce
- (a) He took part in the revolt against king Edward 1 of England for the independence of his country.
- (b) But his army was defeated again and again.
- (c) Robert Bruce was the king of Scotland.
- (d) He led an expedition against England, overthrew the English army and secured the independence of Scotland.
- (e) Itfell down again and again but it did not give up its attempts. As its seventh attempt it succeeded in reaching the top.
- (f) He noticed a spider trying to reach the top of the steep wall of the cave.
- (g) Being defeated for six times, he lost his all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day he was lying in a cave in the forest.
- (h) Bruce got back his hope at that incident, took courage and gathered his soldiers together.
67. Napoleon
- (a) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.
- (b) Napoleon, the King of France was a great hero.
- (c) One day he was walking along the sea shore.
- (d) He won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.
- (e) The boy said, "I shall cross the sea.
- (f) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.
- (g) The boy was brought before him.
- (h) An English boy was making a small boat.
68. Taimur
- (a) Thus he saved his life.
- (b) He came with a large army.
- (c) The prince hear the news.
- (d) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.
- (e) Taimur's soldiers were killed.
- (f) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveller.
- (g) His soldiers surrounded the village on all sides and a terrible batlle took place.
- (h) Once he attacked the province of a powerful prince.