Unit-8: World Heritage
Lesson-1: The Shat Gambuj Mosque
(গত ৬ সেপ্টেম্বর প্রকাশের পর)
1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives. 1x7=7
1. (vii) What does the expression “Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and natural heritage” mean?
(a) Our life is unique because we spread cultural heritage.
(b) Our life is unique as we engage in cultural activities.
(c) We have got our valuable life from our cultural and natural background.
(d) Our cultural and natural background is full of activities.
2. Answer the following questions. 2x5=10
(a) Who was Khan Jahan Ali? Why is he remembered even now??
(b) How will you justify the view that Khan Jahan Ali was a great-hearted Muslim colonizer? Why/ Why not? Explain in 2/3 sentences.
(c) For what purposes was the mosque used?
(d)How was the planning of the city distinctly dominated?
(e) Describe the ‘mihrabs’ of Shat Gambuj Mosque in 2/3 sentences.
আরো পড়ুন : Unit-8, lesson-1: The Shat Gambuj Mosque-এর ১টি প্রশ্ন ও উত্তর, ১ম পর্ব
3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 5
The ‘Shat Gambuj Mosque’ which is a World Heritage Site is situated in Bagerhat town. It was founded by a Turkish General (a)------ Ulugh Khan Jahan who was a saint warrior. The (b)------ name of the historic Mosque City was Khalifatabad. It was a (c)------ colony. The infrastructure of the city has the (d)------ of significant technical skills. Both Mughal and Turkish architecture were followed for the decorations in this (e)------ mosque.
4. Read the passage and complete the following table with information from the passage. 1x5=5
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the U.S.A. He is famous for his Gettysburg Address. It was delivered by him during the American civil war on November 19, 1863. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky, the U.S.A. His parents were from Virginia. In 1819 his mother died. Then his father moved to Indiana state. He grew up there. He was a captain in the Black Hawkwar. He got the nomination for president in 1860. Then he became the president of America in 1861. Lincoln first declared a ban on slavery in America on January 1, 1863. He was re-elected president in 1864. On good Friday, April 14, 1865. He was assassinated at Ford’s theatre in Washington.
Answer: 1. vii. (c) We have got our valuable life from our cultural and natural background.
2. (a) Khan Jahan Ali was a Turkish general, a saint warrior in the 15th century. A great humanitarian, Khan Jahan Ali, established a Muslim colony at the outskirts of Bagerhat town- not very far from the dense mangrove forest of Sundarbans. He built numerous mosques, a network of roads, bridges, public buildings and reservoirs to make the city habitable. So, he is still remembered now.
(b) Khan Jahan Ali was truly a great-hearted Muslim colonizer. There is no doubt about this. We can see his greatness by observing the architecture inside the city of Khalifatabad.
(c) The mosque was used for the purpose of both as a prayer hall and as the court of Khan Jahan.
(d) The planning of the city was distinctly dominated by Islamic architecture and decorations were the combination of Mughal and Turkish architecture.
(e) The west wall in the interior has eleven mihrabs (niche in the mosque pointing towards Makkah). The mihrabs are beautifully decorated with stonework and terracotta. But the floor of the mosque is made of brick.
3. a) named/called, b) original, c) Muslim, d) revelation, e) historic.
4. (i) February 12, 1809, (ii) Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln, (iii) 1861; (iv) January 1,1863, (v) at Ford’s Theatre in Washington.
লেখক : সিনিয়র শিক্ষক, ইংরেজি
লেক সার্কাস গার্লস হাই স্কুল, কলাবাগান, ঢাকা
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