21st February

Read the passage and answer the questions 1 and 2.

21^st February is a memorable day in our national history. We observe the day every years as international Mother Language Day. The day is a national holiday.

On this day, we pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives to established Bangle as a stage language in undivided Pakistan in 1952.The struggle to achieve our language rights in known as the Language Movement.

The seed of the Language Movement was sown on 21 March 1948 when Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the Governor General of Pakistan, declared in a public meeting in Dhaka that Urdu would be the only state language of Pakistan. The declaration raised a storm of protest in the eastern part of the country. The protest c. continued non-stop, gathering momentum day by day. It turned into a movement and reached its climax in 1952.The government outlawed all sorts of public meeting rallies to stop it.

The students of Dhaka University defied the law and brought out a peaceful protest procession on 21 February 1952. When the procession reached near Dhaka Medical Collage, the public opened fire on the students, killing Salam, Rafiq, Barkat, Safiqur and Jabber. AS a result, there were mass protests all over the country and government had to declare Bangla as a state language. This kindled the sparks of independence movement of Bangladesh.

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. Choose the correct answer from the following alternative.

a. What is a memorable day in our national history?

i. 21^st February                                        ii.23 February

iii. 22 February                                          iv.24 February

b. Who was the governor General of Pakistani in 1948?

i. Ayub Khan                                            ii. Zulfiker Ali

iii. Yehahia Khan                                      iv.Muhammad Ali Zinnah

c. Who declared Urdu would be the state Language of Pakistani?

i. Mohammad Ali Jinnah                      ii .Ayub Khan

iii. Zulfikar Ali                                            iv. Yehahia Khan

d. We observe –as International Mother Language day?

i. 14 December                                        ii.26 March

iii.16 December                                      iv.21 February

e. A peaceful protest profession on 21 February?

i. Political leaders of the then East Pakistan iii. Students’ leaders of Dhaka University 

iii .Teachers of Dhaka University             iv. None

f. Who defied the law?

I .people                                                  ii. Teachers

iii. political leaders                                   iv. Students

g. Who killed the students?

i.  East Bengal regiment                           ii. Political leaders

 iii. Police                                               iv. Students themselves

h. There were mass-all over the country.

i. guards                                                ii. Guides

iii. Protest                                            iv. Conscious

i. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the ‘seed’ used in the passage?

I. The ending                                          ii. The plant

iii. the celebration                                   iv. The beginning

j. The killing of the students –the movement.

i. ignited                                                ii. Frosted

iii. Slowed down                                   iv. Discourage

k. The police opened fire on the students of –

i. Dhaka University                                  ii. Dhaka Medical Collage

iii. Dhaka Collage                                   iv. General mass

2. Answer the following questions:

a. Why do we observe 21^st February?

b. when was the seed of the language Movement sown?

c. What do we do on this day?

d. what was the effect of the declaration of Mohammad Ali Jinnah?

e. what happened on 21^st February 1952?

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