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1. Summarize the following text.

The exterior of the King’s palace is neither magnificent nor beautiful. The outer walls are not even plastered. It could easily be passed off as the multi-storied residence of a merchant of Benares. All the mansions in the city are of this sort, but the Queen’s palace is very handsome. I was told, however, that the interior of the king’s palace is very elegant, and that the suites of rooms and the chambers of the harem are painted attractive verdigris.

The king’s garden, which is outside the city, is very old. It has pleasant walks, lawns, and neatly arranged beds of various shapes- triangles, squares, hexagons and octagons. These are planted with varieties of flowers, green plants and fruit trees such as the apple, gooseberry, peach, pear, filbert, etc. The garden also uses a special method to grow Indian fruits like the muskmelon, watermelon, cucumber, orange and pomegranate, and Indian flowers like the rose, henna, marigold, tuberose and the cock’s-comb flower.

Answer : The exterior of the King’s palace is like that of a simple building. But the interior is very elegant. The king’s garden is outside the city. Though it is very old, it has pleasant walks, lawns, and neatly arranged beds of various shapes. These beds are planted with varieties of flowers, green plants and fruit trees.

2. Summarize the following text.

We set out on the evening of July 21st. Food was scarce in the village so Abdul packed a suitcase with two loaves and some tea and tins of milk, cheese and jam. We traveled intermediate class in a cross country train not uncomfortably crowded, through a country of shadowy loveliness. It was a moonlit night of broken soft clouds; the land was mostly under water, with paddy and coco-palms growing from it, and a few raised cart- tracks and groups of cottages islanded among clumps of bushes, all reflected among shadows. Here and there was the red glow of a cooking-fire or the lantern of a fisherman’s boat in open water. At dawn we reached Sonaimuri, a small canal- side station among wide fields; from there we had eight more miles by country boat, some of it along the canal, some of it across the flooded paddy fields. I was looking forward to that tranquil water- journey in the early morning, and tranquil it must have been, for I fell instantly asleep and knew no more till we reached the landing- ghat at khorshed’s house, in a blaze of sunlight. It turned out that his letter saying that he was bringing me was still on its way, but they rallied to the crisis and gathered round to make me welcome, though as none of them spoke any English they could only stare and laugh and offer me coco-nut juice.

Answer : We started for khorshed’s house on the evening of July 21st. Abdul provided us with adequate food. We traveled Intermediate class in a cross-country train. It was a moonlit night. The area we passed through had natural setting. At dawn we reached Sonaimuri, a small canal- side station. From there we had eight more miles by country boat. As soon as we started water- journey.

I fell asleep and knew no more till we reached the landing-ghat at khorsed’s house. There I was offered of coco-nut juice.

3. Summarize the following text.

In Bangladesh folk music has great variety, with songs being composed on the culture, festivals, view of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and revering life. These songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural. Mystical songs have been composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats. Since the country is basically revering, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music. Folk music is formed and develops according to the environment. Differences in the natural environment are reflected in the people of the different regions. The dialects too vary across the different regions. Bangladeshi folk music therefore varies from region to region. Thus there are the northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs. The culture and the lifestyle of the different tribes have also influenced folk music. Tribes likes the Santal, Garo, Hajong, Chakma, Manipuri, Tripuri, Marma etc. have interacted with ethnic Bengali culture and lifestyle over the years. The interaction has been clearly reflected in the richness of folk music.