NELSON MANDELA (PART – 1)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.

Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid to a multi-racial democracy, as an icon of peace
and reconciliation who came to embody the struggle for justice around the world.
Imprisoned for nearly three decades for his fight against white minority rule, Mandela never lost his resolve to fight
for his people's emancipation. He was determined to bring down apartheid while avoiding a civil war. His prestige and
charisma helped him win the support of the world.
"I hate race discrimination most intensely and in all its manifestations. I have fought it all during my life; I will fight it
now, and will do so until the end of my days," Mandela said in his acceptance speech on becoming South Africa's first
black president in 1994, ......."The time for the healing of the wounds has come. The moment to bridge the chasms
that divide us has come."
"We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation."
In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor he shared with F.W. de Klerk, the white African leader
who had freed him from prison three years earlier and negotiated the end of apartheid.
Mandela went on to play a prominent role on the world stage as an advocate of human dignity in the face of challenges
ranging from political repression to AIDS.
He formally left public life in June 2004 before his 86th birthday, telling his adoring countrymen: "Don't call me. I'll call
you." But he remained one of the world's most revered public figures, combining celebrity sparkle with an unwavering
message of freedom, respect and human rights.
"He is at the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are," Nadine Gordimer, the South
African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, once remarked.
The years Mandela spent behind bars made him the world's most celebrated political prisoner and a leader of mythic
stature for millions of black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country's
borders............................... [Unit-1; Lesson-2]
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) What does 'justice' refer to in line 3?
(i) impartiality (ii) corruption (iii) fair (iv) satisfy
(b) Mandela shared the Nobel Peace Prize with —.
(i) Nadine Gordimer (ii) Einstein (iii) F.W. de Klerk (iv) Rontgen
(c) What is the closest meaning of the word 'advocate'?
(i) proposition (ii) pleader (iii) helper (iv) hater
(d) Mandela suffered imprisonment for -.
(i) nearly 15 years (ii) nearly 20 years (iii) nearly 25 years (iv) nearly 30 years
(e) "We have at last achieved our political emancipation."- What does it imply?
(i) South Africa was freed
(ii) Racial discrimination was abolished
(iii) Mandela became the President of South Africa
(iv) Mandela drove away the white minorities from South Africa
(f) Nelson Mandela is a/ an — of peace and reconciliation.
(i) embody (ii) maker (iii) thinker (iv) resolver
(g) South Africa is a Black — country.
(i) dominated (ii) free (iii) inhabited (iv) controlled
(h) Mandela — himself from civil war to bring down apartheid.
(i) avoided (ii) refrained (iii) escaped (iv) adopted
(i) Nelson Mandela vowed to remove —.
(i) white (ii) politicians (iii) discrimination (iv) oppresors
(j) Which one of the following sentences is false?
(i) Nelson Mandela is a peace maker (ii) Mandela won Nobel Prize after he became president
(iii) Mandela was in prison for nearly 30 years (iv) Nadine Gordimer is a literary figure
(k) South African white minority — the black majority.
(i) was dominated by (ii) destroyed (iii) struggled against (iv) dominated
(l) The word 'chasm' means —.
(i) breach (ii) discipline (iii) loose (iv) gap
(m) The word 'shackle' in the text refers to —.
(i) hamper (ii) bond (iii) iron (iv) rope
(n) What does the word 'reconciliation' mean?
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(i) forgive (ii) separation (iii) appeasement (iv) allow
(o) The phrase 'bring down' in the text means —.
(i) abolish (ii) bring something close (iii) fight with (iv) cancel
(p) "We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation" — the line indicates —.
(i) end of a political conflict (ii) victory of a election
(iii) getting government power (iv) end of a long struggle for political rights
(q) "We have, at last, achieved our political emancipation" What is meant by the 'political emancipation'?
(a) Religious freedom (b) Geographical freedom
(c) Economic and social freedom (d) Political freedom
(r) The term "apartheid" means —
(a) anxiety (b) partition (c) preparation (d) discrimination
(s) The word "epicenter' in the text means —
(a) majestic (b) accusation (c) reunion (d) focal point
(t) "I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all person live together in harmony and
with equal opportunities." What do you understand by this statement?
(a) to ensure a democratic and free society (b) all people should live harmoniously
(c) having equal facilities (d) all of the above answers
(u) What is the synonym of the word domination?
(a) generosity (b) humanity (c) submission (d) autocracy
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the activities and achievements of Nelson Mandela. (One
has been done for you.)
1. Guiding the South Africans against racial discrimination 2 3 4 5 6

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer:
Nelson Mandela was the most celebrated and undisputed Black African leader. He is famous for his life-long struggle
against racial discrimination. He dreamt of gaining freedom for the black people of South Africa and to achieve political
emancipation for them. He fought for the black South Africans to bring down apartheid through non-violent movement
by avoiding a civil war. He lived behind bars for nearly three decades. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.
He became the first black president of South Africa in 1994. He formally left public life before his 86th birthday in 2004.
4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Civility means polite (a) — or modesty. It also (b) — courteous manner. It is a great virtue (c) — a man. To be well-
behaved, or good-natured we (d) — spend money or wealth. We have to (e) — willingness to attain civility. We have
to (f) — some code of conduct and (g) — the norms of etiquette of the society. It (h) — from society to society.
However, one has to (i) — good manner in one's character from an early age. No expenditure (j) — consciousness is
required.
NELSON MANDELA (PART – 2)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
...........In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor he shared with F.W. de Klerk, the white
African leader who had freed him from prison three years earlier and negotiated the end of apartheid.
Mandela went on to play a prominent role on the world stage as an advocate of human dignity in the face of challenges
ranging from political repression to AIDS.
He formally left public life in June 2004 before his 86th birthday, telling his adoring countrymen: "Don't call me. I'll call
you." But he remained one of the world's most revered public figures, combining celebrity sparkle with an unwavering
message of freedom, respect and human rights.
"He is at the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are," Nadine Gordimer, the South
African writer and Nobel Laureate for Literature, once remarked.
The years Mandela spent behind bars made him the world's most celebrated political prisoner and a leader of mythic
stature for millions of black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country's borders.
Charged with capital offences in the 1963 Rivonia Trial, his statement from the dock was his political testimony.
"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white
domination, and I have fought against black domination."
"I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with
equal opportunities," he told the court.

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"It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."
Friends adored Mandela and fondly called him "Madiba," the clan name by which he was known. People lauded his
humanity, kindness and dignity. [Unit-1; Lesson-1]
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) The word 'prominent' means —.
(i) invisible (ii) outstanding (iii) simple (iv) courageous
(b) The text is about —.
(i) Mandela and his struggle (ii) Mandela's political career
(iii) Mandela's peace loving attitude (iv) Mandela's activity
(c) The word 'repression' means —.
(i) activity (ii) justice (iii) control (iv) oppression
(d) 'He formally left public life' indicates —.
(i) Mandela's death (ii) Mandela's retirement from politics
(iii) Mandela's retirement from the ministry (iv) Mandela's cessation of struggle
(e) 'The word 'stature' refers to —.
(i) structure (ii) ability (iii) size (iv) attitude
(f) What is the closest meaning of the word 'negotiate'?
(i) signify (ii) converse (iii) bargain (iv) broker
(g) What does the word 'revered' mean?
(i) respected (ii) hated (iii) highly respected (iv) pious
(h) What does the phrase 'in harmony' mean?
(i) unanimity (ii) conflict (iii) peace (iv) discord
(i) What does the phrase 'charged with' mean?
(i) demanded (ii) attacked (iii) blamed (iv) accused of
(j) 'I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and
with equal opportunities.' - What does it mean?
(i) a democratic and free society (ii) all people live together in harmony
(iii) all people should have equal opportunities (iv) all of the above
(k) According to Gordimer, Mandela is for —.
(i) the Africans (ii) the blacks (iii) the deprived (iv) the whole world
(l) Mandela inspired people — his country's borders.
(i) across (ii) within (iii) inside (iv) around
(m) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'testimony'?
(i) clarification (ii) certificate (iii) evidence (iv) information
(n) Mandela's fighting was against —.
(i) white people (ii) black people (iii) white domination (iv) both white and black domination
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the struggle of Nelson Mandela. (One has been done for
you.) 2☓5 = 10
1 Fighting against white minority rule 2 3 4 5 6

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer:
Nelson Mandela, the most celebrated and undisputed Black African leader is famous for his life-long struggle against
racial discrimination. He dreamt of gaining freedom for the black people of South Africa and to achieve political
emancipation for them. He fought for the black South Africans to bring down apartheid through non-violent
movement by avoiding a civil war. He lived behind bars for nearly three decades. He lived for an ideal which is peace
and harmony among the African people. He cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society. He was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. He formally left public life before his 86th birthday in 2004.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed.
Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
responsible ahead through business institution aware
compulsion outlook opportunities bars refine enlighten
Education is the process by which our mind develops (a) — formal learning at an (b) — like a school, college or
university. It is mental or intellectual training which provides (c) — of growth and helps to meet challenges and

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overcome (d) — to progress. It is also the (e) — of education to train individual to make the right choices to go (f) —
. It ennobles our mind and (g) — our sensibility. It also broadens our (h) — and helps us become (i) — of our rights and
(j) —.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Malnutrition is a great problem in Bangladesh. One of the main (a) — of malnutrition in Bangladesh is our (b) — of
knowledge of nutrition. Again, the poor and (c) — people in our country generally think that good and nutritive food
means (d) — food. They do not know that whatever (e) — they get could be (f) — if they can select the food items (g)
— to make it a balanced one. (h) — eating food, we should bear in mind that we do not (i) — to satisfy hunger or to
fill the belly. We eat to preserve our (j) —.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) Ismail first received training on vegetable cultivation.
(b) He studied up to class eight.
(c) Then he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables and
earned taka 25,000 as profit that year.
(d) Ismail Hossain came of a poor family.
(e) Finding no other way he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre.
(f) Poverty then forced him to look for work.
(g) He has also been raising hybrid cows for milk as well as to produce manure.
(h Later he bought some land and used it entirely to cultivate cauliflowers.
(i) In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year.
(j) Thus Ismail has changed his lot.
VALENTINA TERESHKOVA
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
Valentina Tereshkova was born in the village Maslennikovo, Tutayevsky District, in Central Russia. Tereshkova's father
was a tractor driver and her mother worked in a textile plant. Tereshkova began school in 1945 at the age of eight, but
left school in 1953 and continued her education through distance learning. She became interested in parachuting from
a young age, and trained in skydiving at the local Aeroclub, making her first jump at age 22 on 21 May 1959. At that
time she was employed as a textile worker in a local factory. It was her expertise in skydiving that led to her selection
as a cosmonaut.
After the flight of Yuri Gagarin (the first human being to travel to outer space in 1961), the Soviet Union decided to
send a woman in space. On 16 February 1962, "proletaria" Valentina Tereshkova was selected for this project from
among more than four hundred applicants. Tereshkova had to undergo a series of training that included weightless
flights, isolation tests, centrifuge tests, rocket theory, spacecraft engineering, 120 parachute jumps and pilot training
in MiG-15UTI jet fighters.
Since the successful launch of the spacecraft Vostok-5 on 14 June 1963, Tereshkova began preparing for her own flight.
On the morning of 16 June 1963, Tereshkova and her back-up cosmonaut Solovyova were dressed in space-suits and
taken to the space shuttle launch pad by a bus. After completing her communication and life support checks, she was
sealed inside Vostok 6. Finishing a two-hour countdown, Vostok-6 launched faultlessly.
Although Tereshkova experienced nausea and physical discomfort for much of the flight, she orbited the earth 48
times and spent almost three days in space. With a single flight, she logged more flight time than the combined times
of all American astronauts who had flown before that date. Tereshkova also maintained a flight log and took
photographs of the horizon, which were later used to identify aerosol layers within the atmosphere.
Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5, which carried Valery Bykovsky into a
similar orbit for five days, landing three hours after Tereshkova. The two vessels approached each other within 5
kilometers at one point, and from space Tereshkova communicated with Bykovsky and the Soviet leader Khrushchev
by radio.
Much later, in 1977 Tereshkova earned a doctorate in Engineering from Zhukovsky Air Force Academy. Afterwards she
turned to politics. During the Soviet regime she became one of the presidium members of the Supreme Soviet. Now
this living legend is a member in the lower house of the Russian legislature. On her 70th birthday when she was invited
by the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, she expressed her desire to fly to Mars, even if for a one-way trip.
[Unit-1; Lesson-3]
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) Valentina Tereshkova was born in —.
(i) 1936 (ii) 1937 (iii) 1939 (iv) 1935
(b) She studied in school for —.

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 (i) 7 years (ii) 8 years (iii) 9 years (iv) 6 years
(c) Tereshkova is the — to have flown in space.
(i) third woman (ii) first man (iii) last woman (iv) first woman
(d) Tereshkova was a textile factory worker before her — as a cosmonaut.
(i) cancellation (ii) recruitment (iii) coming (iv) beginning
(e) After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union — to send a woman in space.
(i) came up with the idea (ii) marched (iii) finalized (iv) fixed
(f) Valentina had —.
(i) low social status (ii) high social status (iii) minimum education (iv) sufficient education
(g) Tereshkova was — when she made her first flight to space.
(i) 26 years old (ii) upset (iii) sick (iv) 20 years old
(h) Which of the following statement is false?
(i) Tereshkova left school at an early age (ii) Vostok-6 was launched before Vostok-5
(iii) Valentina was selected from among more than 400 applicants
(iv) Soviet Union recruited Valentina for their mission
(i) The word 'regime' means —.
(i) command (ii) establishment (iii) rule (iv) system
(j) What does the word 'legislature' means?
(i) house (ii) respected (iii) politician (iv) parliament
(k) Vostok-6 was launched on —.
(i) 16 June 1963 (ii) 15 June 1963 (iii) 14 June 1963 (iv) 16 June 1964
(l) Tereshkova left school when she was —.
(i) 15 years old (ii) 16 years old (iii) 17 years old (iv) 9 years old
(m) Tereshkova was selected for Soviet Union's space mission at the age of —.
(i) 22 (ii) 25 (iii) 21 (iv) 26
(n) Tereshkova maintained a — during her orbitting the earth.
(i) a register book (ii) record (iii) diary (iv) time schedule
(o) Which of the following is synonymous to 'horizon' according to the meaning of the text?
(i) prospect (ii) vertical (iii) skyline (iv) scope
(p) What is the closest meaning of 'employ'?
(i) service (ii) engage (iii) spend (iv) use
(q) What does the phrase 'expertise in skydiving' mean?
(i) expertness in skydiving (ii) expert skydiver (iii) skydiving trainer (iv) all the above statements
(r) What is the meaning of 'faultlessly'?
(i) inappropriately (ii) incorrectly (iii) imperfectly (iv) appropriately
(s) This living legend is a member in -.
(i) the lower house of the Russian legislature (ii) the upper house of the Russian legislature
(iii) the Supreme Soviet (iv) Russian Air Force Academy
(t) 'Vostok-6 was the final Vostok flight and was launched two days after Vostok-5.' What does it mean?
(i) Vostok-6 orbited for 5 days (ii) Vostok-5 orbited for 2 days
(iii) Vostok-6 made the last space flight (iv) none of the above statements
(u) Tereshkova's father was a —.
(i) bus driver (ii) truck driver (iii) can driver (iv) tractor driver
(v) Tereshkova's mother worked in a/ an —.
(i) textile plant (ii) gas plant (iii) electricity plant (iv) jute plant
(w) She made her first skydiving at the age of —.
(i) 20 (ii) 21 (iii) 22 (iv) 23
(x) She was selected for space flight —.
(i) 10.02.1962 (ii) 12.02.1963 (iii) 14.03.1962 (iv) 16.02.1962
(y) The word 'nausea' means —.
(i) aversion (ii) sickness (iii) vomiting (iv) disgust
(z) The synonym of 'communicate' is —.
(i) announce (ii) correspond (iii) fax (iv) notify
(aa) Tereshkova orbited the earth — times.
(i) 40 (ii) 44 (iii) 46 (iv) 48
(bb) Tereshkova earned a doctorate in Engineering from Zhukovasky Air Force Academy in —.
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(i) 1877 (ii) 1927 (iii) 1977 (iv) 2000
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the life and activities of Valentina Tereshkova. (One has
been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1 Coming from a working class family 2 3 4 5 6

(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the incidents happened in different years of Tereshkova's
life. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10

1. 1937: Valentina Tereshkova's birth 2 3 4 5 6

(iii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the series of training that Tereshkova had to undergo. (One
has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Weightless flights 2 3 4 5 6

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer:
Valentina Tereshkova dreamt of becoming an astronaut. She was an expert in parachuting and took training in
skydiving at the local Aeroclub. After the flight of Yuri Gagarin, the Soviet Union decided to send a woman in space
and Tereshkova got the chance. Before going to space she had to undergo a series of training. At last on June 16, 1963,
she along with her backup cosmonaut Solovyova launched her space journey in Vostok-6. She orbited the earth 48
times and spent almost three days in space.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than
needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
adequacy an factory kill staircase incident
constant emergency because for sufficient garments
A newspaper is a storehouse of knowledge. Newspaper in Bangladesh have (a) — drawn our attention to the (b) —
safety measures provided by most (c) — factories. They lack (d) — space, wide (e) —, and (f) — exits. In addition, most
of the garment (g) — do not have any training (h) — fire safety. At least 104 garment employees were (i) — in fire
related (j) —.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Everybody knows about the fame of the Taj Mahal. It is one of the most (a) — buildings in the world. Emperor
Shahjahan built it as a (b) — of his (c) — for his wife Mumtaz in Agra. The building is (d) — of fine white marbles. Its
inlays are made of coloured marbles. There are a large dome at the centre and four smaller domes (e) — it. The (f) —
of the emperor and his wife (g) — in the central room. The (h) — of the Taj beggars description. The Taj Mahal (i) —
very beautiful in a moonlit night. Many visitors from home and (j) — come to watch its beauty.
KALPANA CHAWLA
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School,
Karnal. She is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from this sub-continent. After graduating
in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982, Chawla moved to the United States the
same year. She obtained her Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. Later she
did her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado.
Determined to become an astronaut even in the face of the Challenger disaster 1986 that broke apart 73 seconds into
its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, Chawla joined NASA in 1988. She began working as a Vice
President where she did Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research on vertical take-off and landing. In 1991 she
got U.S citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected for her first flight in 1996.
She spoke the following words while travelling in the weightlessness of space, "You are just your intelligence." She had
travelled 10.67 million miles, as many as 252 times around the Earth.
Her first space mission (Mission STS 87) began on 19 November 1997 with six other astronauts on the Space Shuttle
Columbia. On her first mission that lasted for 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes and 4 seconds, she travelled 6.5 million
miles. She was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which however malfunctioned, necessitating a
spacewalk by Winston Scott and Tako Doi, two of her fellow astronauts, to retrieve the satellite.

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In 2000 she was selected for her second space mission STS 107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling
conflicts and technical problems. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla finally started her new mission with six other
space crew on the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia. She was one of the mission specialists. Chawla's responsibilities
included the microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space
science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.
After a 16 day scientific mission in space, on 1 February 2003, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry
into the Earth's atmosphere. All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only 16 minutes prior to their scheduled
landing. Investigation shows that this fatal accident happened due to a damage in one of Columbia's wings caused by
a piece of insulating foam from the external fuel tank peeling off during the launch. During the intense heat of re-
entry, hot gasses penetrated the interior of the wing, destroying the support structure and causing the rest of the
shuttle to break down. [Unit-1; Lesson-3]
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) Chawla graduated in —.
(i) 1985 (ii) 1982 (iii) 1983 (iv) 1972
(b) In — Chawla moved to the United States.
(i) 1982 (ii) 1992 (iii) 1980 (iv) 1983
(c) After — of going to the United States, she obtained her master's degree.
(i) one year (ii) three years (iii) two years (iv) four years
(d) Kalpana Chawla started her career as —.
(i) an engineer in NASA (ii) a pilot (iii) a Vice President in NASA (iv) an astronaut
(e) The word 'disaster' means —.
(i) accident (ii) ruin (iii) trouble (iv) creation
(f) The word 'crew' refers to —.
(i) organization (ii) set (iii) workers (iv) lot
(g) 'Her first space mission began on 19 November 1997' here the closest meaning of the underlined word is —.
(i) job (ii) assignment (iii) business (iv) campaign
(h) Chawla's first mission ended on —.
(i) 19 November 1997 (ii) 31 November 1997 (iii) 4 December 1998 (iv) 4 December 1997
(i) "She was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite —" here 'deploying' means —.
(i) arrange (ii) cancelling (iii) setting up (iv) disposing
(j) Which is the closest meaning of the word 'malfunction'?
(i) perfection (ii) wrong (iii) breakdown (iv) slip
(k) 'Retrieve' means —.
(i) reunite (ii) refund (iii) recover (iv) dispose
(l) After — of her fist mission, Kalpana started her second mission.
(i) 4 years (ii) 3 years (iii) 7 years (iv) 5 years
(m) ".......Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its reentry into the earth's atmosphere. Here the closest
meaning of the underlined word is —.
(i) corrupt (ii) break down (iii) mould (iv) rot
(n) The word 'intense' means —.
(i) mild (ii) acute (iii) major (iv) moderate
(o) — died by the disintegration of Columbia.
(i) 6 people (ii) 9 people (iii) 6 men (iv) 7 people
(p) What does the phrase 'take off' mean?
(i) imitate (ii) accept (iii) depart (iv) acquire
(q) On her first space mission Kalpana Chawla travelled -.
(i) 6 million miles (ii) 6.5 million miles (iii) 7 million miles (iv) 7.5 million miles
(r) What does the word 'ill-fated' mean?
(i) fortunate (ii) lucky (iii) miser (iv) unlucky
(s) What is the closest meaning of 'peeling off'?
(i) moderate (ii) to remove something (iii) to fix (iv) light
(t) "You are just your intelligence."- What does it mean?
(i) she was as good as her intelligence (ii) she was very intelligent
(iii) she was not less intelligent (iv) all of the above statements
(u) Chawla was born in Karnal, —.

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 (i) Pakistan (ii) South Africa (iii) India (iv) Middle East
(v) She did her Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of —.
(i) Texas (ii) Colorado (iii) New York (iv) Dallas
(w) The Challenger disaster took place in —.
(i) 1986 (ii) 1984 (iii) 1982 (iv) 1991
(x) Chawla joined — in 1988.
(i) NACA (ii) NASA (iii) WASA (iv) STS107
(y) The synonym of 'intelligence' is —.
(i) foolishness (ii) advice (iii) capacity (iv) intellect
(z) She started her career as a NASA astronaut in —.
(i) 1991 (ii) 1993 (iii) 1995 (iv) 1996
(aa) The word 'mission' means —.
(i) errand (ii) aim (iii) goal (iv) task
(bb) She was selected for her — space mission STS107 in 2000.
(i) first (ii) second (iii) third (iv) none
(cc) The word 'schedule' refers to —.
(i) agenda (ii) form (iii) plan (iv) time table
(dd) What is the synonymous word of 'malfunction'?
(i) go (ii) fail (iii) break down (iv) wrong
(ee) All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only — minutes prior to their scheduled landing.
(i) 10 (ii) 13 (iii) 16 (iv) 18
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the activities of Kalpana Chawla as an astronaut. (One has
been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Determining to become an astronaut 2 3 4 5 6

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer :
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian born woman astronaut. After completing schooling, she graduated in Aeronautical
Engineering in India and had her Master's and Ph.D degrees in Aerospace Engineering in the USA. She joined NASA as
a Vice President in 1998. She got US. citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected
for her first flight in 1996. She made her first space mission called STS 87 in 1997 with six other astronauts on the space
Shuttle Columbia which was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems. The mission finally
started in 2003. But after 16 days in space, Columbia disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth's
atmosphere and all the crew including Chawla died.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed.
Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
count enter change establish opt acknowledge unnecessary
presence work reliance education recognized social cocoons
One very conspicuous (a) — in our society is the (b) — of working women outside home. Of course it has to be (c) —
that women have always worked within the household but this (d) — is not counted as 'work'. It is unfortunate that
women's roles in agricultural societies have not been (e) — either whether it is due to economic necessity or the urge
to (f) — an individual identity or both. Nowadays many women are (g) — the outside workforce. They are joining in a
wide range of professions. Moreover, it is not only (h) — women who are (i) — to work but women with little or no
education have come out of their (j) — to earn and become self-reliant.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
When the incident happened the writer was living in Paris. The (a) –– of the writer was barely enough and he (b) –– in
a tiny apartment. The writer received a (c) –– of admiration from a woman who wanted to (d) –– him. The woman also
asked him whether he (e) –– invite her for a lunch at Foyot’s. The (f) –– agreed to meet her at Foyot's and offer (g) ––
a modest luncheon. The writer expected her to (h) –– young and beautiful. But he was not satisfied (i) –– he saw her.
When the bill of fare (j) –– brought, the writer was startled.

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