Grade-5

Historical Place and Artifacts in Bangladesh

1. Name our two oldest sites.
Ans: Bangladesh has many significant historical sites. Among them two oldest sites are -
a) Mahasthangar b) Wari-Bateshwar
2. Which religion was followed in the 8th century?
Ans: Buddhist religion was followed in the 8th century.
3. Who are the people who discover our ancient sites?
Ans: The Archaeologists discover our ancient sites.
Mahastangar & Wari-Bateshwar
1. When was the city of Mahasthangar built?
Ans: Mahasthangar was built during the Maurya dynasty.
2. Where is mahasthangar situated?
Ans: Mahasthangar is situated on the Karatoa river, 18 km north of Bogura city.
3. In which period Mahasthangar was built?
Ans: Mahasthangar was built dated from the 3rd century BC and 1500 years.
4. What is the length of engraved stone?
Ans: Engraved stone is 3.35 meter long.
5. What is the ancient name of Mahasthangar?
Ans: Mahasthangar was known as “Pundranagar” during the Maurya dynasty.
6. Where is Wari-Bateshwar situated?
Ans: Wari and Bateshwar are the two neighbouring village located in Norshingdi district.
7. In which period Wari Bateshwar was built?
Ans: Wari Bateshwar was built in the period of Maurya dynasty, 450 B.C.
8. What are the finds of Wari bateshwar?
Ans: The finds of Wari Bateshwar include silver coins, stone figures and beads.

5. Who was Mynamoti?
Ans: Mynamoti was king Manik Chandra’s wife.
6. When was mynamoti built?
Ans: Mynamoti was built in 8th century.
7. Why was Mynamoti called the centre of education?
Ans: The monuments of Mynamoti indicate that there was good facility to practice education with accommodation for teachers and students. That is why it was called the centre of education.
8. What are the finds of Mynamoti?
Ans: The finds of Mynamoti include terracotta plates, with a wonderful decorations of animals like a mongoose, fighting a cobra and a running elephant.

Sonargaon & Lalbagh Fort
1. Where is Sonargaon located?
Ans: Sonargaon is located in 27 km southeast from Dhaka city in Narayanganj district on the bank of Meghna river.
2. Where is the tomb of Giasuddin Azam Shah?
Ans: The tomb of Giasuddin Azam Shah is in Sonargaon.
3. Who was the son of Isa Khan?
Ans: Musa khan was the son of Isa Khan.
4. In which year the capital of Bengal moved from Sonargaon to Dhaka?
Ans: In 1610 the capital moved from Sonargaon to Dhaka.
5. When was Sonargaon the capital city of Bengal?
Ans: Sonargaon was the capital city of the Muslims Sultans in the medieval age of Bengal. It was the capital of Isa Khan and his son Musa Khan, the most powerful among the twelve Bhuiyas of the Mughal empire.

Chapter- 1
Our Liberation War
Descriptive Questions

1. What did India contribute to our war of Liberation?
Ans: In the war of liberation of Bangladesh our neighboring country India's role was the most significant.
The contribution of India in our war of liberation are given below:
i) The Indian government provided food, clothes, shelter and medicines to the Bengali refugees in India.
ii) They gave military support at the end of the war. On 21st November, 1971 a combined military force was formed under Lt. Gen Aurora, called Mitrabahini.
iii) Indian govt. arranged the training for the freedom fighter.
iv) After Pakistani military attacked India on 3rd December, the combined force of Muktibahini and Mitrabahini attacked Pakistan by land, water and air routes.
v) The surrender document was signed at the Racecourse ground in Dhaka by Lt. Gen Nayzi of Pakistan and Lt. Gen Aurora of Mitrabahini.
vi) On 6th December, 1971, while the liberation was war going on, India was first to give recognition to Bangladesh.
As a neighbouring country India helped Bangladesh a lot to be an independent country by every way. With the help of India and for the bravery and sacrifice of the freedom fighters now we are an independent country in the map of world.

2. Who killed our intellectuals?
Ans: Upon the directives of President Yahiya on the night of 25th March, 1971 the Pakistani army attacked different places in Dhaka city. They also attacked other big cities in the country during that dreadful night. The code name of the attack was "Operation Searchlight." It has to be said that some Bengali joined the opposition. These included organizations called the Shanti Committee, Rajakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams. These traitors betraed the freedom fighter by telling the Pakistanis the names of the residences, giving directions, translating Bangla language and helping in the destruction. Finally, in December 1971, Pakistan made a plan to deprive Bangladesh of many of its intellectuals. Between 10 - 14 December many professors, doctors, teachers, artists, journalists and poets were captured and murdered.

3. How do we now celebrate our independence?
Ans: The independence day of Banglaadesh in on 26th March, It is national holiday. The day is memorial to the deaths of thousands of civilians who died in the war of liberation.
i) The celebration begins with 31 gun salute tearing through the skies at the National Parade Ground at dawn.
ii) There are parades, political speeches, fairs, concerts and ceremonies.
iii) The educational institutions also organize Independence day programme.
iv) Bangladesh Television, Bangladesh Beter and other private tv and radio channels broadcast special programs and patriotic songs.
v) The main streets, government and private buildings are decorated with the national flags. The whole country takes a festive look.
For the bravery and sacrifice of the freedom fighters now we are an independent country in the map of world. So it is our duty to show respect and love for our country and to the freedom fighters.

Creative Question:
1. How did ordinary people participate in the liberation war?
Ans: During the war numerous common people stood beside the freedom fighters by taking risks of their lives. The participation of ordinary people in the liberation war are given below:
i) The male members actively took part in liberation war. Some helped the freedom fighters secretly.
ii) May women took training and fought frontal war.
iii) The ethnic minorities of the country actively participated in this war.
iv) During the war numerous common people inspired the freedom fighters to keep fighting by helping them with food, shelter, information and other essentials.
v) Cultural activists also played their part, raising awareness through writing, art and performances.
For the bravery and sacrifice of the freedom fighters now we are an independent country in the map of world. So it is our duty to show respect and love for our country and to the freedom fighters.

Sst Grade-4

Chapter-1
Our Environment and Society
1. Fill in the blanks:
a. The natural environment _____________ of various elements of nature.
b. Natural environment varies in different ___________ of the world.
c. Land in the north region of Bangladesh is __________________.
d. The ____________ region of Bangladesh has many___________.
e. The social environment consists of all _____________ elements.
f. We should grow more trees, becasue trees causes more _________.

Ans: a. consists, b. regions c. higher d. south, rivers e. man-made
f. rain

2. Write True/False, if false write the correct answer.
a. The north region of Bangladesh gets more floods than the south region.
b. Farming and transportation are also part of social environment.
c. Fewer crops grow in the dry climate.
d. Social environment has no impact on the natural environment.
e. The social environment consists of all the man-made elements.

Ans: a. false; C/A: The south region of Bangladesh gets more floods than the south region.
b. true
c. true
d. false; C/A: Social environment has an impact on the natural environment.
e. true

Q.1. Name three elements of the natural environment.
Ans: Three elements of the natural environment are - soil, water and air.
Q.2. Where do we have more floods in Bangladesh?
Ans: We have more floods in the south area of Bangladesh.
Q.3. Name three elements of Social environment.
Ans: Three elements of social environment are - houses, schools and transports.
Q.4. Why do we need to plant more trees?
Ans: We need to plant more trees because trees provide us oxygen and they also cause efficient rain.

Chapter- 6

Tolerance

F/B

a) Showing respect to other's opinions is called tolerance.

b) We should listen to every opinion with patience.

c) To follow the opinions of the majority is called democracy.

d) We should give priority to the opinion of the majority.

e) There are three stages to take the majority view.

f) A formal discussion between different points of view is called debate.

Broad Question Answer:

1. How would you decide collectively where to go on a class outing?

Ans: Showing respect to others' opinion is a major social quality. It is necessary to consider all the opinions to take a good decision. For class outing we can also take a decision collectively by the following ways:

a) We will express our opinions one by one.

b) We will listen to every opinion with patience.

c) We will respect each others' opinion.

d) We will follow the opinions of the majority.

e) We will try to achieve social values, such as - honesty, sense of justice, discipline, politeness, truthfulness etc.

Thus, we can take the perfect decisions to go on a class outing.

2. Does consulting with others for their opinions take more time?

Ans: No, it does not take much time to discuss everyone's opinion. We should allow others to express their when take a decision, because everyone's decision is valuable. After listening to the opinions of others, we should make a decision. Thus, there is no chance of debate and the work can be done in less period of time without any argument. Therefore, by tolerating the opinions of each other we can take a decision in the shortest period of time.

3. How can we express our opinions at home and at school? Explain it.

Ans: At home and at school, we need to do a variety of activities and sometimes we need to take decisions on some issues. We can express our own opinions at home and at school on the following issues:

At home:

a) Some of the situations are required to express and listen to the opinions and then decide at school also. Such as -

a) What games to play in the playground

b) Where to sit in the class

c) Which topics to study etc.

Like the points above, we will express opinions with modesty and at first we will listen to everyone's and show respect to their opinions, then we will take decision of the majority.

4. What is called Tolerance? What are the benefits of being tolerant to the opinion of others?

Ans: Showing respect to others' opinion is called tolerance. Tolerance is a major social quality. We have to accept the opinion which is given by the majority and good for us. There are many benefits to be tolerating of others' opinion.

1. Tolerance make makes a peaceful and intimate environment for the social member.

2. It helps us to keep a good relationship with all

3. Tolearance od others opinion gives a person the opportunity to express oneself.

4. Tolerance of others opinion create an environment of thinking from various ways.

5. From tolerance of opinion the best decision come out by accepting the views of the majority.

Matching:

Column A

a) We have to be tolerant with

b) To respect all opinions is called

c) In the playground and with neighbors we

d) Accepting majority opinion, we have to do activities

Column B