Rearranging Sentences 8/1

1. Two friends & a bear

(a) The first friend climbed up a tree but the later could not climb up a tree.

(b) Suddenly a bear came there.

(d) They were talking about their love for each other.

(e) Finding no other way, the later one laid down on the ground and feigned death.

(f) The bear smelt his ears, nose and face.

(g) Then the bear went away.

(h) He though him to be dead.

Correct sequence: (c)→(d)→(b)→(a)→(e)→(f)→(h)→(g)

2. Napoleon and English Boy

(a) The king was charmed by the words of the small boy.

(b) Then the boy was very happy to meet his mother going to his country.

(d) The king asked him why he was making such a small boat.

(e) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.

(f) Napoleon, the king of France was a great hero who won many battles and conquered many countries of Europe.

(g) The boy said, “I shall cross the sea by this boat.”

(h) I want to go to my country because I didn’t see my mother for a long time.

Correct sequence: (f)→(c)→(d)→(g)→(h)→(a)→(e)→(b)

4. Alexander Fleming

(a) He passed his boyhood with parents.

(b) He was the seventh of eight brothers and sisters.

(d) Dr. Fleming was given the title “Knight” in 1944 for his humanitarian services.

(e) It was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.

(f) He went to school and came back home on foot.

(g) Fleming was born in a poor family of Scotland.

(h) Up to age of twelve, he was never absent from school.

Correct sequence: (c)→(e)→(g)→(b)→(a)→(f)→(h)→(d)

5. Sheikh Saadi

(a) Then the leader of the robbers came to Saadi and ordered him to give all he had to him.

(b) The merchants had their goods and a lot of money.

(d) They travelled for twelve days without any trouble.

(e) On the thirteenth day a gang of robbers attacked them and took away all the goods and money from the merchants.

(f) Sheikh Saadi handed him the bundle of books and also the little money he had without any fear.

(g) Once Sheikh Saadi was going to Baghdad with a group of rich merchants.

(h) Saadi then said, "I hope that you will make good use of these books."

Correct sequence: (g)→(b)→(d)→(e)→(a)→(f)→(h)→(c)

6. Androcles

(a) He fell fast asleep there, but a great noise woke him up.

(b) It was crying for pain in its leg.

(d) A lion had entered the Cave roaring loudly.

(e) He went to the lion.

(f) Then he removed a thorn from the lion's paw.

(g) Soon he realized that the lion was not angry.

(h) Once Androcles fled away from his master's house and held himself in a forest.

Correct sequence: (h)→(a)→(d)→(b)→(c)→(g)→(e)→(f)

7. Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque

(a) His father was passing by the room then.

(b) But Fazlul said "I have read the pages. So, I do not need them."

(d) He instantly entered into the room.

(e) He was very meritorious from his boyhood.

(f) He forbade Fazlul Haque to tear the book's pages.

(g) One day he was reading in his room.

(h) The great leader of our country was Sher-e-Bangla A.K. Fazlul Haque.

Correct sequence: (h)→(e)→(g)→(c)→(a)→(d)→(f)→(b)

8. John Keats

(a) But his heart was not in medicine, and he felt that he was born to be a poet.

(b) This great poet met a premature death on February 23, 1821.

(d) John Keats was born on October 31, 1795.

(e) He lost his father in 1804 and his mother in 1810.

(f) His finest poems like 'Ode to a Nightingale', 'Ode on a Grecian Urn', etc. were published in 1820.

(g) In 1811, Keats became an apprentice to a surgeon at Edmonton.

(h) He was the eldest son of his parents.

Correct sequence: (d)→(h)→(e)→(g)→(a)→(c)→(f)→(b)

9. Luis Pasteur

a) He discovered that many diseases are caused by germs, and he also found cures for several of them.

b) The dog was cured.

c) He found a mad dog and injected some weak germs of its disease into blood.

d) Pasteur gave him some injections and the boy did not get dog’s disease.

e) Pasteur was a French scientist.

f) One day a boy named Joseph Meister is brought to Pasteur. He had been bitten by a mad dog.

g) The news of Pasteur’s success spread all over the world. Other doctors began to study his work.

h) At first, he only treated the animals, because he did not want to cause the death of any human being.

Correct sequence: (e)→(a)→(h)→(c)→(f)→(d)→(b)→(g)

10. Nelson Mandela

(a) In 1993 Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(b) Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942.

(c) For 20 years he directed a campaign of peaceful, non-violent movement against the South African government and its racists policies.

(d) Mandela died at his home, in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013, at the age of 95.

(e) In 2009 Mandela’s birthday was declared “Mandela Day” to promote global peace.

(f) In 1993, South African president F.W. de Klerk was also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(g) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18, 1918, in South Africa.

(h) In 1994, Mandela was celebrated as South African’s first black president.

Correct sequence: (g)→(b)→(c)→(a)→(f)→(h)→(e)→(d)

11. Kazi Nazrul Islam

(a) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the army.

(b) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.

(d) His poem inspired our freedom fighters in the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

(e) At last, at the age of 19 he joined the army as an ordinary soldier.

(f) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, short stories, gajals, novels etc and travelled all branches of Bengali literature.

(g) Our national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1306 B.S. (1899 A. D.) at Churulia in the district of Burdwan.

(h) His famous poem "Bidrohi" stirred the whole nation.

Correct sequence: (g)→(b)→(a)→(e)→(c)→(f)→(h)→(d)

12. Taimur

a) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat.

b) The food was very hot.

c) He came to a house and asked an old man to give him something to eat.

d) As a result, he burnt his finger.

e) He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish.

f) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveller and supported himself by begging.

g) Once young Taimur attacked a province of a powerful prince but unfortunately his soldiers were all killed.

h) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food.

Correct sequence: (g)→(f)→(a)→(c)→(h)→(b)→(e)→(d)

12. Taimur

(a) Thus, he saved his life.

(b) He came with a large army.

(d) Taimur was one of the greatest conquerors of the world.

(e) Taimur's soldiers were killed.

(f) Taimur disguised himself as a poor traveller.

(g) His soldiers surrounded the village on all sides and a terrible battle took place.

(h) Once he attacked the province of a powerful prince.

Correct sequence: (d)→(h)→(b)→(c)→(g)→(e)→(f)→(a)

13. The astrologer and the king

(a) The astrologer was taken to the place of execution. The king then asked, "How long would you live?"

(b) Once there was a king. He was fond of knowing his future from the astrologers.

(d) With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that I'll die only a week before your death and I shall wait to receive your majesty where you have been sending me."

(e) At this the king turned pale. "Drive this wretch away and let him not come again,” shouted the king.

(f) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

(g) He thought that the king would prove him a liar putting him to death. He then thought for a while for some way of escape.

(h) The king wished to know his future from the astrologer. So, the king called him to the palace.

Correct sequence: (b)→(f)→(h)→(c)→(a)→(g)→(d)→(e)

14. Abraham Lincoln

a) On April 14, 1865, five days after the April 9th surrender of Confederate Commanding General Robert E. Lee, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, a confederate sympathizer.

b) In doing so, he prevented the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government and modernized the economy.

c) Abraham Lincoln was born on 12 February, 1809.

d) His Gettysburg Address became an iconic endorsement of the principles of nationalism, republicanism, equal rights, liberty and democracy.

e) He was largely self-educated and became a lawyer in Illinois.

f) He served as the 16th President of the United States from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865.

g) He grew up on the western frontier in Kentucky and Indiana.

h) Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War- its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis.

Correct sequence: (c)→(g)→(e)→(f)→(h)→(b)→(d)→(a)

15. Dr. Kudrat-E-Khuda

a) He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school.

b) In 1953, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board. He had a great plan to give the new structure of education system.

c) He has great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh.

d) At the age of six, he was admitted in a Furkania Madrasha and then in an English School.

e) Extraordinary meritorious Dr. Kudrat-E-Khuda was born on the 8th May, at village Margra in the district of Birbhum in West Bengal in 1900 A.D.

f) In 1925, with star marks he passed M.Sc in Chemistry from Kolkata University. In 1929, he passed D.Sc from Emperial College in England.

g) He died on 3rd November, 1977.

h) His father Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious man and his mother Fashiha Khatun was also a pious woman.

Correct sequence: (e)→(d)→(a)→(f)→(c)→(b)→(h)→(g)

16. Joynul Abedin

(a) At the age of fifteen, he went to Kolkata.

(b) He drew a lot of pictures of famine during the Second World War in 1939.

(d) He did not like the hard and fast rule of schools.

(e) He breathed his last on May 28, 1976.

(f) So, he drew pictures secretly.

(g) In 1938, he became first class first in the Art College.

(h) At the age of nineteen, he got himself admitted into Kolkata Government Art College.

Correct sequence: (c)→(d)→(f)→(a)→(h)→(g)→(b)→(e)

17. Abu Ben Adhem

(a) The angel took down his request and went away.

(b) His name was Abu Ben Adhem.

(d) He again appeared the next night and showed Abu that his name was at the top of the list.

(e) Suddenly he woke up and saw an angel who was writing the names of persons who loved God.

(f) Once upon a time there was an honest and pious man.

(g) He asked the angel if his name was there and in reply the angel said that his name was not there.

(h) He was once sleeping peacefully.

Correct sequence: (f)→(b)→(h)→(e)→(g)→(c)→(a)→(d)

18. Hazrat Bayazid Bustami

a) She asked Bayazid to give her a glass of water, but he could not find any water in the pitcher.

b) Once Hazrat Bayazid Bustami came home to see his ailing mother.

c) But she again fell asleep.

d) So, he went to the well quite far from their house.

e) She woke up some hours later.

f) He filled the pitcher, came back and went to his mother with a glass of water.

g) As he was still standing by her bed, his mother drank the glass of water and blessed him from the core of heart.

h) He, instead of waking her up, stood by her bed with the glass of water in his hand.

Correct sequence: (b)→(a)→(d)→(f)→(h)→(c)→(e)→(g)

19. Alexander

a) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated.

b) Alexander, the king of Macedonia, crossed the Khaibar Pass and reached India.

c) Porus came forward with his men and arms in order to defend his land from the attack of Alexander.

d) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his bold reply and allowed him to rule his country as before.

e) Then he came to the plain of the Punjab which was ruled by a king named Porus.

f) He was brought before Alexander.

g) Prous bravely replied, "Like a king."

h) But unfortunately, he was defeated and taken prisoner.

Correct sequence: (b)→(e)→(c)→(a)→(f)→(g)→(h)→(d)

19. Alexander & Porus

(a) Porus came forward with his people and arms in order to defend his country from the invasion of Alexander. He fought courageously, but unfortunately; he was defeated in the battle.

(b) Alexander asked him how he would like to be treated by him. “Like a king” was the reply of Porus. Alexander was pleased with Poru for his bold reply.

(d) Being pleased, Alexander made him ruler of another province in the Punjab. He allowed him to rule his country as before.

(e) He showed strong personality and integrity before Alexander.

(f) Alexander, the conqueror of the world, once crossed the Khiyaber Pass and reached India.

(g) He was brought before Alexander.

(h) Then he came to the plain of the Pubjab. There ruled a king called Porus. He wanted to conquer the land of Porus.

Correct sequence: (f)→(h)→(a)→(c)→(g)→(b)→(e)→(d)

20. Bad man stealing mangoes

a) One day the bad man was stealing some mangoes from the garden of a neighbor.

b) But when he did any work, he would say, “God had done it by me.”

c) “Why are you stealing mangoes from my garden?” asked the owner of the garden.

d) ‘Because God is getting it done by me,” said the bad man.

e) The owner of the garden said nothing.

f) He took a stick and was waiting for the bad man till he came down from the tree.

g) There was a bad man in a village.

h) The owner of the garden saw him stealing the mangoes and returned to the garden.

Correct sequence: (g)→(b)→(a)→(h)→(c)→(d)→(e)→(f)

21. Hatem Tai

(a) People praised him more than their king.

(b) The guests praised the king.

(d) But the guests praised Hatem Tai also.

(e) Long ago there lived a very kind and generous man in Yemen.

(f) So, the king felt happy and proud.

(g) He was not rich, but he was very hospitable.

(h) One day the king gave a dinner.

Correct sequence: (e) → (g) → (c) → (h) → (b) → (d) → (a) → (f)

22. In search of an honest man

(a) The Sultan was unable to choose an honest man.

(b) All the people blushed and refused to dance except one.

(d) A number of people applied for the job.

(e) So, he asked for a wise consellor's advice. He suggested the Sultan to invite all the applicants to the palace.

(f) So, the Sultan asked all the applicants to the palace.

(g) Once there lived a Sultan in a country.

(h)When they arrived, the Sultan told them to dance.

Correct sequence: (g) → (c) → (d) → (a) → (e) → (f) → (h) → (b)

23. An idle king

(a) The king followed the advice of the physician and became slim and fully cured.

(b) He advised the king to move a heavy club in the air till he got tired.

(d) The doctor was very wise.

(e) He became bulky and could not move or do anything.

(f) Once there an idle king.

(g) He did not prescribe any medicine.

(h) He called in a doctor.

Correct sequence: (f) → (c) → (e) → (h) → (d) → (g) → (b) → (a)

24. Jibanananda Das

a) In 1930, he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year.

b) In 1947, when the partition was made, Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India.

c) He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in "The Parichaya Patrika".

d) He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935.

e) He took his master's degree in English at the age of 22.

f) In 1951, he joined the Kharagpur College.

g) Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899.

h) The next year, he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College.

Correct sequence: (g) → (e) → (c) → (a) → (h) → (d) → (b) → (f)

25. Golden Egg

(a) One day, he bought a goose from the market.

(b) Selling the golden egg, he got much money.

(d) There lived a poor farmer in a certain village.

(e) The goose laid a golden egg every day.

(f) For much greed, he became looser and sad.

(g) He became very greedy to have all the eggs in a day.

(h) He used to sell the golden egg in the market.

Correct sequence: (d) → (a) → (e) → (b) → (h) → (g) → (c) → (f)

26. Buddha & the widow

(a) The widow rushed from door to door for the mustard seed.

(b) Then Buddha told her that since death is a common affairevery what, she should not grieve over her son's death.

(d) One day a widow who had lost her son came to Buddha.

(e) The widow requested Buddha to restore her dead son to life.

(f) But she found no house where someone had not died.

(g) Buddha felt pity for the bereaved women but could do nothing.

(h) Being disappointed she came back to Buddha and told him about the result of her search.

Correct sequence: (d) → (e) → (g) → (c) → (a) → (f) → (h) → (b)

29. Thirsty Crow

(a) Slowly, the water level rose higher and higher.

(b) Then, it thought of a clever idea and started dropping small stones into the pitcher.

(d) It flew around in search of water but could not find any.

(e) The crow tried to reach the water but its beak could not touch it.

(f) Once a crow became thirsty and wanted to drink water.

(g) Feeling happy and refreshed, the crow flew away.

(h) Finally, the crow could drink the water and quench its thirst.

Correct sequence: (f) → (d) → (c) → (e) → (b) → (a) → (h) → (g)

31. Robert Bruce

a) He took part in the revolt against King Edward I of England for the independence of his country.

b) But his army was defeated again and again.

c) Robert Bruce was the King of Scotland.

d) He led an expedition against England, overthrew the English army and secured the independence of Scotland.

e) It fell down time and again but it did not give up its attempts. At its seventh attempt it succeeded in reaching the top.

f) He noticed a spider trying to reach the top of the steep wall of the cave.

g) Being defeated for six times, he lost all hopes and fled away to save his life. One day he was lying in a cave in the forest.

h) Bruce got back his hope at that incident, took courage and gathered his soldiers together.

Correct sequence: (c) → (a) → (b) → (g) → (f) → (e) → (h) → (d)

32. Rip van Winkle

a) To his surprise he found that he had a long white bread, more than a foot long.

b) He thought that he had been dreaming.

c) When he woke up he rubbed his eyes and looked about.

d) He found his old gun lying on the grass rusty and useless.

e) On the way he came across a group of strange looking fellows in a place.

f) Suddenly he felt something strange on his face and put his hand.

g) There he drank a drink and soon fell into a deep sleep.

h) One day Rip van Winkle went out for a walk with his gun and his dog.

Correct sequence: (h) → (e) → (g) → (c) → (b) → (f) → (a) → (d)

33. Marco Polo

(a) In 1271 he set out from Venice to China when he was only 15.

(b) They had travelled by land, sea, over mountains and across deserts.

(d) He was accompanied by his father and uncle.

(e) He was one of the greatest adventurous men.

(f) It took the Polos over three years to reach China.

(g) Actually, at that time journey was very difficult because of no speedy vehicles.

(h) Marco Polo was born in 1256 in Venice.

Correct sequence: (h) → (e) → (a) → (d) → (b) → (c) → (g) → (f)

34. Shakespeare

a) Shakespeare was married at eighteen to a woman of twenty one. He had three children before he was twenty one.

b) There he became an actor and a playwright. By this time he was thirty.

c) But he never attended any college.

d) He had become prosperous before he reached the age of thirty-four.

e) He received a sound basic education.

f) During the next ten years, he composed his greatest plays.

g) William Shakespeare was born in 1564 at Stratford-on-Avon in England.

h) A few years later, he went to London.

Correct sequence: (g) → (e) → (c) → (a) → (h) → (b) → (d) → (f)

36. Nobel Prize

(a) This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel.

(b) This prize is given to persons with most outstanding contribution in six fields.

(d) For this discovery he not only became famous all over the world but also earned huge amount of money by selling it.

(e) This prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of science of destruction.

(f) The Nobel prize is the world’s most important prize.

(g) He was born in Stockholm on 21st October, 1833 and he died on 10th December, 1896.

(h) He invented dynamite which is widely used for breaking rocks, digging petrol wells and in war.

Correct sequence: (f) → (e) → (a) → (g) → (c) → (h) → (d) → (b)

38. Golden Touch

a) A wise god granted his wish promptly.

b) He wished for golden touch.

c) He could hardly believe his eyes.

d) One day Midas was sleeping under an apple tree. A ripe apple fell beside him.

e) The apple turned into gold as soon as he touched it.

f) There was a king called Midas. He was extremely fond of gold.

g) He picked up the apple.

h) He wanted more although he had a lot of it.

Correct sequence: (f) → (h) → (d) → (g) → (e) → (a) → (c) → (b)

39. Socrates

(a) With eyes full of tears, they bade farewell to Socrates.

(b) They cried loudly like the children.

(d) He talked to them about the immortality of soul.

(e) He asked them to let him die in peace.

(f) At last, the moment of departure arrived.

(g) He told them that the soul of a man can not die.

(h) His friends could not bear the sight.

Correct sequence: (c) → (d) → (g) → (e) → (f) → (a) → (h) → (b)

40. Pied Piper of Hamelin

(a) It became full of rats.

(b) The people of the town came to the Town Hall.

(d) They said to the Mayor to do something about rats. The Mayor called a meeting of the councillors.

(e) The Mayor and the councilors talked about the problem.

(f) A long time ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was faced with a great problem.

(g) The Mayor said, 'Come in'.

(h) But they could not find a way out. At that moment, there was a knock at the door.

Correct sequence: (f) → (a) → (b) → (d) → (e) → (h) → (c) → (g)

41. Ibn-i-Batuta

(a) Outside the town of Sylhet two persons met him.

(b) It took him almost six months to reach Chittagong.

(d) He boarded a ship for Chittagong.

(e) Once on a voyage of China he lost his way and found himself in the Maldives Islands.

(f) From there he had to walk for another month to reach Sylhet.

(g) They said that they were sent by Shah Jalal to receive him.

(h) Ibn-i-Batuta was a great Muslim explorer.

Correct sequence: (h) → (e) → (d) → (b) → (c) → (f) → (a) → (g)

42. Kazi Nazrul Islam

(a) In 1914 when the First World War broke out, he wanted to join the Army.

(b) At the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius.

(d) In 1972 he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata and was declared our national poet.

(e) He died on 29 August, 1976.

(f) He wrote a lot of poems, short stories, gazals, novels etc. and travelled all the branches of Bengali literature.

(g) Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 at Churulia in the district of Bardhawan.

(h) At the age of 19 he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier.

Correct sequence: (g) → (b) → (a) → (h) → (c) → (f) → (d) → (e)

43. Kazi Nazrul Islam

(a) After the war he came back to Kolkata in 1919.

(b) Our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam was born of poor parents in 1899.

(d) During that time a Muslim police officer found him to be genius and sent him to his village home.

(e) He started residing in the office of Bengal Muslim Literary Association.

(f) In 1914 the first world war broke out and Nazrul joined the army at the age of 19.

(g) When he was 12 years old, he fled away to Asansole and worked in a baker’s shop there.

(h) His remarkable poem “Bidrohi” was published in that year when he was 21.

Correct sequence: (b) → (a) → (e) → (h) → (g) → (c) → (d) → (f)

44. Kazi Nazrul Islam

(a) He lost his father in his childhood.

(b) He was fond of adventures, music and jatra party.

(d) Nazrul Islam was born on the 20th of May 1899.

(e) As a boy being restless and absent minded, he did not like the hard and fast rules of the school.

(f) One day this Dukhu Mia became a great poet.

(g) You will have heard the name of Kazi Nazrul Islam.

(h) So, he was called Dukhu Mia.

Correct sequence: (g) → (d) → (a) → (c) → (b) → (e) → (h) → (f)

45. Rabindranath Tagore

(a) On the completion of his house education, he was sent to school, but he did not like institutional education.

(b) In 1911, he translated his poems of the "Geentanjali" into English.

(c) He was made a knight by the British Government in 1914 but he rejected it as a protest against the atrocities of the British Government at Jalianwalabag.

(d) Rabindranth Tagore, one of the most leading poets in the history of the word literature, was born into the renowned Tagore family in March 1861.

(e) He was sent to London to study law but he studied literature with Professor Henry Marley for a few months and then returned home.

(f) It brought him the highest honour in the form of Nobel Prize in 1913.

(g) At the age of eighty, he breathed his last.

(h) In his twentieth year, Rabindranath along with his father went to the Himalayas.

Correct sequence: (d) → (a) → (e) → (h) → (b) → (f) → (c) → (g)

46. Rabindranath

(a) He was quite happy in Brighton.

(b) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he arrived in London.

(d) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.

(e) He described London as a dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.

(f) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the West.

(g) Young Tagore joined London University, where he attended Henry Morely's lectures on English literature.

(h) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.

Correct sequence: (h) → (f) → (b) → (c) → (a) → (g) → (e) → (d)

47. Rabindranath

(a) Young Tagore joined London University where he attended Henry Morle's lectures on English literature.

(b) Rabindranath was the fourteenth child of Debendranath and Sarada Devi Tagore.

(d) At the age of 17, in 1878 he arrived in London.

(e) He joined his brother's family at Brighton and attended school there.

(f) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of 8.

(g) He described London as a 'dismal city, smoky, foggy and wet.

(h) But soon his brother sent him to London to benefit from the education in the west.

Correct sequence: (b) → (f) → (d) → (e) → (c) → (a) → (g) → (h)

48. Rabindranath Tagore

(a) Some of his best works are Gitanjali, Sonar Tari, Kheya, Balaka, etc.

(b) He had no regular school education.

(d) He was educated at home by his father and tutors.

(e) He composed Gitanjali, a book of poems and won the Nobel Prize in 1913.

(f) He was a poet, a dramatist, a short story writer, a novelist and an essayist.

(g) He was a man of versatile genius.

(h) His father was Maharshi Debendranath Tagore.

Correct sequence: (c) → (h) → (b) → (d) → (g) → (f) → (a) → (e)

49. Poet and unpaid letter

(a) At this the poet became very angry.

(b) So, he procured a heavy stone.

(d) An English poet was staying in Italy for the benefit of his health.

(e) He packed it up in a fine box and sent it to his friend’s address.

(f) He wanted to teach his friend a good lesson.

(g) The poet had to pay double postage.

(h) The letter contained nothing but some words.

Correct sequence: (d) → (c) → (g) → (h) → (a) → (f) → (b) → (e)

50. William Somerset Maugham

(a) Soon he gave up medicine for literature.

(b) This brought for him a good name.

(d) William Somerset Maugham is one of the greatest and most famous short story writers.

(e) Then he took to writing plays.

(f) He qualified as a doctor, but he did not enjoy it.

(g) Some of his well-known plays are Mrs Cardlac, Lady Frederick etc.

(h) He made his first appearance in literature by writing Liza of Lambeth, his first novel.

Correct sequence: (d) → (c) → (f) → (a) → (h) → (e) → (g) → (b)