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4.      Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Archimedes was a great scientist who was born in Italy in 287 BC. He was very interested in Mathematics.

He had great love for his country and for that he made ‘Catapult’. He wrote many great books such as ‘On spirals’, ‘Measurement of a Circle’. In fact, he was a man of shrewd intelligence. This scientist died in 212 B.C.

Hipparchus was also a great scientist who was born in Greece in 190 BC. He was mainly an astronomer. He was also very good at Mathematics. His contribution to astronomy is simply great. This astronomer died in 127 B.C.

Anther great as tronomer is Ptolemy who was born in 90. AD. He had great intelligence in astronomy. His great book is ‘Almagest’ which is known as the Bible of astronomy. He is ever remember for his contribution to the astronomical inventions. He died in 170 AD.

Names	Archimedes	Hipparchus
Country/City	(a) ------	(b) ------
Birth year	(c) ------ BC.	190 BC.
Profession\Work	Scientist	(d) ------
Death year	(e) ------ BC.	127 BC.

Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words.                              10

Answer:

4.      (a) Italy, (b) Greece, (c) 287, (d) Astronomer, (e) 212.

5.      Archimedes was born in Italy. He was very interested in Mathematics. Because of his great love for his country, he made ‘Catapult’. Another great scientist Hipparchus was born in Greece. Though he was an astronomer, he was also very good at Mathematics. Ptolemy was also a great scientist. He had great intelligence in astronomy and for that he wrote ‘Almagest’, which is known as the Bible of astronomy

বাংলা অনুবাদ:

আর্কিমিডিস ছিলেন একজন মহান বিজ্ঞানী, যিনি ২৮৭ খ্রিস্টপূর্বে ইতালিতে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি গণিতে গভীর আগ্রহ রাখতেন।

তিনি নিজের দেশের প্রতি গভীর ভালোবাসা থেকে ‘Catapult’ তৈরি করেছিলেন। তার লেখা বিখ্যাত বইগুলোর মধ্যে আছে ‘On Spirals’ এবং ‘Measurement of a Circle’। প্রকৃতপক্ষে, তিনি ছিলেন এক অত্যন্ত বুদ্ধিমান ব্যক্তি। এই বিজ্ঞানী ২১২ খ্রিস্টপূর্বে মৃত্যুবরণ করেন।

হিপার্কাস ছিলেন একজন মহান বিজ্ঞানী, যিনি ১৯০ খ্রিস্টপূর্বে গ্রিসে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি মূলত একজন জ্যোতির্বিদ ছিলেন। পাশাপাশি, তিনি গণিতেও দক্ষ ছিলেন। তার জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানে অসামান্য অবদান রয়েছে। এই জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানী ১২৭ খ্রিস্টপূর্বে মারা যান।

আরেকজন বিখ্যাত জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানী হলেন টলেমি। তিনি ৯০ খ্রিস্টাব্দে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানে গভীর জ্ঞান রাখতেন। তার বিখ্যাত গ্রন্থ ‘Almagest’ কে জ্যোতির্বিজ্ঞানের বাইবেল বলা হয়। তিনি তার অভূতপূর্ব জ্যোতির্বৈজ্ঞানিক আবিষ্কারগুলোর জন্য চিরস্মরণীয়। এই মহান বিজ্ঞানী ১৭০ খ্রিস্টাব্দে মৃত্যুবরণ করেন।

Gap Filling Exercise (Based on the Text)

Gap Filling Exercise (Based on the Text)

Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the text:

(a) __________ was born in 460 BC in (b) __________. He became famous for treating patients through (c) __________ and __________. His major contribution was his idea of (d) __________, which he discussed in his book ‘Concerning the Things in Surgery’. Another scientist, (e) __________, was born in 384 BC and is mainly known as a (f) __________. He founded an educational institution named (g) __________. The great mathematician (h) __________ was born in 330 BC and is famous for his book (i) __________. Though he wrote (j) __________, he gained the most recognition for Geometry.

Answers:(a) Hippocrates(b) Greece(c) test, observation(d) surgery(e) Aristotle(f) philosopher(g) Lysium(h) Euclid(i) Elements(j) Optics

Summary

Summary (One-third of the Given Text)

Archimedes, born in 287 BC in Italy, was a brilliant mathematician who developed the Catapult and wrote books like ‘On Spirals’. Hipparchus, born in 190 BC in Greece, was an astronomer and mathematician with major contributions to astronomy. Ptolemy, born in 90 AD, wrote ‘Almagest’, which is considered the Bible of astronomy.

Flow Chart Completion Exercise (Based on the Text)