In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded

   In mid-15^th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the Sundarbans near the sea coast in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was the earliest torch bearer of Islam in the South who laid the nucleus of an affluent  city during the reign of Sultan Nasir Uddin Mahmud Shah (1442-59), then  Known as `Khalifatabad’(present Bagerhat). Khan Jahan adorned his  city with  numerious mosque , tanks , roads  and   public buildings.  The most spectacular of which is the imposing multidomed mosque in Bangladesh, known as the Shat Gambuj  Masjid. The stately fabric of the monument stands on the eastern bank of the vast
sweet-water tank, clustered arounnd by the heavy foliage of a low lying countryside characteristic of a sea coast landscape. The mosque is roofed over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala or four-sided domes in  the middle row. The vast prayer hall is provided with 11 arched door-ways on east and 7 each on nrth and south for vantilation and light. It has 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays by a forest of slender stones columns. From thesecolumns spring rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. The arches are six feet in thickness, have slightly tapering hollow and round walls. The iterior and the exterior of the mosque give a view rather plain architecture but the interior western wall of the mosque was beautifully decorated with terracotta flowers and foliage. Besides being used as a prayer hall the mosque was also used as the court of  Khan Jahan Ali. Now it is one of the greatest tourist attraction and best architectural beauties of Bangladesh.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives:                                  1  5 = 5

     a. ______ is the most spectecular construction of Khan Jahan Ali.

        i) a school    ii) Shat Gambuj Mosque    iii) some roads    iv) a public library

     b. In the earliar _____ was known as Khalifatabad.

       i) Khulna               ii) Bagerhat                iii) Sundarbans          iv) Mangrove

    c. Khan Jahan Ali used Shat Gambuj Mosque for _____.

       i) meeting        ii) personal prayer         iii) drawing-room          iv) as a court

   d. The ` multi-domed mosque’ means the mosque has _____.

      i) a few domes     ii) several domes      iii) a single domes      iv) many domes

   e. The word spectacular is _____.

      i) an adjective               ii) a noun                iii) a verb                 iv) an adverb

2. Write whether the statements are true or false.If false, give the correct      

     answer:                                                                                                  1 5 = 5

     a. Khan Jahan Ali is the earliest torch bearer of Islam in the South.

     b. A Muslim colony was founded by Nasiruddin Mahmud.

     c. Ulug Khan Jahan Ali was one of the greatest saints of Islam.

     d. A beautiful building is the most spectecular construction of Khan Jahan Ali.

     e. There are 7 four-sided domes in the middle row.

3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box.      

     There are more word than necessary :                                                    

  

famous	spectecular	founded	abroad	past	built
called	near	then	pionear	has	middle

In the (a)----- of 15^th century a (b)----- saint Ulug Khan Jahan (c)----- a Muslim colony in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the Sundarbans (d)----- Bagerhat. He was the earliest (e)----- of Islam in the south. Bagerhat was (f)----- Khalifatabad in the (g)----- Khan Jahan (h)----- numerous mosque, tanks,roads and public buildings. Shat Gambuj is the most (i)----- construction which (j)----- 77 domes. 

4. Read the passage again. Write in  about 70-80  words about  Shat Gambuj Mosque.  5

5. Answer the following questions :                                                                          1  5 = 5

   a. Who founded a Muslim colony ?

   b. How did Khan Jahan Ali adorned his city ?

   c. When was a Muslim colony founded ?

   d. What is one of the tourist attraction and best arcitectural beauties of Bangladesh ?

   e. When was Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah born ? 

6. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the text :                                         

A (a)----- saint Ulug Khan Jahan (b)----- a Muslim colony in the inhospitable mangrove forest (c)----- Bagerhat. He was the pionear of (d)----- in the south. In the (e)----- Bagerhat was called (f)----- . Khan Jahan Ali (g)----- mosque, tanks,roads and public buildings in the (h)----.

 Shat Gambuj Mosque is the most (i)-----  of them. There are (j)----- Gambuj on the roof.

 

7. Read the passage again. Write in  about 70-80  words about  the contribution of Khan Jahan Ali to the developement of the city of Bagerhat.                                                        5

8. Read the passage again and write the main idea of the passage in not morethan five sentences.                                                                                                                                  5