A Great Social Reformer in Lesson 10 of Class 5 has been included in the English Textbook, Butterfly under the syllabus of WBBPE. Questions Answers and Bengali meaning from Lesson 10 A Great Social Reformer have been prepared in the following.
Questions Answers from A Great Social Reformer Class 5
[Consult Butterfly, English Textbook Class 5, Page No 105]
Let’s begin…
Look at these pictures and answers the questions below.
[Butterfly Class page no 105, 106]
Who are these people?
Ans: These people are Raja Rammohun Roy, Swami Vivekananda, Henry Louise Vivian Derozio, and Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay.
Why are they famous?
Ans: They are famous for their dedication to the welfare of our society.
Let’s match Column A with Column B
| Column A | Column B |
| Vidyasagar | Started widow marriage |
| Vivekananda | Spread the message of brotherhood |
| Raja Rammohan Roy | Stopped the evil custom of ‘sati’ |
| Derozio | Started Young Bengal Movement |
The persons in Column A were all great social reformers.
A Great Social Reformer Class 5 A Great Social Reformer; Unit I
Line by line Bengali Meaning
বঙ্গানুবাদ: [ Butterfly Page No – 106]
তিনি বেগম রকেয়া এক অসাধারণ নারী যার প্রচেষ্টায় বাংলায় নারী শিক্ষার অবস্থা উল্লেখযোগ্য পরিবর্তন এনেছিল। তার পুরো নাম বেগম রোকেয়া সাখাওয়াত হোসেন। তিনি বাংলার অবহেলিত নারীদের প্রতি দরদী ও উদার ছিলেন আর দরিদ্র ও অসহায় দের প্রতি তার সাহায্যের হাত বাড়িয়ে দিতেন। তিনি বাংলার দরিদ্র মুসলিম মেয়েদের বিদ্যালয় স্থাপনের পথিকৃৎ ছিলেন। নারীদের আধুনিক শিক্ষায় শিক্ষিত হওয়ার প্রয়োজনীয়তার ব্যাপারে তিনি অত্যন্ত বিশ্বাসী ছিলেন।
বেগম রোকিয়া এক সচ্ছল মুসলিম পরিবারে জন্মগ্রহণ করেছিলেন। যদিও তিনি কোনদিন বিদ্যালয় যাননি তিনি নিজের আগ্রহ ও চেষ্টার দ্বারা শিক্ষা লাভ করেন। তিনি বাড়িতে আরবী ও ফারসী শিখলেন এবং বাংলা ও ইংরেজিতেও শিক্ষা লাভ করেন।বাংলা ও ইংরেজিতে তাঁর লেখা কয়েকটি শ্রেষ্ঠ বই চিরস্মরণীয় হয়ে থাকবে।
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| Lesson – 3. Phulmani’s India | Lesson – 9.The Bird’s Eye |
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| Lesson – 6. The Clever Monkey | Lesson – 12. Beyond Barriers |
Word Trove:
Remarkable – extra ordinary – উল্লেখযোগ্য
Efforts – Endeavour – প্রচেষ্টা
Considerably- remarkably – উল্লেখযোগ্যভাবে
Generous – giving freely – উদার
Disadvantaged – neglected – আগ্রহী
Extended – spread– সম্প্রসারিত
Pioneer- pathbreaker- পথিকৃৎ
Affluent – rich – ধনী
A Great Social Reformer Class 5 Activity Questions Answers
ACTIVITY 1
Complete the following sentences with information from the text.
1. Begum Rokeya was born in an affluent family
2. At home she learned Arabic and Persian
3. She never went to school
4. She wrote in Bengali and English
ACTIVITY 2
Table A and Table B have words with opposite meanings.
Let’s match Table A with Table B
| Table A | Table B |
| (a) kind | cruel |
| (b) poor | rich |
| (c) advantage | disadvantage |
| (d) remember | forget |
A Great Social Reformer Class 5 A Great Social Reformer; Unit II
Line by line Bengali Meaning
বঙ্গানুবাদ: [ Butterfly Page No – 108]
বেগম রোকিয়া সমাজ সংস্কারের প্রয়োজনে অনেক লিখেছিলেন। তার লেখা কয়েকটি বিখ্যাত বই হল সুলতানাস ড্রিম ও মতিচার পদ্মরাগ।তিনি সামাজিক অবিচার ও নারীদের ওপর আরোপিত বেদনাদায়ক নিষেধাজ্ঞার বিরুদ্ধে লিখেছিলেন। নারী শক্তির ওপর বিশ্বাস ছিল এবং তিনি ঘোষণা করেছিলেন যে নারীদের সাহায্য ছাড়া পরিবারের কখনো উন্নতি হতে পারে না। তিনি শ্রমের লিঙ্গ বিভাগ বিষয়ে প্রশ্ন করেন এবং উপলব্ধি করেন যে লিঙ্গবৈষম্য থাকা উচিত নয়।
বেগম রোকেয়া একজন মানবতাবাদী ছিলেন। তিনি নারীদের নানা বিষয়ে শিক্ষা দিয়েছিলেন। তিনি আনজুমান -ই-খাবতীন-ই ইসলামের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা ছিলেন। আমাদের দেশের আভ্যন্তরীণ বিশ্বাসী ছিলেন।
Word Trove:
Extensively – widely ব্যাপকভাবে
Reforms – positive changes – সংস্কার
Injustice – unfairness- অন্যায়
Restrictions – bindings – বাধা নিষেধ
Immense – great – প্রচন্ড
Proclaimed – announced – ঘোষণা করলেন
Gendered – as per gender লিঙ্গ অনুযায়ী
Inequality- injustice – অসম
>Humanist – a person who believes in mankind- মানবতাবাদী
Various – diverse – বহুমুখী
Founder- establishers – প্রতিষ্ঠাতা
Inherent – underline – অভ্যন্তরীণ
Unity – harmony – একতা
A Great Social Reformer Class 5 Activity Questions Answers
ACTIVITY 3
Let’s write T for true and F for false statements in the given boxes.
a. Begum Rokeya never thought about others. False
b. Begum Rokeya demanded education for women. True
c. She wrote against social injustice. True
d. She never felt the importance of women in a family. False
ACTIVITY 4
Find out the word clusters (describing word + naming word) from the above text.
(i) Example: social reforms.
(ii) healthy children
(iii) disadvantaged woman
(iv) first woman
(v) strong humanist
(vi) famous books
(vii) ideal society
(viii) great books
Let’s Learn…
Let’s find out the meaning of the following signs.
| Signs | Names |
| ? | Question Mark |
| . | Full Stop |
| , | Comma |
| : | Colon |
| ; | Semicolon |
| ‘ | apostrophe |
| ! | Exclamation Mark |
| – | hyphen |
| ‘ ’ | Question Mark |
ACTIVITY 5
Put the punctuation marks in the following sentences. The first one is done for you.
(i) Vivekananda said, “All Indians are my brothers.”
(ii) “I am Rokeya’s friend”, said the lady.
(iii) “Who are you? Oh! You are wounded.”
(iv) I know there are many birds like Crow, Parrot, and Mynah.
(v) Netaji founded, “ Azad Hind Fauj”
(vi) Vidyasagar was a social reformer.
ACTIVITY 6
Let’s fill in the blanks with appropriate prepositions
Swami Vivekananda was born in 1863. He was born in Calcutta. He belonged to a rich family. In those days our country was under British rule. Vivekananda felt for the misery of the Indians.
ACTIVITY 7(a)
Let’s classify the personal pronouns and possessive pronouns from the passage.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy was a great social reformer. He lived in the 19th centum Bengal. He worked hard for the betterment of our country. His fight was for abolishing the evil system of ‘Sati’, and his contribution to the improvement of Indian education will be remembered forever. We are all proud of him.
Personal Pronoun: He, We, him.
Possessive Pronoun: Our, His, He.
ACTIVITY 7(b)
Change the personal pronouns used in Activity 7(a) into possessive pronouns. One is done for you.
| Personal Pronouns | Possessive Pronouns. |
| He | His |
| we | our |
| him | his |
ACTIVITY 8
Use the following hints and write ten sentences about Henry Louis Vivian Derozio.
Name Henry Louis Vivian Derozio;
Date of Birth: 18.04.1809;
Parents’ names: Francis Derozio; Sophie Johnson;
Place of Birth: Entally, Kolkata;
School: David Drummond’s ‘Dhurramtallah Academy’;
Service: Teacher of English Literature and History, Hindu College;
Achievements: Assistant editor of “The India Gazette, editor of The Calcutta Gazette’, ‘The East Indian’ and ‘The Bengal Annual’ etc.;
Notable works: To India, My Native Land’, ‘The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’, etc.;
Death: 26th December 1831.
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio was a great social reformer of modern Bengal. He was born on 18th April 1809 at Entally in Kolkata. His father was Francis Derozio and his mother was Sophie Johnson. His early education started at David Drummond’s ‘Dhurramtalla Academy’. He started his career as a teacher of English literature and History at Hindu College (now Presidency University) in Kolkata. Besides this, he also edited some magazines as the assistant editor of “The India Gazette’, ‘The Calcutta Magazine’, ‘The Indian Magazine’ and The Bengal Annual’ etc. He also wrote some books like To India, My Native Land’. The Harp of India’, ‘The Fakir of Jungheera’ etc. Unfortunately, this great reformer of modern Bengal passed away on 26th December 1831.
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(i) the name of the person.
(ii) your relationship with the person.
(iii) why do you like him/her so much.
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