The Shehnai of Bismillah Khan

Part II

Thinking about the Text 

I. Tick the  right answer.  

(āϏāĻ িāĻ• āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āϟিāĻ• āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)

1. The (shehnal, pungi) Was a 'reeded noisemaker.' 

(āĻļেāĻšāύাāϞ, āĻĒুংāĻ—ী) āĻāϜāύ 'ā§°িāĻĄ āύāϝ়েāϜāĻŽেāĻ•াā§°' āφāĻ›িāϞ)

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2. (Bismillah Khan, A barber, Ali Bux) transformed the pungi into a shehnai.

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύ, āĻāϜāύ āύাāĻĒিāϤ, āφāϞী āĻŦাāĻ•্āϏ) āĻĒুংāĻ—ীāĻ• āĻāϟা āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāχāϞৈ ā§°ূāĻĒাāύ্āϤ⧰িāϤ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)

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3. Bismillah Khan's paternal ancestors were (barbers, professional musicians).

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύ⧰ āĻĒিāϤৃāĻĒুā§°ুāώ āφāĻ›িāϞ (āύাāĻĒিāϤ, āĻĒেāĻ›াāĻĻাā§°ী āϏংāĻ—ীāϤāϜ্āĻž)

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4. Bismillah Khan learnt to play the shehnai from (Ali Bux, Paigambar Bux, Ustad Faiyaz Khan). 

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে (āφāϞি āĻŦাāĻ•্āϏ, āĻĒাāχāĻ—াāĻŽ্āĻŦাā§° āĻŦাāĻ•্āϏ, āωāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻĢৈāϝ়াāϜ āĻ–াāύ) āĻĒā§°া āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāχ āĻ–েāϞিāĻŦāϞৈ āĻļিāĻ•িāĻ›িāϞ)

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5. Bismillah Khan's first trip abroad was to (Afghanistan, U.S.A., Canada). 

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦিāĻĻেāĻļ āĻ­্ā§°āĻŽāĻŖ āφāĻ›িāϞ (āφāĻĢāĻ—াāύিāϏ্āϤাāύ, āφāĻŽেā§°িāĻ•া āϝুāĻ•্āϤ⧰াāώ্āϟ্ā§°, āĻ•াāύাāĻĄা)

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II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan's feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (✔) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class. 

(āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāϚাā§°āĻ• āϝিāϝ়ে āϤāϞāϤ āϤাāϞিāĻ•াāĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ āĻŦāϏ্āϤুāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āωāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύ⧰ āĻ…āύুāĻ­ূāϤি āĻĻেāĻ–ুā§ąাāϝ়। āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āϏāĻ িāĻ• āϏ্āϤāĻŽ্āĻ­āϤ āĻāϟা āϟিāĻ• (✔) āϚিāĻš্āύিāϤ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻļ্ā§°েāĻŖীāϤ āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āĻŦোā§° āφāϞোāϚāύা āϕ⧰āĻ•)



III. Answer these questions in 30-40 words.

 (āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° 30-40 āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)

1. Why did Aurangzeb ban the playing of the pungi? 

(āϔ⧰āĻ™্āĻ—āϜেāĻŦে āĻ•িāϝ় āĻĒুংāĻ—ী āĻŦāϜোā§ąাāϤ āύিāώেāϧাāϜ্āĻžা āφ⧰োāĻĒ āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)

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2. How is a shehnal different from a pungi?

(āĻĒুংāĻ—ীāϤāĻ•ৈ āĻāϟা āĻļেāĻšāύেāϞ āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ•)

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3. Where was the shehnal played traditionally? How did Bismillah Khan change this? 

(āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াāĻ—āϤāĻ­াā§ąে āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāϞ āĻ•'āϤ āĻŦāϜোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ? āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϏāϞāύি āϕ⧰িāϞে)

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4. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break? 

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻŦিā§°āϤি āĻĒাāϞে)

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5. When and how did Bismillah Khan get his big break?

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āφ⧰ু āĻ•েāύেāĻ•ৈ āϤেāĻ“ঁā§° āĻĄাāϙ⧰ āĻŦিā§°āϤি āĻĒাāϞে)

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6. Why did Bismillah Khan refuse to start a shehnai School in the U.S.A.?

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে āφāĻŽেā§°িāĻ•া āϝুāĻ•্āϤ⧰াāώ্āϟ্ā§°āϤ āĻļ্āĻŦেāĻšāύাāχ āϏ্āĻ•ুāϞ āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•িāϝ় āĻ…āϏ্āĻŦীāĻ•াā§° āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ)

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7. Find at least two instances in the text which tell you that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras.

(āϝি āĻĒাāĻ ে āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āĻ•āϝ় āϝে āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύে āĻ­াā§°āϤ āφ⧰ু āĻŦেāύাā§°াāĻ›āĻ• āĻ­াāϞ āĻĒাāϝ়)

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Thinking about Language 

(āĻ­াāώাā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āϚিāύ্āϤা āϕ⧰া)

I. Look at these sentences.

(āĻāχ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•)

 Evelyn was determined to live a normal life

(āĻāĻ­āϞিāύ āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ­াā§ąিāĻ• āϜীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāĻŦāĻĻ্āϧ āφāĻ›িāϞ)

● Evelyn managed to conceal her growing deafness from friends and teachers. 

(āĻāĻ­āϞিāύে āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦā§°্āϧিāϤ āĻŦāϧিā§°āϤাāĻ• āĻŦāύ্āϧু āφ⧰ু āĻļিāĻ•্āώāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϞুāĻ•ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)

The italicised parts answer the questions: "What was Evelyn determined to do?" and "What did Evelyn manage to do?" They begin with a to-verb, (to live, to conceal). 

(āχāϟাāϞিāĻ•াāχāϜ āϕ⧰া āĻ…ংāĻļāĻŦোā§°ে āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়ে: "āĻāĻ­āϞিāύে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĻৃāĻĸ় āϏংāĻ•āϞ্āĻĒ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ?" āφ⧰ু "āĻāĻ­āϞিāύে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āϏāĻ•্āώāĻŽ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ?" āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āĻāϟা āϟু-āĻ­াā§°্āĻŦেā§°ে āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āĻšāϝ়, (āϜীāϝ়াāχ āĻĨাāĻ•িāĻŦāϞৈ, āϞুāĻ•ুā§ąাāĻŦāϞৈ)

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Complete the following sentences. Beginning with a to-verb, try to answer the questions in brackets. 

(āύিāĻŽ্āύāϞিāĻ–িāϤ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāĻŦোā§° āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻ•। āĻāϟা āϟু-āĻ­াā§°্āĻŦেā§°ে āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­ āϕ⧰ি, āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāĻŦāϞৈ āϚেāώ্āϟা āϕ⧰āĻ•)

1. The school sports team hopes ___________________(What does it hope to do? 

(āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ•্ā§°ীāĻĄ়া āĻĻāϞāϟোā§ąে āφāĻļা āϕ⧰ে (āχ āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦুāϞি āφāĻļা āϕ⧰ে)

2. We all want __________________(What do we all want to do?)

(āφāĻŽি āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āĻŦিāϚাā§°ো (āφāĻŽি āϏāĻ•āϞোā§ąে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ো)

3. they advised the hearing-impaired child's mother________________(What did they advise her to do?)

 (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āĻļ্ā§°ā§ąāĻŖ āĻļāĻ•্āϤি āĻšীāύ āĻļিāĻļুāϟোā§° āĻŽাāϤৃ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ (āϤেāĻ“ঁāϞোāĻ•ে āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻĒā§°াāĻŽā§°্āĻļ āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ)

4. The authorities permitted us to_______________ (What did the authorities permit us to do?)

(āϕ⧰্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ•্āώāχ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻ›িāϞ (āϕ⧰্āϤৃāĻĒāĻ•্āώāχ āφāĻŽাāĻ• āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ…āύুāĻŽāϤি āĻĻিāĻ›āϞ)

5. A musician decided to _______________ (What did the musician decide to do?)

 (āĻāϜāύ āϏংāĻ—ীāϤāϜ্āĻžāχ āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ (āϏংāĻ—ীāϤāϜ্āĻžāϜāύে āĻ•ি āϕ⧰াā§° āϏিāĻĻ্āϧাāύ্āϤ āϞৈāĻ›িāϞ)

II. From the text on Bismillah Khan, find the words and phrases that match these definitions and write them down. The number of the paragraph where you will find the words/ phrases has been given for you in brackets.

(āĻŦিāĻ›āĻŽিāϞ্āϞা āĻ–াāύ⧰ āĻĒাāĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°া, āĻāχ āϏংāϜ্āĻžাāĻŦোā§°ā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŽিāϞা āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āφ⧰ু āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļāĻŦোā§° āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āωāϞিāϝ়াāĻ“āĻ• āφ⧰ু āϏেāχāĻŦোā§° āϞিāĻ–ি ā§°াāĻ–āĻ•। āφāĻĒুāύি āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ/āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻĒেā§°াāĻ—্ā§°াāĻĢā§° āϏংāĻ–্āϝা āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻŦāύ্āϧāύীāϤ āĻĻিāϝ়া āĻšৈāĻ›ে) 

1. the home of royal people [1] _______________

(ā§°াāϜāĻ•ীāϝ় āϞোāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϘ⧰ [1])

2. the state of being alone [5] ________________

(āĻ…āĻ•āϞāĻļā§°ীāϝ়া āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻ…ā§ąāϏ্āĻĨা [5])

3. a part which is absolutely necessary[2] _______________

(āĻāϟা āĻ…ংāĻļ āϝিāϟো āĻ…āϤি āĻĒ্ā§°āϝ়োāϜāύীāϝ়[2])

4. to do something not done before [5] ___________________

 ([5] āφāĻ—āϤে āύāϕ⧰া āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āϕ⧰িāĻŦāϞৈ)

5. without much effort [13] ______________________

(āĻŦেāĻ›ি āĻĒā§°িāĻļ্ā§°āĻŽ āύāϕ⧰াāĻ•ৈ [13])

6. quickly and in large quantities [9] ________________and ________________

(āĻĻ্ā§°ুāϤāϤাā§°ে āφ⧰ু āĻŦৃāĻšā§Ž āĻĒā§°িāĻŽাāĻŖāϤ [9] āφ⧰ু)

III. Tick the right answer. 

(āϏāĻ িāĻ• āωāϤ্āϤ⧰āϤ āϟিāĻ• āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)

1. When  something is revived, it (remains dead/ lives again). 

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĒুāύ⧰ুāϜ্āϜীā§ąিāϤ āĻšāϝ়, āχ (āĻĒুāύ⧰ āĻŽৃāϤ āĻšৈ āĻĨাāĻ•ে/ āĻĒুāύ⧰ āϜীā§ąāύ āϝাāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰ে)

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2. When a government bans something, it wants it (stopped/ started).

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϚ⧰āĻ•াā§°ে āĻ•িāĻŦা āύিāώিāĻĻ্āϧ āϕ⧰ে, āχ āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ে (āĻŦāύ্āϧ/āφ⧰āĻŽ্āĻ­)

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3. When something is considered auspicious, (welcome it/ avoid it). 

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āĻļুāĻ­ āĻŦুāϞি āĻ—āĻŖ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻšāϝ়, (āχāϝ়াāĻ• āϏ্āĻŦাāĻ—āϤāĻŽ āϜāύাāĻ“āĻ•/ āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻĒā§°িāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•)

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4. When we take to something, we find it (boring/ interesting).

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻŽি āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟা āϞāĻ“ঁ, āφāĻŽি āχāϝ়াāĻ• āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒাāĻ“ঁ (āĻŦিā§°āĻ•্āϤিāϕ⧰/ āφāϕ⧰্āώāĻŖীāϝ়)

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6. When you replicate something, you do it (for the first time/for the second time).

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻĒুāύি āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϞিāĻĒি āϕ⧰ে, āφāĻĒুāύি āϏেāχāϟো āϕ⧰ে (āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে/āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āĻŦাā§°ā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে)

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7. When we come to terms with something, it is (still upsetting/no longer upsetting).

(āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āφāĻŽি āĻ•িāĻŦা āĻāϟাā§° āϏৈāϤে āĻŦুāϜাāĻŦুāϜি āϕ⧰োঁ, āχ (āĻāϤিāϝ়াāĻ“ āĻŦিā§°āĻ•্āϤিāϕ⧰/āφ⧰ু āĻŦিāϚāϞিāϤ āύāĻšāϝ়)

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IV. Dictionary work 

(āĻ…āĻ­িāϧাāύ⧰ āĻ•াāĻŽ)

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● The sound of the shehnai is auspicious. 

(āĻļেāĻšāύাāχ⧰ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻļুāĻ­)

● The auspicious sound of the chehnai is usually heard at marriages. 

(āϚেāĻšāύাāχ⧰ āĻļুāĻ­ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āϏাāϧাā§°āĻŖāϤে āĻŦিāϝ়াāϤ āĻļুāύা āϝাāϝ়)

The adjective auspicious can occur after the verb be as in the first sentence, or before a noun as in the second. But there are some adjectives which can be used after the verb be was overjoyed. 

(āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে, āĻŦা āĻĻ্āĻŦিāϤীāϝ়āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝ⧰ āĻĻā§°ে āĻŦিāĻļেāώ্āϝ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻļুāĻ­ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āϟো āϘāϟিāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ে। āĻ•িāύ্āϤু āĻ•িāĻ›ুāĻŽাāύ āĻŦিāĻļেāώāĻŖ āφāĻ›ে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āĻ•্ā§°িāϝ়াāĻ…āϤিāφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšোā§ąাā§° āĻĒিāĻ›āϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°ি)

● Ustad Faiyaz Khan was overjoyed. 

(āωāϏ্āϤাāĻĻ āĻĢৈāϝ়াāϜ āĻ–াāύ āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)

We cannot say: *the overjoyed man. 

(āφāĻŽি āĻāχāĻĻā§°ে āĻ•'āĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°োঁ: *āφāύāύ্āĻĻিāϤ āĻŽাāύুāĻšāϜāύ)

Look at these entries from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2005). 

(āĻ…āĻ•্āϏāĻĢā§°্āĻĄ āĻāĻĄāĻ­াāύ্āϏāĻĄ āϞাā§°্āύাā§°্āϚ āĻĄিāĻ•্āϏāύেā§°ী (2005)ā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻŦিāώ্āϟিāĻŦোā§° āϚাāĻ“āĻ•)

Consult your dictionary and complete the following table. The first one has been done for you. 



Use these words in phrases or sentences of your own. 

(āĻāχ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻāĻŦোā§° āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āύিāϜ⧰ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝাংāĻļ āĻŦা āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āĻŦ্āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšাā§° āϕ⧰āĻ•)

Speaking 

I. Imagine the famous singer Kishori Amonkar is going to visit your school. You have been asked to introduce her to the audience before her performance. How would you introduce her?

(āĻ•āϞ্āĻĒāύা āϕ⧰āĻ• āĻŦিāĻ–্āϝাāϤ āĻ—াāϝ়িāĻ•া āĻ•িāĻļোā§°ী āφāĻŽোāĻ™্āĻ•াā§°ে āφāĻĒোāύাā§° āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়āϞৈ āϝাāĻŦ। āφāĻĒোāύাāĻ• āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ⧰ āφāĻ—āϤে āĻĻā§°্āĻļāϕ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āĻĒā§°িāϚāϝ় āϕ⧰াāĻŦāϞৈ āĻ•োā§ąা āĻšৈāĻ›ে। āφāĻĒুāύি āϤাāχāĻ• āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻĒā§°িāϚāϝ় āϕ⧰াāĻŦ)

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Here is some information about Kishori Amonkar you can find on the Internet. Read the passage and make notes of the main points about:

(āφāĻĒুāύি āχāĻŖ্āϟাā§°āύেāϟāϤ āĻŦিāϚাā§°ি āĻĒোā§ąা āĻ•িāĻļোā§°ী āφāĻŽāύāĻ•াā§°ā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āχāϝ়াāϤ āĻ•িāĻ›ু āϤāĻĨ্āϝ āφāĻ›ে। āĻĒাāĻ াংāĻļāϟো āĻĒāĻĸ়āĻ• āφ⧰ু āχāϝ়াā§° āĻŦিāώāϝ়ে āĻŽুāĻ–্āϝ āĻŦিāώāϝ়āĻŦোā§°ā§° āϟোāĻ•া āĻŦāύাāĻ“āĻ•)

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● her parentage 

 (āϤাāχ⧰ āĻĒিāϤৃ-āĻŽাāϤৃ)

● the school of music she belongs to 

(āϤাāχ āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāĻĻ্āϝাāϞāϝ়ā§° āĻ…āύ্āϤ⧰্āĻ­ুāĻ•্āϤ)

● her achievements

(āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ•ৃāϤিāϤ্āĻŦ) 

● her inspiration 

(āϤাāχ⧰ āĻ…āύুāĻĒ্ā§°েā§°āĻŖা)

● awards 

(āĻŦঁāϟাāϏāĻŽূāĻš)




Question Type by -Maiur Rani Kashyap\






Post ID: DABP002124