Pakistan and National Pride

Reading Comprehension
Question & Answers
Read the text and find out the names of the students who collected information on the following
topics.

a. Personality and achievements of the Quaid Tahira

b. Political acumen and contribution of Allama Iqbal Tahira
c. The Quaid’s aspirations for the Muslims Huma
d. Allama Iqbal’s aspirations for the Muslims Tahira
e. Personality and achievements of Allama Iqbal Lubna
f. Quaid’s political acumen and contribution Farheen

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Guess the meanings of these words and then check the meanings given in the
glossary.

S.No Words Guessed Meaning Actual Meaning

1 Dynamic Active having a lot of energy
2 Steadfastness Firmness firmly staying on one path
3 Guiding principles Rules made to guide rules that set the direction one takes
someone
4 Unparalleled Unmatched so great that there is nothing else like it
5 Undesired Unwanted unacceptable
6 Acumen Awareness the ability to understand things quickly and
clearly
7 Proponent Supporter a person who supports a cause
8 Polarization Division separation into two opposite groups
9 Aspirations Desires strong desires
10 Envisioned Imagine imagined as a future possibility
11 Pluralistic Being plural different groups of people of people living
together in peace
12 Discrimination To be bias about different treatment for different people
something or
someone
13 Prevailed Extensive widespread
14 Impartiality Fairness not favouring anyone person
15 Transform Convert change into something else
16 Implementing Apply putting into effect
17 Versatile Someone with many moving easily from one subject
skills or abilities
18 Accomplishments Achievements achievements
19 Culminating Climax resulting in achieving what is wanted
20 Recall Remember remember
21 Victimization To become a victim unfair suffering
22 Distinction Contrast difference
23 Homage Tribute something said or done to show great respect
24 Quest Search search

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S.No Statement Right Wrong

1 Jinnah wanted Muslims to have more rights in Pakistan. X
2 Zoya and Amber offered to find information about Allama Iqbal. X
3 Quaid-e-Azam first joined the Congress and then the Muslim League. ✓
4 Both Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal were barristers. ✓
5 Allama Iqbal wrote two letters to Quaid in 1938. X
6 In his letters he said that Muslims should demand a separate state. X

The following tables have quotes from the speeches of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal. The first part of
each quote is in table A and the second part in table B. Complete the quotes. Write the alphabet in the
Answer Column in Table A.
Now find out who said these words. Write ‘Q’ for Quaid-e-Azam and ‘A’ for Allama Iqbal in the ‘Person’
column in Table B.
S.No Quote Part 1 Answer
1 You are free; you are free to go to your temples, d
2 To me he was a friend, guide and philosopher, f
3 The Muslim demand to create a Muslim India within India a
4 At difficult moments in their history, it is Islam e
5 My guiding principle will be c
6 I am sure that with your support and cooperation, I can look g
forward
7 We are all citizens b

S.No Quote Part 2 Person

a. is in no way without justice. A
b. and equal citizens of one State. Q
c. justice and complete impartiality. Q
d. you are free to go to your mosques or to any other place of Q
worship in this state of Pakistan.
e. that has saved Muslims and not Muslims that have saved Islam. A
f. and during the darkest moments through which the Muslim Q
League had to go, he stood like a rock.
g. to Pakistan becoming one of the greatest nations of the world. Q

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Go back to exercise 6 and find out when and where these words spoken. After this write seven
complete sentences.

1. In August 1947, in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the Quaid-e-Azam said these words.
“You are free, you are free to go to your temples, you are free to go to your mosques or
to any other place of worship in this state of Pakistan.”
2. On the death of Allama Iqbal, in 1938, the Quaid-e-Azam said these words to show his respect
and praise for the great poet and leader of the Muslims of the sub-continent.
“To me he was a friend, guide and philosopher, and during the darkest moments
through which the Muslim League had to go, he stood like a rock.”
3. In Allahabad’s address, delivered in 1930, Allama Iqbal said these words.
“The Muslim demand to create a Muslim India within India is in no way without justice.”
4. In Allahabad address, Allama Iqbal said these words.
“At difficult moments in their history, it is Islam that has saved Muslims and not Muslims
that have saved Islam.”
5. On August 11, 1947, in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the Quaid-e-Azam said these
words.
“My guiding principle will be justice and complete impartiality.”
6. On August 11, 1947, in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the Quaid-e-Azam said these
words.
“I am sure that your support and cooperation, I can look forward to Pakistan becoming
one of the greatest nations of the world.”
7. On August 11, 1947, in the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, the Quaid-e-Azam said these
words.
“We are all citizens and equal citizens of one State.”

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Complete the following news report using the correct form of the passive, using the verbs given in
brackets.

The northern part of the country was hit (hit) by a massive earthquake this morning.
The entire infrastructure was damaged (damage) very badly. The roads were broken
(break). The telephone lines were destroyed (destroy), and the mobile services were
disrupted (disrupt). The people were scared (scare) as many aftershocks were expected
(expect). Food, water and medical aid were rushed (rush) to the area. An appeal was
made (make) by the government asking people not to panic. Work was done (do) by the
army to enable reaching aid to the remote areas. Funds were released (release)by the
government to help people in this hour of grief.

Read the following story. Complete Samina’s report to the police, using the passive form. Use the
verbs from the story. Write the complete report.

This is what Samina said to the police when they asked her for details:
A new servant was hired by me. She was asked to submit a copy of her identity card. A
copy was given by her. I was given someone else’s card. Unfortunately, the details were
not checked by me. After a few days, I was asked by the servant for a loan. The loan
was refused by me. The following week, I was told a sad story by the servant and again I
was asked for some money. The servant was told not to come to work from the next
day. When I went to my room, after a couple of hours, it was in a mess, with all the
things on the floor. The cupboard was emptied by her. All the money and the jewelry
had been taken away by her.

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Discuss the possible meanings of these words and check these words in the glossary.

Words Guessed Meaning Actual Meaning from Glossary

Longing Trong feeling of need deep felt wish

Supplication Dua, urge humble request

Sparkling Shining, glittering shining

Attain Achieve succeed in getting

Elegance Grace attractiveness

Moth An insect just like butterfly a flying insect that is attracted to light

Supportive Cooperative giving help

Suffering Pain people having physical or mental pain

Paraphrase each couplet of the following famous poem of Allama Iqbal.

1. Oh Allah! I pray that my life should be like a candle.

2. Through my light should the world’s darkness disappear and every place sparkle with my light.
3. Through me, my homeland attains elegance just like a garden full of flowers.
4. I pray that just like a moth, I love the lamp of knowledge and spread it with full zeal and zest.
5. I pray that my life becomes supportive to the poor and the destitute.
6. O God! Protect me from the evil ways and show me the path that leads to the good ways.

Write the paraphrased poem in the form of a paragraph.

Oh Allah! I pray that my life should be like a candle. Through my light should the world’s
darkness disappear and every place sparkle with my light. Through me, my homeland attains
elegance just like a garden full of flowers. I pray that just like a moth, I love the lamp of
knowledge and spread it with full zeal and zest. I pray that my life becomes supportive to the
poor and the destitute. O God! Protect me from the evil ways and show me the path that leads
to the good ways.

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Write a letter to your principal requesting him/her to allow your class to visit the Karachi Museum.

Letter to Principal
The Principal
ABC School
Karachi

Respected Sir,

As a representative of class IX, I am writing to you about what I believe to be a great learning
opportunity for all the students. Karachi Museum is one of the greatest sight-seeing of the city. An
Exhibition and Book Fair are going to be held at the Museum by the end of this month regarding the
historical importance of the collection being displayed at the museum. Many of our class fellows are
interested in the subject of History and Cultural Studies, and we all are deeply interested in learning
more about the treasure of our past. If we will visit the National Museum, Karachi, this will give us a
chance to see a wonderful collection of 58,000 old coins (some dating from 74 Al-Hijra), and hundreds
of well-preserved sculptures. The Museum has 70,000 publications, books and other reading material
of the Archeology and Museums Department that were also shifted to the National Museum so that
general public could see them. Seeing all the historical treasures together, it will be a brilliant learning
experience for the whole class.

I will highly appreciate if you will support our interest my allowing our class teacher to organize a
class-wide visit to the National Museum, Karachi. I am certain that this will be a rich educational
experience for all of us, should you lend us your patronage. I hope your answer will be positive.

Sincerely,

(Signature)

X.Y.Z.

Student Class IX –A

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Choose the correct answer according to the story.

1. Circle the characters of the story.
Hare tortoise fox dove stork
2. What was the relationship between the characters? Circle the correct answer.
relatives friends neighbours siblings
3. Who served in the following utensils? Write the names of the characters.
dish – fox, utensil – stork
4. Tick the choices that the stork had according to the author.
a) The stork could have invited other animals and served all of them in jugs.
b) The stork could have served in a container suitable for the fox.
c) The stork could have invited other animals too and served them all in containers suitable
for each of them.
d) The stork could have served in a bottle that had a broad base.

Fill in the required information.

Fox:
Famous for: being cunning
Invited: Stork
Meal: for dinner
Served what: soup Served In: a dish
Result: The stork was unable to have soup due to his long beak as the soup was thinly spread out in the
dish.

Stork:
Famous for: being kind and gentle
Invited: Fox
Meal: for dinner
Served what: fish Served In: a narrow vase
Result: The fox was unable to have fish as it was at the bottom of the narrow vase and he could not
reach it.

Write the following incomplete sentences.

1. The stork followed the rule of tit for tat.

2. God tells us to replace the bad with the good.

3. The key message of the article is we should stop following the tit for tat rule.

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