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Answer the following questions:–
(a) What do you mean by folk music, according to the text?
(b) What does folk music reflect?
(c) How are mystical songs composed of?
(d) What makes the Bhatiyali an important genre?
(e) What are the reasons of great variety in folk music?
a. Folk music is a kind of ancient music that springs from the heart of a community, based on their natural style of expression uninfluenced by the dogmas of classical music and modern popular songs.
b. Folk music reflects the culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine life. It also reflects the social inequality and poverty of human life. In fact, folk music is the expression of joys and sorrows of common people.
c. Mystical songs are composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats.
d. Bangladesh is basically riverine. So, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music.
e. Bangladesh has a varied set of culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine life based on which folk music is composed. For this reason, there is a great variety of folk music.
Answer the following questions:
(a) What purpose do dreams serve according to the researchers? Explain.
(b) Define dream in your own words.
(c) What is the difference between dream and nightmare?
(d) What are the characteristics of dream according to the passage?
(e) What is Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams consistent with? What does it suggest?
Answer the following questions:
(a) What was Nelson Mandela determined to do?
(b) How did Mandela win the support of the world?
(c) Who is described "as an icon of peace and reconciliation"? Explain the reasons.
(d) "Don't call me. I'll call you." - Who was the speaker of these words? What did he mean?
(e) When was Mandela awarded the 'Nobel Peace Prize'? Why did he achieve the prize?
(B)
Answer the following questions :
(a) How did Chawla make herself a strong foundation for space travelling?
(b) When was Kalpana Chawla selected for her second space mission?
(c) Why did she have to delay for her second space?
(d) Where did Chawla die and how?
(e) Do you think Kalpana Chawla was the guide of young generation? Why and why not?
Answer the following questions:
(a) What is the theory of Sigmund Freud about dream?
(b) How much has science been successful in explaining dreams?
(c) What are the benefits of dream?
(d) What does the expression 'disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes' mean?
(e) Define dream in your own language.