Zainul Abedin

Zainul Abedin was the legendary artist of the last century of the Bengal. He was born in a district of
Bangladesh, which is located at the northern part of the country. Zainul was encouraged to Art by
enchanting natural views of the place, where he grew up, dominated by a famous river. In 1933 he got
admitted in an institute to learn art and he studied there for several years. To have batter understanding
of Art, in 1951 Zainul Abedin went to London for higher training and as a learned artist Zainul used to art
in his own style. After partition he moved to Dhaka and established an institute of art, where Zainul
worked as the founding principal. For his remarkable work, Zainul received a prestigious award in 1938.
One of his extraordinary works is the series of sketches that he drew after a man-made famine. In 1970
the great artist visited some refugee camps in Syria and Jordan and drew 60-70 paintings depicting the
hardship of refugees. In 1975 Zainul Abedin set up folk museum in Sonargaon and 1982 also sent up a
gallery to house some of his works, 17 pictures of Zainul were stolen though some of the stolen pictures
were recovered later. For his contribution to art and remarkable qualities he was given an honorable
title. Zainul died due to lung cancer and decades after his death a famous newspaper published a report
admiring his works.

Answer the following questions according to the mark given on the right.

1. What is the birth date of Zainul Abedin and in which district he was born? [1] (line one and two)
2. What is the name of the famous river near the place where Zainul grew up? [1] (line two and
three)
3. In 1933, which institute Zainul took admission in and for how many years he studied there? [1]
(line three and four)
4. Write the name of the school where Zainul achieved higher training from? [1] (line five)
5. What was the name of his own style of art? [1] (line five and six)
6. What was the name of the institution where Zainul worked as a founding principal? [1] (line six
and seven)
7. Write the name of the award that Zainul received in 1938 [1] (line seven)
8. In which year he drew the famine-series [1] (line eight)
9. In 1970 which refugee camps he had visited [1] (line nine)
10. What was the name of the museum established by Zainul in 1975? [1] (line ten)
11. What was the name of the gallery set up by Zainul in 1975? [1] (line ten and eleven)
12. How many stolen pictures of Zainul were recovered? [1] (line eleven and twelve)
13. What was the title that he had? [1] (line twelve and thirteen)
14. In which year Zainul Abedin was died? [1] (line thirteen)
15. What in the name of the newspaper which published a report acclaiming Zainul’s work? [1] (line
thirteen and fourteen)

Akbar
1. What is Akbar’s chronological position as a Mughal emperor? [1]
2. What is the birth date of Akbar? [1]
3. Write the names of his parents? [1]
4. What was the full name of Akbar? [1]
5. Briefly describe the personality of Akbar? [5]