Read the passage and answer the following questions.

Bangladesh is blessed with huge inland open water resources. It has numerous rivers, canals, beels, lakes, and vast areas of floodplains. Hakaluki Haor is one of the major wetlands of Bangladesh. With a land area of 18,386 hectares, it supports a rich biodiversity and provides direct and indirect livelihood benefits to nearly 190,000 people. This haor was declared an Ecologically Critical Area in April 1999 by the government of Bangladesh.

Hakaluki is a complex ecosystem, containing more than 238 interconnecting beels and jalmahals. The most important beels are Chatla, Pinlarkona, Dulla, Sakua, Barajalla, Balijhuri, Lamba, Tekonia, Haorkhal, Tural, Baghalkuri and Chinaura.

Hakaluki Haor is bounded by the Kushiara river as well as a part of the Sonai-Bardal river to the north, by the Fenchuganj- Kulaura railway to the west and to the south, and by the Kulaura-Beanibazar road to the east. The haor falls under two administrative districts, Maulvibazar and Sylhet. Some 190,000 people live in the area surrounding the haor.

Hakaluki Haor is an important source of fisheries resources for Bangladesh. Kalibaus, Boal, Rui, Ghagot, Pabda, and Chapila are the main fish species found here. From the Kushiara, there are frequent upstream movements of fish towards the beels and tributaries of Hakaluki. The beels in Hakaluki haor provide winter shelter for the mother fisheries. In early. monsoon, these mother fisheries produce millions of fries for the entire downstream fishing communities. Floodplains are also an important source of fisheries resources within the area. However, many of the beels have lost their capacity to provide shelter for mother fisheries because of sand deposits from upstream rivers and canals, use of complete dewatering technique for fishing and lack of aquatic plants to provide feed and shelter for parent fish.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:

a. What does the word 'Inland' mean?

i) close

ii) outlet

iii) internal

iv) lineage

b. What could be the closest meaning for 'numerous'?

i) few

ii) measurable

iii) immeasurable

iv) tiny

c. Hakaluki haor is of -hectares.

i) 18,000

ii) 18,386

iii) 1,90,000

iv) 1,90,500

d. This haor was declared an Ecologically Critical Area in ------.

i) March 1999

ii) April 1999

iii) May 1999

iv) June 1999

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e. Hakaluki haor is located in----

i) Sylhet and Hobigonj

ii) Maulvibazar and Sunamgonj

iii) Sylhet and Maulvibazar

iv)Sunamganj and Hobigonj

f. The ecosystem of Hakaluki is-----

i) normal

ii) ordinary

iii) intricate

iv) shrewd

g. The best synonym of 'tributaries' is-----

i) close

ii) branches

iii) tribute

iv) enhancement

h. 'Livelihood' could be best replaced by----

i) way of life

ii) source of life

iii) source of income

iv) stage after adulthood

i. What is the meaning of the word 'aquatic'?

i) terrestrial

ii) marine

iii) plant

iv) fertile

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j. Hakaluki is bounded by the Kulaura-Beanibazer road to the-----.

i) east

ii) west

iii) south

iv) south-west