Unseen passage; The Nobel Prize

 

2. Unseen Passage : The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious and important prize.

The Nobel Prize is the world’s most prestigious and important prize. It has been given since 1901. This prize is given to persons with outstanding contributions to physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, peace and economics. Economics was added to the list in 1969 for the first time. The Noble prize was instituted by a man who was the inventor of dynamitic. This scientist was Alfred Bernard Nobel. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1833 and he died in 1896. Though he was a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia. He earned a huge sum of money by selling dynamite. At the time of his death in 1896, Nobel left behind a huge amount of money. He also left a will indicating that the interest on this money should be given as prizes to person for their outstanding contribution to physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. This prize was named as Nobel Prize. The first Nobel Prize was given to Rontgen on 10th December, 1901 for his inventing X-rays.

word meaning: prestigious-সম্মানজনক, outstanding-অসাধারণ, contribution-অবদান, institute-প্রতিষ্ঠান/চালু করা, inventor-আবিষ্কারক, huge-বিশাল

4. Read the passage again. Now, complete the table with relevant information from the text.

Biography of Alfred Bernard Nobel
Known as	Father of destruction
Invention
Name of events	place	Year/ Time	Achievement
Nobel Prize instituted		(ii) —
Economics added to the list		(iii) —
Alfred educated	(iv) —
		In 1901	(v) —

tag: Unseen passage the nobel prize for 6,7,8,9, ssc and hsc.