Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions below: A pretentious gentleman used to look down upon ordinary men who were not learned like him. On an occasion he once needed to cross a big river. At the fixed time the boatman started rowing the boat slowly and singing a melodious song. The gentleman said to the boatman, 'Have you read any history or geography ?' 'No sir, I have never learnt to read said the boatman. 'That's great pity. Don't you know there are many interesting things to learn from books?', said the man. 'Your life is hardly worth living' he added. All on a sudden signs of gathering storm became apparent in the sky. Black clouds loomed on the horizon, 'Sir, look at those black clouds', said the boatman to the learned man. ‘A storm is approaching. Can you swim? ' asked the boatman. The man trembling with fear and said, ‘Oh dear, I can't swim. What shall I do now?' 'Oh you know many things but you don't know how to swim and save your life?' said the boatman sadly.a) What made the gentleman proud?b) What was the first question to the boatman? c) How did the gentleman ignore the boatman?d) How did the boatman enjoy his time to retort the humiliation? e) What is the moral of the story?

Passage টিতে আমাদের বহুল পরিচিত সেই নৌকার মাঝি আর একজন দার্শনিকের কথপোকথন তুলে ধরা হয়েছে। তাই আসুন গতানুগতিক অনুবাদ না করে সরাসরি প্রশ্নের উত্তরে চলে যাইঃ 

a) Impractical knowledge that the gentleman gathered from text books made him proud. 
b) The first question was, 'have you read any history or geography"? 
c) The gentleman ignored the boatman by saying 'your life is hardly worth living'.
d) The gentleman was in fear as he did not know how to swim. That's an opportunity for a boatman to retort his humiliation. And the boatman said, 'you know many things but don't know how to swim and save your life'.
e) Don't be pretentious and be pragmatic in learning.