Water, Water Everywhere...

1. What was the original relationship between the Buriganga and the Ganges river?

• A) They were always two separate rivers.
• B) The Ganges was a tributary of the Buriganga.
• C) The Buriganga was a tributary of the Ganges.
• D) The Buriganga was the original name for the Ganges.

2. Who is the author of the poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'?

• A) William Wordsworth
• B) John Keats
• C) Samuel Taylor Coleridge
• D) Lord Byron

3. According to the Department of the Environment (DoE), what specific type of industrial waste is released into the river at a rate of 20,000 tons per day?

• A) Household solid waste
• B) Hospital and clinic waste
• C) Tannery waste
• D) Waste from mills and factories

4. In what year did the Mughals establish their capital, Jahangirnagar, on the banks of the Buriganga?

• A) 1510
• B) 1610
• C) 1710
• D) 1810

5. What is the central irony expressed in the lines from Coleridge's poem?

• A) The mariner is on a shrinking boat
• B) The mariner is surrounded by water but cannot drink any of it
• C) The mariner is not thirsty despite being at sea
• D) The sea is calm but the mariner is in distress

6. According to the text, what is often called the other name of water?

• A) Purity
• B) Life
• C) Nature
• D) Elixir

7. How much solid waste does the city of Dhaka discharge daily, according to the passage?

• A) 20,000 tons
• B) 4500 tons
• C) 10,000 tons
• D) 500 tons