BAF Shaheen College Dhaka
Practice Half-Yearly Exam-2020 Class: VlI - English Version Subject: Home Science (Creative)
Time 2 Hours 30 Minutes Full Marks: 70
Answer any 7 questions from the following. Each question carries 10 marks
1. Mahfuza of Rasulpur village dreams to become a successful woman entrepreneur. For achieving this goal, she uses her training skill to make different kinds of handicrafts such as, nakshi kantha, bed cover etc. and sells these articles. Noticing Mahfuza’s skill of work, a woman organization of her area gives her loan. Mahfuza gives training to ten woman on this subject and also has established an organization named “Shelie ghar”. Mahfuza is now famous for her work in Rasulpur and the places near Rasulpur.
a) What is home management? 1
b) ‘Human resources are related to each other’ –Explain. 2
c) Explain the kind of resources that Mahfuza owns. 3
d) ‘Mahfuza has been able to achieve goal by combining two kinds of resources’-Do you agree
with this statement? Give reasons for your answer. 4
2. Shahana read in class seven. She regularly goes to school. She gets up early in the morning. She goes to playground. She goes to playground at 4 p.m. She tries to utilize her time and money. Because she knows well that her father earns money by hard working.
a) Which are the principal family resources? 1
b) What kind of resources are money and time? 2
c) Analyze the necessity of utilization of time. 3
d) Why is money the most essential to fulfill the basic needs of human life? Describe its functions. 4 3. Mubina Khatun bought an iron from electronics shop without having a money receipt. On the way of
returning home, she bought a packet of juice for her daughter. While opening the packet, her daughter noticed that the expiry date of the juice was over. On the other hand, inspite of much efforts Mubina could not operate the iron. Then she went to the shop with complaint. But the shop owner did not admit that the iron was bought from his shop and he expressed his doubt.
a) How many rights are there to save consumers’ interest? 1 b) Explain the necessity of planning before buying household appliances. 2 c) Which right was not applied by Mubina Khatun while buying the juice explain? 3 d) The buyers like Mubina are not aware of their rights as consumers – analyze this statement. 4
4. Mrs. Rina bought a well- known brand of powder milk for her child. However, the baby became sick after having it. When Rina complained to the shopkeeper about the matter, he insulted and drove her out of his store. Later, her chemist husband Mr. Mizanur Rahman tested the milk at his Laboratory and found that it was adulterated with harmful melamine. So,
he took legal steps against the milk company and said, “Some dishonest businessmen are cheating the consumers for making easy money. Only public awareness can stop this evil practice”.
a) For which consumer right, a person can complain about a low-quality product? 1
b) Why does consumer buy goods and services? 2
c) Describe the basic rights from which Mrs. Rina has been deprived of. 3 d) Find out the similarities between the speech given and the step taken by Mr. Mizanur
Rahman. 4
5. Rebeka has her husband and two children, Suman and Sumana, in her family. Her husband is always busy at his work. Rebeka exchanges her feelings with her children like a friend. She plays an active role to build her children's attitudes towards their peers. Their father also spends time with them in spite of his busy schedule and takes them to the parks and historical places for their entertainment.
a) What is family? 1
b) Why is it necessary two follow the rules and regulations of society to become a good
citizen of the country? 2
c) How does Rebecca behavior towards her children help in their development? Explain. 3 d) The environment mentioned in the stem is helpful to obtain a sound development for
the children justify this statement. 4
6. Rakib is a bad boy. He has stopped going to school four years ago when he was a student of class seven. He was weak in mathematics and was often fogged by his teacher. He came of a chaotic family that drove him to go astray. He is now drug addicted.
a) Write five emotional states that hinder mental growth. 1
b) How can recreation promote child's attitude? 2
c) Describe the role of teacher in building the Insight of child. 3 d) Describe the role of parents in the development of child. 4 7. Faraz is a dependable goalkeeper of the football team of his School. He tries to co-operate in
the mishaps of his neighbours. He sometimes makes different kinds of flowers, birds and other designs by cutting pieces of paper in his Leisure time. Besides, collecting stamps and reading book are also his hobbies.
a) How does every healthy child spend most of the time of a day? 1 b) The Nature of Play is changed with the growing of age -Explain it. 2 c) What kind of development does Faraz have with the way that he spends his leisure
time? 3
d) It is possible to achieve the social qualities through following Faraz. Analyze this
statement. 4
8. Tanha is restless in nature. She is ten years of old. She has recovered from the fever 2—3 days ago.
But now she cannot study, lies most of the time of a day in bed. Her mother gives her plenty of milk, pudding, vermicelli, liver, lentils to eat.
a. What is vitamin? 1
b. What are the causes of dehydration? 2
c. Which nutrients do the foods given to Tanha by her mother consist of? 3 d. How far are the foods useful for Tanha given by her mother to recover from her present
condition? Explain. 4
9. Look at to the figure and answer to the following questions.
Figure: 1—
Rice, meat, cheese, fish, milk, egg, oil Figure: 2—
Vegetable, leafy vegetable, banana, mango, orange.
a. How many basic groups can different food be divided into? 1 b. Why are the milk and milk products necessary for the children? 2 c. What kind of nutrients do we get from the figure 1? Explain. 3 d. Analyze the necessity of the foods in picture 2to provide nutrition in our body. 4
10. In a summer noon, Sayera Khatun went to a weeding house with her son, Irfan and daughter, Sabah.
She gave cotton shirt- pants to Irfan and silk dress to Sabah to wear. Later, mother noticed that Irfan was feeling comfortable in the crowd of the wedding ceremony, but Sabah was feeling
uncomfortable. After coming back at home, mother washed both Irfan`s and Sabah`s clothes together in warm water and rubbed the clothes with soap.
a. Where do cotton fibers come from? 1
b. Describe the characteristics of cotton fabrics. 2
c. Why was Sabah feeling uncomfortable? Explain. 3
d. Do you think Sayera Khatun was right in washing the clothes? Analyze and discuss. 4 11. Minaka has recently bought a dress. The dress is very much simple in design. She wants to make her
simple dress attractive by applying dyeing.
a. What is dyeing? 1
b. What do you mean by tie-dye? 2
c. Describe the process of dyeing. 3
d. Compare and contrast between formative and decorative design. 4
