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BAF Shaheen College Dhaka Practice Exam on Pre-Test-2020
Class-X Sub-English 1st Paper
Time: 3:00 hours Marks-100
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it (1-3).
Eid is the main 'religious festival of the Muslims in Bangladesh. Eid means happiness. Everyone wants to share this happiness with their near and dear ones. So most of the people, who'are living outside their homes for different reasons have a strong desire to get back home during the Eid vacations. As a result, there is a mad rush in the buses, trains, or launches for the home-bound people. This often causes transport accidents that take away many lives. However, it cannot stop people's desire to meet their family, in-laws, or friends. What makes people rush for their' homes in spite of serious hazards? This is the pull of the roots. Do human beings have roots like the trees? The answer is 'yes'but unlike the roots of the trees they are invisible, they lie in our minds.
It's these roots that make a bond between us and family members, in-laws, friends, neighbours or even between us and the land where we were born and grew up. In that sense our families, land of birth, relatives, our culture, traditions, or surroundings are our roots. And wherever we stay, we have a continuous pull of our roots. It's our roots that develop our identity making us what we are. When we lose that bond, we become rootless. Human beings who do not have any root or contexts, are a non-entity. In other words, they do not have their .own identity. Such persons are devoid of values, humanity, and social responsibilities. They don't know where they are from, and/or where they are heading towards. This often makes them feel empty and lost.
1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. lx7=7 (a) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'festival' uqed in line 1?
(i) invitation (ij) response (ill) stage (iv) celebration
(b) What does the expression,. "There is a mad rush in the buses, trains or launches for the home-bound people,"
mean?
(i) Mentally deranged people crowd in the buses, trains or launches.
(ii) People are very eager to go home in order to share the joy of Eid with their relatives greatly crowd in the buses, trains or launches.
(iii) People get into buses, trains or launches like the mad people.',.
(iv) People becoming mad to go home get into buses, trains and launches.
(c) Which of the following best describes the people having no roots?
(i) They have no identity no humanistic values and social responsibilities.
(ii) They are great patriots.
(iii) They are irresponsible.
(iv) They have no relatives.
(d) Which of the following best describes the people having great relation with their families oirrelatives?
(i) Irresponsible (ii) Selfish (iii) Unscrupulous (iv) Responsible (e) Which of the following statement(s) is true about the roots of human beings?
(i) The roots of trees and those of human beings are same.
(ii) The roots of human beings are like a mango tree or a banyan tree.
(iii) The roots of human beings are invisible and they mean relatives, culture, traditions etc.
(iv) The roots of human beings are visible like those of trees.
(f) In the passage, it is said that "When we lose that bond, we become rootless." What does the writer, want to mean by this?
(i) Losing our connection with our relatives, we become poor.
(ii) Without being related to our family we cannot live and grow up.'
(iii) Being disconnected with our relatives, we lose our identity and feel empty and lost.
(iv) Being separated from our family we become weak.
(g) What is the main purpose of the writer of this passage?
(i) To show the characteristics of rootless people.
(ii) To show the character of people closely connected to their relatives.
(iii) To show the scene of the main religious festivals of the Muslims.
(iv) To show the difference between the rootless people and the people having close connection with their families or relatives.
2. Answer the following questions. 2x5 =10 (a) From your reading of the passage, show the, reason of great rush on the occasion of Eid.
(b) "This is the pull of the roots." What does the writer want to mean by this sentence? Explain in 2/3 sentences.
(c) What are the characteristics of the people having,roots?.
(d) Describe the character of the rootless people in 2/3 sentences.
(e) Do you support the idea that rootless people do not at all contribute to social or national development? Why/Why not?
Explain in 2/3 sentences.
3. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with a suitable word based on the information of the text. 1x5=5
Let's imagine a citizen's ordinary day at work. The morning probably starts with a cup of coffee/tea, followed by greeting the colleagues. Then comes the inevitable, which is logging in the computer. For many of us the third step has become an automatic behavior and it dominates the rest of our work day, receiving and sending dozens of emails.
An email is an electronic mail. It is a computer-aided way of exchanging digital text messages from a sender to one or multiple recipient/s. EmaiIs operate through a network of computers linked by the Internet. There are commercial server agencies such as Yahoo, Gmail, Ymail, Hotmail etc. that accept the text message from the sender, forward it and deliver instantly to the digital mailbox of the recipient. If the recipient is not online, the message is stored and delivered later when
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the recipient is online. It works instantly just with the click of your mouse. It has been a powerful communication tool in modern life.
Modern life is (a) — impossible without computer. Computer has now become a (b) __ of our daily life. Computer (c) — most of our daily activities. Everyday we send lots of emails by computer. An email is a computer-aided way of sending and receiving text message. There is no doubt that emails have become an important communication (d) __ in modern days-The use of computer (e) __ communication will increase day by day.
4. Read the passage on Jibanananda Das. Complete the following table with information from the passage.1x5=5
Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barisal in 1899. He took his Master's Degree in English from Dhaka Urrlversity_ at the age of 22. The next year he started his teaching career as professor of English at the Kolkata City College. He lost his job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in the Parichaya Patrika. But two years after he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year. Hegot an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barisal in 1935. In 1947 when the partition was made, Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India.
In West Bengal he started editing the Swaraj Patrika. He was awarded Rabindra Purashkar in 1953. He met with a tram accident on the 14th October, 1954. He was hospitalized. After a few days he passed away on October 22, 1954. His major works are Banalata Sen, Jhara Palak, Dhusar-Pandulipi, Rupasi Bangla etc.
Composed
S t o r y o f J i b a n a n a n d a D a s Poetry
Edited (i)
Who Event/Activity Year Where/Place Reason/ Subject Achievement
Jibanananda Das Born 1899 Barisal
He. (ii) 1921 English
He started teaching 1922 (iii) Professor of English
He (iv) 1947 India partition
He got award (v) Rabindra
Purashkar
5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10 6. Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A"B' and 'C' to write five complete sentences. 15=5
Column A Column B Column. C
(a) People living in big cities are very much familiar
(i) to remove unlicensed vehicles otherwise
( i )
they tend to break them (b) There are many reasons
behind traffic jam
(ii) of the traffic rules because most of the time
( i i )
because it causes sufferings for them .
(c) To reduce traffic jam, it is necessary
(iii) the fast overgrowing population which
( i i i )
the presence of unlicensed vehicles on the street
(d) Drivers should be made aware
(iv) with the trauma named traffic jam
( i v )
is still increasing in numbers (e) Another reason behind
traffic jam is
(v) but the main reason is ( v )
it will only continue to grow
7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. 18=8 (a) He was very inquisitive about things around him.
(b) People soon got tired when they talked to him.
(c) His father got angry for this kind of activity.
(d) A young boy of six or seven became the subject of talk in a village.
(e) Because he always asked, "Why, why, why?"
(f) The boy often undertook some risky adventures.
(g) Sometimes it was difficult to satisfy him with answers.
(h) For example, once the boy set his father's barn on fire only to see how it could burn. Part Part-B : Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Answer the following questions.to write a paragraph on " A School Library". You should write about 250 words. 10 9. Read the beginning of a story. Write ten new sentences to complete the story. 10
Once there lived an honest woodcutter who used to go to the forest to cut down trees……..
10. The chart below shows the number of accidents and injured and the dead people. Describe the chart in 150 word on road accidents in Bangladesh telling the reasons and the present condition. 10
Year Number of accidents Number of the injured Number of the dead
2013 1345 5679 945
2012 7245 10915 1234
2011 16728 32456 9845
11. Suppose, you have a friend named Tahmid/Tahmina He/She lives at Sonapur in Rangpur district. He/She wants to know about the prize giving ceremony of your school. Now, write a letter to him/her about the prize giving ceremony
of your school. 10 12. Write a dialogue between two friends about the importance of early rising. 10
