Cadet College,
Feni
Test Examination - 2010
Class – X
Subject : English First Paper
Subject Code : 107
Time : 3 hrs Full Marks – 100
[Figures in the right
margin indicate full marks.]
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Part
A : Reading Test (40 Marks)
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Read the passage
carefully and answer the questions following it :
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In mid 15th
cen tury, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of
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the Sundarbans
near the seacost in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was
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the earliest
torchbearer of Islam in the south who laid the nucleus of an affluent city
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during the reign
of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442 – 59), then known as
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‘Khalifatabad’
(present Bagerhat). Khan Jahan adorned his city with numerous mosques,
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tanks, roads and
public buildings. The most spectacular of which is the imposing
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multidomed mosque
in Bangladesh known as the Shat Gambuj Masjid. The stately fabric
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of the monument
stands on the eastern bank of a vast sweet-water tank, clustered around
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by the heavy
foliage of a low-lying countryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape.
The
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mosque is roofed
over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala or four-sided domes in
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the middle row.
The vast prayer hall is provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7
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each on north and
south for ventilation and light. It has seven longitudinal aisles and 11
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deep bays by a
forest of slender stone columns. From these columns spring rows of endless
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arches, supporting
the domes. The arches are six feet in thickness, have slightly tapering
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hollow and round
walls. The interior and the exterior of the mosque give a view of rather
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plain
architecture, but interior weatern wall of the mosque was beautifully
decorated with
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terracotta flowers
and foliage.
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Besides being used
as a prayer hall the mosque was also used as the court of Khan Jahan
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Ali. Now it is one
of the greatest tourist attractions and best architectural beauties of
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Bangladesh.
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1.
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Choose the best
answer :
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(a) The word ‘Nucleus’ in the passage means –
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(i)
centre of shooting (ii) centre of learning
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(iii)
centre of preaching religion (iv) centre of development.
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(b) “An affluent” city means –
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(i)
a powerful city (ii) a developed city
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(iii)
an underdeveloped city (iv) an aggressive city
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(c) Khan Jahan Ali used Shat Gambuj –
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(i)
meeting (ii) personal prayer (iii)
for drawing room (iv) a court.
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(d) Khan Jahan Ali was –
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(i)
a powerful monarch
(ii) a spiritual saint .
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(iii)
an experienced traveller
(iv) an invader of Bagerhat.
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(e) What is meant by ‘torchbearer’?
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(i)
A person who bears a torchlight
(ii) A person who bears
electric light
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(iii)
A person who teaches people
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(iv)
A person who brings messages and knowledge about religion.
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2.
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Write whether the
statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’. If false, give the correct answer : 1×5=
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(a) There are 17 four-sided domes in the
middle row.
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(b) The mosqe was used only for praying.
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(c) Sultan Nasir Uddin Mahmud reigned for the
years of 16.
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(d) None but Khan Jahan Ali preached Islam all
over the country.
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(e) Khan Jahan Ali came to Bangladesh to
establish an affluent city.
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3.
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Fill in each gap
in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There ½×10=
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are more words
than necessary :
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The Bagerhat
district was the centre of (a)____ and
development during the reign of
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Sultan Nasiruddin
Mahmud Shah. Of all his (b)___ , the structure that stands out is the
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(c)__ Shat Gambuj Masjid. The (d)___
building stands on the bank of a huge tank (e) ___
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by thick green
trees. The mosque is not a (f)___ only but is an (g)___ piece. The roof of
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the mosque (h)___
as if resting in a (i)___ position on the columns. The domes, arches
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doors,columns,
their very (j)___ have made the mosque unique.
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4.
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Read the passage
again. Now, write a paragraph based on
the information about Shat
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Gambuj Masjid,
Bagerhat. Use the clues in the box below.Write the information in a
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logical sequence
as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words.
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5.
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Answer the
following questions in your own words :
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(a) What were the environmental conditions of
Bagerhat ?
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(b) How was the interior western wall
decorated with ?
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(c) What did Khan Jahan Ali adorn the city
with?
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(d) What is provided with the vast prayer hall
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(e) For what purposes was the mosque used?
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6.
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Fill in the blanks
with a suitable word of your own, based on the information from ½×10=
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the text ‘A’.
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Ulugh Khan Jahan
Ali, a saint (a)___to this region and (b)___a Muslim habitation in (c)__
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thickest of
mangrove forest of Sundarbans in the (d)___of Bagerhat. He was the very (e)__
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person to bring
the (f)___ of Islam in the south (g)___, Khan Jahan Ali decorated the city
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(h) ___ several
mosques, roads, tanks, (i)___ contained sweet water and buildings that
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were open to
(j)___.
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7.
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Suppose, you have
visited Bagerhat recentlyaccompanying your elder brother. Now
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write a paragraph
in about 70 – 80 words describing the contribution of Khan Jahan Ali to
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the development of
the city of Bagerhat.
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8.
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Read the passage
in “A” again. Now write the main ideas of the story in your own words
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in not more than
five sentences.
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Part B : Vocabulary Test ( 20 Marks)
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9.
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Fill in each gap
with a suitable word from the box.There are more words than 1×10=
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necessary. There
are more words in the box than you need :
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Time is passing
by. With the (a)___ of time our attitude towards many things (b) ___ due
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to the economic and political (c)___. In
this light (d)___ change (e)___ to have also taken
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place in our
attitude towards career. Currently the unemployment problem is (f)___
our
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youths (g)___, as
employment opportunities in traditional fields have (h)___ and thousands
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of educated youths
(i)___ from educational institutions are (j)___ the unemployment list.
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10
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Complete
the following passage using suitable words. Use only one word for each
gap 1×10=
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Road accidents are
common (a)___ in modern city life. Every year thousands of people die
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and many more are
(b)___ in road accidents. So steps to check road accidents need top
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cities and towns.
Rackless driving should be dealt with (f)___ punishment. Defective
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vehicles should
not be (g)___ to ply in the streets. Driving license should be given in
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(h)___ of specific
(i)___ of driving. More options should be (j)___.
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Part C : Writing Test ( 40 Marks)
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11.
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Read the following
table and make ten meaningful sentences. 1×10=
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12
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Read the following
sentences and re-arrange them according to sequence : 1×10=
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(a) He had been serving there for three
years.
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(b) He was a poet and also a critic and a
dramatist.
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(c) In the beginning he became an assistant.
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(d) He was promoted to the post of Deputy
Keeper of Oriental Printings and Drawings in
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1909.
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(e) Binyon made a verse translation of Dante’s
“The Inferno and the Paradise.”
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(f) He joined at Harvard University in 1933
and served for a year as a professor of poetry.
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(g) He performed his duty quite well and
pleased the boss concerned.
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(h) He passed the last days of his life in
calm and quite environment of an ancient farm
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house.
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(i) Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster in
1809.
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(j) He breathed his last in 1943.
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13
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Imagine you have
the habit of taking tea at a tea-stall in your locality. Now, write a
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paragraph on “A
Tea Stall” by answering the following questions :
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(a) What is a tea stall ?
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(b) What is it found?
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(c) What is the role of a tea stall in
organising public opinion?
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(d) How long is it kept open?
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(e) Why is the tea stall a busy place?
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14
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Suppose you are
Nitu residing at 105, Banani, Dhaka. Your friend Bristi living at 19 B,
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Sadar Road,
Comilla, has obtained G.P.A 5 in the S.S.C Examination held in 2010. Now,
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write a letter to
your friend congratulating her on her brilliant success.
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Or,
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Write a
composition in about 200 words on “ Tree Plantation”.
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