Sample English First Paper Question-2 for class - x

 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.]
	Part A : Reading Test (40 Marks)
	Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it :
	In mid 15th cen tury, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of
	the Sundarbans near the seacost in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was
	the earliest torchbearer of Islam in the south who laid the nucleus of an affluent city
	during the reign of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah (1442 – 59), then known as
	‘Khalifatabad’ (present Bagerhat). Khan Jahan adorned his city with numerous mosques,
	tanks, roads and public buildings. The most spectacular of which is the imposing
	multidomed mosque in Bangladesh known as the Shat Gambuj Masjid. The stately fabric
	of the monument stands on the eastern bank of a vast sweet-water tank, clustered around
	by the heavy foliage of a low-lying countryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape. The
	mosque is roofed over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala or four-sided domes in
	the middle row. The vast prayer hall is provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7
	each on north and south for ventilation and light. It has seven longitudinal aisles and 11
	deep bays by a forest of slender stone columns. From these columns spring rows of endless
	arches, supporting the domes. The arches are six feet in thickness, have slightly tapering
	hollow and round walls. The interior and the exterior of the mosque give a view of rather
	plain architecture, but interior weatern wall of the mosque was beautifully decorated with
	terracotta flowers and foliage.
	Besides being used as a prayer hall the mosque was also used as the court of Khan Jahan
	Ali. Now it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and best architectural beauties of
	Bangladesh.
1.	Choose the best answer  :                                                                                                1×5=	5
	(a)   The word ‘Nucleus’ in the passage means –
	(i)     centre of shooting                              (ii)   centre of learning
	(iii)   centre of preaching religion               (iv)   centre of development.
	(b)   “An affluent” city means –
	(i)   a powerful city                                  (ii)   a developed city
	(iii)   an underdeveloped city                    (iv)   an aggressive city
	(c)   Khan Jahan Ali used Shat Gambuj –
	(i)  meeting     (ii)    personal prayer    (iii)   for drawing room  (iv)   a court.
	(d)   Khan Jahan Ali was  –
	(i)   a powerful monarch                   (ii)   a spiritual saint    .
	(iii)   an experienced traveller            (iv)   an invader of Bagerhat.
	(e)   What is meant by ‘torchbearer’?
	(i)   A person who bears a torchlight     (ii)   A person who bears electric light
	(iii)  A person who teaches people
	(iv)  A person who brings messages and knowledge about religion.
2.	Write whether the statements are ‘true’ or ‘false’. If false, give the correct answer :     1×5=	5
	(a)   There are 17 four-sided domes in the middle row.
	(b)   The mosqe was used only for praying.
	(c)   Sultan Nasir Uddin Mahmud reigned for the years of 16.
	(d)   None but Khan Jahan Ali preached Islam all over the country.
	(e)   Khan Jahan Ali came to Bangladesh to establish an affluent city.

3.	Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There   ½×10=	5
	are more words than necessary :
	surrounded impressive arrangements development kingly growth crouching constructions majestic seems structure artistic
	The Bagerhat district was the centre of  (a)____ and development during the reign of
	Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah. Of all his (b)___ , the structure that stands out is the
	(c)__ Shat Gambuj Masjid. The (d)___ building stands on the bank of a huge tank (e) ___
	by thick green trees. The mosque is not a (f)___ only but is an (g)___ piece. The roof of
	the mosque (h)___ as if resting in a (i)___ position on the columns. The domes, arches
	doors,columns, their very (j)___ have made the mosque unique.
4.	Read the passage again. Now,  write a paragraph based on the information about Shat	5
	Gambuj Masjid, Bagerhat. Use the clues in the box below.Write the information in a
	logical sequence as it appears in the text. The paragraph should not exceed 70 words.
	built imposing architecture beauties adorn
5.	Answer the following questions in your own words :                                                    1×5=	5
	(a)   What were the environmental conditions of Bagerhat ?
	(b)   How was the interior western wall decorated with ?
	(c)   What did Khan Jahan Ali adorn the city with?
	(d)   What is provided with the vast prayer hall ?
	(e)   For what purposes was the mosque used?
6.	Fill in the blanks with a suitable word of your own, based on the information from  ½×10=	5
	the text ‘A’.
	Ulugh Khan Jahan Ali, a saint (a)___to this region and (b)___a Muslim habitation in (c)__
	thickest of mangrove forest of Sundarbans in the (d)___of Bagerhat. He was the very (e)__
	person to bring the (f)___ of Islam in the south (g)___, Khan Jahan Ali decorated the city
	(h) ___ several mosques, roads, tanks, (i)___ contained sweet water and buildings that
	were open to (j)___.
7.	Suppose, you have visited Bagerhat recentlyaccompanying your elder brother. Now	5
	write a paragraph in about 70 – 80 words describing the contribution of Khan Jahan Ali to
	the development of the city of Bagerhat.
8.	Read the passage in “A” again. Now write the main ideas of the story in your own words	5
	in not more than five sentences.
	Part B : Vocabulary Test ( 20 Marks)
9.	Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box.There are more words than           1×10=	10
	necessary. There are more words in the box than you need :
	affecting passage innumerable joining graduated shrink acutely seems affecting significant factors changes
	Time is passing by. With the (a)___ of time our attitude towards many things (b) ___ due
	to the economic and political (c)___. In this light (d)___ change (e)___ to have also taken
	place in our attitude towards career. Currently the unemployment problem is (f)___ our
	youths (g)___, as employment opportunities in traditional fields have (h)___ and thousands
	of educated youths (i)___ from educational institutions are (j)___ the unemployment list.
10	Complete the following passage using suitable words. Use only one word for each gap         1×10=	10
	Road accidents are common (a)___ in modern city life. Every year thousands of people die
	and many more are (b)___ in road accidents. So steps to check road accidents need top
	cities and towns. Rackless driving should be dealt with (f)___ punishment. Defective
	vehicles should not be (g)___ to ply in the streets. Driving license should be given in
	(h)___ of specific (i)___ of driving. More options should be (j)___.

	Part C : Writing Test ( 40 Marks)
11.	Read the following table and make ten meaningful sentences.                                     1×10=	10
	UNICEF It The Through Bangladesh is raising main has gives also distributes originally stood for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund long term help to children of developing nations established numerous baby care centres around the workers objective of UNICEF is to decrease neo-natal death organised training programs to create rural health workers. reading and writing materials among the students. programs it has been able to reduce infant mortality a member of UNICEF a specialized agency of the UNO. undertakes humanitarian work to help the affected people.
12	Read the following sentences and re-arrange them according to sequence :               1×10=	10
	(a)    He had been serving there for three years.
	(b)   He was a poet and also a critic and a dramatist.
	(c)   In the beginning he became an assistant.
	(d)   He was promoted to the post of Deputy Keeper of Oriental Printings and Drawings in
	1909.
	(e)   Binyon made a verse translation of Dante’s “The Inferno and the Paradise.”
	(f)   He joined at Harvard University in 1933 and served for a year as a professor of poetry.
	(g)   He performed his duty quite well and pleased the boss concerned.
	(h)   He passed the last days of his life in calm and quite environment of an ancient farm
	house.
	(i)   Laurence Binyon was born in Lancaster in 1809.
	(j)   He breathed his last in 1943.
13	Imagine you have the habit of taking tea at a tea-stall in your locality. Now, write a	10
	paragraph on “A Tea Stall” by answering the following questions :
	(a)   What is a tea stall ?
	(b)   What is it found?
	(c)   What is the role of a tea stall in organising public opinion?
	(d)   How long is it kept open?
	(e)   Why is the tea stall a busy place?
14	Suppose you are Nitu residing at 105, Banani, Dhaka. Your friend Bristi living at 19 B,	10
	Sadar Road, Comilla, has obtained G.P.A 5 in the S.S.C Examination held in 2010. Now,
	write a letter to your friend congratulating her on her brilliant success.
	Or,
	Write a composition in about 200 words on “ Tree Plantation”.

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