Buddhist Religious Studies

Girls' Cadet College

Subject Code : 136

Progress Examination-2009

Class-X

Subject: Buddhist Religious Studies

Time:30 M..                                                                                                                                         Marks: 30

1.         What was the name of father of Gopa?

            a)  Suklodana              b)  Dhotodana

            c)  Amitodana             d)  Suprobuddha

2.         Sumedh Tapash lived in -

            a)  Kushavati city        b)  Mayavati city

            c)  Amaravati city       d)  Chandravati city

3.         What does sila mean?

            a)  rule                         b)  discipline

            c)  establishment         d)  Character

4.         According to Buddha lagy, What all beings are to be?

            a)  Bodhisattva            b)  Great man

            d)  Sage                       d)  Buddha

5.         Who was lavishresta?

            a)  Upali                      b)  Sariputta

            c)  Sivali                      d)  Kansapa

6.         What are the divisions of sutta pitaka?

            a)  Three                      b)  Four

            c)  Five                        d)  six

7.         How many books are there in Abhidhamma Pitaka?

            a)  Five                        b)  Six

            c)  Eight                      d)  Seven

8.         What are they called who observe precepts properly?

            a)  Badman                  b)  House holder

            c)  King                       d)  Virtuous

9.         What pacifies the internal burning of men?

            a)  Cold air                  b)  Jewel

            c)  cold rays of moon  d)  Noble precept

10.       What subject is connected with the word 'Charity' ?

            a)  Self sacrifice         

            b)  giving up ownership

            c)  giving up selfishness

            d)  giving upwealth

11.       How the gifts are to be given?

            a)  with one's hand     

            b)  with other's hand

            c)  with the hand of the slave

            d)  with the hand of the relative

12.       What kind of sentiment should be maintained towards all beings?

            a)  Friendliness            b)  Enmity

            c)  Good will               d)  Compassion

13.       By whose disturbance do the monks go away during rainy retreat?

            a)  of the hellish creature

            b)  of the tree gods

            c)  of the devil             d)  of the rain

14.       On which path the man leads obserking precepts

            a)  Path of happiness   b)  Path of sainthood

            c)  Path of Nibbafna.  d)  Path of good

15.       What is the name of To deyyaputra?

            a)  Subhamanava         b)  Dighayukumara

            c)  Anathapindika       d)  Devadatta

16.       In which law the beings are conducted?

            a)  in the law of order

            b)  in the law of the Buddha

            c)  in the law of the world

            d)  in the law of deeds

17.       Who is the author of Buddhacharita kavya?

            a)  Aswaghosa             b)  Buddhaghosa

            c)  Nagarjana               d)  kalashoka

18.       Lumbini was discovered by -

            a)  canningham            b)  karldya

            c)  Dr.  Fuller               d)  UNESCO

19.       Who was the presdient on the first sangeeti?

            a)  Nanda        b)  Mahakaphgap

            c)  Siblee         d)  Upali

20.       What is our main aim as Buddhists?

            a)  Attainment of delight

            b)  Attainment of sorrow

            c)  Attainment of Nibbana

            d)  Attainment of happiness

21.       What is to be recited first to ordain a sammenera?

            a)  Pansila                    b)  Dasasila

            c)  Tisarana                  d)  Atthasila

22.       How many rules are there for the householders?

            a)  Ten                         b)  Eleven

            c)  Twelve                   d)  Thirteen

23.       Where did the vajjians live?

            a)  at sarandad celeya

            b)  at Briji        c)  at vesali   

            d)  at meeting.

24.       What Jataka did the Buddha deliver to the king Suddhodana for converting him to Buddhism?

            a)  Kalakanni jataka   

            b)  Dhammapala Jataka

            c)  Sujata Jataka

            d)  Khantivadi Jataka

25.       What are the numbers of the Jataka that the Buddha narrated to settle the disput between the sakyas and the koliyas?

            a)  Five                        b)  Seven

            c)  Three                      d)  Four

26.       After how many years is one entitled 'Sammati thera after taking upasanpada?

            a)  Eight                      b)  Ten

            c)  Nine                       d)  Eleven

27.       Who is the king who helped to gropagate Buddhism at the life time of the Buddha?

            a)  Asoka                     b)  Kalasoka

            c)  Kaniska                  d)  Bimbisara

28.       Where did Asoka send Buddhist Missioneries?

            a)  Egypt                     b)  China

            c)  Burma                    d)  Japan

29.       Who translated in pali the Attakatha in sinhalese?

            a)  Asvaghose              b)  Buddhadatta

            c)  Buddhaghose         d)  Dhammapala

30.       Who ordained kundalakesi theri?

            a)  Maggallayana         b)  Ananda

            c)  Sariputta                 d)  Nanda

31.       Which country did build the vast Buddha image at Buddha Gaya?

            a)  China                      b)  Japan

            c)  Srilanka                  d)  Mayanma

32.       How many Bhikkhus were ordained first by the Buddha at sarnath?

            a)  Fifty one                b)  Five

            c)  Four                        d)  Sixty

33.       Copperplate of the Mahaparinibbana

cetiya has been found at-

            a)  Sarnath                   b)  Buddha Gaya

            c)  Kusinagar               d)  Lumbini

34.       Where was the fifth Buddhist council held?

            a)  Ceylon                    b)  Rajagaha

            c)  Burma                    d)  Ancient India

35.       How many seats were there of the Bhikkus in the first Buddhist council?

            a)  Six hundred   b)  Four hundred

            c)  Five hundred  d)  Five hundred and fifty

36.       How many Bikkhus participled in the second Buddhist council?

            a)  Seven hundred       b)  Five hundred

            c)  Six hundred   d)  Six hundred and fifty

37.       The name of the Newspaper of the Union of Buddhist in Hills.

            a)  Jyoti                       b)  Maitribani

            c)  Aunama                  d)  Kristti

38.       Who destroyed the Sakya clan?

            a)  Prasenjit                 b)  Ajatasuttu

            c)  Bimbisara               d)  Vidudabha

39.       How many months it took to complete the third Buddhist council?

            a)  Seven Months        b)  Nine Months

            c)  Eight Months         d)  Ten Months

40.       On which full moon day did Buddha reach sarnath?

            a)  Vaisakhi Purnima  

            b)  Maghi Purnima

            c)  Asari Purnima

            d)  Pravarana Purnima

Sample Physics Question 1 for SSC

Class-X

Subject: Physics

Time: 2 hrs.                                                                                                                                         Marks: 40

Answer any five from group A and any five from group B.

Group -A

1.         What do you understand by measurement? What is least count?                                                1+1=2       

2.         The value of g at any place is 9.8 ms^-2 - What do you mean by this? What is centre of gravity?      2

3.         Distinguish between density and specific gravity.                                                                             2

4.         What is sound population? What is reagelation?                                                                        1+1=2

5.         Define specific heat? Determine the unit of thermal conductivity.                                            1+1=2

6.         What is otto cycle? Write down the dimension of accelerations.                                               1+1=2

7.         What is candela? Define luminous intensity.                                                                              1+1=2

8.         Define critical angle with figure. What is optical fibre?                                                             1+1=2

9.         What is consequent pole? What is scanning?                                                                             1+1=2

10.       What is biogas? What is Big Bang?                                                                                            1+1=2

Group -B

11.       a)         Prove F = ma from Newton's 2nd law of motion.                                                                  4

            b)         A bullet of mass 10g leaves the barrel of a gun of mass 6kg at the velocity of 300 ms^-1.

            Determine the backward velocity of the gun.                                                                                    2

12.       a)         What do you mean by the term efficiency? Show that if the velocity of a body of mass m

            be V, its kinetic energy is  mv².                                                                                               1+3=4

            b)         If a body of mass 1 kg is dropped from a height of 20m. What will be its kinetic energy just

            before touching the ground? g = 9.8 ms^-2.                                                                                          2

13.       a)         State Archimedes principle. Find an expression for the pressure at a point in a liquid.   1+3=4

            b)         The sp. gr. of a metal is 19. What would be the weight of a volume of 25 ml of this metal in             water.                                                                                                                                                  2

14.       a)         What is echo? Describe the process of determining the depth of a well by means of echo. 4

            b)         The wavelength of sound wave formed in water is 8.75 cm. If the speed of the wave is 332

            ms^-1 and 14535 ms^-1 in air and in water respectively. Find the wavelength in air.                            2

15.       a)         Describe a method for determining the specific heat of solid.                                               4

            b)         Find the amount of heat required to change 0.1 kg ice at -20⁰C.                                           2

           

16.       a)         Explain with diagram the actions of four strokes of a petrol engine.                                     4

            b)         What will be the illumination of a point at a distance of 100 cm from a candle of luminous

            intensity 5 cd?                                                                                                                                     2

17.       a)         Prove that for a particular ray incident on a plane the angle of rotation of the reflected

            ray is twice the angle of rotation of the mirror.                                                                                  4

            b)         Prove that in case of convex mirror,  f = .                                                                           2

18.       a)         What is short sight? Draw a ray diagram and explain how can it be remedied.               1+3=4

            b)         Define. Principal focus and optical centre.                                                                             2

19.       a)         What do you mean by parallel connection of resistances. Write how the equivalent resistance

            is determined in case of parallel connection of resistances.                                                         1+3=4

            b)         What is the resistance of the bulb 100w -220v, and what amount of electricity will pass     2            through it.

20.       a)         Describe the construction and action of a transformer.                                                          4

            b)         Explain how a transistor is used as an amplifier.                                                                    2

Sample English First Paper Question-1 for class - x

Class X

Subject : English First Paper

Time: 3  hrs.                                                                                                                     Full Marks:  100

Part A : Reading test

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.

In mid-15^th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was the earlies torchbearer of Islam in the south who laid the nucleus of an affluent city during the reigh of sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah ( 1442-59), then known as ' Khalifatabad' ( present Bangladesh). 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 conuntryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape.

The mosque is rooted over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala of 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 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays by a forest of slender stones 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 the interior western 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 from the alternatives.                                                                                                 1x5=5

            a)         The word ' inhospitable' means-

                        (i)  adverse       (ii)  having no hospital     (iii)  having many hospitals             (iv)  unhygienic.

            b)         The word ' effluent's is a -      

                        (i)  Noun          (ii)  verb           (iii)  adjective       (iv)  adverb

            c)         What is the adjective of colony.

                        (i)  colonism    (ii)  colonical   (iii)  colonically   (iv)  colony.

            d)         The mosque has _________ door.

                        (i)   17              (ii)   11             (iii)  25             (iv)   7

            e)         Khan Jahan Ali had a __

                        (i)  ruler           (ii)  preacher    (iii)  dervish     (iv)   all of them.

2.         Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer.                 1x5=5

            a)         None but khan Jahan Ali (R) preached Islam all over the country.

            b)         The tank is on the eastern side of the Shat Gambuj Masjid.

            c)         All the walls of the mosque was decorated with terracotta flowers and foliage.

            d)         There are 17 four-sided domes in the middle row.

            e)         The shat Gambuj Masjid has sixty domes.

3.         Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words then necessary.                                                                                                                                            .5x10=5

suitable	previously	spread	established	preacher	rule
attractions	wealthy	beautiful	unfavourable	pious	decorated

           

Khan Jahan Ali, a (a) _______saint, (b) _______a Muslim colony in Bagerhat district. It was situated in the (c) ______ mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast. He was the (d) _____ of Islam in the south who (e) _____ the light of Islam among the people of Bagerhat. He founded a (f) ______ city during the (g)_____ of sultan Nasiruddin Mahamud Shah. Bagerhat was (h) ______ called ' Khalifatabad.' The city has been (i) ______ with numerous mosques. There are other (j) ______ of the city for its tanks, roads and public building.

4.         Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write a paragraph based on the information about the shat Gambuj Masjid, Bagerhat. Use the clues in the box. Write the information in the correct sequence. It should no exceed 70 words.       5                                                                                                                                                           

monument	architecture	ventilation	attraction	spectacular	decoration	seacoast.

5.         Answer the following questions in your own words.                                                                           1x5=5

            a)         By whom and where was Muslim colony founded?

            b)         What did Khan Jahan Ali adorh the city with?

            c)         For what purpose was the mosque used?

            d)         Where does the Shat Gambuj Masjid stand?

            e)         How was the interior western wall decorated with?

6.         Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own, based on the information from the text in A.        .5x10=5

There was a famous saint (a) _____ name was khan Jahan Ali. He was a (b) ________ of a Muslim colony in Bagerhat district. With a view to (c) _____ Islam he came to Bagerhat. Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud shah was the (d) _____ ruler of Bengal. He contributed a lot in order to (e) _____ Bagerhat. The saint was a (f) ___ of mankind. Khan Jahan Ali performed many philanthropic (g) _______. The (h) _____ of shat Gambuj Masjid is one of them. It is an (i) _____multimode mosque with (j) _____ beauties.

7.         Suppose, you made an excursion in Bagerhat and visited the Shat Gambuj. Write in about 70-80 words about now the mosque attracted you.                                                                                                                                    5

8.         Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write the main ideas of the story in your own words in not more than five sentences.                                                                                                                                                        5

9.         Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary.                 1x10=10

for	objects	noted	to	among	monastery
antiquity	from	type	sites	exposed	seen

Salvan Vihara is a tourist centre (a) ______for  (b) ______. It is (c) ____, the most important excavated (d) _____in Mainamati. Excavations have (e) _______ a large paharpur (f) ____ Buddhist (g) ______ and other material (h) _____ datable (i) ______ the 7^th (j) ______ 12^th centuries AD.

10.       Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use only one word for each gap.                                  1x10=10

Shahbag was the garden house of the Nawabs of Dhaka. A wall (a) ____ the garden house (b) ____ security. Shahbaj was the (c) _____ of the social, cultural and (d) _____ activities of Dhaka's (e) ______from the end of the 19^th century to the early (f) _____ of the 20^th century. In (g) _____ to the family function of the Nawab of Dhaka, receptions were (h) _____ here for welcoming or (i) ______farewell to dignitaries who (j) _____to visit Dhaka.

Part C : Writing test.

11.       Read the following table and make ten sentences.                                                                   1x10=10

Friction	be	occur in all homes.
It certainly	behaviours are common	causes of friction.
It can certainly	try to control	think for themselves
There	rebel	teenagers and parents is very common.
One obvious reason	is the	transition from dependance to independance.
The more the parents	want to	against the ways and thoughts of the older generation.
Another source of	between	difficult behaviour of adolescents.
Moody and sulky	are many	avoided if parents are wise and tactful.
Adolescents	does not	features of the teenagers.
They	friction	the more they become rebellious.

12.       Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph.               1x10=10

            a)         Edision created his first invention, an electric vote recorder, when he was only twenty one years old.

            b)         After that, Edision concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be really marketable.

            c)         The inventions made him both famous and rich.

            d)         He died in West Orange, New Jerry in 1931.

            e)         Thomas Alva Edision. the great American inventor was born in a village of Milan in USA. on the 11^th of             February, 1847.

            f)         His school master considered him retarded.

            g)         It did not sell well.

            h)         He had only three months of formal education during his boyhood.

            i)          For most of his life, Edison suffered from seriously impaired hearing.

            j)          He made a series of very useful inventions.

13.       Write a paragraph about your idea of 'Grameen Bank'. You must answer the following questions in your paragraph.                                                                                                                                                        10

            a)         What is the concept of Grameen Bank?

            b)         Who is the founder of this bank?

            c)         Who are eligible for getting loan?

            d)         What are the procedures?

            e)         Who are responsible for disciplinary activities?

14.       Write a letter to your friend advising him not to adapt unfair means in the examination.                                10

Or,       Write a composition in about 200 words about how you observed last 'Pahela Baishakh'.