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Bhola Govt. High School, Bhola Test
Examination—2023; English : Paper I |
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Part A :
Reading Test (50 Marks)
Read
the passage. Then answer the following questions no. 1 and 2. [Unit—8; Lesson—1(B)]
‘Heritage’
is what we inherit from the past, live with in the present and then pass on to
our children or future generation. Our unique source of life and inspiration is
our cultural and natural heritage. When we speak of ‘World Heritage’, it
indicates places and sites that we inherited from the past and pass on to the
future generation of the entire world.
The
‘Shat Gambuj Mosque’ in Bagerhat is such a heritage. It became a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 1985.
Originally,
the historic Mosque City was known as ‘Khalifatabad’. It is situated at the
outskirts of Bagerhat town– not very far from the dense mangrove forest of the
Sundarbans. Khalifatabad was a Muslim colony. It was founded by the Turkish
general, a saint warrior Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15th century. The
infrastructure of the city reveals significant technical skills in many mosques
as well as early Islamic monuments. Baked bricks were used for the construction
of the buildings. The planning of the city was dominated by the tradition of
Islamic architecture and the decorations were a combination of Mughal and
Turkish architecture.
Khan
Jahan built a network of roads, bridges, public buildings and reservoirs to
make the city habitable. There were about 360 mosques in the city. Among them
the most remarkable is the multi-domed Shat Gambuj Mosque. The mosque is unique
in the sense that it has 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height
domes. The 4 towers at 4 corners have smaller domes at the top as well. The
vast prayer hall has 11 arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and
south for light and ventilation. It has 7 aisles running along the length of
the mosque and 11 deep curves between the slender stone columns. These columns
support the curving arches created by the domes. The thickness of the arches is
6 feet and have slightly narrowing hollow and round wall.
The
west wall in the interior has 11 ‘mihrabs’ (niche in mosque pointing towards
Makkah). These mihrabs are decorated with stonework and terracotta. The floor
of the mosque is made of brick.
Besides
being used as a prayer hall, Khan Jahan used the mosque as his court too.
Today, it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and one of the best
architectural beauties of Bangladesh.
1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives. 1´7=7
(a) When was the Shat Gambuj Mosque declared the
World Heritage Site?
(i)
in 1885 (ii) in 1985 (iii) in 1987 (iv) in 1888
(b) The mosque was established by a person who
was ——.
(i)
an Indian General (ii)
an Arabian General
(iii)
a Turkish General (iv)
a Turkish saint General
(c) The synonym of the word 'unique' is ——.
(i)
incomparable (ii) inspirable (iii) remarkable (iv) supportable
(d) The decorations of the mosque represent the
mixture of ——.
(i)
Islamic and Mughal architecture (ii)
Mughal and Arabic architecture
(iii)
Mughal and Turkish architecture (iv)
Turkish and Arabic architecture
(e) The antonym of the word 'dense' is ——.
(i)
cubic (ii) scatter (iii) thick (iv) light
(f) The word 'slender' refers to ——.
(i)
thick (ii) dense (iii) large (iv) lean
(g) What has made the mosque unique?
(i)
60 pillars with 77 low height domes
(ii)
11 arched doorways and 4 towers
(iii)
60 pillars and 14 doorways on the north and the south
(iv)
11 arched doorways and 7 aisles
2. Answer the following questions. 2´5=10
(a) What does heritage refer to?
(b) What does the infrastructure of the city
reveal?
(c) Who founded the city and when?
(d) What did Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali (R.) do to
make the city habitable?
(e) How are the mihrabs decorated?
3. Read the
following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the
information of the text. [Unit—13; Lesson—2(B)] 1´5=5
The
Internet technology has helped design a large number of web sites to facilitate
social relations among people around the world. These are known as social
networking services or social networks or social media. At present, Facebook is
the most popular social media site. Google+, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. are other frequently used
social services, social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways
for the users to interact through the internet. These services make it possible
to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus
have made the users feel that they really live in a global village. Why are
social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social
services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to
your internet service provider.
The social networking services are
expanding so fast because (a) —— are cheap. Facebook is one of the most popular
social network (b) ——. There are also other network services (c) —— Google+,
Twitter, LinkedIn. Social network services are based on (d) ——. Users
communicate with others through the Internet. These services (e) —— made the
world very small and people now feel that they are now a part of a single
global village.
Read
the passage and answer questions no. 4 and 5.
On 23 June 2018, twelve Thai young footballers
along with their coach missed in a cave network in Chiang Rai province in
Thailand. From the next day national and international community became worried
for them. Their ages were between 11 to 16 and their coach was 25. The football
team had been on an exploration to the cave network following a game. The group
became stranded after monsoon rain had caused the cave system to flood. The
cave system named Tham Luang is 10 kilometres long. It is a snaking route which
has a number of chambers already submerged in water. It took 6 hours to get
where footballers were and five hours to come back to cave entrance. Thai
rescuers began their expedition to find out them after the missing.
International rescue team also joined them. On July 3, the footballers were
discovered alive by a British diver. Spending nine days in darkness they were
suffering from hunger. A Thai rescuer died while he was supplying them food and
other necessities: Getting weather forecast the rescue team planned to rescue
them immediately. Navy divers had to lead the boys along the underways path
from the cave. On July 8, four boys were rescued. Finally all 13 were rescued
in next three days.
4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage. 1´5=5
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Missing
of young Thai footballers |
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Aim |
Rescue the team alive |
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Who |
Activities |
When |
Where/Place |
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12
Thai footballers |
missed |
June 23, 2018 |
(i) ............... |
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International
community |
(ii) ............... |
June 24, 2018 |
around the world |
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A
British diver |
(iii) ............... |
July 3, 2018 |
Tham Luang Cave, Chiang Rai,
Thailand |
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A
Thai rescuer |
died |
(iv) ............... |
Tham Luang Cave, Thailand |
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(v)
............... |
were rescued |
next three days |
Chiang Rai, Thailand |
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5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10
6. Match the parts of sentences given in columns 'A', 'B' and 'C' to
write five complete sentences. 1´5=5
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Column A |
Column B |
Column C |
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(a) There are many |
(i) in our country in respect |
(i) of the natural beauty |
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(b) Cox's Bazar |
(ii) come to visit this |
(ii) sea-beach every year |
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(c) Cox's Bazar |
(iii) nice places |
(iii) in Bangladesh |
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(d) It is a remarkable place |
(iv) sea-beach |
(iv) place among them |
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(e) Many people |
(v) is the most beautiful |
(v) is very charming |
7. Rearrange
the following sentences and write only the proper numbers in proper order. 1´8=8
(a) Suddenly, he stopped one of the guests.
(b) The marriage ceremony was over and the guests
were all going to the feast.
(c) He spoke so strangely that the guests stood
still and listened to the story.
(d) He saw people walking past him.
(e) The old man told him about his last journey.
(f) The old sailor sat on a stone outside the church.
(g) He had a strange mad look in his eyes.
(h) "There was a ship," the old sailor
began.
Part
B : Writing Test (50 Marks)
8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on 'Price
Hike'. 10
(a)
What is price hike? (b) What are the causes of it? (c) Who are responsible for
it? (d) What are effects of price hike on human life? (e) How to control it?
9. Read the
beginning of a story. Write ten new sentences to complete the story. Give a
title to it. 10
There lived a farmer in a
village. He had a wonderful goose. The goose laid an egg of gold everyday. The
farmer was very greedy. He thought that, ..................
10. Suppose,
you are Hasem. You have a pen friend named Alena, who lives in UK. She wanted
to know about the 'Padma Bridge of Bangladesh'. Now, write an email to your
friend about it. 10
11. The
pie-chart below shows the interest of a secondary school in different subjects.
Describe the chart in about 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the
information given in the chart. 10
12. Suppose,
you are Robi of class ten. You and your classmates want to make a garden in
front of your school. So, you need to talk to the Headmaster. Now, write a
dialogue between you and the Headmaster about making a garden. 10
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