প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, NCTB প্রণীত সর্বশেষ প্রশ্নকাঠামো ও মানবণ্টন অনুযায়ী ১, ২ ও ৩ নং প্রশ্নের জন্য পরীক্ষায় ৩টি Seen Passage থাকবে। সুতরাং পরীক্ষায় একই Passage ১নং বা ২নং বা ৩নং প্রশ্নের জন্য Set করা হতে পারে। তাই অনুশীলনের সুবিধার্থে বিশেষজ্ঞ শিক্ষকগণ ও মাস্টার ট্রেইনারদের পরামর্শ অনুযায়ী একই Passage এর অধীনে ১, ২ ও ৩ নং এর ওপর প্রশ্ন প্রদান করা হল। এগুলো নিয়মিত অনুশীলন করলে উপকৃত হবে, ইনশাআল্লাহ।
Model Test-21
HSC English First Paper
Question with Answer pdf download
Time: 3 hours Full Marks:100
[N.B. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.]
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Part-I: Reading Test (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
.............When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full-time work in her in-laws' household. In the in-laws' house, she is marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still common for a bride's family to pay dowry, despite the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also continue after the wedding. For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are greater health risks in terms of pregnancy and child birth. The majority of adolescent brides and their families are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.
When adolescent girls are pulled out of school, either for marriage or work, they often lose their mobility, their friends and social status. The lack of mobility among adolescent girls also curtails their economic and non-formal educational opportunities. Moreover, they lack information about health issues. According to a study, only about three in five adolescents have even heard of HIV. It is also reported that more than 50 percent of adolescent girls are undernourished and suffer from anaemia. Adolescent fertility is also high in Bangladesh. The contribution of the adolescent fertility rate to the total fertility rate increased from 20.3% in 1993 to 24.4% in 2007. Moreover, neonatal mortality is another concern for younger mothers.
While the situation for adolescent boys is somewhat better, many are vulnerable and lack the power to make decisions about their own lives. Many boys who are unable to go to school, or are unemployed, remain unaware of social or health issues. They are at considerable risk of being drawn into criminal activities. They are also more likely to get exposed to drugs and alcohol.
[Unit-5; Lesson-2]
[Govt. M.M. College, Jessore- '16; Chittagong Cantonment Public College, Chittagong- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
................যখন একটি মেয়ে বিবাহ-বন্ধনে আবদ্ধ হয়, তখন সাধারণত তার স্কুল-জীবনের সমাপ্তি ঘটে এবং সে শ্বশুর-বাড়িতে পূর্ণকালীন দায়িত্ব পালন শুরু করে। শ্বশুর-বাড়িতে সে কোণঠাসা হয়ে পড়ে। সে যৌতুক নিয়ে নির্যাতনসহ সব ধরনের অত্যাচারের শিকার হয়। অবৈধ হওয়া সত্ত্বেও বাংলাদেশে এখনও সচরাচর কনের পরিবারকে যৌতুক দিতে হয়। বিয়ের পরও যৌতুকের দাবি চলতে পারে। এমনকি শ্বশুর-বাড়ির লোকেরা সমর্থন জুগিয়ে গেলেও গর্ভধারণ ও শিশুজন্মের সময় কিশোরীদের ব্যাপকতর স্বাস্থ্য ঝুঁকি রয়েছে। অধিকাংশ কিশোরী বধূ ও তাদের পরিবার প্রজননগত স্বাস্থ্য ও জন্ম-নিয়ন্ত্রণ সম্পর্কে হয় অজ্ঞ নয়তো অপর্যাপ্তরূপে জ্ঞাত। কিশোরীদের মাতৃত্বকালীন মৃত্যুহার জাতীয় হারের দ্বিগুণ।
যখন বিয়ে কিংবা কাজের স্বার্থে কিশোরীদের স্কুল থেকে ছাড়িয়ে নেয়া হয়, তারা প্রায়ই চলাচলের স্বাধীনতা, তাদের বন্ধু-বান্ধব ও সামাজিক মর্যাদা হারায়। কিশোরীদের যাতায়াতের স্বাধীনতার স্বল্পতার কারণে তাদের অর্থনৈতিক ও অপ্রাতিষ্ঠানিক শিক্ষাপ্রাপ্তির সুযোগ কমে যায়। তদুপরি, তাদের স্বাস্থ্য বিষয়ক জ্ঞানের অভাব থাকে। একটি সমীক্ষা অনুযায়ী, প্রতি পাঁচ জন কিশোরীর মধ্যে মাত্র প্রায় তিন জন কেবল এইচআইভির নাম শুনেছে। এমন প্রতিবেদনও দেয়া হয় যে কিশোরীদের মধ্যে ৫০ শতাংশেরও বেশি অপুষ্টিতে ভুগে এবং রক্তশূন্যতায় আক্রান্ত হয়। বাংলাদেশে কিশোরীদের প্রজনন হারও উচ্চ মাত্রার। সামগ্রিক প্রজনন হারে কিশোরীদের প্রজনন হারের অবদান ১৯৯৩ সালে ২০.৩% থেকে ২০০৭ সালে ২৪.৪% এ উন্নীত হয়েছে। তার উপর, কিশোরী মায়েদের জন্য নবজাতক সন্তানের মৃত্যু আরেকটি দুশ্চিন্তার বিষয়।
যখন কিশোর ছেলেদের অবস্থা কিছুটা ভালো, অনেকেই নমনীয় স্বভাবের এবং নিজেদের জীবন সম্পর্কে তাদের অনেকেরই সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়ার ক্ষমতা কম। অনেক ছেলে যারা স্কুলে যেতে অপারগ কিংবা অনিয়োগপ্রাপ্ত তারা সামাজিক কিংবা স্বাস্থ্যগত বিষয়ে অজ্ঞ থাকে। তাদের অপরাধমূলক কার্যে জড়িয়ে পড়ার ব্যাপক ঝুঁকি থাকে। তাদের মাদক ও পানাসক্ত হওয়ারও সম্ভাবনা বেশি থাকে।
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) The word "married" refers to —.
(i) registered (ii) received (iii) wedded (iv) recognised
(b) More than 50 percent of adolescent girls suffer from—.
(i) diarrhoea (ii) typhoid (iii) malnutrition (iv) anaemia
(c) What does the word "uninformed" refer to?
(i) not being informed (ii) unknown (iii) unavailable (iv) inspired
(d) The word 'status' means —.
(i) riches (ii) merit (iii) education (iv) honour
(e) " —, only about three in five adolescents have even heard of HIV"— what does the sentence mean?
(i) Adolescents are ignorant of HIV (ii) Adolescents are aware of HIV
(iii) Adolescents do not want to know about HIV (iv) Adolescents are afraid of HIV
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) In the passage 'common' refers to —.
(i) simple (ii) excessive (iii) usual (iv) shared
(g) The phrase 'pull out' means —.
(i) remain (ii) take away (iii) go away (iv) stay
(h) What is the meaning of the word 'wedding'?
(i) culture (ii) marriage (iii) tradition (iv) widow
(i) What do you understand by 'maternal mortality'?
(i) death of the pregnant women (ii) death of the new born baby
(iii) marriages of the girls (iv) death of the sons
(j) What is the synonym of the word 'majority'?
(i) multiplicity (ii) minority (iii) inferiority (iv) all of these
(k) According to the passage, in the in-laws' house many girls fall a victim to —
(i) independence (ii) maltreatment (iii) comfort (iv) felicity
(l) What is the closest meaning of the word 'mobility' in the passage?
(i) development (ii) prosperity (iii) uplift (iv) movement
(m) What is the almost mandatory for a bride's family?
(i) To take care of the bridegroom family (ii) To pay dowry
(iii) To behave well with the bridegroom (iv) To educate the bridegroom
(n) The practice of dowry should be —.
(i) stated (ii) banned (iii) improved (iv) increased
(o) Which statement is true?
(i) Adolescents are safe in Bangladesh (ii) Dowry is not a curse in Bangladesh
(iii) Girls are deprived in the society (iv) Dowry is a legal practice
(p) Girls have to terminate their study due to —.
(i) marriage (ii) cookery (iii) work (iv) i & iii
(q) An adolescent girl has — risks.
(i) civil (ii) political (iii) health (iv) mental
(r) The word 'maternal' is related to —.
(i) mortality (ii) motherhood (iii) marriage (iv) morbidity
(s) What is anaemia?
(i) pollution (ii) germ (iii) forgetfulness (iv) disease
(t) 'Neonatal mortality' means death during —.
(i) infancy (ii) childhood (iii) child-delivery (iv) adolescence
(u) Anaemia indicates —.
(i) amnesia (ii) undernourishment (iii) psychiatric illness (iv) mortality
(v) 'Contraception' means —.
(i) concentration (ii) compression (iii) pregnancy (iv) obstructing child-birth
Answer (A):
(a) (iii) wedded (b) (iv) anaemia (c) (i) not being informed (d) (iv) honour (e) (i) Adolescents are ignorant of HIV (f) (iii) usual (g) (ii) take away (h) (ii) marriage (i) (i) death of the pregnant women (j) (i) multiplicity (k) (ii) maltreatment (l) (iv) movement (m) (ii) To pay dowry (n) (ii) banned (o) (iii) Girls are deprived in the society (p) (iv) i & iii (q) (iii) health (r) (ii) motherhood (s) (iv) disease (t) (iii) child-delivery (u) (ii) undernourishment (v) (iv) obstructing child-birth
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What has a girl to do in her in-laws' house after marriage?
(b) How is the custom of dowry in Bangladesh?
(c) What health risks the adolescent mothers face?
(d) What do the adolescent girls lose after their marriage?
(e) What risks do many boys have?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What is the condition of the illiterate unemployed boys?
(g) In Bangladesh why is the maternal mortality rate for adolescent mothers so high?
(h) What is the reproductive health service?
(i) How are the adolescent girls treated in their in-laws' house?
(j) Give two negative impact of early marriage of a girl.
(k) What percentage of adolescent girls are undernourished?
(l) What is a girl in Bangladesh vulnerable to?
Answer (B):
(a) After marriage, usually a girl drops out of school and begins full-time work in in-laws' house. There she is marginalized, she becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse and violence including those related to dowry.
(b) In Bangladesh, a bride's family has to pay dowry, although it is illegal. Dowry demands continue even after wedding. And the bride becomes victim of dowry-related violence.
(c) The adolescent mothers face health risks in case of pregnancy and child birth. They do not know much of reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescent mothers is also high.
(d) The adolescent girls lose their mobility, their friends and social status after marriage. They have to terminate their study. The lack of mobility curtails their economic and non-formal educational opportunities.
(e) Many boys, lacking the power to make decisions, are unemployed and unaware of social or health issues, and therefore are at risks of being drawn into criminal activities. They are also more likely to get addicted to drugs and alcohol.
(f) The illiterate unemployed boys do not know about right and wrong. Normally they are always unaware of their social and health issue. They are at a high risk to meet with drugs and alcohol and to criminal activities like violence, stealing, eve-teasing etc.
(g) The majority of the adolescent brides are uninformed about reproductive health and contraception. They are at high risk in termss of pregnancy and childbirth. That's why the maternal mortality rate for adolescent mothers is so high in Bangladesh.
(h) Every individual has the right to make their own choices about their sexual and reproductive health. To maintain one's sexual and reproductive health, people need access to accurate, safe, effective, affordable services. This is called reproductive health service.
(i) Adolescent girls are marginalized in their in-laws' house. They fall victim to all forms of abuse, including dowry related violence. So they are at high risk in terms of pregnancy and childbirth.
(j) Because of early marriage, a girl drops out of schools, and becomes a victim of health risk in terms of pregnancy and childbirth.
(k) More than 50 percent of adolescent girls are undernourished.
(l) A girl in Bangladesh is vulnerable to all types of abuse including dowry-related violence.
2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh. (One has been done for you.) [RB '17] 2☓5 = 10
1. Getting married early → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
Who/ What Event/ Activity Where/ When Time/ Year
Girls (i) .......... (ii) .......... after marriage
Dowry (iii) .......... (iv) ..........
Adolescent girls (v) .......... (vi) ..........
Increased fertility rate (vii) .......... Bangladesh (viii) ..........
Adolescent boys (ix) .......... (x) ..........
Answer (2):
A flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is given below:
1. Getting married early → 2. Dropping out of school → 3. Losing mobility → 4. Becoming vulnerable to all sorts of abuse → 5. Getting marginalized → 6. Losing social status
Or, (i) vulnerable (ii) in-laws' house (iii) violence (iv) non-payment (v) undernourished (vi) Bangladesh (vii) 24.4% (viii) 2007 (ix) addiction (x) Bangladesh
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
Marriage makes a girl drop out of school and work in in-laws' house. They lose their mobility, their friends and also social status. Dowry demands and torture make their life a hell. She has risk during pregnancy and child birth, when many adolescent mothers even die. They lack health-related informations, especially of HIV. Many adolescent girls are undernourished and suffer from anaemia. Neonatal mortality is also a great concern for younger mothers. Many boys are at considerable risks for being drawn into criminal activities. They even become alcoholic or drug-addict.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
last feel prove found lot faced
be age full childhood discrimination instead
Jagadish Chandra Bose was a great scientist. He (a) — born in 1858. His childhood was (b) — of diversity. His father, Bhagawan Chandra Bose, did not bother any elitism (c) — of humanitarianism. Jagadish was interested to know about nature from his (d) —. He got his B. Sc Honours degree at the (e) — of twenty. He joined Presidency College and faced (f) — there. He invented radio but he did not (g) — interested in patenting it. He spent a (h) — of time of his life in proving the similarities between living and non living. He did many experiments with plants to (i) — his theory. He breathed his (j) — in 1937.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Girls' education is crucial for the development of our country. Investment in education (a) — girls increases the economic and social (b) — of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes to (c) — wealth through its impact (d) — economic development. Educated women have a higher income (e) — than those who have (f) — no schooling. Educated mothers are more (g) — to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realise that (h) — in girls' education results from an integrated approach to community (i) —. Thus failing to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of powerful (j) — resources.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) One of the charges was that he was educating the traitors.
(b) The men in authority were jealous of the great popularity of Socrates among people.
(c) These young people learned from the great teacher such knowledge as is remembered even today all over the world.
(d) Another charge was that he was corrupting young men of the city of Athens.
(e) Socrates soon became very popular.
(f) Young men gathered round him.
(g) These people brought charges against Socrates.
(h) Socrates was never tired of teaching them.
(i) So, Socrates was arrested and put on trial.
(j) Some of the youths became very devoted to him.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once Rafik was having a launch journey on the river Meghna. The river became turbulent because of the sudden stormy weather as the launch reached the middle. Then..............
8. The following bar graph shows the annual growth of GDP in Bangladesh from the fiscal year 2006 to 2015. Describe the graph in at least 80 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the graph. 1☓10 = 10
Bangladesh GDP Growth Rate
9. Write a paragraph on "Folk music and modern music" on the basis of the following questions. Your paragraph should not exceed 200 words. 10
(a) What do you understand by folk music and modern music? (b) What are the major characteristics of folk music? (c) What are the major characteristics of modern music? (d) What musical instruments are used with folk and modern music? (e) Why is modern music becoming more and more popular gradually?
10. Suppose, you are Rony. Your friend borrowed a book from you. Now, write an e-mail asking him to return the book he borrowed from you. 5
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
Fair Daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon;
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attained his noon.
Stay, stay,
Until the hasting day
Has run
But to the even-song;
And, having pray'd together, we
Will go with you along. We have short time to stay, as you,
We have as short a spring;
As quick a growth to meet decay,
As you, or anything.
We die
As your hours do, and dry
Away,
Like to the summer's rain;
Or as the pearls of morning's dew,
Ne'er to be found again.