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-26
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.
Universities should never be made into mechanical organizations for collecting and distributing knowledge. Through them the people should offer their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others, and earn their proud right in return to receive gifts from the rest of the world. But in the whole length and breadth of India there is not a single University established in the modern time where a foreign or an Indian student can properly be acquainted with the best products of the Indian mind. For that we have to cross the sea, and knock at the doors of France and Germany. Educational institutions in our country are India's alms-bowl of knowledge; they lower our intellectual self-respect; they encourage us to make a foolish display of decorations composed of borrowed feathers....
Man's intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy, which is the pride of its culture. Culture only acknowledges the excellence whose criticism is in its inner perfection, not in any external success. When this pride succumbs to some compulsion of necessity or lure of material advantage, it brings humiliation to the intellectual man. Modern India, through her very education, has been made to suffer this humiliation. Once she herself provided her children with a culture which was the product of her own ages of thought and creation. But it has been thrust aside, and we are made to tread the mill of passing examinations, not for learning anything, but for notifying that we are qualified for employments under organizations conducted in English. Our educated community is not a cultured community, but a community of qualified candidates. Meanwhile the proportion of possible employments to the number of claimants has gradually been growing narrower, and the consequent disaffection has been widespread. At last the very authorities who are responsible for this are blaming their victims. Such is the perversity of human nature. It bears its worst grudge against those it has injured....
[Unit-6; Lesson-1]
[Mymensingh Girls' College- '16; Syed Shah Mostafa College, Moulvibazar- '16; Shachindra College, Habiganj- '16; Jhalokathi Govt. College, Jhalokathi- '16; Qadirabad Cantonment Sapper College, Natore- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
জ্ঞান সংগ্রহ ও বিতরণের উদ্দেশ্যে বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়গুলোকে যান্ত্রিক প্রতিষ্ঠানে রূপান্তরিত করা উচিত নয়। তাদের মাধ্যমে মানুষের উচিত তাদের বুদ্ধিভিত্তিক অতিথিপরায়ণতা, অন্যের প্রতি তাদের মানসিক সম্পদ এবং অবশিষ্ট বিশ্বের প্রতি তাদের রাখা অবদানের প্রতিদান হিসেবে তাদের গর্বিত অধিকার আদায় করা। কিন্তু ভারতের সমগ্র পরিসরে বর্তমান সময়ে কোনো একটি বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়নি যেখানে একজন বিদেশী অথবা একজন ভারতীয় ছাত্র ভারতীয় চেতনার সাথে সুপরিচিত হতে পারে। সেজন্য আমাদের সমুদ্র পার হয়ে ফ্রান্স ও জার্মানীতে কড়া নাড়তে হয়। আমাদের দেশের শিক্ষা প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলো ভারতবর্ষের জ্ঞানের দান-পত্র; তারা আমাদের বুদ্ধিভিত্তিক আত্ম-সম্মানকে খাটো করে; তারা আমাদেরকে ধার করা পালক নিয়ে সুসজ্জিত হয়ে বোকার মতো নিজেদের উপস্থাপন করতে উৎসাহিত করে।.............
মানুষের বুদ্ধিজগতের নিজস্ব আভিজাত্যের এক প্রাকৃতিক মহিমা রয়েছে যা এর সংস্কৃতির প্রকাশক। সংস্কৃতি শুধু সেই শ্রেষ্ঠতা প্রকাশ করে যার সমালোচনা অভ্যন্তরীণ যথার্থতায় নিহিত এবং যার কোনো বাহ্যিক সফলতা নেই। যখন এই গর্ব কিছু প্রয়োজনীয়তার অথবা বস্তুগত সুবিধার প্রলোভনে পড়ে যায়, এটা বুদ্ধিজীবীদের জন্য অপমান বয়ে নিয়ে আসে। আধুনিক ভারতবর্ষ তার শিক্ষার মাধ্যমে অপমানিত হয়েছে। এক সময় সে তার সন্তানদের একটি সংস্কৃতি উপহার দিয়েছিল যা নিজস্ব চিন্তা ও মহিমায় মহিমান্বিত। কিন্তু তা থেকে সরিয়ে নেওয়া হয়েছে এবং আমাদেরকে পরীক্ষা পাসের ঘানি টানতে হয়েছে, কোনো কিছু জানার জন্য নয়, কিন্তু এটা নিশ্চিত করার জন্য যে, আমরা ইংরেজি দ্বারা পরিচালিত প্রতিষ্ঠানে চাকরির জন্য যোগ্য। আমাদের শিক্ষিত সম্প্রদায় কোনো সংস্কৃতিবান সম্প্রদায় নয় বরং যোগ্য প্রার্থীর সম্প্রদায়। ইতোমধ্যে দাবিদারদের সংখ্যার চেয়ে সম্ভাব্য চাকরির পরিমাণ দিনে দিনে কমে যাচ্ছে এবং অনানুগত্য বৃদ্ধি পাচ্ছে। অবশেষে, যেসব কর্তৃপক্ষ এসব কিছুর জন্য দায়ী তারা তাদের ভুক্তভোগীদের দোষারোপ করছে। মানুষের স্বভাব এতটাই বিকৃত। এটি ক্ষতিগ্রস্তদের বিরুদ্ধে বিদ্বেষী মনোভাব বহন করে.............
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) What is the meaning of the word 'outstanding'?
(i) ordinary (ii) normal (iii) common (iv) excellent
(b) What does the word 'extensively' refer to?
(i) widely (ii) briefly (iii) rarely (iv) sadly
(c) Most of our students read —.
(i) to gain knowledge (ii) to pass examination
(iii) to get a job (iv) to earn money
(d) What does the word 'offer' refer to?
(i) apply (ii) change (iii) support (iv) propose
(e) "Educational institutions in our country are India's alms-bowl of knowledge" – what does it mean?
(i) The purpose of education is to gain knowledge
(ii) The purpose of education is to earn money
(iii) The purpose of education is to borrow only, not to be self dependent
(iv) The purpose of education is to be fit for job.
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What does the word 'mechanical' mean?
(i) mental (ii) machine-like (iii) creative (iv) traditional
(g) The word 'collect' means —.
(i) earn (ii) win (iii) take (iv) occupy
(h) What do you mean by 'distribute'?
(i) disown (ii) give (iii) take (iv) donate
(i) Here the word 'intellectual' means —.
(i) psychological (ii) ideological (iii) thoughtful (iv) philosophical
(j) What do you mean by the phrase 'wealth of mind'?
(i) good general knowledge (ii) intellectual richness
(iii) high marks in exam (iv) high degrees from a university
(k) What is a synonym of 'proud'?
(i) arrogant (ii) angry (iii) cruel (iv) shrewd
(l) The best synonym of 'right' is —.
(i) facility (ii) privilege (iii) income (iv) award
(m) What is the meaning of 'gift'?
(i) award (ii) donation (iii) present (iv) income
(n) The word 'breadth' means —.
(i) the parametre of how broad something is (ii) the condition of being very broad
(iii) the depth of something (iv) the broadness of one's mind
(o) The word 'acquainted' best means —.
(i) informed (ii) introduced (iii) reported (iv) taught
(p) Educational institutions lower the intellectual — of the Indians.
(i) depth (ii) brightness (iii) richness (iv) self-respect
(q) What does the word 'decoration' mean?
(i) lighting (ii) wash (iii) beautification (iv) rearrangement
(r) What does the word 'acknowledge' mean?
(i) admit (ii) accept (iii) deny (iv) forsake
(s) The meaning of the word 'external' is —.
(i) outer (ii) inner (iii) inward (iv) spiritual
(t) The word 'creation' best means —.
(i) innovation (ii) discovery (iii) composition (iv) art
(u) 'Notify' best means —.
(i) submit (ii) depict (iii) report (iv) notice
(v) According to Tagore, our educated community are not —.
(i) qualified (ii) certified (iii) taught (iv) cultured
(w) The meaning of the word 'candidate' is —.
(i) graduate (ii) examinee (iii) qualified (iv) permitted
(x) The word 'proportion' best means —.
(i) statistics (ii) report (iii) chart (iv) ratio
(y) The best meaning of 'employment' is —.
(i) qualification (ii) job (iii) circular (iv) identify
(z) The word 'claimant' means —.
(i) one who refuses to do something (ii) one who admits to do something
(iii) one who claims something (iv) one who loses any claim
(aa) The meaning of 'authorities' is —.
(i) employees (ii) controllers (iii) the staff (iv) employers
(bb) Our intellectual self-respect is made lower by–
(i) modern India (ii) perversity of human nature
(iii) educational institution (iv) educated community
(cc) "For that we have to cross the sea, and knock at the doors of France and Germany." What does the sentence mean?
(i) we have to go abroad for living (ii) we have to go abroad for education
(iii) leave the country forever (iv) none of these
Answer (A):
(a) (iv) excellent (b) (i) widely (c) (ii) to pass examination (d) (iv) propose (e) (iii) The purpose of education is borrow only, not to be self dependent (f) (ii) machine-like (g) (iii) take (h) (ii) give (i) (iii) thoughtful (j) (ii) intellectual richness (k) (i) arrogant (l) (ii) privilege (m) (iii) present (n) (i) the parametre of how broad something is (o) (ii) introduced (p) (iv) self-respect (q) (iii) beautification (r) (i) admit (s) (i) outer (t) (i) innovation (u) (iii) report (v) (iv) cultured (w) (ii) examinee (x) (iv) ratio (y) (ii) job (z) (iii) one who claims something (aa) (ii) controllers (bb) (iii) educational institution (cc) (ii) we have to go abroad for education
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What is a university? What a university should not be?
(b) What should people get through universities?
(c) Why did Rabindranath Tagore say that educational institutions in our country are alms bowl of knowledge?
(d) What is the pride of human culture?
(e) With what has Tagore compared Indian education?
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) Why did Rabindranath criticize Indian university?
(g) What does man's intellect have?
(h) What does culture acknowledge?
(i) What do the students of our universities study for?
(j) 'Man's intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy' — what does it mean?
(k) "Such is the perversity of human nature' — What is the human nature according to the text?
Answer (B):
(a) A university is an institution where students get admission to earn graduation and post graduation degree. It should never be made into mechanical organization for collecting and distributing knowledge.
(b) The people should get their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others and earn their proud right in return to receive gifts from the rest of the world.
(c) The educational institutions in our country teach the students with the borrowed thoughts and philosophy of Europe. They lower our intellectual self respect, they encourage us to make a foolish display of decoration composed of borrowed feathers.
(d) The pride of human culture is man's intellect which has natural pride in its own aristocracy.
(e) Tagore compares the poor educational system of India to some trampled plants and its outcome to a harvest received from the neighbouring wheat fields.
(f) Rabindranath criticized Indian university because they lack their own philosophy.
(g) Man's intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy which is the pride of its culture.
(h) Culture acknowledges the excellence whose criticism is in its inner perfection, not in any external success.
(i) The students of our universities study to pass the examination, not to earn knowledge.
(j) 'Man's intellect has a natural pride in its own aristocracy'-it means that everyman lives within his our culture and every culture is different from each other in case of characteristics. Man should expose his intellect reflecting his own culture which will be a natural pride for him and his nation at the same time.
(k) The proportion of possible employments to the number of claimants has gradually been growing narrower and the consequent disaffection has been widespread. At last the very authorities who are responsible for this are blaming their victims. It bears its worst grudge against those it has injured and such is the perversity of human nature.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the expected characteristics of a university. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Not to be mechanical organizations → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing about Tagore's idea of Indian university. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. India's alms bowl of knowledge → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing the expected characteristics of a university is given below:
1. Not to be mechanical organizations → 2. Not to be alms-bowl of knowledge → 3. To provide culture to children → 4. Not to tread the mill of passing examination → 5. To try to use own method → 6. To increase possible employments
(ii) A flow chart showing about Tagore's idea of Indian university is given below:
1.India's alms bowl of knowledge → 2. Lowering intellectual self respect → 3. Encouraging to make a foolish display of decorations → 4. Leading towards humiliation → 5. Inspiring to pass exam without learning anything → 6. Becoming qualified community not cultured
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
In the passage, Rabindranath Tagore criticized the Indian universities of his time because he thought that these universities taught no creativity rather they taught just to copy foreign education system. According to him, Indian university should have their own view on teaching and should not be made into mechanical organization. Tagore thought that India abandoned its traditional system of education. The consequence is that we get a community of qualified candidates not a cultured community. On the other hand the proportion of possible employments to the number of qualified candidates is becoming lower. As a result, disaffection is becoming widespread.
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
maintain hold fellow-feelings live be involved
activities leave refer respect motto attitude
This passage is about social values. Social values (a) — to customs, beliefs, behaviourial patterns and (b) — of a particular social community. In the past, people (c) — very much strict about (d) — social values. 'Honesty is the best policy' was the (e) — of the day. The dishonest criminals were (f) — in great contempt. But today, youngers do not (g) — the elders, people have no (h) —, they are getting involved with bribery, corruption and many other anit-social (i) —. We should preserve our past social values to make a better world for (j) —.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
The students of Bangladesh often fail in English. There are a good number of (a) — why students in Bangladesh fail in English. That English is a foreign (b) — is the main reason. In other words students have no good feelings (c) — English. Very few of them are earnest in (d) — English. What the students seek is to (e) — the stairs of (f) —. To most of them, learning is unpleasant and (g) — is fearful. Secondly, teaching a foreign language becomes very (h) — when learners are not mentally keen (i) — the subject. In that situation, a teacher of English can hardly (j) — out a technique suitable to all.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(a) His father allowed him to continue his studies at Horton from 1632 to 1638.
(b) In the succeeding year Milton entered Christ's College in Cambridge.
(c) Milton was a great poet after Shakespeare.
(d) He became blind in 1652 and after his blindness, the idea of 'Paradise Lost' developed.
(e) He took his M. A. degree at the age of 24 and went to his father's house in the village of Horton.
(f) He studied at St. Paul's School till 1624 but he could not pay attention to his studies in his school.
(g) Nine years after its publication the great artist in English literature died.
(h) In 1642 he met Mary Powell in an occasion and married her.
(i) In the year 1667, 'Paradise Lost' saw the light of day.
(j) He was born in London on December 9, 1608.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Diaspora" or "21st February" in about 100 words. 10
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once there was a king whose fame spread far and wide. He was very famous for his ready wit and wisdom. Soon the Queen of Sheba came to know about him. She wanted..........................
9. Write an email to your friend about the importance of learning English. 5
Or, Write a letter to your friend telling him about the plan after the examination.
10. The graph below shows 'Literacy Rate' from 1995 to 2010. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. 10
11. Write a critical appreciation of the poem "I Died for Beauty". Identify the genre, theme, subject-matter, and interpret the content. 8
I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?
'For beauty,' I replied.
'And I for truth- the two are one;
We brethren are,' he said. And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.
Vaiya onek valo hoice
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