HSC English 1st Paper Model Test-3 (বাংলা অনুবাদসহ) pdf download

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-3

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.

My brothers,

I stand before you today with a heart overflowing with grief. You are fully aware of the events that are going on and understand their importance. We have been trying to do our best to cope with the situation. And yet, unfortunately, the streets of Dhaka, Chittagong, Khulna, Rajshahi and Rangpur are awash with the blood of our brothers. The people of Bengal now want to be free, the people of Bengal now want to live, and the people of Bengal now want their rights.

What have we done that was wrong? After the elections, the people of Bangladesh voted as one for me, for the Awami League. We were to sit in the National Assembly, draft a constitution for ourselves there, and build our country; the people of this land would thereby get economic, political, and cultural freedom. But it is with regret that I have to report to you today that we have passed through twenty-three tragic years; Bengal's history of those years is full of stories of torture inflicted on our people, of blood shed by them repeatedly. Twenty-three years of a history of men and women in agony!

The history of Bengal is the history of a people who have repeatedly made their highways crimson with their blood. We shed blood in 1952; even though we were the victors in the elections of 1954 we could not form a government then. In 1958 Ayub Khan declared Martial Law to enslave us for the next ten years. In 1966 when we launched the six point movement our boys were shot dead on 7 June. When after the movement of 1969 Ayub Khan fell from power and Yahya Khan assumed the reins of the government he declared that he would give us a constitution and restore democracy; we listened to him then. A lot was happened since and elections have taken place........

[Unit-1; Lesson-2]

[Faujdarhat Cadet College, Chittagong- '16]

বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
ভাইয়েরা আমার,
আজ দুঃখ-ভারাক্রান্ত মন নিয়ে আপনাদের সামনে হাজির হয়েছি। আপনারা সবই জানেন এবং বোঝেন। আমরা আমাদের জীবন দিয়ে চেষ্টা করেছি। কিন্তু দুঃখের বিষয়, আজ ঢাকা, চট্টগ্রাম, খুলনা, রাজশাহী, রংপুরে আমার ভাইয়ের রক্তে রাজপথ রঞ্জিত হয়েছে। আজ বাংলার মানুষ মুক্তি চায়, বাংলার মানুষ বাঁচতে চায়, বাংলার মানুষ তার অধিকার চায়। 
কী অন্যায় করেছিলাম আমরা? নির্বাচনের পর বাংলাদেশের মানুষ সম্পূর্ণভাবে আমাকে ও আওয়ামী লীগকে ভোট দেন। আমাদের ন্যাশনাল অ্যাসেম্বলি বসবে, আমরা সেখানে শাসনতন্ত্র তৈরি করব এবং এ দেশকে আমরা গড়ে তুলব; এ দেশের মানুষ অর্থনীতি, রাজনীতি ও সাংস্কৃতিক মুক্তি পাবে। কিন্তু দুঃখের বিষয়, আজ দুঃখের সাথে বলতে হয় ২৩ বছরের করুণ ইতিহাস বাংলার অত্যাচারের, বাংলার মানুষের রক্তের ইতিহাস। ২৩ বছরের ইতিহাস মুমূর্ষু নর-নারীর আর্তনাদের ইতিহাস। 

বাংলার ইতিহাস এ দেশের মানুষের রক্ত দিয়ে রাজপথ রঞ্জিত করার ইতিহাস। ১৯৫২ সালে রক্ত দিয়েছি; ১৯৫৪ সালে নির্বাচনে জয়লাভ করেও আমরা গদিতে বসতে পারিনি। ১৯৫৮ সালে আইয়ুব খান মার্শাল ল’ জারি করে ১০ বছর পর্যন্ত আমাদের গোলাম করে রেখেছে। ১৯৬৬ সালের ছয় দফা আন্দোলনে ৭ই জুন আমার ছেলেদের গুলি করে হত্যা করা হয়েছে। ১৯৬৯ সালের আন্দোলনে আইয়ুব খানের পতন হওয়ার পরে যখন ইয়াহিয়া খান সাহেব সরকার নিলেন, তিনি বললেন দেশে শাসনতন্ত্র দেবেন, গণতন্ত্র দেবেন; আমরা মেনে নিলাম। তারপর অনেক ইতিহাস হয়ে গেল, নির্বাচন হলো।...................

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5

(a) What is the closest meaning of the word 'grief'?

 (i) agony (ii) happy (iii) worry (iv) disaster

(b) What does the phrase 'cope with' mean?

 (i) deal in (ii) deal out (iii) survive (iv) deal with

(c) Bengal's history of twenty three years is full of —.

 (i) oppression (ii) humiliation (iii) deprivation (iv) all of the above

(d) What is the closest meaning of 'agony'?

 (i) painful (ii) anguish (iii) miserable (iv) suffering

(e) 'The people of Bengal now want to be free, the people of Bengal now want to live and the people of Bengal now want their rights.'- What does it mean?

 (i) people want independence (ii) people want to survive

 (iii) people want to have their rights (iv) all of the above

❤ Extra Questions:

(f) The text starts with "My brothers'. Here 'brothers' are —.

 (i) Pak army (ii) People of Bengal (iii) People of Pakistan (iv) Pakistani rulers

(g) Which is the closest meaning of the phrase "heart overflowing with grief"?

 (i) heart filled with agony (ii) cheerful moment 

 (iii) heart full of joy  (iv) happiness

(h) The word 'events' in the first line of the text refers to —.

 (i) sports  (ii) language movement 

 (iii) liberation war  (iv) oppressive acts of Pakistani rulers

(i) The word 'awash' means —.

 (i) filled (ii) spotted (iii) painted (iv) scattered

(j) Which one of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'crimson'?

 (i) colour (ii) fade (iii) make (iv) wash

(k) Which of the following is synonymous of the word 'unfortunately'?

 (i) unluckily (ii) happily (iii) with sad (iv) hardly

(l) What does the word 'torture' in the text refer to?

 (i) martyrdom (ii) rack (iii) pain (iv) affliction

(m) The word 'aware' means —.

 (i) informed (ii) sharp (iii) sensitive (iv) mindful

(n) What is the closest meaning of the word 'situation'?

 (i) site (ii) locality (iii) seat (iv) state of affairs

(o) The word 'draft' refers to —.

 (i) sketch (ii) draw up (iii) design (iv) rough

(p) The closest meaning of the word 'regret' is —.

 (i) grieve (ii) shame (iii) remorse (iv) miss

(q) The word 'inflict' means —.

 (i) impose (ii) deal (iii) apply (iv) lay

(r) What is the closest meaning of the word 'launch'?

 (i) float (ii) open (iii) begin (iv) propel

(s) What does the phrase 'fall from power' mean?

 (i) descend (ii) rise (iii) give up (iv) pass

(t) The word 'assume' refers to —.

 (i) believe (ii) fancy (iii) adopt (iv) think

(u) The closest meaning of 'restore' is —.

 (i) remove (ii) fix (iii) recover (iv) revive

(v) The word 'happen' means —.

 (i) appear (ii) befall (iii) follow (iv) result

Answer (A): 

(a) (i) agony (b) (iv) deal with (c) (iv) all of the above (d) (ii) anguish (e) (iv) all of the above (f) (ii) People of Bengal (g) (i) heart filled with agony (h) (iv) oppressive acts of Pakistani rulers (i) (iii) painted (j) (i) colour (k) (i) unluckily (l) (iv) affliction (m) (i) informed (n) (iv) state of affairs (o) (ii) draw up (p) (iii) remorse (q) (i) impose (r) (iii) begin (s) (i) descend (t) (iii) adopt (u) (iv) revive (v) (ii) befall

B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10

(a) What is the reason of Bangabandhu's heart being overflowed with grief?

(b) What events were going on mentioned in the passage?

(c) How would the people of Bengal get economic, political and cultural freedom?

(d) Discuss what happened in the following years.

 1952, 1954, 1958, 1966 & 1969

(e) What happened after the election of 1954?

❤ Extra Questions:

(f) What characteristics of the people of Bengal do you find from the text?

(g) Where and when did Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman deliver his historic speech?

(h) What did he say about the will of the people of Bengal?

(i) What did he say about the twenty three tragic years of Bengal?

(j) What would the elected members have to do after the general election?

(k) Give a short description of the history of Bengal as said by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

(l) Who is the speaker of this speech? When did he make this speech?

(m) What, according to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, do the people of Bengal want?

(n) When did Ayub Khan declare Martial Law and why?

(o) What did Yahya Khan declare?

(p) How did Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman address the people in his historic speech?

Answer (B): 

(a) The situation of the then East Pakistan is the reason of Bangabandhu's heart being overflowed with grief. During that period, the Pakistani rulers' tyranical acts cross the tolerance limit. For this reason, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman felt his heart overflowing with grief.

(b) The events that were going on were very serious and pathetic. The streets of Bengal were crimson with blood of many peace loving people. The people of Bengal were devoid of their basic rights as well as political and cultural rights.

(c) After the victory in the elections of 1954, the Pakistani rulers did not allow the people of Bengal to form government. If it happened then the people of Bengal would get economic, political and cultural freedom.

(d) 1952: We shed blood for achieving the right of our mother tongue.

 1954: Awami League won the election but could not form government.

 1958: Ayub Khan declared Martial Law for next ten years.

 1966: Six point movement was launched.

 1969: The Mass movement of 1969 took place and Ayub Khan fell from power.

(e) In 1954, though Awami League won the election but they could not form government. As a result the dream of the people of Bengal to sit in the National Assembly, draft a constitution, get political, economic and cultural freedom were shattered.

(f) From the text it is clearly seen that the people of Bengal were peace loving. They had tremendous tolerance power. But there were other sides of their characters. They knew well how to revolt against tyranny and they were not to yield.

(g) Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered his historically significant speech at the then Race Course ground in Dhaka in the afternoon of 7 March, 1971.

(h) About the will of the people, Bangabandhu said that the people of Bengal wanted to be free, wanted to live and wanted to gain their rights.

(i) About the 23 tragic years of Bengal, Bangabandhu reported that Bengal's history of those years is full of stories of torture inflicted on the people and of repeated bloodshed.

(j) After the general election, the elected members would have to sit in the National Assembly, draft a constitution for themselves (country) and build the country so that the people would get economic, political and cultural freedom.

(k) As said by Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the history of Bengal is the history of a people who have repeatedly made their highways crimson with their blood. They shed blood in 1952 for the establishment of Bangla as one of the state languages of the then Pakistan. Even after winning the 1954 election they were not allowed to form a government. Therefore, the history of Bengal is a history of humiliation, deprivation and oppression.

2. Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the reference of some incidents with years and dates in our history ending with March 26, 1971. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10

1. 1952 Language Movement → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.

Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10

Who Event/ Name of Activity Where Time/ year

Bangalee shedding blood (i) .......... 1952

United front  victors in the elections  (ii) ..........

(iii) .......... declaration of martial law  (iv) ..........

Martial law for  (v) ..........

six point movement  (vi) ..........

(vii) .......... 7 June

(viii) .......... falling from power  (ix) ..........

Yahya Khan assuming the reins of the government  (x) ..........

Answer (2): 

2. A flow chart showing the reference of some years and dates in our history is given below:

1. 1952 Language Movement → 2. 1954 Denial to form government → 3. 1958 Declaration of Martial Law → 4. 1966 

Six point movement launched → 5. 7 March, 1971 Speech by Bangabandhu → 6. March 26, 1971 Declaration of independence 

Or, (i) street (ii) 1954 (iii) Ayub Khan (iv) 1958 (v) ten years (vi) 1966 (vii) death of boys (viii) Ayub Khan (ix) 1969 (x) 1969

3. Write a summary of the above text. 10

Answer (3): 

The 7 March speech of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is a historic moment in the history of Bangladesh. On this day at Race Course Maidan, the greatest Bangalee of all time Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in front of a huge crowd upheld the tragedy of the people of Bangladesh for the last 23 years. With his fierce voice, Bangabandhu spoke about the Bangalees who were dominated by the Pakistani rulers. Inspite of the victory in the elections of 1954 the Pakistani rulers did not allow the Bangalees to form a government. Rather in 1958 Ayub Khan declared Martial law and enslave us. But the people of this country let this not happen any longer. They came out together in 1971 for independence and the great leader Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman led the nation.

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

accelerate gain isolated disastrous exist explore revolution

globe noble come add former communication successful

We have got many positive things during the last century. We have (a) — tremendous advancement in the field of science. For example man has (b) — landed on the moon. He is going to (c) — other planets. We have achieved (d) — success in the field of information technology. Now we can (e) — to any part of the world in a second. The world has become a (f) — village. No nation is (g) — from other countries. One country (h) — to help other countries during the time of (i) —. Science has certainly (j) — the process of globalisation.

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10

Nelson Mandela was an undisputed leader for the South African black people. He was the  embody of the (a) –– of the black South Africans. He was in (b) –– for almost three decades. The years Mandela spent (c) –– bars made him the world's most celebrated political (d) ––. He was a leader of mythic stature for (e) –– of people of black South Africans and other (f) –– people of the world. Charged with capital offences (g) –– the Rivonia Trial, his speech from the dock (h) –– his political testimony. Althrough his life he fought (i) –– the rights of the people who were deprived (j) ––. He was against the domination of the both white and black South Africans. He only dreamt of a society where all persons live in harmony. 

6. Re-arrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 10

(i) With eyes full of tears, they bade Socrates a last farewell.

(ii) A few moments passed, Socrates lay down and covered his face.

(iii) At last, the hour of departure arrived.

(iv) A moment later, he uncovered his face and looking at Crito, said, "Don't forget the debt, Crito." 

(v) His friends and disciples burst into tears and cried loudly like children.

(vi) Socrates met his friends and disciples for the last time. 

(vii) He asked them to let him die in peace.

(viii) At sunset, the Governor of the prison came and then there came a man with a cup that containing hemlock, a very strong poison.

(ix) He argued with them about the immortality of the soul.

(x) Socrates took the cup in his hand, said his prayer and drank the hemlock without any hesitation.

Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)

7. Write a paragraph on "Food Adulteration" on the basis of the answers to the following questions in about 200 words. 10

(a) What is food adulteration? (b) How is food adulterated? (c) Who are responsible for food adulteration? (d) What is the impact of adulterated food in our body? (e) What can be done to stop it?

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7

There lived a happy cobbler in a city. He had a rich neighbor who was a banker. One day the banker came to the cobbler. In course of discussion, the rich neighbor asked the cobbler, "How much do you earn a year?" ..........................

9. Write an email to your friend thanking for sending a birthday gift. 5

10. Look at the map of Dhaka city with important establishments. Now, analyze the city map giving information in at least 80 words: 10

 

11. Write down the theme of the following story (Not more than 50 words). 8

Rokeya is a Bangladeshi girl. She is ten years old. She is beautiful like a rose. She might spread her beauty if she were educated. Instead of going to school, she has to sell flowers in the streets of Dhaka.

She repeatedly requests the passers-by to buy flowers. Whenever I go to my college, I see her selling flowers. Sometimes I buy flowers from her. Sometimes I overlook her.

One day I asked her, "Where do you live? Why do you do this? Why don't you go to school?"

What came out was quite pathetic. The girl replied that she lived in a slum. Her father left her mother and married another woman. She did not even know where he lived. But he often came to her mother and claimed money from her. She has one little sister. At present her mother works as a maid.

I asked her, "What's your dream? Do you have any dream?" Yes, she has a dream. She has dreams like everybody else. But her dreams are not very lofty. Her simple dream is to go to school. She wants to study. After completing her studies, she likes to take a small job. She wants to make her mother and younger sister happy. And this is a very simple dream of a little girl.