PART-A: Seen Comprehension (40 Marks)
Read the following passage and answer the questions 1-4:
In recent years, there have been many alarming reports that the world’s climate is undergoing a significant change. All these reports provide strong evidence that world temperatures are increasing day by day. This increase in global warming is caused by increased amounts of carbon dioxide around the earth. Most climatologists believe that the greenhouse effect in the likely cause of this global warming. What is the greenhouse effect? It is the gradual warming of the air surrounding the earth as a result of heat being trapped by environment pollution. This is exemplified by the destruction and burning down of tropical forests, by traffic that clogs up city streets, by the rapid growth of industry, the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in packaging and manufacturing commercial products, the use of detergents such as washing powder and washing-up liquid and so on. The oceans are also said to be affected both because of human waste and because of pollution caused by industrial waste products, oil seeping from damaged supertankers and from other maritime disasters. However, the main culprits for global warming are carbon dioxide gas, produced by the burning of fossil fuels and forests, and pollutants such as methane and chlorofluorocarbons. Climatologists predict that midway through the next century, temperatures may have risen by as much as 4 C. This could catastrophically reduce mankind’s ability to grow food, destroy or severely damage wildlife and wilderness, raise sea levels and thereby flood coastal areas and farmland. The alarming news about Bangladesh is that as a result of the rise of the sea level, the lower southern part of the country may one day go under water.
1. Choose the right word/phrase to complete each sentence. 5
(a) According to majority of the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the plausible/probable/prime cause of the global warming.
(b) The global warming may have a disastrous/magnificent/heinous effect on life on earth.
(c) The burning of fossils fuels, forest and various pollutants is the effect/root/source of carbon dioxide gas.
(d) The dumping of industrial wastes and waste-products into the ocean effect/causes /diminishes environment pollution.
(e) The rise of temperature may one day damages/swallow/submerge the lower southern part of Bangladesh.
2. True/false? If false, give the correct information. 5
(a) Carbon dioxide gas is the only culprit for global warming.
(b) The greenhouse effect is a global phenomenon.
(c) Fossil fuels and forests are some of the main culprits for global warming.
(d) The greenhouse effect can be diminished if we can reduce the environmental pollution.
(e) Global warming is good for the cold countries of the world.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words given in brackets. Add any prepositions if necessary. 5
(a) The greenhouse effect may be the cause of (destruct) — wildlife and wilderness.
(b) According to the (believe) — the climatologists, the greenhouse effect is the most likely cause of the global warming.
(c) If the sea level rises abnormally, we have reason to be (worry).
(d) Carbon dioxide is (produce) — the burning of fossil fuels and forests.
(e) Even the oceans are getting (pollution) —.
4. Make a list of five effects of global warming. 5
Read the passage below and answer questions 5-8:
Sports are a popular form of entertainment, Many international sporting events are organised from time to time. Most of these events are sponsored by multinational manufacturing companies and business firms. They pay for the sports events in exchange for the right to advertise their products during those events. These events are telecast worldwide satellite and people all over the world watch them live. As a result, the sponsors products receive maximum media coverage thus giving companies international recognition. This is only the commercial aspect of international sport but there are other aspects too. The sports venue becomes a meeting place of people from different countries. When people of different nations get together on the occasion of an international sporting event, they come closer to each other, sharing views, opinions and friendship. This opportunity creates a sense of brotherhood and a sprit of mutual co-operation among them. Moreover, getting acquainted with different cultures helps to break down prejudice and broaden outlook. If globalisation has anything to do with the development of international relationship, then sports can certainly contribute in a big way to this.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 5
(a) Who help to organize the international sporting events?
(b) Why do companies and business firms sponsor international sporting events?
(c) How are the events telecast?
(d) How do the people of different nations come close to each other?
(e) Do sports play any role for international relationship?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 5
The world cup cricket ‘99 was arranged in England. This event was sponsored by (a) — and (b) —. England became a meeting place of (c) — from different countries. About twelve (d) — participated at this event. This event is (e) — important in growing international relationship.
7. Summaries five important points of the above passage. 5
8. Make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the positive effects of sports. (No. 1 has been done for you). 5
1. A meeting place for different countries 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
PART-B: Vocabulary (20 Marks)
9. Fill in the gaps with suitable words from the box. (Make any grammatical changes, if necessary) There are more words in the box than you need: 10
expire happen spoil pleasant wretch unpleasant live
cause furious die execution declare knowing wit
Once upon a time, there was a king who was very fond of (a) — his future from the astrologers. A famous astrologer (b) — to stop at his capital on his way to Benaras. The king called on him to know about his future and the astrologer told him something (c) —. At this the king got (d) — and condemned him to (e) — saying, ‘Men like you should not live to (f) — the peace of the world.’ But another thought had crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for (g) —. ‘How long will you live?’ asked the king. With ready (h) — the astrologer said, ‘The stars (i) — that I shall die only a week before your majesty. So, good bye.’ Hearing this, the King turned pale like a dead man and should. ‘Drive this (j) — away, let him not come here again.’
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate world in each gap. 10
Many events of (a) — importance took place during the last century. Significant advances were made in the (b) — of science and technology. Many European colonies (c) — independence. The movement for democracy become (d) — in many parts of the world. Two world. Two world wars (e) — out in this century. It also witnessed the misuse of atomic energy. Two cities of Japan were completely (f) — as a result of the dropping of atom bombs. The Vietnam war and the Gulf war killed (g) — of innocent people. However, the emergence of Bangladesh as an (h) — nation was a momentous event. After a bloody (i) — of nine months, Bangladesh was born. Now we hold our heads (j) — in the comity of nations.
PART-C : Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write out the sentences in full. 12
A
(i) No progress
(ii) Superstitions grow when people
(iii) Illiterate people
(iv) Education help us
(v) With the touch
(vi) It
B
do not have
of education
is
live
are
provides them
C
possible
a healthy
deprived of
a sound knowledge
with an awareness which is
people become
D
and planned life
a prerequisite for any social development
Enlightened
the light of education
of health and sanitation and population control
without education
12. Re-write the following jumbled sentences in the proper order and in continuous paragraph to make a story. 14
(i) It was his duty to guard the trees.(ii) The caretaker at once carried out his master’s order.
(iii) It was the time for mangoes. (iv) So he was very angry with the caretaker.
(v) ‘It was my duty to guard the trees and not to taste the fruits.’
(vi) Once upon a time, there lived a rich man.
(vii) One day the rich man came to the garden with some of his friends and relatives.
(viii) He employed a caretaker for the garden.
(ix) He asked the caretaker to fetch some ripe sweet mangoes.
(x) The rich man and his friends and relatives tasted the fruits but all of them were sour.
(xi) The rich man said to caretaker, ‘You are a fool, because you have been a caretaker here for so many years, but you do not know which mangoes are sweet.’
(xii) He was fond of fruits. (xiii) ‘How should I know it, Sir?’ said the caretaker.
(xiv) He had a large garden full of fruit trees.
13. Write a paragraph of about 150 words based on the following questions. You answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is global warming? (b) How does it affect our environment?
(c) What disaster may happen? (d) What is the main culprit of global warming?
(e) How can we prevent it?
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Ans. to the ques. no. 1
(a) probable (b) disastrous (c) source (d) causes (e) submerge
Ans. to the ques. no. 2
(a) False, Correct answer: Carbon dioxide gas is the main culprit for global warming
(b) True
(c) False, Correct answer: Burning of fossil fuels and forest are some of the main culprits for global warming
(d) True
(e) False, Correct answer: Global warming is harmful for the whole world.
Ans. to the ques. no. 3
(a) Destruction of (b) Belief of (c) Worried (d) Produced by (e) Polluted
Ans. to the ques. no. 4
(i) Reduces mankind’s ability to grow food
(ii) Destroys or severely damages wildlife and wilderness
(iii) Raises sea levels
(iv) Floods coastal areas and farmlands
(v) The lower southern part of the country may one day go under water
Ans. to the ques. no. 5
(a) Multinational manufacturing companies and business firms help to organize the international sporting events. (b) Companies and business firms sponsor international sporting events to get international recognition of their companies
(c) The events are telecast by satellite
(d) The people of different nations come close to each other on the occasion of an international sporting events
(e) Yes, sports help develop international relationship?
Ans. to the ques. no. 6
(a) Multinational manufacturing companies (b) business firms (c) people (d) teams (e) undoubtedly
Ans. to the ques. no. 7
Summary: Many international sporting events are organized from time to time at different venues of different countries. People of different nations get together on the occasion of an international sporting event. There they come closer to each other sharing views, opinions and friendship. The venues become a meeting place for people coming across the world. This opportunity creates a sense of brotherhood and a spirit of mutual co-operation among them.
Ans. to the ques. no. 8
1. A meeting place for different countries
2. Helps to share views, opinions and friendship
3. Creates a sense of brotherhood.
4. Crates a spirit of mutual co-operation
5. Helps to break down prejudice
6. Broadens outlook
Ans. to the ques. no. 9
(a) knowing (b) happened (c) unpleasant (d) Furious (e) Death
(f) Spoil (g) Execution (h) Wit (i) Declare (j) Wretch
Ans. to the ques. no. 10
(a) International (b) fields(c) Won /achieved (d) Momentous (e) Broke (f) Ruined/destroyed/damaged (g) Thousands (h) Independent (i) War (j) High
Ans. to the ques. no. 11
(i) No progress is possible without education
(ii) Superstitions grow when people are deprived of the light of education,
(iii) Illiterate people do not have a sound knowledge of health and sanitation and population control.
(iv) Education helps us live a healthy and planned life
(v) With the touch of education people become enlightened (vi) It provides them with an awareness which is a prerequisite for any social development.
Ans. to the ques. no. 12
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
vi xii xiv viii i vii iii ix ii x iv xi xiii v
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Part-A : Reading Test (40 marks)
Read the passage below and answer the questions (1-4) :
Ismail Hossain is an affluent man now. Through hard work and devotion, he has managed to turn the wheels of fortune. He was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family from Ekdala village in Natore Sadar thana. Through new knowledge, hard work and perseverance, he has brought prosperity to his family.
Ismail Hossain, son of Zohar Ali, studied up to less eight. Poverty then forced him to look for work. He worked as a labourer before he joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC) and has remained associated with it since then. The officer-incharge of NHC said that Ismail seemed to be an enthusiastic and energetic youth during the selection of villages under NHC’s command area.
Ismail first received training in vegetable cultivation. Then he got a lease of land in his village and applied his new and improved knowledge to cultivating vegetables. He earned taka 25,000 as profit that year. In the same way he made a profit of taka one lakh by cultivating quality cauliflowers the next year. Later he bought some land and used it entirely-to cultivate cauliflowers. He has also been raising hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure. Ismail’s lot has changed radically. He said with a satisfactory smile, ‘I am very happy to be self-sufficient now. I had nothing of my own before, but now I have so much. It has been possible through my hard labour and systematic cultivation. The credit also goes to the NHC of course,’ he added. The officer-in-charge of NHC said, ‘I feel very proud of Ismail Hossain. He deserves national recognition for his outstanding success.’
1. Choose the right word to complete each sentence 15=5
a) Ismail Hossain has changed the wheels of fortune through defiance/diligence/significance.
b) Ismail’s fate has changed gradually/drastically/presently.
c) Ismail Hossain is a self-dependent/other dependent/proud man.
d) Ismail got disappointed/frightened/encouraged by the training programme.
e) The officer-in-charge is very disappointed/ proud/ disobedient of Ismail Hossain.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 15=5
a) Ismail developed his family by hard labour.
b) He gained less profit by cultivating quality cauliflowers.
c) Training from the NHC helped Ismail see the happy days.
d) Ismail raised hi-breed cows only for milk.
e) Everybody said that Ismail’s success should be nationally recognised.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets. Add any prepositions of necessary.15=5
a) Ismail Hossain was born in a poverty (strike)—family.
b) Stopping education be began to work as a day (labour)—.
c) He received (agriculture)—training from NHC.
d) He bought a piece of land (cultivate)—.
e) He proved that he was a (self-support)—man.
4. Write five sentences about Ismail Hossain’s outstanding success in life. 15=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions (5-8) :
How safe will the buildings in the city of Dhaka be in the event of an earthquake? Experts give no straight answer to this question, but call for taking adequate precautions to minimize losses. That Bangladesh lies in the active earthquake zone is not unknown to Bangladeshis. Alarmed by the recurrence of quakes during recent years, experts have called for the development of an earthquake resistant building code that all buildings should follow as mandatory.
There are two schools of experts regarding earthquakes. One school comprising of engineers and geologists is of the view that the recurrence of quakes in recent years should be taken as a signal for a major earthquake. Another school comprising of similar categories of experts, however, believes that the concern should not be amplified, because although there are a number of fault lines in the geographical area comprising Bangladesh, none of them is active enough to pose a major threat. Yet none of the schools rules out the possibility of a major quake and the dangers that might be associated with it. The Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakhya (RAJUK), responsible for a planned development of the city believes that an earthquake resistant building code should be developed to reduce the loss.
5. Write short answers to these questions :15=5
a) What do the experts call for?
b) What is not unknown to the Bangladeshis?
c) What should all the buildings follow?
d) How many schools of experts are there regarding earthquake?
e) What does the first school consist of?
6. Fill in the gaps using suitable words. 15=5
Naturally the question arises about the (a)—of the building specially of Dhaka city in the event of an earthquake. Experts do not give straight answer to this questions but warn to take adequate (b)—measures to minimize loss. They (c)—that all the buildings should (d)—an earthquake resistant code for the (c)—of loss.
7. Summarize the passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart giving information about earthquake as mentioned in the passage. (No. I have been done for you) 15=5
Part-B : Vocabulary (20 marks)
9. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box (make any grammatical changes if necessary).
resources potential create for achievement likely
returns from have fail among success
Investment in education (a)—girls increases the economic and social (b)—of development investment in all other sectors. Educating girls contributes (c)—wealth through its impact on economic development. Educated women have a higher income (d)—than those who have (e)—no schooling. Educated mothers are more (f)—to send both their boys and girls to school. It is important to realize that (g)—in girl’s education generally results (h)—an integrated approach to community development. Thus (i)—to educate girls results in a tremendous waste of potential human (j)—.
10. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap. 110=10
Computer is one of the latest important and most (a)—inventions of science. A computer performs three important (b)—. It receives data, processes data (c)—various computations and emits data. Computer now (d)—us in various ways. In a (e)—minutes a computer can perform calculations that trained mathematicians would need years to complete. Now computers are (f)—used in agricultural farms. Trains and planes are run by the (g)—. (h)—results can be accurately given by computer within the shortest span of time. The computer has become very sophisticated and can perform (i)—complicated tasks. This is why many people call the computer ‘an electronic (j)—.’
Part-C : Guided Writing (40 Marks)
11. Match the phrases in the following substitution table to make sensible sentences. Write the sentences in full. 26=12
12. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rewrite the sentences in the proper order and in a continuous paragraph to make a story. 114=14
(i) The king was pleased with second blind man.
(ii) He returned to the palace and called one of his servants.
(iii) He then handed over bread filled with gold coins to the servants and said ‘Go down this road.’
(iv) ‘You will find a blind man shouting, ‘The king can alone help a man.’
(v) ‘Take over the bread to him and say, ‘The king has sent it for you.’
(vi) The servant went out to find out the blind man.
(vii) There were two blind men in Rome.
(viii) They lived by begging.
(ix) They sat by the street and asked for alms.
(x) One cried ‘Allah alone can help a man.’
(xi) The other cried saying, ‘The king alone can help a man.’
(xii) When somebody gave them a coin, the first would say, ‘May Allah bless you.’
(xiii) The second said, ‘May the king be pleased with you.’
(xiv) One day while the king was going along the street, he heard them saying so.
13. Write a paragraph of about 100 words based on the following questions. Your answers to the questions should give as much detail as possible. 14
(a) What is a book fair? (b) When and where is it held? (c) How popular is it? (d) Have you ever visited a book fair? (e) What kinds of books are usually available in a book fair? (f) What is your personal impression of a book fair?
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ANSWER SHEET:ENGLISH 1ST PAPER
Part A : Seen Comprehension
1. Multiple choice:
(a) diligence; (b) gradually; (c) self-dependent;
(d) encouraged; (e) proud.
2. True/False:
(a) True. (b) False. He gained more profit by cultivating quality cauliflowers. (c) True. (d) False. Ismail raised hi-breed cows for milk as well as to produce manure. (e) False. The officer-in charge of NHC said that Ismail’s success should be nationally recognised.
3. Filling in gaps with clues:
(a) stricken; (b) labourer; (c) agricultural; (d) for cultivation/to cultivate; (e) self-supporting/self-supported.
4. Information transfer:
Five sentences about Ismail Hossain’s outstanding success in life are as follows
i) Ismail Hossain joined the training programme of the Natore Horticulture Centre (NHC).
ii) He received training in vegetable cultivation.
iii) He got a base of land and cultivated vegetables.
iv) He made a good profit by cultivating quality cauliflowers.
v) He raised hi-breed cows for milk and also to produce manure.
5. Open-ended:
a) Experts call for the development of an earthquake resistant building code to be followed by all.
b) That Bangladesh lies in the active earthquake zone is not unknown to Bangladeshis.
c) All the buildings should follow and earthquake resistant building code.
d) There are two schools of experts regarding earthquake.
e) The first school consists of engineers and geologists.
6. Filling in gaps without clues:
(a) safety; (b) precautionary; (c) suggest; (d) maintain; (e) reduction.
7. Summary:
Precautions should be taken against earthquake to protect the buildings. Everyone should adopt safety measures against earthquakes in Dhaka city. Earthquake resistant building code should be developed. It should be followed as mandatory. Concern about earthquake should not be amplified.
8. Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting in a flow chart):
Part-B (Vocabulary Test)
9. Cloze test with clues:
(a) for (b) returns (c) to creating (d) potential/potentiality (e) had (f) likely (g) success (h) from (i) failing (j) resources
10. Cloze test without clues:
(a) popular/wonderful/necessary/useful (b) jobs/functions (c) in/for/of (d) helps/serves (e) few (f) being/also/greatly /widely (g) computer (h) Examination (i) many/various/ different/extremely (j) brain
Part-C (Writing Test)
11. Substitution table:
(i) Illiteracy is the root cause of ignorance which frustrates all development efforts of the govt.
(ii) No development efforts can succeed unless illiteracy is eradicated.
(iii) Eradication of illiteracy in a country like Bangladesh with so vast a population is undoubtedly a gigantic task.
(iv) No individual community or organization, not even the govt., is capable of solving this huge problem alone.
(v) It is the social responsibility of all the literate people to make some concerned efforts to remove illiteracy from the society.
(vi) The govt. has already undertaken some important steps in this regard.
12. Re-ordering sentences:
vii+viii+ix+xii+xiii+xiv+x+xi+i+ii+iii+iv+v+vi
13. Paragraph: Try yourself
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Set-12
Read the passage below and answer questions:
British eating habits are very different now from thirty years ago. No longer are tastes confined to roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding (which in fact is not a pudding at all) People travel more and are learning to enjoy food from many different countries. In most towns there are Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants but in big cities you can also eat Japanese, Thai, Korean and Malaysian food. These restaurants are often cheaper than European restaurants and many people find the food more interesting. Indeed supermarkets now offer a wide range of multi cultural, ready to cook foods to try at home. Take away food is also very popular in Britain. Many people think that the idea of take-away meals comes from the USA, but in fact it comes from Britain. The original British take-away meal was fish and chips and there are still fish and chip shops in places, as well as joints that sell fast food like pizzas and hamburgers. In Britain most people use knives and forks for eating. In some countries, for example, China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, people used chopsticks. In many other countries as in the Indian sub-continent, people use their fingers.
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 5
a) What types of dishes were the British confined to in the past?
b) What do the British joints sell?
c) Why do the British go to foreign restaurants in Britain?
d) How have the British people learnt to enjoy different types of food?
e) What do the British and the Chinese use for eating?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 5
Cultural exchange has a great effect on the tradition of a nation. Different aspects of customs change in a cross-cultural setting. The British culture is also overlapping with other cultures. They are losing and gaining in some patterns of behaviour and action. Their (a) — habits are changing as for example. Some people are turning to foreign restaurants and enjoying dishes. Not only are the dishes (b) — but the foods are interesting too. Some people are now fond of (c) — meals like fish and chips and the others are keen on (d) — foods like pizzas and hamburgers. So, some day or other the British may use Japanese (e) — for eating.
7. Summaries the above passage regarding British food habits in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the main causes of changing eating habits of the British. (No. 1 has been done for you). 5
1. traveling by the British —2.—3.—4.—5.—6.
Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-12
5. (a) The British were confined to roast beef , mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding in the past. (b) The British joints sell fast food like pizza and hamburgers. (c) The British go to foreign restaurants because they are cheaper and the food is more interesting. (d) The British have learnt to enjoy different types of food by traveling more and more in many countries. (e) The British use knives and forks and the Chinese use chopsticks for eating.
6. (a) eating (b) cheap (c) take away (d) fast (e) chopsticks
7. Summary: the British are fond of taking different kinds of food. Their tastes are not confined to only their traditional food habit like roast beef, mint sauce and Yorkshire pudding. They are now interested in the foods of other countries like Itally, Japan, Tahailand, Korea, China, Malaysia etc. Take-away food is also very popular to the British. Nowadays they like pizzas and hamburgers excluding their traditional take-away meal like fish and chips.
8. Flow chart:
Set-13
Read the passage below and answer questions:
Shaheed Dr. Shamsuzzoha is considered to be the first intellectual who attained martyrdom during the pre-liberation period of Bangladesh. Following the killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque in prison by the Ayub Khan government on 15 February 1969 (after the failure of the trumped-up Agartala conspiracy case), a flame of protest spread throughout erstwhile East Pakistan. On February 17, Section 144 was imposed on Rajshahi city. The students of Rajshahi University who had joined the protest, took out a procession in violation of Section 144 and were locked in a clash with police in front of the residence of the Principal of Rajshahi Medical College. As a result, several students were injured. On hearing this, Dr. Zoha, a professor of Chemistry and Proctor of the University, rushed to the spot and took the injured students to hospital. Next morning, on February 18, tension grew on the campus. The students were preparing to violate Section 144 again. The armed forces were deployed in front of the University main gate, which was kept locked to prevent the agitating students from going out. The students however started to jump over the gate and to scale the walls. Seeing this the teachers requested the guard on duty to open the gate. Meanwhile the students doused a parked army jeep kerosene and set it on fire. The armed forces started to take up their positions against the students. Dr Zoha repeatedly requested the officers, “Please, don’t open fire, my students will go back now.” But when the army officers refused to pay any heed to him, he declared, “Your bullets will pierce my heart first before they hit any student.” The situation deteriorated further and at one point Dr. Zoha was shot in the back at 11 in the morning. Later, he was bayonet-charged too. Bleeding profusely, Dr. Zoha was taken to Rajshahi Municipal office which was used as a jail by Pakistan Army and was kept untreated there till 3.30 p.m. He was eventually shifted to the operation theatre but he breathed his last at 4 p.m.
5. Write short answers to the following questions.
a) When was section 144 imposed on Rajshahi city?
b) What did the students of Rajshahi University do against section 144?
c) What was the result of the clash?
d) What did Dr. Zoha do hearing the news?
e) What happened as a result of killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 5
The students of Rajshahi University (a) — the imposition of section 144 and (b) — with the police before the residence of the Principal of Rajshahi Medical College. In the clash several students received (c) —. Dr. Zoha (d) — the news and rushed to the spot and took the injured students to hospital. Tension was prevailing high on the campus and the students took (e) — to violence section 144.
7. Summaries the above passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the result of killing Sergeant Zohurul Haque. (No. 1 has been done for you). 5
1. Spreading of a protest through out the Pakistan 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-13
5. (a) On February 17, 1969 section 144 was imposed on Rajshahi city (b) Against section 144 the students of Rajshahi University took out a procession and were locked in a clash with police (c) The result of the clash was that several students were injured. (d) Hearing the news Dr. Zoha rushed to the spot and took the injured students to hospital. (e) As a result of killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque a flame of protest spread through out erstwhile East Pakistan.
6. (a) violated (b) clashed (c) injury (d) heard (e) preparation
7. Summary: Shaheed Dr. Shamsuzzoha, a professor of chemistry and proctor of the Rajshahi University attained the martyrdom during the pre-liberation period of Bangladesh. A flame of protest spread through out erstwhile Pakistan for the killing of Sergeant Zohurul Haque in prison by the Ayub Khan government on 15th February 1969, to protest against the killing the students of Rajshahi University brought out a procession violating section 144 which resulted in a clash between the students and the police. As a result several students were injured. Hearing the news Dr. Zoha rushed to the spot and took the wounded students to hospital. The situation worsened. Tension grew high on the campus. The students went beyond the control of the university authority. The armed forces took up their position. They did not pay heed to Dr. Zoha’s request. Dr. Zoha was shot in the back and was bayonet charged. He embraced death because of heavy bleeding.
Set-14
Read the following passage and answer the questions:
In Bangladesh the retirement age for government employees is 59 years and for university teachers 65 years. In the United Nations the retirement age is 65 years. But this does not mean that after this age people suddenly become useless and unit to work. These people are an asset to society with knowledge that only experience can bring and need to feel useful and want in society. In the developed countries social security is provided by the government in the form of post retirement and old age benefits, so that these people get free medical facilities and can also be economically independent. In Bangladesh, government employees are granted a pension and there are a few facilities at the government hospitals for the old but these are hardly enough. Besides, the majority of our female population does not belong to the working class. They are housewives and are not eligible for any pension or gratuity. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, about 6% of the population of Bangladesh are aged people which came to about 13.3 Million people in 2000. This includes male and female elderly people both from the villages and towns. These people have served their nation and their families through the years. In their old age, it is their right to expect serviced from just in return. Their physical health had started deteriorating and they need as much care and consideration as possible. The government still does not have any system to meet the health and economic needs of this large population. We ourselves however must ensure that the elderly among us are respected and cared for. After all, can we forget that we ourselves are going to grow old one day?
5. Write short answers to the following questions. 5
a) When does a government employee retire in Bangladesh?
b) What is the retirement age limit in the United Nations?
c) Why are the retired people considered an asset?
d) Who do not belong to the working class?
e) What can’t we forget?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words: 5
In the developed countries the government (a) — social security, free medical facilities and other benefits to the retired old people. But in our country the facilities (b) — to the retired persons are not (c) —. They only enjoy a (d) — and a little medical (e) —.
7. Summaries the above passage in five sentences. 5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the benefits a retired person both in Bangladesh and developed countries enjoy. (No. 1 has been done for you). 5
1. In developed countries social securities provided by the
government2.3.4.5.6.
Ans. to the Ques. No. Set-14
5. (a) A government employee in Bangladesh retires at the age of 59 years. (b) The retirement age limit in the United Nations is 65 years. (c) The retired people are considered an asset because their knowledge and experience are useful in the society. (d) The majority of our female population do not belong to the working class. (e) We can’t forget that we ourselves are going to grow old one day.
6. (a) provide (b) given (c) sufficient (d) pension (e) facilities
7. Summary: In Bangladesh a government employee retires at 59 and the university teachers at 65. In the United Nations the retirement age is 65 years. In our country retired persons are considered useless but they are actually asset to the society with their knowledge and experience. They enjoy little benefit. They only enjoy pension. In developed countries the retired persons are provided with social security and other facilities.
8. Flow chart:
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