Class X
Subject : English First Paper
Time: 3 hrs. Full Marks: 100
Part A : Reading test
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.
In mid-15th century, a Muslim colony was founded in the inhospitable mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast in Bagerhat district by a saint Ulugh Khan Jahan. He was the earlies torchbearer of Islam in the south who laid the nucleus of an affluent city during the reigh of sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah ( 1442-59), then known as ' Khalifatabad' ( present Bangladesh). Khan Jahan adorned his city with numerous mosques, tanks, roads and public buildings. The most spectacular of which is the imposing multidomed mosque in Bangladesh Known as the shat Gambuj Masjid. The stately fabric of the monument stands on the eastern bank of a vast sweet water tank, clustered around by the heavy foliage of a low lying conuntryside characteristic of a seacoast landscape.
The mosque is rooted over with 77 squat domes, including 7 chauchala of four sided domes in the middle row. The vast prayer hall is provided with 11 arched doorways on east and 7 each on north and south for ventilation and light. It has 7 longitudinal aisles and 11 deep bays by a forest of slender stones columns. From these columns spring rows of endless arches, supporting the domes. The arches are six feet in thickness, have slightly tapering hollow and round walls. The interior and the exterior of the mosque give a view of rather plain architecture but the interior western wall of the mosque was beautifully decorated with terracotta flowers and foliage. Besides being used as a prayer hall the mosque was also used as the court of khan Jahan Ali. Now it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and best architectural beauties of Bangladesh.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1x5=5
a) The word ' inhospitable' means-
(i) adverse (ii) having no hospital (iii) having many hospitals (iv) unhygienic.
b) The word ' effluent's is a -
(i) Noun (ii) verb (iii) adjective (iv) adverb
c) What is the adjective of colony.
(i) colonism (ii) colonical (iii) colonically (iv) colony.
d) The mosque has _________ door.
(i) 17 (ii) 11 (iii) 25 (iv) 7
e) Khan Jahan Ali had a __
(i) ruler (ii) preacher (iii) dervish (iv) all of them.
2. Write whether the following statements are true or false. If false, give the correct answer. 1x5=5
a) None but khan Jahan Ali (R) preached Islam all over the country.
b) The tank is on the eastern side of the Shat Gambuj Masjid.
c) All the walls of the mosque was decorated with terracotta flowers and foliage.
d) There are 17 four-sided domes in the middle row.
e) The shat Gambuj Masjid has sixty domes.
3. Fill in each gap in the following passage with a suitable word from the box. There are more words then necessary. .5x10=5
| suitable | previously | spread | established | preacher | rule |
| attractions | wealthy | beautiful | unfavourable | pious | decorated |
Khan Jahan Ali, a (a) _______saint, (b) _______a Muslim colony in Bagerhat district. It was situated in the (c) ______ mangrove forest of the sundarbans near the seacoast. He was the (d) _____ of Islam in the south who (e) _____ the light of Islam among the people of Bagerhat. He founded a (f) ______ city during the (g)_____ of sultan Nasiruddin Mahamud Shah. Bagerhat was (h) ______ called ' Khalifatabad.' The city has been (i) ______ with numerous mosques. There are other (j) ______ of the city for its tanks, roads and public building.
4. Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write a paragraph based on the information about the shat Gambuj Masjid, Bagerhat. Use the clues in the box. Write the information in the correct sequence. It should no exceed 70 words. 5
| monument | architecture | ventilation | attraction | spectacular | decoration | seacoast. |
| | | | | | | |
5. Answer the following questions in your own words. 1x5=5
a) By whom and where was Muslim colony founded?
b) What did Khan Jahan Ali adorh the city with?
c) For what purpose was the mosque used?
d) Where does the Shat Gambuj Masjid stand?
e) How was the interior western wall decorated with?
6. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own, based on the information from the text in A. .5x10=5
There was a famous saint (a) _____ name was khan Jahan Ali. He was a (b) ________ of a Muslim colony in Bagerhat district. With a view to (c) _____ Islam he came to Bagerhat. Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud shah was the (d) _____ ruler of Bengal. He contributed a lot in order to (e) _____ Bagerhat. The saint was a (f) ___ of mankind. Khan Jahan Ali performed many philanthropic (g) _______. The (h) _____ of shat Gambuj Masjid is one of them. It is an (i) _____multimode mosque with (j) _____ beauties.
7. Suppose, you made an excursion in Bagerhat and visited the Shat Gambuj. Write in about 70-80 words about now the mosque attracted you. 5
8. Read the passage in 'A' again. Now write the main ideas of the story in your own words in not more than five sentences. 5
9. Fill in each gap with a suitable word from the box. There are more words than necessary. 1x10=10
| for | objects | noted | to | among | monastery |
| antiquity | from | type | sites | exposed | seen |
Salvan Vihara is a tourist centre (a) ______for (b) ______. It is (c) ____, the most important excavated (d) _____in Mainamati. Excavations have (e) _______ a large paharpur (f) ____ Buddhist (g) ______ and other material (h) _____ datable (i) ______ the 7th (j) ______ 12th centuries AD.
10. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use only one word for each gap. 1x10=10
Shahbag was the garden house of the Nawabs of Dhaka. A wall (a) ____ the garden house (b) ____ security. Shahbaj was the (c) _____ of the social, cultural and (d) _____ activities of Dhaka's (e) ______from the end of the 19th century to the early (f) _____ of the 20th century. In (g) _____ to the family function of the Nawab of Dhaka, receptions were (h) _____ here for welcoming or (i) ______farewell to dignitaries who (j) _____to visit Dhaka.
Part C : Writing test.
11. Read the following table and make ten sentences. 1x10=10
| Friction | be | occur in all homes. |
| It certainly | behaviours are common | causes of friction. |
| It can certainly | try to control | think for themselves |
| There | rebel | teenagers and parents is very common. |
| One obvious reason | is the | transition from dependance to independance. |
| The more the parents | want to | against the ways and thoughts of the older generation. |
| Another source of | between | difficult behaviour of adolescents. |
| Moody and sulky | are many | avoided if parents are wise and tactful. |
| Adolescents | does not | features of the teenagers. |
| They | friction | the more they become rebellious. |
12. Rearrange the following sentences according to sequence and rewrite them in a paragraph. 1x10=10
a) Edision created his first invention, an electric vote recorder, when he was only twenty one years old.
b) After that, Edision concentrated on inventing objects that he expected would be really marketable.
c) The inventions made him both famous and rich.
d) He died in West Orange, New Jerry in 1931.
e) Thomas Alva Edision. the great American inventor was born in a village of Milan in USA. on the 11th of February, 1847.
f) His school master considered him retarded.
g) It did not sell well.
h) He had only three months of formal education during his boyhood.
i) For most of his life, Edison suffered from seriously impaired hearing.
j) He made a series of very useful inventions.
13. Write a paragraph about your idea of 'Grameen Bank'. You must answer the following questions in your paragraph. 10
a) What is the concept of Grameen Bank?
b) Who is the founder of this bank?
c) Who are eligible for getting loan?
d) What are the procedures?
e) Who are responsible for disciplinary activities?
14. Write a letter to your friend advising him not to adapt unfair means in the examination. 10
Or, Write a composition in about 200 words about how you observed last 'Pahela Baishakh'.
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