SUB.CODE:107
Class: Eleven/Twelve
English First Paper
Time: 3
hours
Full marks: 100
[N.B:-
The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
Part-I
1.
Read
the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Kuakata, locally known as Sagor Kannya
(Daughter of the Sea) is a rare scenic spot located on the southernmost tip of
Bangladesh. Kuakata in Latachapali union under Kalapara Police Station of
Patuakhali district is about 30 km in length and 6 km in breadth. It is 70 km
from Patuakhali district headquaters and 320 km from Dhaka. An excellent
combination of the picturesque natural beauty, sandy beaches, blue sky and the
shimmering expanse of water of the Bay of Bengal and the evergreen forest makes
Kuakata a much sought after tourist destination.
The
name Kuakata takes its origin from the story of a ‘Kua’—or well—dug on the
seashore by the early Rakhaine settlers for collecting drinking water. The
Rakhaines had landed on Kuakata coast after being expelled from Arakan by the
Mughals. Following the first well, it became a tradition to dig wells in the
neighbourhood of Rakhaine hemesteads for fresh water supply.
Kuakata
is one of the unique spots which allow a visitor to watch both the sunrise and
the sunset from the beach. That perhaps makes Kuakata one of the world’s most
attractive beaches. The long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural
setting. This sandy beach slopes gently into the Bay and bathing there is as pleasant
as is swimming or diving.
A.
Choose
the correct answer from the alternatives. 1×5 = 5
(a) “Scenic
spot” refers to------
(i)
a place having beautiful natural scenery
(ii) a place decorated with flowers
(iii)
a place full of trees (iv) a place looking like
a desert
(b) The
word “Picturesque” stands for -----
(i)
auditorially impressive (ii) mentally depressive
(iii) visually charming (iv) physically
attractive
(c) Kuakata
------ tourists from home and abroad.
(i)
distructs (ii)
attracts (iii)
retracts (iv) detracts
(d) Drinking
water was not ----- in the neighbourhood of Kuakata.
(i)
inconvenient (ii) free (iii) unavailable (iv)available
(e) “This
sandy beach slopes gently into the Bay “………”
----- What does it imply?
(i)The beach inclines
gradually into the sea (ii)The beach beats a retreat
(iii)
The beach moves away from the sea
(iv) The beach gets
through a test
B.
Answer
the following questions. 2×5 = 10
(a) How
do you differentiate Kuakata from other beaches?
(b) What
features make Kuakata a tourist attraction?
(c) Why
is Kuakata a unique spot?
(d) How
did Kuakata come to be named?
(e) “The
long and wide beach at Kuakata has a typical natural setting.” Do you agree or
disagree with this statement? Give reasons.
2.
Read the following text and make short
notes in each of the boxes in the flow-chart showing the background of
Liberation War. ( No. 1 has been done for you.) 2×5 = 10
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 has happened since and elections have taken place.
3.
Summarise the following text. 10
Beauty is easy to appreciate but
difficult to define. As we look around, we discover beauty in pleasurable
objects and sights – in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of
strangers. But asked to define, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an
independent objective identity? Is it
universal or is it dependent on our sense perceptions? Does it lie in the eye
of the beholder? – we ask ourselves. A further difficulty arises when beauty
manifests itself not only by its presence, but by its absence as well, as when
we are repulsed by ugliness and desire beauty. But then ugliness has as much a
place in our lives as beauty, or may be more – as when there is widespread
hunger and injustice in a society. Philosophers have told us that beauty is an
important part of life, but isn’t ugliness a part of life too? And if art has
beauty as an important ingredient, can it continue itself only to a projection
of beauty? Can art ignore what is not beautiful?
Poets and artists have provided an
answer by incorporating both into their work. In doing so, they have often tied
beauty to truth and justice, so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable
proportion as something that represents some truth about life. John Keats, the
romantic poet, wrote in his celebrated ‘Ode On a Grecian Urn’ ‘Beauty is truth,
truth beauty,’ by which he means that truth, even if it is not pleasant,
becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful forever
remains true. Another meaning, in the context of the Grecian Urn – an art
object – is that truth is a condition of art.
4.
Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable
word from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make any grammatical
changes if necessary. 0.5 × 10 = 5
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show
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Muslims
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people
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barrier
|
flee
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health
|
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new
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atrocities
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recognize
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humanity
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achieve
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persecute
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Some
620,000 Rohingya (a) ––– , a religious and ethnic minority community in
Myanmar,
have (b) ––– to neighboring Bangladesh since August this year. The
United Nations has called the Rohingya the world’s most (c) ––– minority group
and described the (d) ––– by Myanmar’s authorities as “ethnic cleansing”. But
the persecution of the Rohingya is not (e) ––– . Research on the Rohingya
Muslim in Myanmar (f) ––– that this pattern of persecution goes back to 1948 –
the year when the country (g) ––– independence from their British colonizers. The
government of Myanmar does not (h) ––– the Rohingya as citizens. They face many
(i) ––– , including on their movement, access to the economy, education, (j)
––– and other rights.
5.
Fill in the gaps using suitable words.
1×10 = 10
Migration
from Bangladesh to Britain started in 1930s and was (a) ----- a Sylheti (b)
----- . Men of this particular (c) ----- area employed by the British ship
companies first started the process of (d) ----- . These men were (e) -----
illiterate and belonged to the landless (f) ----- . After the World War II, due
to labour shortages, British government (g) ----- labour migration from its
former colonies. The post-war British economy demanded cheap and (h) -----
labour, much of which was (i) ----- from South Asia. Since Sylhet had already
(j) ----- a strong link with the UK, most new labour was drawn from there.
6.
Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1×10 = 10
(a)
My mother separated from my father
does not want me.
(b)
Now she is married to another man.
(c)
I begged him to send me some money
so that I could buy a bus ticket.
(d)
My father lives very far away.
(e)
He hasn’t answered.
(f)
I want to go to him, he won’t take
me either.
(g)
My name is Amerigo.
(h)
I am still waiting.
(i)
She told me to go away.
(j)
I am 13 years old and I live on the
street alone.
Part II
7.
Write a paragraph on “The Uses and Abuses of Mobile Phone”
in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions: – 10
(a)
What is a mobile phone? (b) How
does it function? (c) Who are the users of it?
(d)
What are its uses? (e) What are its abuses?
8.
The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in
your own words. Give a title to it: – 7
One
day a crow stole a piece of meat. It flew away and sat on the branch of a tree.
Suddenly a fox ---------
9.
Suppose, you are a student of class XII. Now, write a
letter to your younger brother advising him to refrain from mobile games.
5
10. The graph
below shows “The number of people living below the poverty line from 1995 to
2010”. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarise the
information given in the graph. 10
11. Write
down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words): – 8
All
people dream, but not equally.
Those
who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake
in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But
the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For
they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And
make them come true.
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