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Weekly Exam / JSC / MAY / 19
Subject : English 1st & 2nd Paper
Marks : 34 Time : 50 Minutes
Read the passage and answer to the questions. (4 & 5)
Lord Byron was an English poet who lived from 1788 to 1824. His father, Captain John Byron, dies only three years after his birth. At the age of ten, after the death of his grand uncle, he inherited the family title and estate. Byron attended a number of schools for his education and received his M.A. degree from Cambridge in 1808. Byron left England in 1816, never to return and travelled to Geneva. His first collection of poems ‘Honours of Idleness’ appeared in 1807. Byron avenged himself in 1809 with his satire ‘English and Scotch Reviewers’. He published two parts of ‘Child Harold’ in March, 1812 which made him famous. The third part of ‘Child Harold’ was published in 1816 and fourth part 1818. In 1817 he compiled and published an American Dictionary. The first two parts of ‘Don Juan’ were published in 1819 and by 1823 the poem was published completely in six separate volumes. Apart from his literary career, in 1809 he took his seat in the house of Lords. In 1824 he formed “Byron Bridge” and gave large sums of money to the insurgent Greeks. But before any serious military action against the Turkish, he died.
4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1×5=5
Educational position/event Institution Achievement Year
M.A (i)……… M.A degree in 1808
Compose (ii)………… in 1807
Compiled and published An American Dictionary (iii)….
(iv)………… in the House of Lords in 1809
(v)………….. formed in 1824
5. Write True or False. If false, give the correct information. 1×5=5
(a) Byron’s Grand uncle died after ten years of his birth.
(b) Byron left England in 1816 in order to return.
(c) In 1817 he assembled an American Dictionary.
(d) Byron Brigade was made in 1824 under his guidance.
(e) Lord Byron financed insurgent Greeks.
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 6 and 7.
Kazi Nazrul Islam is our national poet. He is also a musician and revolutionary. He was always against fascism and oppression. He came of a poor family in 1899, west Bengal, India. At his six, Nazrul was admitted at a local Maktab to receive religious education from there. He lost his father at the age of eight. And after his father’s death, he worked as muezzin at a local mosque. At the age of eleven, Nazrul showed his poetic genius which made him out going in nature. At the age of eleven, Nazrul fled away from home to Asansol, Bihar and became a backer’s boy. A Muslim sub-Inspector of police took this extra-ordinary boy to his village home in Mymensingh. From there, Nazrul went back to Asansol and joined a local Darirampur High School. When Nazrul was a boy of class ten, the World War 1 broke out and he joined the army at the age of nineteen. After the war he returned from the battle and began to write famous poem “Bidrohi” was published in 1920. He was put into jail for writing a poem called ‘Agnibina’, but he did not stop writing. At the age of twenty two, Nazrul edited the bi-weekly paper “Dhumketu”.
6. Complete the following table below with information from the above passage. 5
Name of the events Places Year
Nazrul was born (i)…………
Admission in a Maktab (ii)……..
Showing poetic genius (iii) ……….
(iv)……………… 1910
(v) ……….. In 1920
7. Write true or false. Give answers for the false statements. 5
(a) Kazi Nazrul Islam was rebellious poet
(b) He wrote poems and songs
(c) He took part at liberation war of Bangladesh.
(d) Bidrohi was jailed for writing Bidrohi
(e) Dhumketu was daily newspaper
8. Add suffix, prefix or both with the root words underlined in the text. 0.5×8=4
An (a) healthy man leads a (b) pain life. He cannot enjoy (c) happy. He suffers both (d) physical and (e) mental. He passes his days with (f) happy. His life is very (g) misery. He is (h) active too.
9. Write a paragraph on “ _____________________________” 10
Weekly Exam / JSC / MAY / 19
Subject : English 1st & 2nd Paper
Marks : 34 Time : 50 Minutes
Read the passage and answer to the questions. (4 & 5)
Lord Byron was an English poet who lived from 1788 to 1824. His father, Captain John Byron, dies only three years after his birth. At the age of ten, after the death of his grand uncle, he inherited the family title and estate. Byron attended a number of schools for his education and received his M.A. degree from Cambridge in 1808. Byron left England in 1816, never to return and travelled to Geneva. His first collection of poems ‘Honours of Idleness’ appeared in 1807. Byron avenged himself in 1809 with his satire ‘English and Scotch Reviewers’. He published two parts of ‘Child Harold’ in March, 1812 which made him famous. The third part of ‘Child Harold’ was published in 1816 and fourth part 1818. In 1817 he compiled and published an American Dictionary. The first two parts of ‘Don Juan’ were published in 1819 and by 1823 the poem was published completely in six separate volumes. Apart from his literary career, in 1809 he took his seat in the house of Lords. In 1824 he formed “Byron Bridge” and gave large sums of money to the insurgent Greeks. But before any serious military action against the Turkish, he died.
4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 1×5=5
Educational position/event Institution Achievement Year
M.A (i)……… M.A degree in 1808
Compose (ii)………… in 1807
Compiled and published An American Dictionary (iii)….
(iv)………… in the House of Lords in 1809
(v)………….. formed in 1824
5. Write True or False. If false, give the correct information. 1×5=5
(a) Byron’s Grand uncle died after ten years of his birth.
(b) Byron left England in 1816 in order to return.
(c) In 1817 he assembled an American Dictionary.
(d) Byron Brigade was made in 1824 under his guidance.
(e) Lord Byron financed insurgent Greeks.
Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 6 and 7.
Kazi Nazrul Islam is our national poet. He is also a musician and revolutionary. He was always against fascism and oppression. He came of a poor family in 1899, west Bengal, India. At his six, Nazrul was admitted at a local Maktab to receive religious education from there. He lost his father at the age of eight. And after his father’s death, he worked as muezzin at a local mosque. At the age of eleven, Nazrul showed his poetic genius which made him out going in nature. At the age of eleven, Nazrul fled away from home to Asansol, Bihar and became a backer’s boy. A Muslim sub-Inspector of police took this extra-ordinary boy to his village home in Mymensingh. From there, Nazrul went back to Asansol and joined a local Darirampur High School. When Nazrul was a boy of class ten, the World War 1 broke out and he joined the army at the age of nineteen. After the war he returned from the battle and began to write famous poem “Bidrohi” was published in 1920. He was put into jail for writing a poem called ‘Agnibina’, but he did not stop writing. At the age of twenty two, Nazrul edited the bi-weekly paper “Dhumketu”.
6. Complete the following table below with information from the above passage. 5
Name of the events Places Year
Nazrul was born (i)…………
Admission in a Maktab (ii)……..
Showing poetic genius (iii) ……….
(iv)……………… 1910
(v) ……….. In 1920
7. Write true or false. Give answers for the false statements. 5
(a) Kazi Nazrul Islam was rebellious poet
(b) He wrote poems and songs
(c) He took part at liberation war of Bangladesh.
(d) Bidrohi was jailed for writing Bidrohi
(e) Dhumketu was daily newspaper
8. Add suffix, prefix or both with the root words underlined in the text. 0.5×8=4
An (a) healthy man leads a (b) pain life. He cannot enjoy (c) happy. He suffers both (d) physical and (e) mental. He passes his days with (f) happy. His life is very (g) misery. He is (h) active too.
9. Write a paragraph on “ _____________________________” 10
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