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Part A : Reading Test (Marks 50)

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.

‘Heritage’ is what we inherit from the past, live with them in the present and then pass on to our children or future generation. Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and natural heritage. When we speak of ‘World Heritage’, it indicates places and sites that we got from the past and pass on to the future generation of the entire world.

The ‘Shat Gambuj Mosque’ in Bagerhat is such a heritage. It became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.

Originally, the historic Mosque City was known as ‘Khalifatabad’. It is situated at the outskirts of Bagerhat town- not very far from the dense mangrove forest of the Sundarbans. Khalifatabad was a Muslim colony. It was founded by the Turkish general, a saint warrior Ulugh Khan Jahan in the 15^th century. The infrastructure of the city reveals significant technical skills in many mosques as well as early Islamic monuments. Baked bricks were used for the construction of the buildings. The planning of the city was distinctly dominated by Islamic architecture and the decorations were a combination of Mughal and Turkish architecture.

Khan Jahan built a network of roads, bridges, public buildings and reservoirs to make the city habitable. There were about 360 mosques in the city. Among them the most remarkable is the multi-domed Shat Gambuj Mosque. The mosque is unique in the sense that it has 60 pillars that support the roof, with 77 low height domes. The towers at 4 corners have smaller domes on the roof as well. The vast prayer hall has 11 arched doorways on the east and 7 each on the north and south for light and ventilation. It has 7 aisles running along the length of the mosque and 11 deep curves between the slender stone columns. These columns support the curving arches created by the domes. The thickness of the arches is 6 feet and have slightly narrowing hollow and round wall.

The west wall in the interior has 11 ‘mihrabs’. These mihrabs are decorated with stonework and terracotta. The floor of the mosque is made of brick. Besides being used as a prayer hall, Khan Jahan used the mosque as his court too. Today, it is one of the greatest tourist attractions and one of the best architectural beauties of Bangladesh.

1.     Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.      1´7=7

(a)   The word 'slender' stands for ¾

        (i) thick          (ii) wide         (iii) modest   (iv) lean

(b)   The breadth of the arches is ¾

        (i) 3 yards     (ii) 4 yards    (iii) 5 yards   (iv) 2 yards

(c)   Which of the following describes Khan Jahan Ali best ¾

        (i) kind           (ii) warrior     (iii) pious  (iv) philanthropic

(d)   Which of the following statement(s) is true about Khan Jahan Ali ¾

        (i) He was an Afghan warrior

        (ii) He built some bridges only

        (iii) He is of Bangladeshi parentage

        (iv) His philanthropic activities have immortalized him

(e)   A Muslim colony was founded near the seacoast in Bagerhat was a ¾

        (i) barbarous place              (ii) desolate place

        (iii) welcoming place          (iv) crowded place

(f)    In the passage the word 'unique' is a/an ¾

        (i) noun         (ii) verb         (iii) adjective (iv) adverb

(g)   The word 'dense 'means ¾

        (i) apparent  (ii) evident    (iii) slim    (iv) impenetrable

2.     Answer the following questions.                    2´5=10

(a)   What do you mean by heritage?

(b)   Why did Khan Jahan Ali do to make the city livable?

(c)   When and where was the Muslim colony founded?

(d)   "The vast prayer hall served different purposes." Explain it in 2/3 sentences.

(e)   Why is shat Gambuj Mosque a World Heritage Site?

3.     Read the following text and fill in each gap below with a suitable word based on the information of the text.             1´5=5

        The advantages of the Internet technology have made it possible to emerge a good number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks. At present, Facebook is the most popular. Google+, Twitter, Linkedin, etc. are other frequently used social services. These services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village.

        Social networks are expanding so fast because most of the social services are cost free. We can make use of them free or paying a very little to our internet service provider. Secondly, we can make our personal profile public before the entire online community. It is simple and easy. Thirdly, social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Fourthly, networks allow users to post blog entries. User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herself decides over the number of visitors/viewers and what information should be shared with others.

        With the blessing of the internet technology, a good number of websites (a) ¾ to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These websites (b) ¾social networking services or social networks. Paying a very little to the internet service provider, anyone (c) ¾ interests and activities across the borders. There are a number of reasons behind so quick a/an(d) ¾ of the social networking services. The main reason is that most of the social services are cost-free. Anyone (e) ¾ them free, paying a very little to the internet service provider.

4.     Read the passage on different types of mammals. Complete the following table with information from the passage.           1´5=5

        Mammals are animals with fur that feed their babies on milk. Many pets and farm animals are mammals including dogs, cats, rabbits, cows and sheep. Men are mammals too. Bats are the only mammals that can fly. They also have such good hearing that they can fly in the dark. They live on moths, mice or soft fruits. The Cheetah is the fastest mammals. It can run faster than 60 miles an hour. Cheetah eats flesh of other animals. Most mammals have four legs and a tail. But mammals like dolphins and whales have fins and flippers instead of legs and they live in water. Dolphins love of leap out of the water and splash back in. They chase after food such as fish. The biggest whales for example humpback have a mouth full of comb-like plates to sieve out their food from the water. They mostly eat tiny shrimps called Krill.

Mammals
Aim	Representing various (i) ..... of mammals with their biological traits.
Animals	Types	Habitat/ Location	Characte-ristics	Food	other special traits
Bats	mammals	land	can fly in the dark	(ii) ....	having good hearing
Cheetah	mammals		the fastest mammal	eats the flesh of other animals	(iii) .....
Dolphins	mammals	(iv) .....	love to leap out of the water and splash back in	fish	having gins and flippers instead of legs
Whales	mammals	water	to sieve out their food from the water	(v) ....	having fins and flippers instead of legs

5.     Write a summary of the passage in your own words.     1´10=10

6.     Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A', 'B' and 'C' to write five complete sentences.              1´5=5

Column A	Column B	Column C
a. Rohinga crisis	i.   these ill-fated people are migrating to Bangladesh as	i.   killing of thousands of innocent Rohinga Muslims
b. The crisis arises from	ii.  instigates the crisis and	ii.  bedimmed the humanity
c.  The brutal Burmese Janta	iii. is a pressing problem	iii. our Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been endowed with the title of 'The Mother of Humanity'
d. For saving lives	iv. Bangladesh has attracted the attention of the world community and	iv. for Bangladesh in the recent times
e.  Giving shelter, providing foods and clothing	v.  geo-political, racial and communal factors and	v.  it is a safe abode for these refugees

7.     Put the following parts of the story in correct order to rewrite the whole story.    1´8=8

(a)   He sat on the doorstep of his house looking out on the public streets.

(b)   At that time some passers-by were walking along the street and they were greatly astonished.

(c)   Socrates' wife used to lose her temper on the slightest excuse.

(d)   She went up to him with a bucket full of water and poured the water on him.

(e)   One day, the woman became more furious than ever and began to insult him.

(f)    She thought that her husband was not paying the least heed to her.

(g)   This made his wife more furious.

(h)   Socrates could not tolerate this and so he went out of the room.

Part B : Writing Test (Marks 50)

8.     Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on 'A Railway Station'.    10

(a)   What is a railway station?

(b)   What do passengers do there?

(c)   How are the buildings of a railway station?

(d)   What type of people are generally found in a railway station?

(e)   How do passengers feel in a railway station?

9.     Read the beginning of a story. Add at least ten new sentences to a complete story.               10

        Rina works in a rich man's house. The housemaster is very good in temper but the housemistress is totally different. She always irritates Rina on the slightest excuse. One day it happened that ......

10.  The chart below shows the 'Population Growth Rate' of Bangladesh from 2008 to 2014. Describe the chart in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the chart.                10

     

11.  Suppose you are Lina/Liton. Now, write an e-mail to your brother/sister on what you intend to do after SSC examination.                                                                                          10

12.  Write a dialogue between you and your friend about the bad effects of unfair means in the exam.           10