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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.

‘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 4 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’ (niche in mosque pointing towards Makkah). 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)   What is the closest meaning of ‘heritage’?

        (i) history                              (ii) parentage

        (iii) ancestry                         (iv) tradition

 (b) What does the expression “Our unique source of life and inspiration is our cultural and natural heritage” in the passage mean?

(i)    Our cultural and natural background is full of activities

(ii) We have got our valuable inspiration from our cultural and natural background

(iii) Our life is unique because we are engaged in cultural activities

(iv) Our life is unique because we spread cultural heritage

 (c)  What is the purpose of the passage?

(i)    to narrate the building of lslamic culture

(ii) to show the significance of the Shat Gambuj Mosque

(iii) to tell about the background of the Shat Gambuj Mosque

(iv) to give information about the Shat Gambuj Mosque & Khalifatabad

 (d)  The Shat Gambuj Mosque was declared World Heritage Site in the ¾

        (i) 19^th Century                    (ii) Late 19^th Century

        (iii) 20^th Century                  (iv) Late 20^th Century

 (e)  Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word ‘unique’ used in the passage?

        (i) universal                          (ii) natural

        (iii) general                           (iv) second to none

 (f)   The word ‘inherit’ means ¾

        (i) succeed                            (ii) heritage

        (iii) presume                         (iv) reverse

(g)   What is the synonym of ‘remarkable’?

        (i) remark                              (ii) remarked

        (iii) questionable                 (iv) noteworthy

(h)   What is the contextual meaning of the word ‘monument’?

        (i) tombstone                       (ii) ointment

        (iii) concealment                 (iv) Unlashed

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

(a)   What does ‘World Heritage’ indicate?

(b)   What dominates the planning of the mosque city?

(c)   What did Khan Jahan adorn the city with?

(d)   What makes the mosque “unique”?

(e)   What does heritage mean?

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

        Long ago, a young man lived in a village. He found his life full of problems and sufferings. So he left his house and went to a jungle to live by himself. There he made a nice little hut with wood, bamboo and reeds. He felt very happy there. But one day he found some mice in his hut. The little creatures soon made holes in his blanket. So he brought a cat to kill the mice. The cat needed milk. So he brought a cow. The cow needed grass and hay. So he brought a cowboy. The cowboy needed food. So he took a wife to cook meals, then children were born to them, and the man found himself again in a family. So nobody can live alone. People need food, shelter, companions and cooperation. They need to help each other. And if they live in a family or community, their needs can be fulfilled. Hence living in society can make people good and happy citizens.

        A young man found his life (a) ¾ in the family. So, to live alone, he went to the jungle and made a hut (b) ¾. One day he found his blanket cut by mice. This made him (c) ¾. He had to arrange the (d) ¾ support to solve the problem. Gradually, he found himself in the family again. Actually, a human being cannot live without a companion because he needs help and support from others in society. Only an (e) ¾ or a devil can live alone.

4.     Read the passage and complete the following table with the information given in the passage.                 1´5=5

        Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir was an officer in the Army during the Liberation War of 1971. He was born on 7 March, 1949 at Rahimganj Village under Babuganj Thana in Barisal District. He completed his HSC from Barisal BM College. In 1967, he took admission in the department of Statistic in Dhaka University. On October 5, 1967 he joined the armed forces as a cadet in the Pakistan Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Engineering Corps in 1968. He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 August in 1970. He was an officer in Sector 7 of the Mukti Bahini. He was given the responsibility to fight at the Chapai Nawabganj border in Rajshahi. On 14 December 1971, he was killed in an attempt to break through the enemy defenses on the bank of the Mahananda River. He was buried near Sona Masjid. In recognition of his valor and sacrifice in the Liberation War, Mohiuddin Jahangir was awarded with the highest state honor of Birsrestho.

Who/What	Event/Activity	Where/Place	When
Capt. Mohiuddin Jahangir	born	Rahimganj	(i) ....
He	(ii) ....	Dhaka university	1967
He	joined as a cadet	(iii) ....	1967
He	(iv)....	in the Engineering Corps	1968
He	was killed	on the of Mohananda	(v) ....

5.     Write the summary of the above passage in your own words.     10

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

Column A	Column B	Column C
a.  Democracy means	i.   have right to elect	i.   their representatives.
b.  Democracy	ii.  the rule of	ii.  of democracy.
c.  In democracy, people	iii. is a	iii. of speech.
d.  Free and fair election	iv. encourages freedom	iv. democratic country.
e.  Bangladesh	v.  is the precondition	v.  general people.

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

(a)   Once a poor woman asked a saint whether he could give her any medicine to restore her dead child to life.

(b)   One said, “I have lost my husband.”

(c)   The sorrowful mother went from door to door seeking the mustard seeds but at every door she met with sad replies.

(d)   She returned with a heavy heart to the great teacher and told him the result of her great search.

(e)   He told her that there was only one medicine which could revive her son.

(f)    Another said, “Our youngest child dead last year.”

(g)   Then the saint told her affectionately that she must not think much of her own grief since sorrow and death are common to all.

(h)   He told her to bring a handful of mustard seeds from a house where death had never entered.

Part B : Writing Test (Marks 50)

8.     Write a paragraph on 'A Tea Stall' by answering the following questions.          10

(a)   What is a tea stall?

(b)   What things are sold here?

(c)   Where is it found?

(d)   What sorts of people come here?

(e)   What do the customers do in the tea stall?

(f)    Why is a tea stall a busy place?

(g)   What is its social importance?

9.     Read the beginning of the story. Write 10 more sentences to complete it. Give a suitable title to it. 10

        Once there lived a hare in a forest. A tortoise also lived in a nearby ditch. The hare was very proud of his speed .........

10.  The graph below shows the mobile phone users of Banglalink Telecommunications in Bangladesh from 2004 to 2016. Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. The numbers are shown in millions.                                                10

11.  Suppose you are Khalek a resident of Agrabd, Chittagong. Write a letter to your friend named Malek living in Uzanpur, Moulovibazar, telling him how you spent the summer vacation.                                                    10

12.  Write a dialogue between two friends named Abed and Zaved about the good and bad sides of mobile phones.           10