প্রিয় শিক্ষার্থী বন্ধুরা, NCTB প্রণীত সর্বশেষ প্রশ্নকাঠামো ও মানবণ্টন অনুযায়ী ১, ২ ও ৩ নং প্রশ্নের জন্য পরীক্ষায় ৩টি Seen Passage থাকবে। সুতরাং পরীক্ষায় একই Passage ১নং বা ২নং বা ৩নং প্রশ্নের জন্য Set করা হতে পারে। তাই অনুশীলনের সুবিধার্থে বিশেষজ্ঞ শিক্ষকগণ ও মাস্টার ট্রেইনারদের পরামর্শ অনুযায়ী একই Passage এর অধীনে ১, ২ ও ৩ নং এর ওপর প্রশ্ন প্রদান করা হল। এগুলো নিয়মিত অনুশীলন করলে উপকৃত হবে, ইনশাআল্লাহ।
Model Test-65
HSC English First Paper
Question with Answer pdf download
Time: 3 hours Full Marks:100
[N.B. The figures in the margin indicate full marks.]
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Part-I: Reading Test (60 Marks)
1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.
Folk music consists of songs and music of a community that are uninfluenced by any sophisticated musical rules or any standard music styles. Bangladesh has a heritage of rich folk music which includes both religious and secular songs.
Folk music may be described as that type of ancient music which springs from the heart of a community, based on their natural style of expression uninfluenced by the rules of classical music and modern popular songs. Any mode or form created by the combination of tune, voice and dance may be described as music. Thus, the combination of folk song, folk dance and folk tune may be called folk music. For example, Baul songs are a combination of tune, music and dance.
Folk music has the following characteristics: (i) It is composed by rural folk on the basis of ancient rules transmitted orally; (ii) These ancient rules of music have not been influenced by classical or modern music; (iii) Folk songs may be sung in groups or individually; (iv) No regular practice is required for folk music; (v) It is composed and performed by illiterate or semi-literate people; (vi) It is a spontaneous expression in easy language, local dialect, and simple tune; (vii) Both words and tune are appealing; (viii) despite its universal appeal it uses local dialect; (ix) It depends upon nature and the rural environment; (x) It is an explicit manifestation of the joys and sorrows of daily life; (xi) It uses simple and natural rhythms; (xii) It contains a strong emotive expression of human love and separation.
In Bangladesh folk music has great variety, with songs being composed on the culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine life. These songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural. Mystical songs have been composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats. Since the country is basically riverine, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music. Folk music is formed and develops according to the environment. Differences in the natural environment are reflected in the people of the different regions. The dialects too vary across the different regions. Bangladeshi folk music therefore varies from region to region. Thus there are the northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs.............
[Unit-14; Lesson-2]
[CB '17; Barisal Cadet College- '16; Ghatail Cant. School & College, Tangail- '16; BAF Shaheen College, Jessore- '16]
বাংলা অনুবাদঃ
লোকসংগীত হচ্ছে কোনো অত্যাধুনিক সংগীত রীতি অথবা কোনো মানসম্মত সংগীত শৈলীর প্রভাবমুক্ত একটি সম্প্রদায়ের গান ও সংগীত। বাংলাদেশের একটি সমৃদ্ধ লোকসংগীত এর ঐতিহ্য রয়েছে যার মধ্যে ধর্মীয় এবং পার্থিব গান উভয়ই রয়েছে।
লোকসংগীতকে সেই সব ধরনের প্রাচীন সংগীত হিসেবে বর্ণনা করা যায় যা একটি সম্প্রদায়ের হৃদয় থেকে উৎসারিত, অভিব্যক্তি প্রকাশে যা নিজস্ব ধরনের উপর প্রতিষ্ঠিত, ধ্রুপদী সংগীত এবং আধুনিক জনপ্রিয় গানের রীতির প্রভাবমুক্ত। সুর, কণ্ঠ এবং নাচের সমন্বয়ে সৃষ্ট যে কোনো ধরন বা রূপকে সংগীত হিসেবে বর্ণনা করা যায়। এভাবে লোকগীতি, লোকনৃত্য এবং লোকসুর এর সমন্বয়কে লোকসংগীত বলা যেতে পারে। উদাহরণস্বরূপ, বাউল সংগীত হচ্ছে সুর, সংগীত এবং নৃত্যের সমন্বয়।
লোকসংগীতের নিচের বৈশিষ্ট্যগুলো রয়েছে: (i) প্রাচীন রীতির উপর ভিত্তি করে এটি গ্রামীণ মানুষ দ্বারা রচিত হয় যা মানুষের মুখে মুখে চলে এসেছে; (ii) সংগীতের এইসব প্রাচীন রীতিগুলো ধ্রুপদী অথবা আধুনিক সংগীতের প্রভাবমুক্ত; (iii) লোকসংগীত দলবদ্ধভাবে অথবা এককভাবে গাওয়া যেতে পারে; (iv) লোকসংগীত এর জন্য নিয়মিত অনুশীলনের প্রয়োজন হয় না; (v) এটি অশিক্ষিত অথবা অর্ধ শিক্ষিত লোকদের দ্বারা রচিত এবং তাদের দ্বারা গাওয়া হয়; (vi) এটি সহজ ভাষা, আঞ্চলিক শব্দ এবং সরল সুরে স্বতঃস্ফুর্ত প্রকাশ; (vii) এর শব্দ এবং সুর উভয়ই আকর্ষণীয়; (viii) এটি আঞ্চলিক শব্দ ব্যবহার করে যদিও এর আবেদন সার্বজনীন; (ix) এটি প্রকৃতি এবং গ্রাম্য পরিবেশের উপর নির্ভর করে; (x) এটি প্রাত্যহিক জীবনের সুখ ও দুঃখের বহিঃপ্রকাশ; (xi) এটি সহজ এবং স্বাভাবিক ছন্দ ব্যবহার করে; (xii) এটি মানুষের ভালোবাসা এবং বিচ্ছেদের একটি শক্তিশালী আবেগী অভিব্যক্তি ধারণ করে।
সংস্কৃতি, উৎসব, জীবনদর্শন, প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্য, নদী এবং গ্রামীণ এবং নদীমাতৃক জীবনভিত্তিক গান নিয়ে বাংলাদেশে লোকসংগীতের বিশাল বৈচিত্র্য রয়েছে। এই গানগুলো সামাজিক বৈষম্য এবং দারিদ্র্য, পার্থিব জগত এবং অতিপ্রাকৃত বিষয় নিয়েও রচিত। নদী এবং নৌকার উপমা ব্যবহার করে আধ্যাত্মিক গানগুলো রচিত। যেহেতু আমাদের দেশ নদীমাতৃক দেশ, তাই ভাটিয়ালি লোকসংগীতের একটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ শাখা। লোকসংগীত পরিবেশ অনুযায়ী সৃষ্টি হয় এবং বেড়ে উঠে। বিভিন্ন অঞ্চলের মানুষের মাঝে প্রাকৃতিক পরিবেশের ভিন্নতা দেখা যায়। ভিন্ন ভিন্ন এলাকার আঞ্চলিক ভাষাও ভিন্ন ভিন্ন হয়। তাই বাংলাদেশের লোকসংগীত অঞ্চলভেদে ভিন্ন ভিন্ন হয়। এভাবেই উত্তরের ভাওয়াইয়া, পূর্বের ভাটিয়ালি এবং দক্ষিণ পশ্চিমের বাউল গানের সৃষ্টি।........
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1☓5 = 5
(a) What could be the closest meaning for 'sophisticated'? [CB '17]
(i) Latest (ii) Old (iii) Last (iv) Past
(b) The word 'heritage' refers to —. [CB '17]
(i) heir (ii) tradition (iii) legitimacy (iv) intimacy
(c) The word 'natural' could be replaced by —. [CB '17]
(i) artificial (ii) spontaneous (iii) deliberate (iv) wanton
(d) Folk music emanates from — of a community. [CB '17]
(i) background (ii) heart (iii) core (iv) inside
(e) The synonym of 'mystical' is —. [CB '17]
(i) dull (ii) material (iii) classical (iv) spiritual
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) The word "sophisticated" means —.
(i) natural (ii) simple (iii) subtle (iv) modern
(g) What is the closest meaning of the word "heritage"?
(i) inheritance (ii) primitive (iii) ancient (iv) primal
(h) Composer of folk music is —.
(i) musician (ii) poets (iii) rural folk (iv) women folk
(i) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'manifestation'?
(i) definition (ii) description (iii) manipulate (iv) demonstration
(j) The word 'material' refers to —
(i) essential (ii) non-spiritual (iii) inessential (iv) spiritual
(k) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'supernatural'?
(i) worldly (ii) spontaneous (iii) natural (iv) immaterial
(l) The word 'region' refers to —
(i) town (ii) village (iii) city (iv) area
(m) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'mystical'?
(i) natural (ii) supernatural (iii) artificial (iv) practical
(n) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'transmit'?
(i) send (ii) receive (iii) accept (iv) acquire
(o) The word 'Oral' means —
(i) written (ii) writer (iii) spoken (iv) speaker
(p) What does folk music manifest?
(i) sorrows of life (ii) joys and sorrows of life
(iii) rivers of a country (iv) love and friendship
(q) What does the word 'dialect' mean?
(i) standard language (ii) literary language (iii) illiterate language (iv) provincial language
(r) The word 'emotive' refers to —
(i) excite emotion (ii) practical feeling (iii) worldly feeling (iv) heavenly feeling
(s) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'secular'?
(i) religious (ii) secured (iii) secret (iv) non-religious
(t) The phrase 'spring from the heart' means —
(i) simple (ii) continuous (iii) romantic (iv) spontaneous
(u) What does the word 'dialect' mean?
(i) foreign language (ii) international language
(iii) local language (iv) difficult
Answer (A):
(a) (i) latest (b) (ii) tradition (c) (ii) spontaneous (d) (ii) heart (e) (iv) spiritual (f) (iii) subtle (g) (i) inheritance (h) (iii) rural folk (i) (iv) demonstration (j) (ii) non-spiritual (k) (iv) immaterial (l) (iv) area (m) (ii) supernatural (n) (i) send (o) (iii) spoken (p) (ii) joys and sorrows of life (q) (iv) provincial language (r) (i) excite emotion (s) (iv) non-religious (t) (iv) spontaneous (u) (iii) local language
B. Answer the following questions. 2☓5 = 10
(a) What do you mean by folk music according to the text? [CB '17]
(b) What does folk music reflect? [CB '17]
(c) How are mystical songs composed of? [CB '17]
(d) What makes the Bhatiyali an important genre? [CB '17]
(e) What are the reasons of great variety in folk music? [CB '17]
❤ Extra Questions:
(f) What does folk music consist of?
(g) How are folk songs sung?
(h) How did the culture and the lifestyle of different tribes influence folk music?
(i) How do Bangladeshi folk music vary?
(j) Which songs do women sing?
(k) What is folk music?
(l) What type of songs are included in Bangladeshi folk music?
(m) What are the names of different folk songs of Bangladesh?
(n) From which source folk music comes?
(o) By which combinations folk music are consisted of?
(p) Which aspects of our folk music do you like?
(q) By whom is it performed?
(r) "It is an explict manifestation of the joys and sorrows of daily life."— Justify this sentence in 2/3 lines.
(s) What do you think about the reason of using local dialect in folk songs despite of having universal appeal?
(t) What do you know about the relationship between folk songs and human life?
Answer (B):
(a) Folk music is the type of ancient music which springs from the heart of a community. It is based on their natural style of expression, uninfluenced by the rules of classical music and modern popular songs.
(b) Folk music reflects the culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers, rural and riverine life.
(c) Mystical songs are one kind of folk song. It is a spiritual song which has been composed of using the metaphors of rivers and boats.
(d) Bhatiyali music is mainly the music of boatmen and fishermen. It is mostly sung in Mymensingh district along the Bahmaputra river. The lyrics are about boating, fishing and rivers. The lyrics make the Bhatiyali an important genre.
(e) Folk music is formed and develops according to the environment. Differences is the natural environment are reflected in the people of the different regions. The dialects too vary across the different regions. That's why, Bangladeshi folk music varies from region to region.
(f) Folk music consists of songs and music of a community that are uninfluenced by any sophisticated music rules or any standard music styles.
(g) Folk songs may be sung individually or in chorus. Folk songs sung individually include Baul. Bhatiyali, Murshidi and Marfati, while songs sung in chorus include Kabigan, Leto, Alkap and Gambhira.
(h) The culture and the lifestyle of the different tribes have also influenced folk music. Tribes like the Santal, Garo, Hajong. Chakma, Manipuri, Tripuri, Marma etc. have interacted with ethnic Bengali culture and lifestyle over the years. The interaction has been clearly reflected in the richness of folk music.
(i) Bangladeshi folk music varies from region to region. The dialects too vary across the different regions. There are the northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs.
(j) Women only sing Bratagan and Meyeli Git. But both men and women participate in the 'roof-beating' songs that are sung while beating down and firming rooftops.
(k) Folk music is a music of a community that are uninfluenced by any sophisticated musical rules or any standard music styles.
(l) Both religious and secular songs are included in Bangladeshi folk music.
(m) The name of different folk songs are Baul, Jarigan, Bhawaiya, Gambhira, Sari, Bhatiyali etc.
(n) The main source of folk music is the heart of a community from which it springs based on their natural style of expression.
(o) Folk music is a combination of folk song, folk dance and folk tune.
(p) The aspects of folk music that I like are the spontaneous expression in easy language, local dialect and simple tune.
(q) It is both composed and performed by illiterate and semi-literate people.
(r) Our folk songs have universal appeal. But these songs are sung in local dialect. I think the reason is of its spontaneity. Moreover folk songs are written and performed by illiterate or semi-literate people who know only their mother tongue.
(s) Folk song normally expresses the incidents of our day to day life. It describes the soorows and joys of our private and national life. So it is rightly said that it is an explicit manifestation of the joys and sorrows of daily life.
(t) There exists a relationship among them. Because folk song is an explicit manifestation of the joys and sorrows of daily life. It contains a strong emotive expression of human love and separation.
2. (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing on what things folk music is composed. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Culture → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
❤ Extra Questions:
(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing some particular characteristics of folk music. (One has been done for you.) 2☓5 = 10
1. Having no influence of modern music on folk music → 2. → 3. → 4. → 5. → 6.
Or, Read the above passage and complete the table below with the given information. 1 × 10 = 10
What Event/Activity Theme/ Why Place
Folk songs (i) .......... the culture festivals, views of life, natural beauty etc.
(ii) .......... representation (iii) ..........
Mystical songs (iv) .......... (v) ..........
Folk music (vi) .......... environment
Bangladeshi folk music being different (vii) ..........
(viii) .......... origin northern part of Bangladesh
Bhatiyali (ix) .......... eastern part of Bangladesh
Baul songs origin (x) ..........
Answer (2):
(i) A flow chart showing on what things folk music is composed is given below:
1. Culture → 2. Festivals → 3. Views of life → 4. Natural beauty → 5. Rivers and rural and riverine life → 6. Social inequality and poverty
(ii) A flow chart showing some particular characteristics of folk music is given below:
1. No influence of modern music → 2. Singing in groups or by individual → 3. Practising it regularly not mandatory → 4. Easy language, local dialect, simple tune → 5. Expressing human love, separation spontaneously → 6. Simple and natural rhythms
Or, (i) composition (ii) Folk songs (iii) social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural (iv) composition (v) using the metaphors of rivers and boats (vi) being formed and developed (vii) from region to region (viii) Bhawaiya (ix) origin (x) southwestern part of Bangladesh
3. Write a summary of the above text. 10
Answer (3):
This passage gives us a clear view on folk music. It is an essential part of Bangladeshi culture. It is ancient and different from modern and classical songs. It is a particular combination of folk songs, dance and tune. It is a spontaneous expression of human love and separation which may be sung in groups or by individuals. The singers of folk songs may be illiterate or semi literate. But they do it from their heart through a very natural way which depends on nature and rural environment.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary. 0.5☓10 = 5
body defenses minor antibody They minor
prevent fatal virus disease which increases
Disease means illness of the body. (a) — are common to human life. Some diseases are (b) — some are fatal. Our (c) — have some antibodies (d) — produce defenses for diseases. Without these (e) —, infections (f) — in human body. When human body fails to (g) —, its called immune deficiency. Immune deficiency diseases result in frequent illness. AIDS is no doubt a (h) — disease. (i) —, causing AIDS, destroys the defenses of victim's body and makes his immune system inactive. Thus, when victim catches (j) — diseases, it becomes fatal due to lack of immune system and the victim dies.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap. 1☓10 = 10
Suruj Jan was a distressed woman. She lost her husband and her (a) — to diseases associated with (b) — and poverty. She is left with the (c) — and the (d) —. Rivers make people like Suruj Jan (e) — and (f) — them to live in poverty. This country is buffeted by (g) — and river (h) —. The (i) — and the waves hit the (j) — repeatedly.
6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. 1☓10 = 10
(i) Shilpi's mother-in-law and neighbours continued to pressurize the couple.
(ii) Now the villagers no longer disturb this couple.
(iii) Shilpi was married off while she was only 15.
(iv) The couple met with a female health care provider.
(v) Her parents just preserved the rural tradition of marrying off daughters at an early age.
(vi) She joined a local empowerment group.
(vii) She informed them about the various family planning options.
(viii) Some of them insulted and criticized them.
(ix) A parent peer then convinced them of the problem.
(x) She married in 2008.
Part-II: Writing Test (40 Marks)
7. Write a paragraph on "Etiquette and Manners" in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions. 10
(a) What do you mean by Etiquette and Manners? (b) Why should we maintain them? (c) Are they universal? (d) Where should we learn them from? (e) How can Etiquette and Manners help us?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. 7
Once upon a time there lived three most intimate friends in a certain village. All the villagers admired their great friendship. One day, the three friends decided ...................
9. Suppose, your elder brother Rafique is a student of the University of Dhaka. Recently he is coming home. Now, write an email to him for bringing some reference books for you. 5
10. The graph below shows the positive and negative use of internet according to the different age group of the users. Describe the graph in at least 80 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the graph. 10
(Negative and Positive use of Internet)
11. Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words). 8
'Out, Out'– by Robert Frost
The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard
And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood,
Sweet-scented stuff when the breeze drew across it.
And from there those that lifted eyes could count Five mountain ranges one behind the other
Under the sunset far into Vermont.
And the saw snarled and rattled snarled and rattled,
As it ran light, or had to bear a load.
And nothing happened: day was all but done,