2nd Terminal Examination-2016

Class: IX; Sub: English 1st Paper

Part-A: Writing Test Paper (Marks-50)
Time : 3 hours Full Marks: 100
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
The general notion about street children is, as it were, they are born in street, brought up in street and die in street.
They are flourished with so called names like ragamuffin, foundlings, Tokais, waits and stray, rootless children
and so on. Begging, stealing, cheating and doing the manual jobs are the ways of their livelihood. Among them
more reasonable street boys work as garbage collectors , porters , helpers of tempos and buses , table boys in the
tea stalks and hotels and also do many other odd jobs in many places.
How cruel the world is to them! They are bereft of all fundamental rights, parents' affection and even fellow
feelings. The entire shelter under the open sky is their only living abode whether in cold, hot or rainy atmosphere.
Luckily, some of them live in the way side shanties, or in the makeshift houses of houses of the slum. Likewise
they have to bear the brunt of tiresome drudgery of day to day life.
The universe of the same Supreme Being is full of people with lots of asset, property, and support. But nobody
else is there to help them. As human beings they deserve equal rights to be worthy members of the world. People
in general and government take all out measures to ensure a better life for the rootless; otherwise they will become
trouble maker and cause immense harms to the society. All and sundry have to bear in mind that '' while the root
less laugh in satisfaction the whole world will laugh anew.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 17=7

a. Which of the following has the closest meaning of the phrase street children used in line
i) Street boys ii). Street urchins
iii). Street beggars iv) Street peddlers
b. What does the expression ''bereft of line 1 of the second paragraph mean?
i) Devoid of ii) Different from
iii) The same as iv) Devoted to
c. Which of the following phrases describe the street children best?
i). born in street ii). brought up in the street
iii). die in the street iv). born, brought up and die in street
d. which of the following best describes the similarity between foundlings an tokais?
i). They are different in nature of jobs ii). They are the same but different in names
iii). They are alike but do not help each other iv). They are from different countries
e. which of the following statement(s) is/ are true about street children?
i). Everybody helps them ii). They get parents affection
iii). They get fellow feelings iv). They are
f. what is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
i). to make people aware of the duties to the street children
ii). to criticize the street children
iii). to show the miseries of the street children
iv). to highten the sumptuous life of street children
g. The word makeshift means
i). easy to move
ii). small
iii). fragile
iv). unhygienic

2. Answer the following questions 25=10

a. From your reading of paragraph 1 of the passage, give an example of the general notion about street
children.
b. They are bereft of all fundamental rights. Who are they? What are the rights they are bereft of?
c. Where and how do they lead their lives?
d. What if the street children fail to lead a better life?
e. Do you think that the street children should be bereft of their rights? Why or why not? Explain.
3. Wite a summar y of the passage in no more than 80 to 90 words 10
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions 4 and 5.
Dr Qudrat-E-Khuda was born in Birbhum, west Bengal in1900. He passed the matriculation examination at the
age of 18, from Calcutta Madrasha. He obtained M.Sc degree from London University in 1927. He obtained the
D.Sc degree from London University after two years of getting M.Sc degree. At the age of 72, he was made
Chairman of the National Eduacation Commission after the independence of Bangladesh. He was appointed
visiting professor of Dhaka University in 1975 and served there till his death in 1077. The government of
Bangladesh honoured him with Ekushe Padak in 1976 and after eight years of getting this, he was awarded with
Swadhinata Dibas Puraskar.

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage. 15=5
Who/ what Event/activity Where/place year
Dr Qudrat-E-Khuda Passed matruculation i. -----
He ii. ---- Dhaka university
He iii. ---- 1972
Swadhinata Puruskar iv. ---- 1084
He breathed his last v. ----

5. From your reading of the above passage fill in the blanks with suitable words. Use one word only in each
blank. 15=5
Dr qudrat-E-Khuda is a (a)___name in our country. He was famous for his outstanding (b)____to science. He was
made the Chairman of National Education Commission of(c)____ in 1972. He was also (d)____ a visiting
professor at Dhaka University. He was (e) ____Ekushe Padak in 1976.

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column A and column B to write five complete sentences. There
are more parts of sentences in column B than required. 15=5
Column A Column B
(a) Bureaucracy is the government i. section of her government the
(b) Bureaucracy in its most general sense, executive, the legislative and the
describes judiciary.
(c) To function well every nation as well as the ii. comprises of politicians.
government has three iii. are salaried officials
(d) The legislative predominantly iv. lack any respect or its activities
(e) The executive has both the politicians and v. civil servants or bureaucrats and the
the judiciary is a purely bureaucratic
organization.
vi. conducted by paid officials
vii. a way of organizing the activities of any
institution so that it functions efficiently
and impersonally.

7. Put the following parts of the stosry in correct order to rewrite the whole story. 18=8
a. But the corporal, full of dignity, did nothing but stood by and shouted orders.
b. Are you said the officer.
c. Presently an officer not in uniform rode up.
d. Hello, he said to the corporal, why dont you lend your men a hand to get that beam up?
e. He then getting down from his horse, worked very hard to put the beam to its place and the man was none other
than Washington himself.
f. Dont you know that I am a corporal?
g. There were too few man for the work.
h. In the Americana war of independence, a corporal and a party of soldiers were sent to raise a heavy beam for a
battery
8. Answer the following questions to write a paragraph on Importance of Media in our Life You should
write about 250 words. 10
i) What does Media stand for?
ii) What are the types of media?
iii) Cite the good sides of media.
iv) Cite the adverse sides of media in our national life.

9. Write the beginning of the following story complete the story with a suitable title. 10
One sunny morning a boy of eleven years was tending cattle by the side of a railway line. Suddenly he noticed that
a small railway slipper was about to collapse. A little while later, he remembered that a mail train was supposed to
cross in about half an hour.......
10. The pie chart below shows the percentages of types of transportation used by 800 students to come to
school Describe the chart in 150 words. 10

Walking
15%

Bus
30%
Bi-Cycle
45%

Car
10%

Types of Transportation

11. Suppose, you are Latif / Latifa living at Shisutala, Comilla and a student of Alacrity School & College. Your
friend Nabil/Nabila living at kaptai, Chittagong. He/she wants to know about the co-curricular activities of your
school.
Now write a later to your friend informing him or her about the co-curricular activities of your school.
10
12. Write a dialogue between Setara and Nirvana on the importance of sound railway communication in
Bangladesh. 10