Meherjan Lives in a Slum in the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment
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According to the revised syllabus for SSC Exam-2021 SSC Model Test-011 set Anti-climax Time : 2.30 hours English 1st paper Full Marks : 100 [N.B.- The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions.] Part- A : (Reading Test) Marks-50 Read the passage. Then answer the questions No. 01 and 02: Meherjan lives in a slum in the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her polythene-roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45 but looks more than her age. In front of her shelter, she is trying to make fire to cook the day’s only meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds some fallen leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing flames remind Meherjan of the turmoil in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had everything__a family, cultivable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna gradually consumed all her landed property. It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to devour Meher’s house, trees, vegetables garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness. There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers, some of whose banks overflow or erode during monsoon. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villagers are threatened by the mighty rivers like Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can’t take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year. 01.Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 110=10 ( a) Meherjan is an embodiment of--- (i) rich people (ii) affluent families (iii) poverty stricken persons (iv) aristocratic people (b) The word ‘unsteady’ in the passage does not stand for--- (i) unsteady (ii) quiet (iii) restless (iv) continuous (c) ‘Dancing flame’ used in the passage refers to--- (i) a traditional form of folk music (ii) flames that make people dance around them (iii) flames that are made unstable by the blast of air (iv) flames made by people to remember their past (d) In which season is river erosion mostly likely to occur? (i) summer (ii) autumn (iii) winter (iv) rainy season (e) ‘Meherjan had everything’ refers to Meherjan’s --- (i) solvency (ii) poverty (iii) scarcity (iv) insolvency (f) The phrase ‘whispering wind’ in the passage means--- (i) wind that blows from across the river (ii) wind that blows with a hissing sound (iii) wind that helps someone make fire (iv) wind that blows in summer (g) How many people become homeless every year due to river erosion? (i) nearly 10 thousand (ii) minimum one crore (iii) minimum 100 thousand (iv) at least one million (h) What has crippled Meherjan’s dreams and happiness? (i) Whispering wind (ii) Greedy Jamuna (iii) Cruel society (iv) Her husband (i) What is the dangerous consequence of climate change? (i) Cruel hunger (ii) River erosion (iii) Landed property (iv) The course of nature (j) “She is only one left to live with the loss and pain.”-Here the ‘loss and pain’ means--- (i) Meherjan is quite happy. (ii) Meherjan is hoping to see happiness. (iii) Meherjan has lost her husband. (iv) Meherjan’s turmoil of life. 02. Answer the following questions. 26=12 (a) Where does Meherjan live? (b) What does Meherjan use to make fire for cooking her meals? (c) How does Meherjan lose her property? (d) How do you know that Meherjan was solvent in her life? (e) Why is the phrase ‘greey Jamuna’ used to describe the river? Explain the greed you notice in the text. (f) What is the main cause or reason of river erosion? When does it occur most? 03. Read the passage carefully and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text:- 1×5=05 Sohan lives in a village in the south-west part of Bangladesh. Last night he could no sleep. His sister had her SSC exam next morning. She could not read either. There was load-shedding. The summer night being muggy and hot, life became hell without electricity. Most of their area remained dark for hours due to power shortage. In May-June, temperature shoots up to 40 degree Celsius. With almost 90 percent of humidity in the atmosphere, it becomes all wet, damp and sticky. When you are busy fanning yourself all the time, how can you concentrate on studies? In the night it is impossible to sit down to study with a candle light or table lamp or hurricane lamp or kerosene lamp. People simply come out of houses almost bare-bodied and sit in the open places. Sohan’s villagers suffer (a) ---- load-shedding. His sister could not (b)---- well last night due to load-shedding. The whole area remain in (c)---- at night. When the temperature rises up to 40 degree Celsius, people used to come out homes (d) ---- bare-bodied. Students (e) ---- not concentrate on their studies. Read the passage on George Washington and answer the following questions No. 4 and 5:- Munshi Abdur Rouf was a Lance Nayek in East Pakistan Rifles during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was born on 1 May, 1943 at Salamatpur village under Boalmari Thana (current Madhukhali Thana) in Faridpur district. Rouf had to stop his education at his eighth grade. He joined the East Pakistan Rifles on 8 May, 1963. He had to increase his age three years in order to get the job. After the preliminary training at the EPR Camp at Chuadanga, Rouf went to West Pakistan to receive advance training. He was enlisted in the East Bengal Regiment in November 1963 and was attached with a regular infantry unit during the war of liberation. Munshi Abdur Rouf embraced martyrdom on 18 April, 1971 at Kurighat in Chattogram Hill Tracts after causing extensive damage to Pakistan Army with his MG and forcing them to retreat. He was buried at Naniarchor Upazilla in Rangamati district. He was awarded Birshreshtha, which is the highest recognition of bravery in Bangladesh. 04. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage:- 16=06 The biography of Munshi Abdur Rouf Highest recognition (i) ------- Who What/Event Time/When Where/Place Munshi Abdur Rouf Birth place (ii) ---- He joined (iii) ------ The East Pakistan Rifles He enlisted in 1963 (iv) ----- He (v) ----- 1971 At Kurighat in Chattogram Hill Tracts (vi) ----- Awarded Birshreshtha in independent Bangladesh 05. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10 06. Match the parts of the sentences given in column A , B and C to write five complete sentences: 1×7=07 A B C (a) Bangladesh is blessed (i) an Ecologically Critical Area (i) and Kulaura railway to the west. (b) Hakaluki Haor is (ii) the Kushiara River to the north (ii) open water resources. (c) With a vast land area, it (iii) one of the major (iii) in April 1999 by the govt. (d) This haor was declared (iv) with huge inland (iv) containing 238 interconnecting beels. (e) It is bounded by (v) supports a rich biodiversity (v) on this haor. (f) Nearly 190,000 people (vi) a complex ecosystem (vi) and provide livelihood for people. (g) The haor is (vii) directly and indirectly (vii) wetlands of Bangladesh. Part- B : (Writing Test) Marks-50 07. Write a paragraph on “Your favourite person” in about 150 words answering the following questions: (a) Who is your favourite person? (b) Why do you prefer him? (c) What qualities of that person attract you? (d) How do you follow him? (e) What do you learn from his life? (f) What role has he played in your personal 14 life? (g) What’s your comment on whom you like most? 08. Read the beginning of a story. Add at least ten new sentences to complete the story. Give a suitable title to it. 12 Once there lived an old farmer in a village. He had three sons. They always quarreled with one-another. The old farmer was very unhappy. He advised his sons not to quarrel. But they did not listen to him. One day he ….. 09. Suppose, you are Nohas/Nova. Your mother is ill and it needs to take her to a hospital immediately. Your father who is working in a city. Write an e-mail to your father informing him about your mother’s condition and request him to return home urgently. 12 10. Suppose you are Niloy/Nila and you have enjoyed a ODI cricket match recently. Write a dialogue between you and your friend Abir/Abida about the match you enjoyed. 12 .