Border Guard Public School & College, Rangpur f) Begum Rokeya wrote- i) short stories and poems ii) novels and poems Half-yearly Examination-2020 iii) novels and short stories iv) article Subject: English g) Sakhawat Hussain Memorial Girls’ School is- Class : Seven i) a private school ii) government school iii) muslim school iv) non-government school Section-A: Reading test (marks-45) 2. Answer the following questions. 2 4 = 8 Read the passage then answer the question bellow: a. what was Begum Rokeya’s belief? Begum Rokeya(1880-1932) was a famous writer and a social worker.She b. what did she fight for? lived in undivided Bengal in the early 20th century .She believed that c. what kind of family did she come from? women should have the same rights and opportunities as men have in the d. why did Rokeya learn Bangla and English? society.So she fought for their cause throughout her life. Read the following text carefully and answer the questions 3 and 4 Begum Rokeya was born in a village called Pairabondh ,Rangpur in The world is ful of great men.The have come to different places of this 1880.Her father Jahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Haider Saber was an world.Dr Mohammad Shahidullah was one of those who contributed a lot educated landlord.Rokeya was married to Khan Bahadur Sakhawat towards the Bengali language and literature.He was the greatest scholar of th Hussain in 1896.Her husband was the Deputy Magistrate of Bengal.The great scholar was born at 24 Parganas in west Bengal on 10 Bhagalpur,now a district in the Indian state of Bihar.He was very co- July,1885.He passed the entrance Examination in 1904.He obtained his BA operative and always encouraged Rokeya to go on with her activities. degree in 1910,MA in 1912 and BL in 1914.He joined the Uniuersity of Dhaka 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali.He was awarded the Many upper class Muslims of Bengal at that time learnt Arabic and Persian Doctorate degree from Sorbonne University of Paris in 1928.His ‘Bengla as medium of education and communication.But Rokeya had great love Shahitter Katha’ published in 1953at the first well arranged history of for her mother tongue.She learnt Bangla and English from her eldest Bengali literature. In 1966 he was seriously ill and had been in sick bed for brother Ibrahim. about two and half years.The scholar breathed his last on 13 July 1969 in 1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 17=7 Dhaka.We all remember him with gratitude and respect. a. Begum Rokeya fought for- 3. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1 5 = 5 i) democracy ii) independence Dr Mohammad Shahidullah iii) women’s right iv) dependence Dr Mohammad Shahidullah a.......................................... b) Rokeya was born in a - contributed a lot towards i) village ii)town iii) slum iv)city b. ....................................... in 1910, 1912 and 1914 c) Rokeya loved- Sorbonne University honoured him c............................................ i) Hindi ii) English with iii) Bangla iv)Urdu His Bangla Shahitter Katha published d.............................................. d) Sakhawat Hussain’s working place was- at the age of i) Rangpur ii) Pairabandh e.............................................. professor of Sanskrit and iii) Bhagalpur iv) Kolkata Bengali e) Bhagalpur is a district in- i) Bangladesh ii) West Bengal iii) Bihar iv) Rangpur 4. Read the following statements.Write ‘true’ in your answer script if the (j) After some years Alfred Nobel invented dynamite. statement is true.Write ‘false’if the statement is false.If false,write the Part-B:Grammar(marks-25) correct answer. 5 a. Dr Mohammad Shahidullah was born in 18th century. 8. Fill in the gaps with a,an or the and put a cross(x) where no articles b. He started his career in 1921. are needed. 5 c. Dr Mohammad Shahidullah died at the age of 84. English is (a….international language. It is spoken all over d. He obtained the Doctorate Degree from a local university. (b)….world.Almost all nations depend on (c) … language for national and e. He joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer. (d) ….international affairs. In order to achieve higher education in 5. Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. You may need to change (e)….university, we need to learn (f)….English. We cannot imagine our the forms of some of the words. You may need to use one word more life without this (g)….language(h)……English has become(i)….part and than once. .5 10 = 5 parcel of our life. So, English is(j)….must in our life. 9. Choose the correct preposition and fill the gap. 5 avoids times nor and Be/ideal Out, around, of, with ,in ,to ,from he an is he his An ideal student should have some qualities.For example,he I am fond(a)….gardening. So, I have chosen gardening as my hoby. I earns(a)….lessons regularly . He does(b) …quarrel with others and(c) have grown many flower plants (b)….it. I weed (c)….grass and make the ….bad company.He must(d) ….truthful and honest.He (e)….obedient to soil loose(d) ….a spade. I water the plants when necessary. I take great his superiors(f)…….always speaks the trut(g)….never tells a lie(h)…..says care(e) …them. In order to keep my garden safe (f)…the boys, I have put his prayers five(i)….a day.He has (j)…ardent love for his country. a fence(g)….it. My garden is a pride(h)…me. 6. Match the parts of sentences given in column 'A' and 'B' to write five 10.Read the following text and change the sentences as directed. 5 a. Shefa looks very attractive.(Negative) complete sentences. 1 5 = 5 b. She uses cosmetic things.(Passive) Column 'A' Column 'B' c. Music is learned by her.(Active) (a) Honesty i. may not respect him in many causes. d. She practices it regularly.(interrogative) (b) People ii. seems more important to him. e. How sweetly she sings!(Assertive) (c) Speaking the truth iii. is the best policy. 11. Fill in the gaps with right form of verbs in the brackets. 5 (d) An honest man never iv. cannot be inherited. Walking ….(be) the best of all exercises. Everybody….(prefer)walking in (e) This noble virtue v. deviates from the path of truth. the morning. The morning breeze….. (refresh) our brain. So, we 7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole should….(develop) the habit of….(walk) in the morning. story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be 12. Use capitals and punctuation marks where necessary in the following written. 5 text. 5 (a) The Nobel Prize has been given since 1901. whats the matter asked rinas aunt I replied I am afraid I can hear a sound (b) In 1850 Alfred Nobel joined his father's company. can you hear yes i can he replied is it a ghost I asked no its an owl here (c) He earned a lot of money from dynamite business.. aunt replied (d) He was an engineer and chemist. st Part-C:Composition(marks-30) (e) Dr Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833 at Stockholm, 13. Write a dialogue between two friends on the merits and demerits of using Sweden. mobile phone. 10 (f) This award was named after Alfred Nobel and was called 'Nobel 14. Suppose, your name is Tisha. You have a friend in the U S A named Prize'. Sadia. Now compose an e-mail telling her how you enjoyed a picnic and (g) His father Emanuel Nobel was an architect and researcher. send some pictures of it. 10 (h) He had an ammunition business at Leningrad. 15. Write a paragraph on’Our National flag’, 10 (i) He undertook a plan to give an award for encouraging the creative work, for setting up peace in the world. .