আজকের যায়যায়দিন

Part A-Reading Test (marks-50)

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below: -

Several moral degradation is a crucial problem of mankind which is affecting the meaningful living of human beings. In society, morality-ensures development of the heavenly qualities like love, affection, respect and appreciation for others. It is moral values and institutions which ensure establishment of social peace, order and justice. There is no denying the fact that morality is the best virtue of mankind at any individual, social and global level. Without attaching the essence of morality, a faithful, honest and durable democratic, socio-economic, administrative and judicial institution can never be dreamt of. Social ills and vices, in most cases, occur mainly due to human activities devoid of moral senses. So, it is necessary to develop moral awareness and conscience among the world’s people irrespective of colour, religion and nationality by arranging seminars, symposia at different levels of society to motivate and encourage the people of all strata to accelerate moral uplift from their respective families to social levels.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: 1x7=7

(a)The word ‘accelerate’ stands for-

(i) Essence (ii) Associate (iii) Hasten (iv) Hurl

Ans : (iii) Hasten

(b) What does the phrase ‘meaningful living of human being’ in the 1st line mean?

(i) Living with moral qualities (ii) Living with rejection

(iii) Leading life to frustration (iv) Making our life significant

Ans : (i)Living with moral qualities

(c) Which of the following statements is not true about the hazard of human beings?

(i) Moral values ensure social peace

ii) Morality does not add any value to our life

(iii) Moral decadence is a crucial problem of mankind

(iv) Moral uplift is extremely needed now

Ans : ii) Morality does not add any value to our life

(d) In line 4 it is said, Morality is the best virtue of mankind’. What does the sentence mean?

(i) Morality rejects all human achievements

(ii)Morality is devoid of social ills and vices

(iii) Morality combines all human qualities

(iv) Morality is liked by all great personalities

Ans : (iii) Morality combines all human qualities

(e) In society, morality is the main source of development of the heavenly qualities. Here ‘heavenly’ is a/an-

(i) Preposition (ii) Adverb (iii) Adjective (iv) Noun

Ans : (iii) Adjective

(f) The expression ‘social ills and vices’ means-

(i) Social duties (ii) Crimes in society (iii) Ugliness (iv) Social values

Ans : (ii) Crimes in society

(g) The message of the text is—

(i) Significance of morality

(ii) To make people aware of the social vices

(iii) To hold seminars and debate

(iv) To establish a democratic system

Ans : (i) Significance of morality

2. Answer the following question:

(a) What do you understand by moral degradation?

(b) Social ills and vices occur mainly due to human activities devoid of moral senses. What does the sentence mean?

(c) What are the consequences of lack of morality?

(d) How can develop morality in our society?

(e) Do you think that human begins are heading towards moral degradation? Why/Why not?

Ans : (a) Moral degradation means the act of lowering moral standard to a lower level. It affects the meaningful living of human beings.

(b) The sentence means that moral senses ensure establishment of social peace, order and justice and without these senses there occur social ills and vices.

(c) The consequences of lack of morality are dire. Without morality, a faithful, honest and durable democratic, socio-economic, administrative and judicial institution can never be dreamt of. Social ills and vices, in most cases, occur mainly due to human activities devoid of moral senses.

(d) We can develop morality in our society by creating awareness through arranging seminars,

symposia at different levels of society to motivate and encourage the people of all strata to accelerate moral uplift from their respective families to social levels.

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

“Today there are many jobs where you need English. This is because the world has become smaller. We can talk to a person thousands of kilometers away on the phone or the internet. So we can communicate with the whole world easily. English has made this communication easier.

There are many countries in the world with many languages, but to communicate with them, you cannot use all the languages. So you need a common language that you can use with more or less all the people in the world. English is that common language.

So if you learn English, you have the best opportunity to find a good job, both within and outside the country. And that is good news for millions of our unemployed youths.”

The world is becoming smaller day by day. Now we can (a)________ communication with a person thousands of kilometers away on the phone or the internet. In fact, we can communicate with the whole world with absolute (b)__ . English has made this communication much easier. There are many countries in the world with many languages, but to keep in (c)_ with them, we need a common language. English is that common language, no doubt. So, by (d) _English, we can have the best opportunity to find a good job, both within and outside the country. And that is (e)__ good news for millions of our unemployed youths.

Ans : (a) maintain (b) ease (c) touch (d) learning (e) obviously

4. Complete the following table with the information given in the passage.

Begum Rokeya was born in 1880 in the village of Pairabond, Rangpur district in Bangladesh. Her father Jahiruddin Muhammad Abu Ali Haider Saber was a highly educated Zaminder. Rokeya’s eldest brother Ibrahim Sabar had a great influence on her life. Rokeya wanted to study Bengali, the language of the majority in Bengal. The family disliked this because many upper class. Muslims of the time preferred to use. Arabic and Persian as the media of education. Ibrahim taught English and Bangali to Rokeya.

Rokeya married at the age of sixteen in 1896. Her husband, Khan Bahadur Shakhawat Hussain, was the Deputy Magistrate of Bhagalpur. He was very supportive to Rokeya. In 1909, Shakhawat Hussain died.She was a leading feminist writer and social worker to undivided Bengal during the early 20th century. She is most famous for her efforts on behalf of gender equality and other social issues. She established the first school primarily at Muslims girls, which still exists today. She wrote short stories and novels. Her important books are Sultana’s Dream, Padmarag. She died of heart problems on December 9, 1932. In Bangladesh, 1st December is celebrated as Rokeya day.