Fazil Degree (PASS) 2nd Year English Question

FAZIL DEGREE (PASS) SECOND YEAR EXAMINATION, 2020

ENGLISH (COMPULSORY)

Subject Code : 204

Time-3 hours

Full marks-100

 

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Writing is one of the most marvelous things ever invented by man. Indeed, our present civilization depends largely upon writing. But for it, the nations of the world would at this very moment know little about one another and would still be in state of ignorance and semi-savagery.

Who was the creator of this marvelous invention? Some cavemen most likely, a man in appearance more like an ape; yet a man who was filled with the desire to make some lasting record of the strange things he saw about him. This man was also the world’s first artist, for the first writing was picture writing took the form of picture of the bears and stags and other animals which lived in the forest round the caveman’s home.

 

How we know this, you may ask. The answer is, in certain parts of the world, there are caves, on the walls of which such pictures may be seen drawn and painted thousands of years of ago. These ancient cavemen had minds like small children’s just as the will draw pictures of houses and cows and men and women long before they learn to write.

1. (a) Answer the following questions:

(i) Why is writing considered one of the marvelous inventions of man?

(ii) Who invented writing and what form did it take?

(iii) Why is our present civilization indebted to the creation of writing?

(iv) What is the importance of writing?

(v) What is the purpose of inventing writing?

 

B. Change the following words as directed into the bracket (any five) :

Marvelous (verb), largely (verb), nation (adjective), write (noun), appearance (verb), creator (verb), ignorance (adjective).

 

(c) Write a summary of the above passage.

2. Suppose you are the Principal of a madrasah. Write a notice asking the students to submit their names to take part in the debate competition.

Or,

Write a report on the condition of the dengue fever taking into consideration the number of the patients already hospitalized and so forth.

 

3. Write an application to the authority for immediate arrangement for covid-19 vaccination in your locality.

Or,

Write a letter to your younger brother advising him about the bad effects of wasting time in facebook.

 

4. Write a paragraph on any one of the following:

(a) Tree Plantation

(b) CORONA VIRUS

(c) Online Class

 

5. Write an essay on any one of the following:

(i) Students and Social Services

(ii) Climate Change

(iii) Use and Abuses of Facebook

 

6. Fill in the blanks in the following sentences (any five) :

(a) Masud burst—- tears at the sad news.

(b) He was deprived—-his property.

(c) Don’t loiter—- the street.

(d) Pen through—- line.

(e) There are—- ten thousand people in our village.

(f) Everyone should abstain—– stealing.

(g) A postman is familiar—- the people.

 

7. Complete the following sentences (any five) :

(a) If I had been hungry,

(b) He behaves as if

(c) We saw a snake while we

(d) A graveyard is a place where

(e) I do not know why

(1) Allah helps those

(g) Strike the iron

 

8. Transform the following sentences as directed (any five) :

(a) A corrupted man can do anything against morality. (Complex)

(b) The mountain is too high for them to climb. (Complex)

She is the most intelligent girl in this family. (Positive)

(d) This plan will be as effective as that. (Comparative)

(e) What a beautiful bird it is! (Assertive)

(f) If you eat a balanced diet, you will be healthy. (Compound)

(g) He is the tallest man in the village. (Comparative)

 

9. Change the following sentences into passive (any five) :

(a) Do not insult the beggar.

(b) Please, speak a bit loudly.

(c) Some books give us immense pleasure.

(d) One should take care of one’s health.

(e) The smell of the butter tickled my nostrils.

(f) Why did you insult the man?

(g) Whom did you recommend for the post?

(e) He said to her, “When did you come?”

(f) Father said to me, “May you cut a good figure in the examination.”

(g) The man said, “By Allah! it is really true.”

 

10. Change the following direct speeches into indirect speeches (any five): 

(a) Parents said to Majed, “Will you meet me tomorrow?”

(b) He said to me, “Let’s go to the fair.”

(c) He said, “Good bye, my friends!”

(d) Mamun said, “What a wonderful bird it is!”

 

 

11. Rewrite the following sentences as directed (any five):

(a) It was nothing but a hoax. (Interrogative)

(b) Everybody loves you,

(c) This habit is rarely disliked. (Affirmative)

(d) He managed the money. (Wh-question)

(e) He kills his enemies for taking revenge over them. (Wh-question)

(f) We will always remain grateful to you. (Negative)

(g) Only a guilty man should be punished. (Negative)

 

12. Re-write the following sentences using right form of verbs (any five) : 

(a) I wish I (draw) picture.

(b) I am fond of (play) cricket.

(c) The jury (be) of different opinions.

(d) I can’t help (listen) to them.

(e) I answered (thank) her.

(f) It is time he (leave) home.

(g) I got the work (finish).

 

13. Translate the following passage into English:

প্রাতঃভ্রমণ আনন্দদায়ক এবং স্বাস্থ্যের জন্য উপকারী। বস্তুত নিয়মিতভাবে সকালবেলা হাঁটা একটি অত্যন্ত ভালো অভ্যাস। যাদের বয়স বাড়ছে এবং যারা বৃদ্ধ হয়ে পড়েছেন তাদের জন্য এটি সর্বাধিক যুক্তিযুক্ত শারীরিক ব্যায়াম। সকালবেলা প্রকৃতি সর্বোত্তম অবয়বে আবির্ভূত হয়।

 

14. Translate the following passage into Bengali:

Bangladesh is our birth land. We love her blue sky, green fields, the murmuring sound of her rivers and all men and women. He who loves his country is a patriot. An unfeigned patriot loves his/her country more than his/her own life. It is our holy responsibility to strive for the well-being and progress of our birth land.

 

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