HSC Business Management - BM Model Test 1st Paper
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HSC BM Curriculum
Sub: English-1 (1812)
Sub: English-2 (1822)
Time: 3
Hours Full Marks: 60
Part-A
Seen & Unseen Comprehension
Read the passage carefully and
answer the questions below: (1-2)
Conflict can be described as a
disagreement among groups or individuals characterized by antagonism and
hostility. This is usually fueled by the opposition of one party to another in
an attempt to reach an objective different from that of the other party. The
elements involved in the conflict have varied sets of principles and values,
thus allowing a conflict to arise.
Conflict can be defined in many
ways but one of the simplest is that it pertains to the opposing ideas and
actions of different entities, resulting in an antagonistic state.
Conflict is an inevitable part of life. All of
us possess our own opinions, ideas and set of beliefs. We have our own ways of
looking at things and we act according to what we think is proper. Hence, we
often find ourselves in conflict in different scenarios; it may involve other
individuals, groups of people, or a struggle within our own selves. Consequently,
conflict influences our actions and decisions in one way or another. Conflict
comes naturally; the clashing of thoughts and ideas is a part of the human
experience. It is true that it can be destructive if left uncontrolled. However,
it should be seen as something that can only cause negative things to
transpire. It is a way to come up with more meaningful realizations that can
certainly be helpful to the individuals involved.
Conflict can be seen as an
opportunity for learning and understanding our differences. We can all live
harmoniously despite conflicts as long as we know how to responsibly manage
these struggles.
1. Choose the best answer from
the alternatives. 4
(i) What does ‘transpire’ mean?
a. veiled b. to be revealed c.
covered d. revealed
ii) ‘Consequently’ refers to.
a. consequence b. as a result c.
correctly d. result
iii) ‘Varied’ is synonymous
with.
a. deference b. different
c. differentiate d.
difference
iv) ‘Conflict’ denotes ---
a. breaker b.
dispute/war c. disquiet d. Peace breaker
2. Answer the following
questions: 5
a) What is the simplest
definition of the conflict?
b) How is conflict described and
characterized?
c) How is conflict fueled?
d. Can we live harmoniously
despite conflict? How?
e) When is the conflict
destructive?
Read the passage carefully and
answer the questions below: (3-4)
Education is the basic needs of
a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The poor
socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most
people’s inaccessibility to education. Many illiterate people do not have any
knowledge of health, sanitation and population control. If they were educated,
they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to earn
well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and
to perform our duties properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store
food, protect the environment and carry out social responsibilities. It is only
education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us with an
enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for
social development.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words & uses
preposition if necessary. 4
a) We can attribute the socio-economic (develop) ----- of the
country to education.
b) Many illiterate people (not aware) ------- of the rules of
health.
c) Education helps the (protect) ------ of environment.
d) We owe for the (enhance) ---- of our abilities to education.
4. Summaries the passage in five sentences. 5
Part-B
(Grammar)
5. Transform the following sentences as directed. 4
a) Every mother loves her child.
(Negative)
b) None can avoid death.
(Interrogative)
c) Man is mortal. (Negative)
d) Never tell a lie.
(Affirmative)
e) What a liar you are!
(Assertive)
f) Only Allah can help us. (Negative)
g) Health is wealth. (Complex)
h) I am a student. (Complex)
6. Identify subject, object,
appositive, conditional sentences and modifier from the following: 4
a) He loves books. (Object)
a) He loves books. (Object)
b) Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh, stands on the Buriganga. (Appositive)
c) If you work hard, you will
prosper. (Type of conditional)
d) How is a teacher?
(Premodifier)
e) Mr. Haque is a professor of English, come here. (Appositive)
f) The people of our village live happily. (Subject)
g) The boy who came here yesterday is my brother. (Post modifier)
h) If you had read attentively,
you would have passed the examination. (Type of conditional)
7. Find out the transitive verb,
intransitive verb, gerund, past participle, present participle and infinitive
from the underlined words: 4
a) I am reading newspaper.
b) The boy walks.
c) I watched the train leaving.
d) Walking is a good exercise.
e) He caught a ball.
f) I am fond of playing cricket.
g) The window was opened by a girl.
h) Made in China, this machine works well.
8. Re-write the passage correcting punctuation marks and capital
letters: 4
leisure is a relief from routine work the students the workers the
employees and all people have it when they are off from their regular duties.
9. Change the voice of the following sentences: . 4
a) He killed himself.
b) I gave him a pencil.
c) Do you like flowers?
d) Open the door.
e) Let me do the work.
f) We selected him captain.
g) I saw him driving a car.
h) She is reading a paper.
10. Fill in the gaps with the words and phrases in the box. 4
it is time
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have to
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it is high time
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was born
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as if
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had better
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has to
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with a view to
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a) She came here ---- meeting
me.
b) ------- he changed his job.
c) She -------- learns English
as it is a world language.
d) You ------ meet a doctor as
you are ill.
e) They speak ---- they knew the
matter.
f) We ------ teach the students
English.
g) ----- he planted trees.
h) ------- Jerry ------- in
England.
Part – C
(Writing Guided)
11. Write an application to the
Principal to set up an “English Language Club/ Debating Club” at your college. 9
12. Write a Paragraph about “Ideal
Student”. 9
Time: 3 Hours Full Marks: 60
Part-A : Seen & Unseen Comprehension
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below (1-2):
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Not any drop to drink.
Coleridge’
poem, a ballad, narrates the harrowing sea-voyage of an old mariner who at one
point of his journey didn’t have any water to drink because of a curse. Cursed
or not, we know how important drinking water is in our life. We know we cannot
survive without it. In fact two-thirds of our body is made up of water. Not for
nothing is it said that the other name of water is life. Is there a crisis in
our time with regard to access to clean drinking water? The United Nations in a
meeting on the eve of the new millennium identified the drinking water problem
as one of the challenges for the future. But do we need to worry about the
problem as ours is a land of rivers and we have plenty of rainfall? Besides, we
have a sea in our backyard too.
One of
the sources of water in our country are the rivers. Rivers are everywhere in
our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers in good
shape? Unfortunately, they are not. A
few are already dead and several are going through the pangs of death. The river
Buriganga is an example of a dying river. A report published in the Daily Sun
describes what has happened to the river Bariganga and why. It’s water is
polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. But that is not what
it was like before.
1.
Choose the correct answer from the alternative: 4
a) What could be closest meaning for
‘Ballad’ in the text?
i) Story ii)
Music iii) Lovesong iv) Carol
b) The word ‘mariner’ means ---
i) navigator ii) voyager
iii) boatman iv) sailor
c) Which is the correct synonym of
‘curse’?
i) Obscenity ii)
Expletive iii) Fame
iv) Damnation
d) The word ‘survive’ means ----
i) out last ii)
pull throw iii) remain alive iv)
carry
2. Answer the following questions: 5
a) What, according to text, are the
roles of rivers in our life?
b) How much important is water for our
life?
c) How was the past of the Buriganga?
d) Why is the river Buriganga dying?
e) Why is the other name of water is
life?
Read the passage below and answer the questions (3-4):
Every year millions of people all over
the world die unnecessarily as a result of pollution. These unfortunate and
avoidable deaths are brought about by four specific factors. Firstly, air
pollution from factories, burning trash, and vehicle fumes cause pneumonia,
bronchitis and other respiratory diseases. Then, water pollution from
industrial discharge, the indiscriminate disposal of toxic chemicals, and the
dumping of human waste into rivers and canals causes poisoning and water borne
diseases such as cholera and diarrhea. The next factor is the noise pollution
from vehicle horns and microphones that might cause aggression and damage
hearing. And finally, odour pollution from dumped or untreated human waste
causes serious discomfort to our sense of smell, and attracts disease-bearing
creatures such as rats and flies. We should take determined action to control
these problems and clean up the environment to avert these unnecessary
diseases.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct
form of the words & uses prepositions if necessary: 4
a) Sound pollution (affect) ---- our
hearing.
b) We can (avoidable) ------
unnecessary diseases.
c) Smoke is created when anything is
(burn) ----- .
d) Disease (lead) ------- death.
4. Summaries the above passage in five
sentences. 5
Part-B (Grammar)
5. Make Wh questions. 4
a) We live in Dhaka.
b) I am very fine.
c) I went to Kushtia yesterday.
d) It is 8 o’clock.
e) We got our freedom in 1971.
f) Rahim did the work.
g) My father is a farmer.
h) I needed 10.000 taka.
6. Fill in the gaps using given
connectors/linkers. 4
while
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if
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and
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but
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than
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though
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till
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wheather
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a) She wanted to know ------- I would
come.
b) Don’t start ------- I arrive.
c) ------ he is rich, he is honest.
d) Rahim is taller ----- Karim.
e) He is fat ------- speedy.
f) Rime -------- Shimu talked much.
g) ------- you read more, you will
pass easily.
h) He phoned ------ we were eating.
7. Fill in the gaps with appropriate
preposition from the list. 4
to
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of
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beyond
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with
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for
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on
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by
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in
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out
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Man has an unquenchable thirst a)
------- knowledge. He is never satisfied, b) -------- what he has known and
seen. He wants c) ------ see more. The inventions d) -------- rockets,
space-ships and artificial satellites has made it possible e) ------- him f)
------- go far g) -------- the earth, his home planet.
8. Re-write the following sentences
with the correct form of verbs given in the brackets. 4
a) Where you (go) ------ tonight?
b) We ourselves (go) ------- to grow
old one day.
c) He (cream) ------- all the time.
d) You had better (to go) ------- .
e) I got the work (to do) -------.
f) I saw him (fly) ------- in the sky.
g) It (rain) -------- since morning.
h) If I were a king, I (help) -------
the poor.
9. Change the speech of the passage. 4
“Selim, can you tell me what I am
teaching?” the teacher asked. “I am sorry, I can’t follow,” replied Selim. “You
can’t because you are not attentive on your study,” the teacher said. “Always
be attentive,” he added.
10. Write synonyms or antonyms of the
underlined words of the following sentences. 4
a) His condition is normal.
(antonym)
b) He is not active. (antonym)
c) Columbus discovered America.
(synonym)
d) He is an idle man. (synonym)
e) He is an honest man.
(antonym)
f) He has no fame in this
regard. (antonym)
g) They wanted to deny it.
(synonym)
h) We devoted ourselves to it.
(synonym)
Part – C (Writing Guided)
11. Write a CV with a cover letter for
the post of “Executive Officer”. 9