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Final Exam-2019
Class Nine
Time : 3 hours
Full Marks : 100
Part
- A (Seen passage) -20
Read the passage
carefully and answer the questions 1 and 2:
May Day or
International Workers Day is observed on May 1 all over the world today to
commemorate the historical struggle and sacrifice of the working people to the
world.
Since the
Industrial Revolution in the 18th
and 19th centuries in Europe and the US, the workers n mills
and factories had been working a long shift, fourteen or even more hours a day.
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Oh May 1st
in 1886, inspired by the trade unions, half of the workers at the McCormic
Harvester Company in Chicago in Chicago went on strike, demanding an eight-hour
workday. Two days later, a workers’ rally was held near the McCormic Hervester Company
and about 6000 workers joined it. The rally was addressed by the leaders. They
urged the workers to stand together to go on with their struggle and not to
give into their bosses. Just at this moment, some strikebreakers started leaving
the meeting place. The strikers went down the street to street to bring them
back. Suddenly, about 200 policemen attacked them with clubs and
revolvers. One striker was killed
instantly, five or six others were seriously will continue to be exploited
until stand up and speak out to gain better wo
king conditions,
better pay and better lives.
1. Choose
the best answer from the alternatives:
(a)
c
International Workers’ Day commemorate the historic struggle of the- (i) Farmers (ii) political activists (iii) working people (iv) students
(b)
Workers
brought out strike in-
(i)New
York (ii) Washington Dc (iii)
Chicago (iv) London
(c) The word ‘commemorate’ means –
(i) honour
(ii) remind (iii) commence (iv) identify
(d)The police
fired into a crowd of strikers in-
(i) 1986 (ii) 1886 (iii) 1880 (iv) 1866
(e)
Form the beginning of the Industrial Revolution people worked-
(i) only 8 hours a day (ii) only 7 hour a days (iii) 14 or more hours a days (iv) only 10 hours a day
(f) How
many workers attended in the really-
(i) 4000 workers (ii) 5000 workers (iii) 6000 workers (iv) 7000
workers
(g) In
the above passage “instantly” is a—
(i)
noun (ii) pronoun (iii) adjective (iv) adverb
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2. Answer the following
questions:
(a) What does May Day refer to ?
(b) How long did the workers have to work in
a day before the May 1 strike?
(c) Why did the workers in Chicago go on a
strike?
(d) What happened on this day?
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(e) What do
you learn from the events of May 1, 18886?
3.Read the following passage and fill in each
gap with a suitable word based on the information to the text:
Meherjan lives ina slum in the Sirajgonj Town
Protection Embankment. Her polythene roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is
nearly 45 but looks older than her age. In fort of her shelter, she is trying to
make a 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 of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life.
Not long ago, Meherja had
everything a family needs, cultivable land and
Cattle. The erosion of the Jmuna gradually consumed all her landed property gradually.
It finally claimed her only shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river
only a day to demolish Meher’s
house, trees, vegetable 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 huger that poverty brought the
family. Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The
greedy Jamuna has shattered her
dreams and happiness.
Meherjan (a) --- in a slum on the
Siragonj Town Protection Embankment.
Her polythene-roofed shelter
looks like a (b) --- . She is nearly (c) –but looks
more than her age. She had a
(d)---- family once. The (e)----
Jamuna has
shattered her dreams and
happiness.
Read
the following passage carefully and answer the questions below:
Humayun was the
eldest son of Babar. He was born in 1508 and breathed his last in 1556. He was
appointed the governor of Badakshan at
the age 20. On the event of the battle of Panipath in 1526, he was sent against
Humaid Khan who was defeated near Hissar Firoza. One year after he was sent to
Badakshan. He returned to Agra in 1529. After the death of Babar, Humayun
ascended the throne on December 30, 1530.
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Humayun
had to face many difficulties at the time of his accession to the throne. One
year after the death of his father he besieged the fort of Kalingar. The
seize lasted for many month and Humayun
was forced to make peace. He defeated the Afghans in August 1532 in the
battle of Dadrash. After defeating the Afghans, he besieged the fort of Chunar
under Sher Khan in the same year. The seize lasted for months starting from
September, he accepted a purely perfunctory submission there. After his return
from Chuna, Humyun wasted two years in feaster and festivities at Agra and
Delhi.
4.
Complete the following table with information from the text:
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Date |
Event |
Place |
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1528 |
(i)----- |
Badakshan |
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(ii)----- |
Ascended the
throne |
Delhi |
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1531 |
(iii)---- |
Kalingjar |
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1532 |
Defeated the
Afghans |
(iv)---- |
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(v)---- |
besized the fort
of Chunar |
Chunar |
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5. Summarize the above passage.
6.
Match the parts of sentences given in column A, B and C to write five complete
sentence:
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Column A |
Column B |
Column C |
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(a)Democracy
means |
(i)people have
right to |
(i) |
Democratic
Country |
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(b)Democracy |
(ii)is a |
(ii) |
Elect their
representatives |
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(c)In democracy |
(iii)the rule of |
(iii) |
Pre-condition of
demoracy |
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(d)Free and fair |
(iv)encourages
freedom |
(iv) |
General people |
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(e)Bangladesh |
(v)election is
the |
(v) |
Of speech |
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7. Re-arrange the following sentence according to
sequence and rewrite
them
in a paragraph:
(a)
The
guests praised the king.
(b)
People
praised him more than their king.
(c)
The
name of that man was Hatem Tai
(d)
But
the guests praised Hatem Tai also.
(e)
Long
long ago there lived a very kind and generous man in Yeman.
(f)
One
day the king gave a dinner.
(g)
He
was not rich but very hospitable.
(h)
So,
the king felt happy and proud.
Part B: Writing
Test (Marks: 50)
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8. Write a paragraph on “ A Winter Morning” You
should write it in about 150 words:
(a) How is “A
Winter Morning”?
(b)Why can’t people
see things from a distance in a winter morning?
(c) What do the oks
people and children do to make themselves warm?
(d) What are the interesting foods of people in a winter morning?
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9.
Read the beginning of the story and complete it in your own way. Give a suitable
title to it:
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Long ago
there lived a hare in a forest. A tortoise also lived nearby. The hare always
teased the tortoise for his slow speed.
The hare said, “You have………
10.Write
a paragraph on “The population growth rate of Bangladesh” describing the
information of the following graph.
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11. Suppose, you are Fahim/ Kushe. Your have a friend called Arafat/ Mim
informed you about his/her plan after
SSC Exam. Now write letter to your
friend telling him/her what you intend to do after the SSC Examination.
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12. Suppose you are Musfic/ Mesty. You friend is
Mamun/ Marea goes to bed late and does not get up early. So h/she often goes to
school late and feels drowsy.
Now, write a
dialogue between you and your friend Mamun/Marea about the importance of early
rising.
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