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Syllabus for this examination
A) Drafting a report in English from points or material supplied
B Condensing of a prose passage
C Translation from Bengali/ Hindu/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Santali as the case may be into English
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D English Grammar (correct use of words, voice change, narration change, transformation of sentences, correction of sentences, use of common phrases, synonyms, antonyms)
1 Write, in about 120 words, a news paper report on the basis of the following information
Incident : Bus accident
Date and time : around 10am on 20th November
Place : Golabari about 10km from Barasat
Cause : Collision with a speeding overloaded sand truck from back.
Result : 2 died on the spot, 12 passengers, including 1 woman and 1 child injured.
Measure Taken : Police arrived, injured taken to Barasat Sadar hospital.
2 Make a precis of the passage that follows in about one-third of its length and add a suitable title to it.
The English nature is not at all easy to understand. It has a great air of simplicity, it advertises itself as simple, but the more we consider it, the greater the problems we shall encounter. People talk of mysterious East, but the West also is mysterious. It has depths that do not reveal themselves at the first gaze. We know what the sea looks like from a distance: it is of one colour, and level and obviously can not contain such creatures as fish. But if we look into the sea over the edge of a boat, we see a dozen colours, and depth below depth, and fish swimming in them. The sea is the English character—apparently imperturbable and even. The depths and colours are the English romanticism and the English sensitiveness – we do not expect to find such things but they exists.
3 Translation from Bengali/ Hindu/ Urdu/ Nepali/ Santali as the case may be into English
একদিন মানুষ ছিল বুনো, ঘোড়াও ছিল বনের জন্তু। মানুষ ছুটতে পারত না—ঘোড়া বাতাসের মতো ছুটত। কি সুন্দর তার ভঙ্গি, কি অবাধ তার স্বাধীনতা। ঘোড়ার সর্বাঙ্গে যে একটি ছোটবার আনন্দ দ্রুততালে নৃত্য করতো সেইটের প্রতি মানুষের মনে মনে বাড়ি একটা লোভ হল।
একদিন সে ফাঁস লাগিয়ে বনের ঘোড়াকে ধরল। কেশর ধরে তার পিঠের ওপর চড়ে নিজের দেহের সঙ্গে ঘোড়ার চার পা জুড়ে নিলে। এই চারটে পা’কে সম্পূর্ণ নিজের বশ করতে তার অনেক দিন লেগেছে, সে অনেক পড়েছে, অনেক মরেছে, কিন্তু কিছুতেই দমেনি। ঘোড়ার গতিবেগকে সে ডাকাতি করে নেবে এই তার পণ। তারই জিত হল। মন্দগামী মানুষ দ্রুত গমনকে বেঁধে ফেলে আপন কাজে খাটাতে লাগলো।
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4 Fill in the blanks with appropriate articles and prepositions.
The test match at Eden Gardens between two rival teams, Indian and Pakistan, was __________ exciting one. There were ups and downs _________ the fortunes of the two teams. In the first innings India’s total _________ 407 was almost overtaken ________ Pakistan.
5 Do is directed:
a. the boys was too small to reach up to the branches of the tree. (Rewrite as a complex sentence)
B. Horses, which come from Arabia, are much in demand. (Change into simple sentence)
C. We call the tiger our national animal. (change the voice)
D. The teacher said to his students, “You must love your motherland.” (change the narration)
6 Use appropriate phrasal verbs from the list. You can change the form if necessary. There is an extra phrasal verb in the list.
a By chance she found some old photographs in the drawer.
b. The dog was chasing a rabbit
c. The company has established several new branches.
d. He removed his hat before he entered the hall.
List – bring out, come across, take off, set up, run after.
7 Use appropriate one words from the list.
A a piece of cloth that covers a dead body
B tremble
C a simple room made of tin, wood or other materials
D a bend
List – curve, hut, shiver, shroud, merely
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