প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা সমাপনী পরীক্ষা ২০১৮-এর পরিমার্জিত প্রশ্নপত্রের কাঠামো ও নম্বর বিভাজন

প্রাথমিক শিক্ষা সমাপনী পরীক্ষা ২০১৮-এর পরিমার্জিত প্রশ্নপত্রের কাঠামো ও নম্বর বিভাজন

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কৃষি সম্প্রসারণ অধিদপ্তরের চাকরির পরীক্ষার প্রশ্ন-Questions and Answers for Exam of Department of Agricultural Extension

কৃষি সম্প্রসারণ অধিদপ্তরের চাকরির পরীক্ষার প্রশ্ন-Questions and Answers for Exam of Department of Agricultural Extension :
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Vision of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)

The vision of the Department of Agricultural Extension is to provide eco-friendly, safe, climate resilient, sustainable productive good agricultural practices and sustaining natural resources to ensure food security as well as commercial agriculture with a view to accelerating socio-economic development of the country.

Mission of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE)

The mission of the Department of Agricultural Extension is to provide efficient, effective, decentralized, location specific, demand responsive and integrated extension services to all categories farmer in accessing and utilizing better know how to increase sustainable and profitable crop production; thereby ensure socio-economic development of the country.

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HSC Special Preparation English First Paper-এইচএসসি বিশেষ প্রস্তুতি ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্র

PART-A : Reading

(60 Marks)

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.

The term ‘Diaspora’ is used to refer to people who have left their homelands and settled in other parts of the world, either because they were forced to do so or because they wanted to leave on their own. The word is increasingly used for such people as a collective group and a community. The world has seen many diasporas but scholars have been studying the phenomenon with great interest only in recent decades.

Among the great diasporas of history is that of the Jewish people, who were forced to leave their lands in ancient times. The movement of Aryans from Central Europe to the Indian Sub-continent thousands of years ago is also a noteworthy diaspora, although the causes of this diaspora are unclear. In the twentieth century history, the Palestinian Diaspora has attracted a lot of attention and been a cause of concern for world leaders because of the plight of Palestinians. There have been massive diasporas in Africa too, over the centuries, either because of war or because of the ravages of nature. But the chief reason why the phenomenon of diaspora is attracting so much attention now is globalization.

A.         Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.                             1×5=5

            a. What does ‘diaspora’ mean?

            i) People leave their own country.                  ii) People go abroad

            iii) People work in other countries                   iv) People leave their own countries and settle in other parts of the world.

            b) The word ‘decade’ refers to —.

            i) thirty years   ii) Fifty years               iii) ten years     iv) five years

            c) The synonym of ‘noteworthy’ is —.

            i) noticeable     ii) invaluable                iii) Appreciable            iv) Insignificant

            d) The Aryans came to the Indian sub-continent from —.

            i) America       ii) Africa                     iii) Central Europe       iv) Europe

            e) In Africa there have been —.

            i) Massive diaspora    ii) a little diaspora   iii) no diaspora    iv) very little diaspora

B. Answer the following questions.     2×5=10

a) Why do people leave their own countries?

b) What problems have the people of Africa been facing for years?

c) Why did the Aryans leave their land?

d) Why is diaspora attracting so much attention?

e) Why have the scholars been studying about the Diasporas with great interest?

2. Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the means to achieve the ends of a peace movement. (No. 1 has been done for you)            10

A peace movement is a social movement that seeks to achieve ideals such as the ending of a particular war (or all wars), minimize inter-human violence in a particular place or type of situation, including ban of guns and is often linked to the goal of achieving world peace. Means to achieve these ends includes advocacy of pacifism, non-violent resistance, diplomacy, boycotts, demonstrations, peace camps, supporting anti-war political candidates and banning guns, creating open government, direct democracy, supporting people who expose war-crimes or conspiracies to create wars and making laws. Different organizations involved in peace movement may have some diverse goals, but one common goal is sustainability of peace.

3. Write a summary of the following text.       10

Universities should never be made into mechanical organization for collecting and distributing knowledge. Through them the people should offer their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others and earn their proud right in return to receive gifts from rest of the world. But in the whole length and breadth of India there is not a single University established in modern time where a foreign or an Indian student can properly be acquainted with the best products of the Indian mind. For that we have to cross the sea and knock the door of France and Germany. Educational institutions in our country are Indian’s alms –bowl of knowledge; they lower our intellectual self-respect; they encourage us to make a foolish display of decorations composed of borrowed feathers.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary.                        0.5×10=5

The report says that the river had a glorious past. Once it a) — a tributary of the mighty Ganges and b) — into the Bay of Bengal through the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it c) — its link with the Ganges and d) — the name Buriganga. The Mughals e) — at the tide level of the Buriganga and f) — their capital Jahangirnagar on its bank in 1610. The river g) — drinking water and h) — trade and commerce. Jahangirnagar i) — Dhaka which j) — into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortage of space.

5. Fill in the gaps with suitable words. 1×10=10

Kuakata is truly a a) — beach and it is b) — as a sanctuary for the c) — winter birds. Fishing boats d) — in the bay of Bengal with colourful sails. The lines of coconut tree contribute to e) — the beauty of kuakata. The f) — culture of the Rakhine community indicates the g) — old tradition and cultural h) — of this area. Kuakata is also i) — a remarkable place for the Hindus and Buddhists. Each year the place is j) — by thousand of devotees.

6. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order.                                         10

i) Porus came forward with his people and fought courageously, but unfortunately he was defeated in the battle.

ii) Alexander, the conqueror of the world, once crossed the Khyber pass and reached India.

iii) Alexander was pleased with Porus for his prompt and bold reply and allowed him to rule his country as before .

iv) 'Like a King', was the reply of Porus.

v) Then he came to the plain of Punjab.

vi) There ruled a king called Porus.

vii) He wanted to conquer the land of Porus.

viii) Then he was taken prisoner by the soldiers of Alexander.

ix) Alexender asked him how he would like to be treated by him.

x) He was brought before Alexandar.

Part-B Writing (40 Marks)

7. Write a paragraph on 'Dream' in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions.                  10

a) What is dream?

b) Does a dream have any meaning?

c) Is there any relation between dream and reality?

d) What are the benefits of dreaming?

e) Do you have any dream?

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words.

Sheikh Sa'adi was a great Persian poet. He used to put on ordinary dress. Once, he took a shelter in a house of nobleman………..                               07

9. Write an email to your friend congratulating her on her success in an international extempore speech competition.            05

10. The graph below shows young people's changing attitude to pastimes from 2000 to 2015. Describe the graph in 120 words. You should highlight the information given in the graph.             10

11. Write down the theme of the following poem (not more than 50 words).                                   08

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow.

মডেল টেস্টের উত্তর

PART-A : Reading

1. A. (a+iv)-People leave their own countries and settle in other parts of the world.

(b+iii)-ten years

(c+i)-noticeable

(d+iii)-Central Europe

(e+i)-Massive diaspora.

B. (a) People leave their own countries either by force or willingly to lead a better live.

(b) The people of Africa have been facing war as well as hunger and famine.

(c) The Aryans left their land for an unknown reason. But I think, the left their land for seeking better life and livelihood.

(d) Because of the plight of the Palestinians for their becoming diaspora is attracting so much attention.

(e) Because of globalization and the increasing diasporic trend the scholars have been studying about the Diasporas with great interest.

2. FLOW-CHART

3. Summary:  

Universities should not be a mechanical organization for having and distributing knowledge rather the people should have the ability the to offer their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others, and earn their proud right in return to receive gifts from rest of the world. But it is an irony of fate that in modern time there is an absence of such university and for that we have to cross the sea and knock the door of France and Germany. Educational institutions in our country as if lower our intellectual self-respect and encourage us to make a foolish display.

4. (a) was (b) flowed (c) lost (d) got (e) marveled (f) founded (g) supplied (h) supported (i) was renamed (j) grew

5. (a) virgin (b) known (c) migratory (d) ply

(e) increase (f) local/indigenous (g) age (h) heritage (i) religiously (j) visited

6. Alexander and Porus

Part-B Writing

7. DREAM :

Dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during our sleep. In fact, dreams are a representation of unfulfilled desires that may happen in sleep. It is the repressed intention of one’s conscious desires that may find their way in dream and satisfied one’s intention. Dreams may be sweet or pleasant. Dreams may be soft, shadowy and may be horrible. Dreams have no colour. Though dreams have no real purpose, they help us to reach a fruitful conclusion. It is not possible to dream all night and it is deemed that dreams have no connection with reality. There is a difference between imagination and dream. Dream can be lively or vague. However dreams have an important role in our life. They serve to ‘clean up’ clutter from our mind to prepare well for the next day. Dreams are not meaningless rather during dreams the cognitive power of our brain produce new ideas.

8. DRESS DOES NOT MAKE A MAN GREAT

Sheikh Sa’adi was a great Persian poet. He used to put on ordinary dress. Once, he took a shelter in a house of nobleman. The nobleman could not recognize him and treated him as an ordinary man as he was wearing an ordinary dress. The poet got upset but did not say anything. But deep in his mind he bore the incident and decided to teach the man a good lesson. As he was on the way of the King’s palace he did not disclose the matter. A few days later, while returning from his visiting the king he again took shelter in that noble man’s house. This time he was wearing a gorgeous dress. This time he was dully respected and honoured by the man and his people. They give him rich food. The poet did not eat the food but he began to put the food in his pocket. Seeing this, the rich man was astonished. He asked the poet about this type of behavior. Then the poet said, ‘My dress deserves these rich foods. Had it not been so, I would have been treated in the same manner when I was poorly dressed.’ The noble man got the point and begged apology for the blunder he did with the great poet.

9.

To: nargis

From: ratul@gmail.com

Sent : Monday, 2 April, 2018; 10.00 am

Subject : Regarding congratulations on success.

Dear Nargis,

I am very much delighted to hear that you have won a prize in an international Extempore Speech competition. It is a grand success that you have achieved. It has become a praiseworthy event for your college as well as Bangladesh. We feel proud of you for having the prize. Please receive my heartiest congratulation on your outstanding success. My parents are also very happy to hear of your success and they, from the core of their heart pray for you and wish you good luck. I hope, you will be able to keep it up and this award will give you inspiration in every walk of your life.

Yours ever,

Ratul

10. The graph illustrates young people’s changing attitude to pastimes in a community. In 2000, the most interesting pastime of the young people was sports and 50% youth pursued it. The second one in the list was watching TV and 41%young people enjoyed this pastime. At the same time only 9% young was interested in online activity. In 2010 48% young was interested to watching TV while 38% was in sports and at the same time the online users were rising and it was 14%. In 2015, 52% young people were interested in watching TV which was only 2% more than the year 2000 and 4% more than the year 2010. Only 25% young people used to spend their time in sports and the interest drastically shifted to online activity. In 2015, 23% young people enjoyed online activity which was nearly three times more than the year 2000. So, from the graph we can easily say that young people are gradually becoming addicted to online activity which is very alarming.

11. Dreams-Langston Hughes

Theme : The theme of the poem is the importance of having dreams and how miserable a life without dreams be. In the poem the poet shows the contrast between a life with dreams and a life without dreams. The poet inspires the readers to go on dreaming and never to give up because without dreams life is a total futility. So one has to have dreams and to make the dreams come true. The poet further advises the reader to have tight grip on their dreams. Without dreams, he says, life is like a bird whose wings are broken. A broken-winged bird cannot fly and just like that a man without a dream having no destination. Without dream life will turn into a barren land covered with snow which cannot grow any crop.

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Selection Stages and Admission System of Bangladesh Civil Services (BCS Cadre Services)

Selection Stages and Admission System of Bangladesh Civil Services (BCS Cadre Services)

The Bangladesh Public Service Commission makes selection of higher categories of civil servants through competitive examinations on the basis of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Age Qualification and Examination for Direct Recruitment) Rules-2014. The examination is called Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Examination and the recruited officers are called BCS Cadres. 27 Cadres are existing at present in Civil Service. Some of these are general and some are technical and some are general and technical/ Professional.

COLLECTING REQUISITION:

Every year BPSC requests the Ministry of Public Administration to send Cadre wise vacancy list. After getting vacancy lists from the ministries, the Ministry of Public Administration Submits a list of job vacancies of different Cadres to the BPSC.

ADVERTISEMENT:

Receiving vacancy list from the Ministry of Public Administration on the basis of the BCS (Age, Qualification and Examination) Rules-2014, BPSC  floats an advertisement through its website and national dailies mentioning cadre wise educational qualification, exam. fees, tentative date  of examination, subjects of written examination for a particular cadre, age and other terms and conditions. A time span around 4(four) weeks is given to the candidates for online registration.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

According to the BCS (Age, Qualification and Examination) Rules-2014 educational qualification for general cadres is-

1.    A Master’s degree from any recognized university or a degree that requires at least 4 (four) years of education after passing Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C) Examination or equivalent. Provided that a candidate having more than one third division/class in his academic career shall not be eligible.

2.    If a candidate appeared at any examination that is threshold level for BCS examination she/he will be able to apply, provided that all written examination would have been completed by the deadline of submitting application.

3.    All appeared candidates have to submit their original or provisional certificates as education qualification from any university to the commission before the viva-voce.

Educational qualification for technical/ professional cadre depends on respective cadres. Generally a graduation degree is needed for being a candidate in professional/technical cadre.

AGE LIMITS:

1.    If the age limit of the candidates is below 21(Twenty one) and above 30(Thirty) on the first date of the month when the advertisement is circulated by the commission he/she will not be considered as worthy candidates of BCS examination.

2. The maximum age limit of freedom fighters and their sons daughters, disable candidate              and BCS (Health) cadre candidates is 32(Thirty two)

3. In case of BCS (General Education) BCS (Technical Education) and BCS(Health)the maximum age limit of tribal candidates is  32 (Thirty two) and in others cases, the age limit is  30(Thirty).

4. The date of birth referred to their SSC certificates or other authorities approved by the commission is evaluated as the proof of their age. In case of the candidates having O`level’ and A `level’ the date of birth in their certificates issued by competent authority is considered as their proof.

APPLICATION FORM:

Candidates fill up their application and submit it through online of Commissions website within the schedule following the process of the Commission for taking part in examination. No application will be accepted after deadline. All candidates except disable and tribal have to pay TK. 700 as examination fee and the exam fee for disable and ethnic minority group candidate is Tk.100 .

PRELIMINARY TEST:

Only the worthy candidates will be able to download their admit card automatically after completing their application and paying their particular fees. No candidates take part their examination without admit card. According to the BCS (Age, Qualification and Examination for Direct Recruitment) Rules, 2014 a two hours preliminary test (MCQ) of 200 (two hundred) marks is held on different branches of knowledge for evaluating the competency of the candidates.

Provision for deduction of 50% marks is kept for each wrong answer given in the preliminary MCQ test so that no candidates can get undue advantage by making answers on guess.

The syllabus of preliminary Multiple Choice (MCQ) examination has been introduced covering ten areas as-

Sl. No.	Name of the subjects	Marks distribution
1.	Bengali Language and Literature	35
2.	English Language and Literature	35
3.	Bangladesh Affairs	30
4.	International Affairs	20
5.	Geography, Environment and Disaster Management	10
6.	General Science	15
7.	Computer and Information Technology	15
8.	Mathematical Reasoning	15
9.	Mental Ability	15
10.	Ethics, Values and Good governance	10
Total =		200

Syllabus in Details.

Candidates make their answer in OMR (Optical Mark Reader) answer sheets for marking by OMR Machine. Qualifying number in the Preliminary Test is decided by the Commission prior to publishing the result.

BCS WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Those candidates who pass the Preliminary Test are considered qualified for written examination. According to the BCS Examination Rules-2014, subjects and mark distribution for General and Technical/Professional cadres are as follows:

FOR BOTH, GENERAL AND TECHNICAL CADRES

Sl. No.	Name of the subjects	Marks distribution
1.	Bangla	200
2.	English	200
3.	Bangladesh Affairs	200
4.	International Affairs	100
5.	Mathematical Reasoning & Mental ability	100
6.	General Science and Technology	100
7.	Viva voce	200
	Total =  1,100

FOR PROFESSIONAL/TECHNICAL CADRES

Sl. No.	Name of the subjects	Marks distribution
1.	Bangla	100
2.	English	200
3.	General Knowledge  Bangladesh Affairs	200
4.	General Knowledge International Affairs	100
5.	Mathematical Reasoning & Mental ability	100
6.	Job related Subject	200
7.	Viva voce	200
	Total = 1,100

Syllabus in Details.

Time allotted for each subject consisting 200 marks is 4 hours. In case of subject consisting 100 marks, the allotted time is 3 hours.

A Candidate securing less then 30% marks in any subject deemed to have secured no marks in that subject.

Candidates must obtain 50% marks in the written examination as qualifying marks.

VIVA VOCE

Candidates who obtain 50% marks in aggregate in written examination are declared qualified for the viva voce. Candidates qualified in the written examination are interviewed by a Board Constituted by the Commission. The viva Board is made by the direction of BPSC Chairman consisting of a Member as Board Chairman, a Departmental representative holding minimum Joint Secretary status of the government and an expert selected by the BPSC from any academic institution or eminent personalities of the country. In selecting the suitable candidates the viva Board attaches particular importance to the intelligence of mind, vigour and strength of Character of the candidates. The Board also takes into consideration Candidate’s extracurricular activities such as sports, debates, hobbies etc. The total marks of viva voce and intelligence test is 200. The minimum qualifying marks in viva voce is 50%.

ALLOCATION OF POST

i.        Candidates who have achieved pass marks in the written examination stage and viva voce are entered into the merit list. The position of each candidate on the merit list is determined by this sum of this mark obtained on the written examination stage and viva voce.

ii.        Those candidates who have applied for both general and technical cadres they will have two merit list scores, first one for the general cadre preferences (Compulsory paper + viva voce) and other one for the technical cadre preferences (Compulsory paper + job related papers + viva voce).

iii.         The cadre preferences given by the candidates, Merit and the quota system are the three main factors involved in determining which post will be allotted to which candidate.

iv.        The candidates who have passed the viva voce are dealt with the Merit list order with the general aim that candidate higher up the merit list should be allotted their first preference if available. If a candidate’s first preference is not available then he should be allotted the second preference if available.

v.        According to the government rules 45% of the posts are allocated on merit basis and 55% posts are allocated on quota. Quota constitutes 30% for freedom fighters and their children, 10% for women, 5% for tribal population and the rest 10% for general on district/ division. Within a quota group selection is made on merit. List of cadre wise selected candidates is then declared by the Commission. In case of getting the first and second class government job in different corporation, autonomous/half-autonomous institutions including BCS cadre service, one percent disable worthy candidate will be filled up from the prevailing privilege quota if there won’t find any maximum number of competent candidates

i.        The candidates who have passed the viva voce but cannot be selected for the cadre post because of having no vacancies are sorted in a group named BCS non-cadre.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION & POLICE REPORT

Candidates who are selected by BPSC are required to appear at a medical Board for Physical examination. At the same time they are required to have a police report in order to know whether there is any criminal report against them and whether the candidates are engaged in any activity subversive of the state.

FINAL RECOMMENDATION 

Getting Medical Report from the Ministry of Health BPSC then send the final recommendation list to the Ministry of Public Administration.

APPOINTMENT

Getting satisfactory medical report and police report of the selected candidates Ministry of Public Administration sends the list to the Hon’ble President for approval. After getting approval from the Hon’ble President appointment letters are issued to the selected candidates by the Ministry of Public Administration directing them to join their respective Ministry.

Recruitment in non-cadre posts from BCS qualified candidates

In a BCS examination, successful candidates in written and viva but failed to get recommendation for any posts of cadre service due to shortage of vacant posts are recommended for recruitment in 1^st class non-cadre vacant posts according to the non-cadre (special) recruitment rules, 2010. With a condition that, sometimes commission will exercise its right to increase or decrease the vacant posts with the request of the Government for special need of the state. Candidates are recommended in non-cadre post in accordance with the requisition of the ministry. Recently the rule has been amended and a provision has been introduced to recruit 2^nd class posts along with non-cadre 1^st class posts. After completing recommendation for all first class non-cadre posts Commission will recommend candidates for 2^nd class post in accordance with requisition of the ministries.

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