English 1st Paper-Cumilla Board-2017

1. Summarize the following text:

Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. As we look around, we discover beauty in pleasurable objects and sights – in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers. But asked to define, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an independent objective identity? Is it universal, or is it dependent on our sense perceptions? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder? We ask ourselves. A further difficulty arises when beauty manifests itself not only by its presence, but by its absence as well, as when we are repulsed by ugliness and desire beauty. But then ugliness has as much a place in our lives as beauty, or may be more ————- as when there is widespread hunger and injustice in a society. Philosophers have told us that beauty is an important part of life, but isn't ugliness a part of life too? And if art has beauty as an important ingredient, can it confine itself only to a projection of beauty? Can art ignore what is not beautiful?

2. Answer the following questions:–

(a) What do you mean by folk music, according to the text?

(b) What does folk music reflect?

(c) How are mystical songs composed of?

(d) What makes the Bhatiyali an important genre?

(e) What are the reasons of great variety in folk music?

3. The word 'natural' could be replaced by——-

4. The pie chart below shows the time allocation of students' daily activities. Analyse the chart focussing the main

preoccupations. (At least in 150 words)

5. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than

necessary. You may change the form of the word if necessary:–

Education is the process by which our mind develops through formal (a) ———at an institution. It is mental and (b) ————- training. It provides opportunities of growth and helps to meet challenges to (c) —— success. Moreover, the purpose of education is to (d) —— an individual. The aim of education is also to train individuals to make right (e) ——-. It ennobles our mind and refines our (f) ————-. It broadens our outlook and removes (g) ———. It helps us to be (h) —— of rights and responsibilities. Education furnishes us with an (i) ————in expressing truth. Therefore, it is compared to light which dispels the (j) ————-of ignorance.