বেসিক ইংলিশ (Basic English) – 202105, আল-হাদিস অ্যান্ড ইসলামিক স্টাডিজ – ফাজিল অনার্স ১ম বর্ষ পরীক্ষা ২০২৪

ফাজিল (স্নাতক) সম্মান প্রথম বর্ষ পরীক্ষা, ২০২৪
আল হাদীস অ্যান্ড ইসলামিক স্টাডিজ
BASIC ENGLISH
বিষয় কোড : 202105 | সময় : ৪ ঘণ্টা | পূর্ণমান : ৮০

২০২৪ সালের ফাজিল ১ম বর্ষ আল-হাদিস অ্যান্ড ইসলামিক স্টাডিজ বিভাগের পরীক্ষার্থীদের জন্য বেসিক ইংলিশ প্রশ্নপত্রের গ্রামার, পবিত্র কুরআন অংশের ইংরেজি অনুবাদ এবং কম্পোজিশন অংশের শতভাগ অবিকল প্রশ্ন ও পূর্ণাঙ্গ প্রামাণ্য অ্যাকাডেমিক সমাধান নিচে প্রস্তুত করে দেওয়া হলো।

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Part A — Grammar (Marks—40)

1. Identify the determiners, modifiers, headwords, infinitives and appositives:

Doing all his daily works, Mamun, a skilled engineer, intends to go to a cafe to take coffee with his colleagues discussing how to develop and finish site construction rapidly.

Answer:

Grammatical Category	Elements Identified from the Sentence
Determiners	all, his, a (in ‘a skilled engineer’, ‘a cafe’)
Headword	Mamun (Subject / Proper Noun)
Modifiers	daily (pre-modifier of ‘works’), skilled (pre-modifier of ‘engineer’), rapidly (post-modifier adverb of ‘finish’)
Infinitives	to go, to take, to develop, [to] finish
Appositive	a skilled engineer (appositive phrase modifying ‘Mamun’)
Phrases	Doing all his daily works (participial phrase), to a cafe (prepositional phrase), with his colleagues (prepositional phrase), site construction (noun phrase)

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2. Rewrite the following sentences using the right form of verbs (any five):

(a) While I (walk) in the mango orchard, a snake bit me.
Ans: While I was walking in the mango orchard, a snake bit me.

(b) If he were a little careful, he (escape) the accident.
Ans: If he were a little careful, he would escape the accident.

(c) It is high time we (change) our bad habits.
Ans: It is high time we changed our bad habits.

(d) Read attentively lest you (fail) in the exam.
Ans: Read attentively lest you should fail in the exam.

(e) He is accustomed to (tell) a lie.
Ans: He is accustomed to telling a lie.

(f) The wages of sin (be) death.
Ans: The wages of sin is death.

(g) Water can be (contaminate) in many ways.
Ans: Water can be contaminated in many ways.

(h) He as well his brothers (be) guilty.
Ans: He as well his brothers is guilty.

(i) If Raihan had studied hard, he (get) A+ in the exam.
Ans: If Raihan had studied hard, he would have gotten (or: would have got) A+ in the exam.

(j) Three-fourths of the work (be) done.
Ans: Three-fourths of the work has been done.

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3. Fill in the blanks of the following sentences with appropriate prepositions (any five):

(a) Don’t hanker — riches.
Ans: Don’t hanker after riches.

(b) We should not look — upon the poor.
Ans: We should not look down upon the poor.

(c) The unpatriotic men sink — oblivion one day.
Ans: The unpatriotic men sink into oblivion one day.

(d) Rabeya has cut a sorry figure in the examination because she is indifferent — studies.
Ans: Rabeya has cut a sorry figure in the examination because she is indifferent to studies.

(e) Death is preferable — dishonour.
Ans: Death is preferable to dishonour.

(f) A drowning man catches — a straw.
Ans: A drowning man catches at a straw.

(g) Our country is beset — many problems.
Ans: Our country is beset with many problems.

(h) Open — page 50.
Ans: Open at page 50.

(i) Kamal laid — his life for the welfare of the country.
Ans: Kamal laid down his life for the welfare of the country.

(j) My friend always goes home — foot.
Ans: My friend always goes home on foot.

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4. Change the voice of the following sentences (any five):

(a) Who teaches you English grammar?
Ans: By whom are you taught English grammar? (Or: By whom is English grammar taught to you?)

(b) I saw him play.
Ans: He was seen to play by me.

(c) The ill-news shocked me much.
Ans: I was shocked much by the ill-news. (Or: I was shocked at the ill-news.)

(d) Fortune favours the brave.
Ans: The brave are favoured by fortune.

(e) Don’t waste your precious time.
Ans: Let not your precious time be wasted.

(f) Who will bell the cat?
Ans: By whom will the cat be belled?

(g) His misconduct annoyed me most.
Ans: I was annoyed most by his misconduct.

(h) I know that he did the work.
Ans: It is known to me that the work was done by him.

(i) We should take care of our health.
Ans: Our health should be taken care of.

(j) Nobody knows me here.
Ans: I am not known to anybody here.

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5. Change the following direct speech into indirect speech (any five):

(a) Siam said to me, “What is the time by your watch?”
Ans: Siam asked me what the time by my watch was.

(b) He said to me, “Alas! I am undone.”
Ans: He exclaimed with sorrow that he was undone.

(c) My friend said to me, “Please lend me your grammar book.”
Ans: My friend requested me to lend him (or her) my grammar book.

(d) The teacher said to the students, “The earth moves round the sun.”
Ans: The teacher told the students that the earth moves round the sun.

(e) The teacher said to the students, “Don’t waste your valuable time”.
Ans: The teacher advised the students not to waste their valuable time.

(f) He said to me, “What is your name and what do you want?”
Ans: He asked me what my name was and what I wanted.

(g) Tareq said to me, “Were you ill yesterday”?
Ans: Tareq asked me if I had been ill the previous day.

(h) He remarked, “Two and two makes four.”
Ans: He remarked that two and two makes four.

(i) My friend said, “Let’s go out for a walk.”
Ans: My friend proposed that we should go out for a walk.

(j) He said, “By God! I have never done it.”
Ans: Swearing by God he said that he had never done it.

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6. Make sentences with the following phrases and idioms (any five):

(a) Kith and Kin (নিকটাত্মীয়): I have no kith and kin in Dhaka.

(b) On the sly (গোপনে): He looked at his watch on the sly.

(c) Blue blood (আভিজাত্য / অভিজাত বংশ): He is proud of his blue blood.

(d) Weal and woe (সুখ-দুঃখ): Weal and woe come by turns in human life.

(e) Nip in the bud (অঙ্কুরে বিনষ্ট করা): After his father’s death, all his hopes were nipped in the bud.

(f) White elephant (দামি অথচ অকেজো বোঝা): The bridge was built for the good of the villagers but it now appears to be a white elephant to them.

(g) Hue and cry (শোরগোল / চিৎকার): They raised a great hue and cry in our locality when the thief was caught.

(h) Burst into tears (কান্নায় ভেঙে পড়া): Hearing his wife’s sudden death, he burst into tears.

(i) Heart and soul (প্রাণপণে): He tried heart and soul to make a good result in the annual exam.

(j) Carry on (চালিয়ে যাওয়া): Do not stop, just carry on your honest efforts.

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7. Complete the following sentences (any ten):

(a) Wait here — come back.
Ans: Wait here until I come back.

(b) 21st February is a red — day in our national life.
Ans: 21st February is a red-letter day in our national life.

(c) Socrates was a — Philosopher.
Ans: Socrates was a great Philosopher.

(d) August 5 is a — day in the history of Bangladesh.
Ans: August 5 is a red letter day in the history of Bangladesh.

(e) Ill news runs —.
Ans: Ill news runs apace.

(f) It is I who — responsible for this.
Ans: It is I who am responsible for this.

(g) It is long years since my grandfather passed —.
Ans: It is long years since my grandfather passed away.

(h) Raihan has been suffering from fever — Monday last.
Ans: Raihan has been suffering from fever since Monday last.

(i) Eid-Ul-Azha is one of the biggest religious — of the Muslims.
Ans: Eid-Ul-Azha is one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims.

(j) Modern civilization is the — of science.
Ans: Modern civilization is the blessing of science.

(k) A little — is a dangerous thing.
Ans: A little learning is a dangerous thing.

(l) Hospitality has been a part of our — in Bangladesh.
Ans: Hospitality has been a part of our culture in Bangladesh.

(m) Air and water are the two — elements of the environment.
Ans: Air and water are the two vital (or: essential / important) elements of the environment.

(n) A barking dog — bites.
Ans: A barking dog seldom bites.

(o) Education helps us — between the right and the wrong.
Ans: Education helps us distinguish (or: differentiate) between the right and the wrong.

(p) Though Bangladesh is a small country, it has two world — sites.
Ans: Though Bangladesh is a small country, it has two world heritage sites.

(q) Women are no longer confined — the four walls of their home.
Ans: Women are no longer confined into (or: within / to) the four walls of their home.

(r) Bangladesh — in 1971.
Ans: Bangladesh gained independence (or: achieved independence) in 1971.

(s) If were a bird, I — fly in the sky.
Ans: If I were a bird, I would fly in the sky.

(t) Bangladesh is a country of natural —.
Ans: Bangladesh is a country of natural resources (or: beauties).

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Part B — Translation (Marks—10)

8. Translate from the holy Quran:

(a) Translate the Surah ‘Al-Fil’ into English.

Arabic Text:
أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِأَصْحَابِ الْفِيلِ ۝ أَلَمْ يَجْعَلْ كَيْدَهُمْ فِي تَضْلِيلٍ ۝ وَأَرْسَلَ عَلَيْهِمْ طَيْرًا أَبَابِيلَ ۝ تَرْمِيهِم بِحِجَارَةٍ مِّن سِجِّيلٍ ۝ فَجَعَلَهُمْ كَعَصْفٍ مَّأْكُولٍ ۝

English Rendering:
1. Have you not seen how your Lord dealt with the companions of the elephant?
2. Did He not make their treacherous plot go astray?
3. And He sent against them swarms of birds (in flocks),
4. Striking them with stones of baked clay,
5. And He rendered them like chewed-up straw (eaten fodder).

Or,

Translate the Surah ‘Al-Ikhlas’ into English.

Arabic Text:
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ۝ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ ۝ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ۝ وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ ۝

English Rendering:
1. Say: He is Allah, the One and Only;
2. Allah, the Eternal, Absolute Refuge (Independent of all, while all depend on Him);
3. He begets not, nor was He begotten;
4. And there is none comparable or equal unto Him.

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(b) Translate any Ayat into English of the followings:

Arabic Verse:
لَا الشَّمْسُ يَنبَغِي لَهَا أَن تُدْرِكَ الْقَمَرَ وَلَا اللَّيْلُ سَابِقُ النَّهَارِ ۚ وَكُلٌّ فِي فَلَكٍ يَسْبَحُونَ

English Rendering (Surah Ya-Sin : Verse 40):
“It is not permitted for the sun to overtake the moon, nor does the night outstrip the day. Each floats along in its defined orbit.”

Or,

Arabic Verse:
إِنَّهُ هُوَ يُبْدِئُ وَيُعِيدُ ۝ وَهُوَ الْغَفُورُ الْوَدُودُ ۝ ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ ۝ فَعَّالٌ لِّمَا يُرِيدُ ۝

English Rendering (Surah Al-Buruj : Verses 13–16):
13. “Indeed, it is He Who originates creation and then repeats it.
14. And He is the Forgiving, the All-Loving,
15. Lord of the Glorious Throne,
16. Perfect Doer of whatever He wills.”

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Part C — Composition (Marks—30)

9. Write a paragraph on The July Revolution/The July Mass Uprising 2024.

The July Revolution / The July Mass Uprising 2024:
The July Mass Uprising of 2024 is an unforgettable watershed moment in the political and democratic history of Bangladesh. Originating in early July as a peaceful students’ protest demanding justified reform in public job quotas, it rapidly galvanized into an unprecedented nationwide mass movement against prolonged autocracy, systemic injustice, and rampant corruption. Undaunted by tear gas, batons, and live rounds, students from universities, colleges, and madrasas, joined heroically by common citizens, workers, and teachers, demonstrated unparalleled resilience. Hundreds of brave youths embraced martyrdom, and thousands sustained life-altering injuries. Their supreme sacrifice culminated on August 5, 2024, with the collapse of the fascist regime and the dawn of a second independence for the nation. The July Revolution demonstrated that unity, patriotism, and unyielding resistance against tyranny can overcome the harshest oppression, laying the foundation for a renewed, equitable, and democratic Bangladesh.

Or,

Write a paragraph on “The Impact of Climate Change on Our Environment”.

The Impact of Climate Change on Our Environment:
Climate change has become the single greatest ecological threat endangering human civilization and biodiversity worldwide. Accelerated by relentless industrial emissions, excessive burning of fossil fuels, and widespread deforestation, global warming has reached alarming thresholds. Polar ice caps and mountain glaciers are melting rapidly, causing ocean levels to surge and posing catastrophic risks of submergence to low-lying deltas like Bangladesh. Extreme climate disruptions, including unseasonal floods, severe droughts, and recurrent destructive cyclones, severely jeopardize agricultural yields and displace vulnerable coastal communities. In addition, erratic rainfall patterns and salinity intrusion drastically compromise freshwater reserves and public health. Overcoming this existential planetary crisis demands robust global cooperation, rigorous reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, expansion of renewable green energy, and aggressive afforestation. Protecting our vulnerable environment is an indispensable moral and survival imperative for present and future generations.

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10. Suppose, you are Mihad and the name of your close friend is Nahid. Nahid’s elder brother took part in the July Revolution and met a tragic death. Now, you are deeply shocked and write a letter to your close friend expressing condolence to him.

Dhaka, Bangladesh
10 August 2024

Dear Nahid,
I received the devastating news of the tragic demise of your beloved elder brother, Asif, who embraced martyrdom while valiantly participating in the July Revolution. Words are inadequate to convey the profound shock, grief, and agony I felt upon learning of this immense loss.

Your elder brother was a true patriot and an epitome of supreme selflessness. He stood fearless against oppression and laid down his precious life for truth, justice, and the emancipation of our countrymen. Although his physical departure leaves an agonizing and irreplaceable void in your family, his heroic sacrifice has been immortalized with golden letters in the freedom struggle of Bangladesh. He did not die in vain; his sacrifice opened the gates of justice and liberty for millions.

I pray with all my heart to Almighty Allah that He elevates your noble brother to the exalted ranks of Jannatul Firdaus and grants you, your parents, and your bereaved family the patience and fortitude (Sabr) to endure this monumental grief. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. I am always beside you in this hour of mourning.

Yours affectionately,
Mihad

Or,

Write an application to the principal of your madrasah praying to set up an English Language Club at your madrasah premises.

Date: 15 August 2024
To
The Principal,
Darul Ulum Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka.

Subject: Application for setting up an English Language Club.

Sir,
With highest respect and humble submission, we, the students of your reputed institution, beg to draw your kind attention to the fact that English has become indispensable as the primary global language of communication, academic research, and international da’wah. While our regular curriculum provides solid theoretical grounding in grammar, we lack a dedicated platform for interactive communication and practical speaking practice.

Establishing an English Language Club within the madrasah premises will address this vital need. The club will organize debate sessions, public speaking events, listening workshops, and vocabulary competitions. This will remove the hesitation of students, instill communicative confidence, and empower them to present Islamic thought and academic scholarship effectively on global platforms.

We, therefore, fervently pray and hope that your honour would kindly grant permission and allot a suitable room along with essential audio-visual facilities to establish an English Language Club on the madrasah campus.

Yours obediently,
The Students of Fazil (Honours) Classes
Darul Ulum Kamil Madrasah, Dhaka.

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11. Write a dialogue between you and your friend about the success and failure of the present Interim Government.

Participants: Mihad and Nahid

Nahid: Assalamu Alaikum, Mihad. How are you doing today?

Mihad: Wa Alaikumus Salam, Nahid. I am doing well, Alhamdulillah. What are your thoughts on the recent political developments in our country?

Nahid: I was just pondering over the overall performance, successes, and ongoing challenges of our current Interim Government.

Mihad: It is indeed a historic phase. In terms of success, their rapid re-establishment of law and order after a massive upheaval, initiation of deep institutional reforms in banking and judiciary, and global diplomatic engagements are truly remarkable.

Nahid: Absolutely. Bringing transparency to financial institutions, recognizing the historic contributions of our July martyrs, and setting up reform commissions are historic milestones.

Mihad: However, on the other hand, there are notable difficulties and perceived failures. Controlling skyrocketing inflation and surging commodity prices remains a painful burden on common working-class families.

Nahid: You are right. Restructuring deeply rooted administrative inertia and preventing industrial disruptions also demand faster and firmer action from the government.

Mihad: Indeed. We must acknowledge that repairing systemic corruption accumulated over fifteen years requires patience, but accountability must remain uncompromised.

Nahid: Exactly. Constructive civic vigilance and national solidarity are essential to safeguard the gains of our revolution. Thank you for the insightful discussion!

Mihad: You are most welcome, Nahid. Take care!

Or,

Write a dialogue between you and your friend about the preparation of Basic English for the upcoming Honors examination.

Participants: Raihan and Tareq

Raihan: Hello Tareq! How is your preparation progressing for our upcoming Basic English examination?

Tareq: Hello Raihan! My preparation is going fairly well, but I still feel somewhat nervous about the grammar and Quranic translation parts.

Raihan: You should not worry excessively. The grammar section carries 40 marks and is very scoring if you focus on the right form of verbs, prepositions, voice change, and narration through regular past-paper drills.

Tareq: How are you preparing for the translation of Quranic Surahs and Ayats?

Raihan: I practice translating short Surahs like Al-Fil and Al-Ikhlas along with selected ayats into clear, grammatically sound English daily. That secures full 10 marks easily.

Tareq: That is very sensible! And what about the composition section?

Raihan: I am regularly revising paragraphs on contemporary themes like the July Mass Uprising and Climate Change, alongside standard letters and dialogues. Clear paragraph structure and natural language fetch high marks.

Tareq: Thank you so much for the practical tips, Raihan. Let us do a group study session this evening.

Raihan: Certainly! Let us meet at the study hall after Asr prayer.

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