LIFE SHINE SCHOOL
Class test 29 October 2022
Class: Nine Sub: English 1st Paper
Full Marks: 30 [Set: C ] Time: 20 minutes
Can you think of a classroom where there is no blackboard or desks? Do you believe that you can be a student without a traditional book or writing pad or even pen and pencil? Are you not thrilled to imagine that you have asked a question, and your tutor is answering that while flying midair in a Boeing from California to Tokyo? These are all possible on a ‘virtual campus’ in the system of e-learning. No kidding! For quite a long time, educationists have been utilizing the advantages of computer technology. The social networking services have a huge potential to help educationists in this sector. They have access to millions of people worldwide. Educationists have noticed that a large number of social network users come from young generation and especially belong to the student community. So, side by side computer assisted teaching-learning software, online education programmes are evolving fairly rapidly to assist conventional education system. But, is that e-learning? We may confuse distant education or computer-based learning or computer-assisted training or even online education programmes with e-learning. But, we should be cautious about the mix-up. What happens in an online education programme? Maybe, you get some materials online from your tutor. Maybe, you submit your assignment through emails. Or even, you may take your test online. But, there must be some conventional campus, a department or institute from where your certificate will come. But, in e-learning, every step, such as registration, admission, classroom entry and exit, class work, attendance, discussion with course mates, feedback, exams, and finally certification must take place electronically through computer and the Internet technology on a virtual campus. Everything is digitized and conducted by a system called Learning Management System (LMS). So, online education programmes blend various components of e-learning. The revolutionary concept of e-learning is already in its practice phase in many parts of the world.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×25 = 25
(1) The frame work developed by Professor Khan is ___ by pondits.
(i) criticized (ii) condemned (iii) disapproved (iv) admired
(2) What have accelerated the process of e-learning?
(i) Teaching learning software (ii) Non-social networking service
(iii) Distant education (iv) Social networking services
(3) What is the similarity between distance learning and e-learning?
(i) both of them are computer-based (iii) both of them require electronic media
(ii) both of them require Internet connection (iv) both i & ii
(4) What is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
(i) to highlight the advantages of e-learning (ii)to sketch the importance of traditional system of learning
(iii) to describe different features of learning (iv) to state the bad sides of e-learning
(5) Who are the main targets of e-learning?
(i) student community (ii) businessmen (iii) teachers (iv) bankers
(6) Which of the following statement(s) is true?
(i) Virtual campus does not need traditional educational aids (ii) One can go to Tokyo from California by airplane
(iii) Social networks are hampering our educational progress (iv) both I & II
(7) The advantages of computer are enjoyed by ____
(i) farmers (ii) clerks (iii) educationists (iv) fishermen
(8) ____ supports educationists.
(i) computers (ii) televisions (iii) social networking services (iv) newspaper
(9) What is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
(i) To make people know about online education programs (ii) To Inform people about e learning
(iii) To highlight the importance of distant education (iv) To criticize virtual campus
(10) The assignment can be submitted through ----
(i) computer (ii) e-learning (iii) e-mail (iv) mobile
(11) ___ of young generation use social networks.
(i) A trivial number (ii) An insignificant (ii) A petty number (iv) An outstanding number
(12) A large number of social network users belong to ____
(i) worker community (ii) farmer community (iii) lawyer community (iv) Junior community
(13) What is the main purpose of the author of this passage?
(i) to sketch the importance of traditional system (ii) to describe different features of learning
(iii) to accentuate the advantage of e learning (iv) to depict the negative of virtual campus-based learning
(14) Which of the following best reflects the message of the passage?
(i) E-learning is getting popularity rapidly (ii) E-earning is getting popularity in the west
(iii) E-learning is losing popularity rapidly (iv) E-learning is getting popularity in the East
(15) The word 'contemplate' refers to____
(i) to emphasize (ii) to command (iii) to speculate (iv) to mediatate
(16) The word 'thrilled' means_____
(i) fatigued (ii) droopy (iii) electrified (iv) turned-off
(17) The expression "No kidding!" means___
(i) e-learning needs no student (ii) it is a matter of fact
(iii) kids are allowed in e-learning (iv) kids are prohibited in virtual campus
(18) "They have access to millions of people worldwide". In this sentence, the word "They refers to __
(i) the educationists (ii) the common users (iii) social networks (iv) computer program
(19) which of the following best describes the virtual campus'?
(i) a campus conducted electronically (ii) a campus conducted electrically
(iii) a campus like traditional one (iv) a campus having less facility
(20) What could be the closest meaning for 'Component'?
(i) compulsory (ii) constituent (iii) congregation (iv) promotion
(21) The concept of e-learning is in_____
(i) practice stage (ii) running stage (iii) primary stage (iv) final stage
(22) What does the expression keep our fingers crossed' mean?
(i) To wait eagerly (ii) To hope for luck (iii) To remain idle (iv) To make a pioneering step
(23) Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word 'potential' in the passage?
(i) Inability (ii) capability (iii) assistance (iv) utilization
(24) What is similarity between distance learning and e-learning?
(i) Both of them are computer based (ii) Both of them require internet connection
(iii) Both of them require electronic media (iv) both i & ii
(25) A virtual campus requires____
(i) a multimedia classroom (ii) only a blackboard
(iii) a blackboard, some books, pens and pads (iv) none of these
Read the following text carefully and answer the question no. 2 1×25 = 25
George Bernard Shaw was born on July 26, 1856. At his ten he was sent to school but he received from there a scanty education. Most of his cultural background he owed to his mother. At the age of 15 Shaw worked for five years as a clerk in a land agent's office. Then he went to London with his mother where he now and then earned a few shillings but never a living Here he became an active member of the Fabian Society which was founded in 1884. From 1873 to 1883 Shaw tried to become a novelist by writing four novels. But they were a failure and failure made him a playwright. His play 'Widower's House' published in 1893 made a mild hit. Afterward Shaw wrote play after play. Among them, Arms and the Man (1895) Candide (1895), Man and Superman (1903), Saint Joan (1923) are famous. In 1925 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his great contribution in literature. Three weeks after his ninety fifth birthday George Bernard Shaw died.
Who/What Event/Activity Year/When
George Bernard Shaw Born (i) _____
Widower’s house (ii) _____ 1893
(iii) ____ Publication 1895
Shaw Founding the Fabian society (iv) ____
(v) ____ Got Nobel Prize 1925