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Flow Chart Completion (English 1st Paper Q. 2) Final Suggestion-2026

QUES. NO. 2 FLOW CHART

01

Read the passage and make a flow chart showing some major characteristics and challenges of adolescence. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-1(B-iii & iv)] (2×5=10)

The time of adolescence is a period of preparation for adulthood during which one experiences several key developments. Besides physical and sexual maturation, these experiences include movement toward social and economic independence, development of identity, the acquisition of skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles and the capacity for abstract reasoning. While adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential, it is also a time of considerable risks during which social contexts exert powerful influences.

Many adolescents face pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs and to initiate sexual relationships putting themselves at high risk for intentional and unintentional injuries, unintended pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many also experience a wide range of adjustment and mental health problems. Behaviour patterns that are established during this period such as the use or avoidance of drugs and taking or abstaining from sexual risk can have long-lasting negative and positive effects on future health and well-being. As a result, adults have unique opportunities to influence adolescents. [Dinajpur Board-2024; Sylhet Board-2017]

1. Physical and sexual maturation ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Questions: (i) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the challenges faced by adolescent. (No. 1 has been done for you.)

1. Adolescents lured by intoxicants ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

(ii) Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the key developments during the time of adolescence. (No. 1 has been done for you.)

1. Physical maturation ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

02

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9, Lesson-2(B-iii & iv)] (2×5=10)

In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage for girls is 18. However, 33 percent of our girls get married before they are 15 and 60 percent of them become mothers by the time they reach 19. When an adolescent girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and thus loses her mobility. She gets confined to full-time work in her in-laws' household. She loses social status and all the opportunities of economic independence. In her in-laws' house, she gets marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all sorts of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In our country, it is still a common practice for the bride's family to pay dowry. Dowry demands can continue even after marriage. An adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, faces enormous health risk during pregnancy and childbirth. Majority of our people are uninformed or insufficiently informed about contraception and reproductive health. This leads to increased mortality rates among adolescent brides during childbirth. [Chattogram Board-2025 & 2023; Rajshahi Board-2017]

1. Getting married early ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

03

Read the following passage and make a flow chart highlighting the different aspects of socio-cultural life as reflected in folk music. (One is done for you.) [Unit-2; Lesson-2(B)] (2×5=10)

In Bangladesh, folk music has great variety, with songs composed on culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine life. These songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural. Mystical songs have been composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats. Since the country is basically riverine, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music. Nature plays a role in providing the content and rhythm of folk music. The folk music of Bangladesh varies from region to region, reflecting changes in the natural environment and the dialects people use. Thus there are the northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs. [Dhaka Board-2019]

1. Songs reflecting rural and riverine life ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

04

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the leading events of Shilpi's life. (No. 1 has been done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-3(B)] (2×5=10)

Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her wedding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group's activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behaviour related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counselling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that help adolescents say 'no' to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10,000 groups supported by some local Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada's Adolescent Reproductive Health Project which also aims to increase access to quality health services for adolescents. During one of the group sessions, Shilpi came to understand the potentially harmful effects of early marriage and pregnancy. [Mymensingh Board-2025]

1. Got married at 15 ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

05

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing what butterflies symbolize. (One is done for you.) [Unit-8; Lesson-4(A)] (2×5=10)

Butterflies are regarded as powerful symbols in many cultures and contexts. They are often associated with change and growth, due to their fascinating transformation from caterpillar to cocoon, and finally into a graceful butterfly. In Greek mythology, psyche (meaning "soul") is often depicted with butterfly wings. Butterflies are thus connected to the soul and the quest for love and beauty. In some cultures, particularly in Asia, butterflies appear in art as symbols of love, romance, beauty, and freedom. They are also seen as symbols of the transient and fleeting nature of life.

1. Change and growth ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

06

Read the following passage and create a flow chart illustrating the swimmer's journey to breaking the world record. (One is done for you.) [Unit-7; Lesson-1(A)] (2×5=10)

Once in water, you get oblivious of time, distance or direction. The only thought which kept me worried, was that I must make it and that I must get good weather all the way. The second half of the swim is always very difficult. And if even little waves develop, it saps the ebbing energy of the swimmer all the more. Taking a lesson from my previous swims I kept my speed at a steady pace for I knew I would need every ounce of my energy towards the close... I felt hungry and famished and shouted for my manager. In reply, I was told that I could not afford to waste 10 minutes in having the feed! If I have to break the record, I must swim on with all my might. But I refused I am sorry now for it., For if I had gone on, I might have finished the whole swim in less than 10 hours and 15 minutes creating a new world record from both sides.... After the feed, I really got my teeth into the strokes.... I was squeezing my body for the last drop of energy I could get out of it.... and edged on inch by inch. The people in the motorboat were cheering me. I saw the flash on the Kent shore very clearly. I realized I was very close. I could see the shore record, like the proverbial carrot, dangling before my swollen eyes.... I kept pulling myself on... a little more, just a little more ... the momentum was building up-then I felt rocks, sharp and craggy.... Then a big rock appeared before me. And that was it... it was ... the time: 4:35 a.m. GMT: I had broken the world record by 15 minutes. I thanked God for fulfilling my life's ambition. Then I remembered my parents. I had not failed my country.

1. Plunged into water ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

07

Read the following text carefully. Based on your reading, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing Jerry's activities at the writer's cabin. (No. 1 has been done for you.) [Unit-8, Lesson-3(C)] (2×5=10)

He came every day and cut my wood and did small helpful favors and stayed to talk. The days had become cold, and often I let him come inside the cabin. He would lie on the floor in front of the fire, with one arm across the pointer, and they would both doze and wait quietly for me. Other days they ran with a common ecstasy through the laurel, and he brought me back vermilion maple leaves, and chestnut boughs dripping with imperial yellow. I was ready to go. I said to him, "You have been my friend, Jerry. I shall often think of you and miss you. Pat will miss you too. I am leaving tomorrow." He did not answer, and I watched him go in silence up the hill. I expected him the next day, but he did not come... I closed the cabin and started the car........ stopped by the orphanage and left the cabin key and money..... with Miss Clark. "And will you call Jerry for me to say good-bye to him?"

1. Cutting wood ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

08

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the implications of Eve-teasing in Bangladesh. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-4(C)] (2×5=10)

Like many other South Asian countries, in Bangladesh, the gravity of sexual harassment in public space has been diluted and almost "normalised" through calling it 'eve-teasing'. 'Eve teasing' is just another term for sexual harassment in public space or street harassment in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries. By using a benign word such as 'teasing' to express a behaviour that is grossly inappropriate, it reduces the extent of the action, therefore, we should use the word sexual harassment instead of "eve-teasing" in order to address this deep seated problem of our society. Although late, policymakers in Bangladesh are also finally realising that eve-teasing constitutes sexual harassment. There is no estimate on national prevalence of sexual harassment in public spaces in Bangladesh. However, Action Aid found, that 84% of women they surveyed (of 800 women and girls) in 2015 reported experiencing sexual harassment in the public. According to Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), a legal aid organisation, 108 women were sexually harassed in Bangladesh between January and October 2018, of which eight women attempted suicide, and seven men were murdered when they protested these harassments.

1. Sexual harassment in public spaces ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

09

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the examples/types of cyberbullying. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-4(H)] (2×5=10)

Cyberbullying is basically an act done by a person(s) against another person(s) by using electronic communication, e.g. social media. A few examples of cyberbullying are causing someone harm by posting unwanted or private information, threatening a person by sending mean messages via emails, social networking websites, text or audio messages, spreading rumours via email or social networking sites, sharing private/embarrassing pictures, creating fake profiles, etc. In Bangladesh, cyberbullying is not just an act to be scorned at but is an offence punishable under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006. The Act, inter alia, provides that a person who deliberately publishes, in a website or in electronic form, any material which is fake and obscene or has the effect of corrupting persons who are likely to read, see or hear the material or causes to prejudice the image of a person or may hurt religious belief or instigate against any person, then the person publishing the material will be guilty of an offence under the Act. The punishment for such an offence is imprisonment and/or fine.

1. Causing someone harm ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing the causes why a person is punished as per the Act. (One is done for you.)

1. Publishing fake material ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

10

Read the following text again and make a flow chart showing the conditions prevailing in Gaza. (One is done for you.) [Unit-11; Lesson-3(A)] (2×5=10)

For the first time the streets of Gaza were clean, there wasn't a paper or a cardboard. People were collecting the paper from the streets to use it for baking, because the electricity was disconnected. My mum didn't want to bake and she asked me to bring bread from the oven. The queue at the oven stretched from Gaza to the West Bank. People would line up for 8 hours to get to their turn and take half a pack of bread. In seconds, a Palestinian rocket launcher was erected in the area and in less than one second the Israeli planes started bombing it. People began running in all directions and the ambulances came. People started falling dead... others were injured. I was in shock, and people in the street started telling me thank God you're safe. Anyway I went back home without the loaf of bread. And my mum yelled at me... but till today, she doesn't know why I didn't bring the bread.

1. Streets without trash i.e clean ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

11

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the different aspects of beauty as described in the passage. (One is done for you.) [Unit-2; Lesson-1(A)] (2×5=10)

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 when asked to define it, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an independent, objective identity? Is it universal, or is it shaped by individual perceptions? Does it truly lie in the eye of the beholder? we ask ourselves. Throughout history, poets and artists have described beauty in different ways. Poets make use of words to paint images of beauty, while artists create representations of beauty using their creative faculties.

1. Beauty in pleasurable objects and sights ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the traits of beauty. (One is done for you.)

1. Appreciating easy ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

12

Read the following text and make a flow-chart showing what are needed to win the English Channel. (One is done for you.) [Unit-7; Lesson-1(A)] (2×5=10)

The Channel, with its cold biting water, the winds, the waves and the tides does not make things easier. The unpredictable weather changes for the worse after a swimmer jumps in. It has never, to my knowledge, changed for the better for anyone yet.... Apart from stamina and practice of long distance swimming, one must have the grit, determination and courage to subdue the Channel. Weather and ill luck have conspired and joined hands many a time to defeat Channel swimmers. They had defeated me no less than five times....

1. Stamina ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

13

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the problems of the adolescence, which many adolescents face at this stage. (One is done for you.) (2×5=10) [Unit-9; Lesson-1 (B-iv)]

Many adolescents face pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs and to initiate sexual relationships putting themselves at high risk for intentional and unintentional injuries, unintended pregnancies, and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Many also experience a wide range of adjustments and mental health problems. Behaviour patterns that are established during this period such as the use or avoidance of drugs and taking or abstaining from sexual risk can have long-lasting negative and positive effects on future health and well-being. As a result, adults have unique opportunities to influence adolescents.

1. Facing the pressure to use alcohol ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

14

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the problems students face every day and the impacts. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-4(F)] (2×5=10)

"Every day students face multiple dangers, including fighting, pressure to join gangs, bullying-both in person and online-violent discipline, sexual harassment and armed violence. In the short-term this impacts their learning and in the long-term it can lead to depression, anxiety and even suicide. Violence is an unforgettable lesson that no child needs to learn." "Violence involving weapons in schools, such as knives and guns, continues to claim lives. In an increasingly digital world, bullies are disseminating violent, hurtful and humiliating content with the click of a button."

1. Bullying ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

15

Read the following text and based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the information about the things that stand against the Channel swimmers. (One is done for you.) [Unit-7; Lesson-1(A)] (2×5=10)

I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stiff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer, Mr. J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore. I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming, I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swim the Channel six times, each time risking my life and reputation, was so close. Yet it could be far.... The Channel, with its cold biting water, the winds, the waves and the tides does not make things easier. The unpredictable weather changes for the worse after a swimmer jumps in. It has never, to my knowledge, changed for the better for anyone yet.... Apart from stamina and practice of long distance swimming, one must have the grit, determination and courage to subdue the Channel. Weather and ill luck have conspired and joined hands many a time to defeat Channel swimmers. They had defeated me no less than five time..

1. Cold biting water ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

16

Read the following text carefully and create a flow chart that shows the responsibilities of EdTech companies in ensuring that AI is used ethically and effectively in the classroom. (Option 1 is given.) [Unit-1; Lesson-2(B)] (2×5=10)

Edtech companies play a crucial role in advancing the use of AI in the classroom and ensuring that it is used ethically and responsibly. To do so, they should consider the following:

1. Cost: The cost of developing and implementing AI-powered educational tools can be a significant barrier for schools and teachers. Edtech companies should work to make AI technology accessible to a broader range of schools and teachers and explore alternative funding options, such as grants or partnerships, to help offset the costs.

2. Human interaction: AI-powered educational tools cannot replace the human and emotional support that students need to succeed. Edtech companies should aim to develop AI tools that augment, rather than replace, the role of teachers and provide students with a well-rounded education that includes both personalized learning and human interaction.

3. Privacy and security: Privacy concerns are a significant limitation of AI in the classroom. Edtech companies must ensure that the sensitive personal data collected and stored by AI-powered educational tools are properly secured and that privacy is maintained.

4. Improved AI capabilities: Current AI-powered educational tools have limitations, such as a lack of creativity and originality and a limited understanding of context. Edtech companies should aim to improve AI capabilities and overcome these limitations to create more advanced, innovative and effective AI tools for the classroom.

5. Ethical considerations: Edtech companies should consider the ethical implications of AI technology in education and develop AI tools in a transparent, fair and responsible manner. They must also ensure that they develop and use AI tools in accordance with the laws and regulations governing data privacy, security and intellectual property.

1. Must ensure affordable AI tools ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

17

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing Lord's Prayer on the Sunday School. (One is done for you.) [Unit-5; Lesson-4(B)] (2×5=10)

Sarah Goodler, Age: 8 years "I'm a trapper in the Gawber pit. It does not tire me, but I have to trap without a light and I'm scared. I go at four and sometimes half past three in the morning, and I come out at five and half past. I never go to sleep. Sometimes I sing when I've light, but not in the dark; I dare not sing then. I don't like being in the pit. I am very sleepy when I go sometimes in the morning." "I go to Sunday school and read Reading made Easy." She knows her letters, and can read little words. They teach me to pray. She repeated the Lord's Prayer, not very perfectly, and ran on with the following addition: "God bless my father and mother, and sister and brother, uncles and aunts and cousins, and everybody else, and God bless me and make me a good servant. Amen." "I have heard tell of Jesus many a time. I don't know why he came on earth, I'm sure, and I don't know why he died, but he had stones for his head to rest on. I would like to be at school far better than in the pit."

1. Taught to pray ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing Sarah Goodler's conception about Jesus. (One is done for you.)

1. Heard about Jesus many a time ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

18

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the activities of cyber criminals and their consequences. (One is done for you.) [Unit-9; Lesson-4(H)] (2×5=10)

In Bangladesh, cyber bullying is not just an act to be scorned at but is an offence punishable under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act 2006. The Act, inter alia, provides that a person who deliberately publishes, in a website or in electronic form, any material which is fake and obscene or has the effect of corrupting persons who are likely to read, see or hear the material or cause to prejudice the image of a person or may hurt religious belief or instigate against any person, then the person publishing the material will be guilty of an offence under the Act. The punishment for such an offence is imprisonment and/or fine. Victims of cybercrimes (including cyberbullying) can lodge a complaint to the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) by calling at +880-29611111 or by emailing at btrc@btrc.gov.bd. BTRC is supposed to take necessary actions within 24 hours and the perpetrators will be brought to justice within 3 days after the complaint is filed. The government has also launched a cybercrime helpline. Victims can call at +8801766678888 to submit their complaints.

1. Publishing fake or obscene material ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above text and make a flow chart showing the cyberbullying according to the ICT ACT 2006 and actions taken by BTRC regarding this in Bangladesh. (One is done for you.) 1. Spreading fake and obscene material ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

19

Read the passage below and write short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart different aspects of Sonargaon. (No. 1 is done for you.) [Unit-2; Lesson-4(B)] (2×5=10)

Some of you who live outside Sonargaon, an Upazila in the district of Narayanganj, may have visited the ancient township with its Folk Arts and Crafts Museum, set up by the famous artist Zainul Abedin in 1970, and a number of old buildings which speak of a glorious past. But those who haven't had a chance to go there may still read about it and see images of its historical and cultural landmarks on the Internet. Sonargaon lies about 24 kilometers away from Dhaka and can be reached by bus or taxi and other forms of private transport. It attracts hundreds of visitors every day because of its antiquity and historical importance. Sonargaon was once the capital of the independent Sultanate of Bengal in the early 14th century. Even before that, it was the capital of Vanga under Raja Danauja Rai. Greek and Roman writers and travelers from abroad mentioned Sonargaon which was a prosperous trading post with a splendid river port. Ibn Battuta visited it in 1346 and was amazed by its splendor.

1. Conveniently located ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

20

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the series of events before the narrator's touching the Kent shore. (One is done for you.) [Unit-7; Lesson-1(A)] (2×5=10)

I could hear very faint voices as if coming from the other, side of the world. The time was about 4:00 in the morning and the date September 22, 1961. I was feeling tired and exhausted and was encountering stiff opposition from the strong tide. I looked towards my accompanying motorboat carrying my manager Quazi Mohammad Ali, skipper Len Hutchinson and the official observer, Mr. J. U. Wood. They were all pointing towards the Kent shore. As I looked up, I could see flashes. I realized I was very close to the shore. I asked what the time was and how far I had still to go. They told me that if I put the last ounce of energy into my swimming, I would set a new world record for France to England swim. This electrified me. The goal for which I had been striving for the past four years could be mine. The aim, which goaded me to swim the Channel six times, each time risking my life and reputation, was so close. Yet it could be far....

1. Hearing faint voices ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

21

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the flavours of Bangla meals. (One is done for you.) [Unit-10; Lesson-3(A)] (2×5=10)

Our Bengali meals consist of five flavours of food-bitter, savoury, hot, sour sides and desserts. The English eat only sweet and savoury preparations. They cannot stomach the hot stuff, and even less the sour. And possibly never even know that bitters could be consumed. Hence English cuisine seems bland and tasteless to us. But the English can bake good cake-pastry-pudding, something they learned from the Italians. In my opinion, our sandesh and rasogolla are such delicacies that there is no reason to go bananas over those desserts.

1. Different flavours ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

22

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the major consequences of environmental disasters caused by human actions. (One is done for you.) [Unit-12; Lesson-4(A)] (2×5=10)

When an explosion in the Union Carbide Chemical Plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people on the night of December 2, 1984, it was regarded as a terrible but singular disaster. When a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Ukraine in the former Soviet Union exploded just two years later killing an undisclosed number of workers, it was regarded as a terrible but singular disaster. So too when the world learned of the ecological and human cost of decades of petroleum-waste dumping in the Niger Delta by Royal Dutch Shell in the last quarter of the twentieth century, the attempt to privatize water in Bolivia by the Bechtel Corporation in the 1990s, the death of close to two thousand people in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, or even the horrific aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki six decades earlier. Each was regarded as a terrible but singular disaster. In fact, these and other similar environmental disasters are neither singular nor isolated. Rather, they are clearly interconnected; they are caused by human beings and they disproportionately negatively impact poor people and women. That is what Environmental Justice as a movement understands.

1. Killing of thousands of people in Bhopal, India ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

23

Read the following passage and based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the farcical initiatives to educate the birds. (No. 1 has been done for you.) [Unit-1 Lesson-1(B)] (2×5=10)

A goldsmith set to work on a gilded cage. It turned out to be of such exquisite workmanship that people from far and near crowded round for a look. Some said, "This is education par excellence." Others said, "Even if it learns nothing. It has got the cage. What a lucky bird." The goldsmith was delighted to get a bagful of money as reward and went home at once. A teacher came to give lessons to the bird. He took a pinch of snuff and declared, "This isn't a matter of just a few texts." One of the royal nephews sent for scribes. They made multiple copies of various texts until there was a veritable mountain. "Bravo!" exclaimed those who saw it. "There is no room for any more knowledge." The scribes loaded their wages onto bullocks and merrily headed home. They would never again want for anything. The nephews were constantly busy looking after the expensive cage. Repairs were always under way. Anyone who saw the endless dusting, wiping and polishing had to agree that there was "marked improvement". A large maintenance crew was needed, and more personnel to supervise them. They all got handsome monthly salaries, which they saved in their wooden chests. Even their cousins came to live with them in cushioned comfort.

1. Exaggerative measures for educating the bird ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

24

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the information about the childhood of Frederick Douglas. (One is done for you.) [Unit-8; Lesson-3(C)] (2×5=10)

I was born in Tuckahoe, near Hillsborough, and about twelve miles from Easton, in Talbot county, Maryland. I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know of theirs, and it is the wish of most masters within my knowledge to keep their slaves thus ignorant. I do not remember to have ever met a slave who could tell of his birthday. They seldom come nearer to it than planting-time, harvest-time, cherry-time, spring-time, or fall-time. A want of information concerning my own was a source of unhappiness to me even during childhood. The white children could tell their ages. I could not tell why I ought to be deprived of the same privilege. I was not allowed to make any inquiries of my master concerning it. He deemed all such inquiries on the part of a slave improper and impertinent, and evidence of a restless spirit. The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age. I come to this, from hearing my master say, sometime during 1835, I was about seventeen years old.

1. Born in a remote village ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing the condition of the slaves during the childhood of Frederick Douglas. (One is done for you.)

1. Could not tell their age ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

25

Make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing the reason for separating Frederick Douglass from his mother. [Unit-8; Lesson-3(C)] (2×5=10)

My mother was named Harriet Bailey. She was the daughter of Isaac and Betsey Bailey, both colored, and quite dark. My mother was of a darker complexion than either my grandmother or grandfather. My father was a white man. He was admitted to be such by all I ever heard speak of my parentage. The opinion was also whispered that my master was my father; but of the correctness of this opinion, I know nothing; the means of knowing was withheld from me. My mother and I were separated when I was but an infant before I knew her as my mother. It is a common custom, in the part of Maryland from which I ran away, to part children from their mothers at a very early age. Frequently, before the child has reached its twelfth month, its mother is taken from it, and hired out on some farm a considerable distance off, and the child is placed under the care of an old woman, too old for field labor. For what this separation is done, I do not know, unless it be to hinder the development of the child's affection toward its mother, and to blunt and destroy the natural affection of the mother for the child.

1. To keep unknown to child ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Questions: (i) Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing the facts of Frederick Douglas's father. (One is done for you.) 1. A white man ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

(ii) Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing condition of separation of Frederick Douglas from his mother. (One is done for you.) 1. Separated in early childhood ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

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Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the process of making Egyptian broad bean seeds known as 'fool'. (One is done for you.) [Unit-10; Lesson-3(A)] (2×5=10)

I also tasted another unique item-Egyptian Broad bean seeds. You must have seen the massive kegs of oil in the Alibaba film. In two or three such kegs, they put broad bean seeds and boil them overnight. After adding olive oil and some spices, they serve them from the morning. We ate them at midnight. What taste! I can still feel it in my mouth. Our pumpkin seeds are no match for this delicacy. Even Paul and Percy agreed that the soybeans of China would be far behind, never mind surpassing it. We heard that the king and the poor-everyone ate those beans twice a day. The restaurant owner told us that some pharaoh liked it so much that he had forbidden his subjects to eat these beans! Hence the reason why people talk about the whims of the pharaohs. I picked up its Arabic name-fool.

1. Select broad beans ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

Extra Question: Read the above passage and make a flow chart showing the cooking details of the Egyption broad bean seeds. (One is done for you.)

1. Putting broad bean seeds in kegs ➡ 2 ➡ 3 ➡ 4 ➡ 5 ➡ 6

 

How to Answer HSC Flowcharts

A flowchart tests a student's ability to read a passage, find specific information, and write it in short, grammatically matching phrases.

Part 1: How to Draw the Flowchart Correctly

In the exam hall, presentation matters. The examiner should see a neat, downward-flowing diagram.

• Use Pen and Pencil: It is best to draw the boxes and arrows with a pencil. If you make a mistake, you can erase it. Write the text inside the boxes with a black pen.

• Box Size: Try to make all 6 boxes the same size. Draw them wide enough so your words fit neatly.

• The Downward Structure: Always draw them from top to bottom. See the exact layout below:

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Physical and sexual maturation

↓

2Movement toward social and economic independence

↓

3Development of Identity

↓

4Acquisition of skills

↓

5Facing pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs

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6Wide range of adjustment and mental health problems

Part 2: Step-by-Step Method for Finding Answers

Do not start writing immediately. Follow these steps when you read the question paper:

1. Read the Question Carefully: The question will tell you exactly what to look for. For example: "Make a flowchart showing the activities of a good student." Now you know your target: "activities".

2. Look at Box 1: Box 1 is your boss. It tells you the starting point of the story, and it tells you the grammar rule you must follow.

3. Underline in the Passage: Read the passage and use your pencil to underline 5 more points that match what the question asked for. Make sure they happen after the event in Box 1.

4. Draft Your Answers: Mentally (or on rough paper) change those full sentences into short phrases.

Part 3: How to Turn a "Full Sentence" into a "Short Phrase"

Students often lose marks because they copy full sentences from the passage. You must remove subjects (He, She, It, They, The man) and auxiliary verbs (is, was, have, had).

Here is how you change them:

Sentence in the Passage (Do NOT write this)	Flowchart Phrase (WRITE THIS)
He was born in an aristocratic family.	Born in an aristocratic family
She spent many years hiding in an attic.	Spending many years in an attic
They used to learn about society's culture.	Learning about society's culture
The main purpose was to defeat the crocodile.	To defeat the crocodile
It is a great source of entertainment.	Source of entertainment

Part 4: The Golden Grammar Rules (Matching Box 1)

If Box 1 starts with a specific word type, Boxes 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 must start with that exact same word type.

1. The "Verb + ing" Rule (Gerund/Participle)

If Box 1 is: 1. Wasting valuable time

• 2. Playing with bad friends

• 3. Neglecting daily studies

• 4. Failing in the final exam

2. The "To + Verb" Rule (Infinitive)

If Box 1 is: 1. To get a good job

• 2. To earn a handsome salary

• 3. To support the family

• 4. To live a happy life

3. The "By / For + Verb + ing" Rule (Prepositional)

If Box 1 is: 1. By reading books daily

• 2. By attending classes regularly

• 3. By taking notes carefully

• 4. By revising the lessons

4. The Past Tense Rule (Common for Biographies)

If Box 1 is: 1. Received early education at home

• 2. Went to London for higher studies

• 3. Achieved a great degree

• 4. Returned to his homeland

Part 5: The "Must-Not-Do" Warning List

To guarantee 10 out of 10 marks, check your final answer against these warnings:

• WARNING 1: Did you forget the title? (Always write "A flowchart showing... is given below:")

• WARNING 2: Did you use a full stop (.) at the end of the boxes? (Never use full stops. These are phrases, not sentences).

• WARNING 3: Did you write "He", "She", or "They"? (Remove all subjects).

• WARNING 4: Did you break the serial order? (Your points must go in the order they appear in the passage. Don't put an event from paragraph 3 before an event from paragraph 1).

• WARNING 5: Did you forget to capitalize the first letter inside every box? (Always start with a capital letter).

Key:

01

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Physical and sexual maturation

↓

2Movement toward social and economic independence

↓

3Development of Identity

↓

4Acquisition of skills

↓

5Facing pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs

↓

6Wide range of adjustment and mental health problems

(i) Solution to extra questions

1Adolescents lured by intoxicants

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2Attracted towards drugs and cigarettes

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3Influenced by harmful relationships

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4Led towards delinquency

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5Affected by STIS

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6Threatened by mental health problems

(ii)

1Physical maturation

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2Sexual maturation

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3Socio-economic freedom

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4Identity development

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5Skill acquisition

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6Capacity for abstract reasoning

02

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Getting married early

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2Dropping out of school

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3Doing full-time household chores

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4Getting marginalized in in-laws' house

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5Becoming vulnerable to abuses

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6Facing dowry-related violence even after wedding

03

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1Songs reflecting rural and material world

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2Representing social inequality and poverty

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3Showing the mystical songs and the natural environment

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4Composing with metaphors of riverine life

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5Having varied dialects across different regions

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6Reflecting supernaturalism

04

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Got married at 15

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2Joined a local empowerment group

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3Learnt to change cultural practices

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4Engaged in group activities

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5Received one-on-one counselling, peer-to-peer support and life skills training

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6Realized the effects of early marriage and pregnancy

05

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Change and growth

↓

2Transformation of life

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3Soul

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4Love and beauty

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5Romance and freedom

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6Transient and fleeting nature of life

06

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Plunged into water

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2Utilized his lesson from his previous swims

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3Kept his speed at a steady pace

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4Squeezed his body for the last drop of energy

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5Really got his teeth into the strokes

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6Kept pulling himself on till the glorious end

07

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Cutting wood

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2Doing helpful small favours

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3Playing with her dog

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4Taking care of the dog

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5Bringing vermilion maple leaves for her

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6Bringing chestnut boughs for her

08

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Sexual harassment in public spaces

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2Harassment of girls and women

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3A deep-rooted problem

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4Demoralization

09

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Causing someone harm

↓

2Threatening a person by sending mean messages

↓

3Spreading rumours via emails or social networking sites

↓

4Sharing private /embarrassing pictures

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5Creating fake profiles

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6Sending text or audio messages

Solution to extra question (09)

1Publishing fake material

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2Publishing obscene material

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3Causing to prejudice the image of a person

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4Hurting religious belief

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5Instigating against any person

↓

6Corrupting persons by fake material

10

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Streets without trash i.e clean

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2No electricity

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3Use of trash for baking

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4Stretching of queues from Gaza to the West Bank

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5Waiting in lines for hours to take half a pack of bread

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6Bombing by Israeli planes

11

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Beauty in pleasurable objects and sights

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2Beauty in nature

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3Beauty in the laughter of children

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4Beauty in the kindness of strangers

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5Beauty in the words of the poets

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6Beauty in the creation of the artists

Solution to extra question (11)

1Appreciating easy

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2Being difficult to define

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3Being discovered in pleasurable objects

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4Being independent objective identity

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5Prevailing in the laughter of children

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6Being discovered in pleasurable sights

12

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Stamina

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2Practice of long distance swimming

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3Grit

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4Determination

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5Courage

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6Ability to brave the elements

13

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Facing the pressure to use alcohol

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2Feeling urge to initiate sexual relationship

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3Sustaining intentional and unintentional injuries

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4Suffering from unintended pregnancies

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5Suffering from sexually transmitted infections

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6Undergoing mental health problems

14

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Bullying

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2Pressure to join gangs

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3Sexual harassment

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4Armed violence

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5Depression

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6Anxiety

15

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Cold biting water

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2Winds

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3Waves

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4Tides

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5Unpredictable changing weather

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6Ill luck

16

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Must ensure affordable AI tools

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2Develop AI tools that improve AI capabilities

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3Ensure sensitive personal data for safety

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4Aim to augment rather than replace

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5Develop tools fairly and responsibly

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6Ensure compliances with the laws and regulations

17

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Taught to pray

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2Repeated Lord's prayer

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3Uttered imperfectly

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4Sought blessing of family members

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5Sought blessing for ownself

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6Urged to become a good servant of Jesus

Solution to extra question (17)

1Heard about Jesus many a time

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2Unknown about Jesus's coming on earth

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3Unsure about death of Jesus

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4Sure about stones for Jesus's head

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5Rested his head on stones

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6Jesus's having power to bless others

18

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Publishing fake or obscene material

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2Corrupting persons

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3Causing to prejudice the image of a person

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4Hurting religious belief

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5Instigating against any person

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6Incurring punishment or fine

Solution to extra question (18)

1Spreading fake and obscene material

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2Publishing things to corrupt people

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3Publishing contents to prejudice the image of a person

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4Hurting religious belief

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5Taking necessary actions by BTRC

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6Bringing the perpetrators to justice

19

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Conveniently located

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2Previously made the capital of the Sultanate of Bengal

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3Made the capital of Vanga

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4Mentioned by the Roman and Greek writers

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5Made prosperous trading post

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6Visited and amazed by Ibn Battuta

20

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Hearing faint voices

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2Feeling tired and exhausted

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3Encountering stiff opposition from the strong tide

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4Accompanying people in the motor boat pointing towards the Kent shore

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5Seeing flashes

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6Putting the last ounce of energy into swimming

21

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Different flavours

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2Bitter meals

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3Savoury meals

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4Hot meals

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5Sour meals

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6Delicious desserts

22

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Killing of thousands of people in Bhopal, India

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2Death of workers at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant

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3Ecological and human damage from petroleum-waste dumping in Niger Delta

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4Privatization of water in Bolivia

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5Death of nearly two thousand people due to Hurricane Katrina

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6Aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

23

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Exaggerative measures for educating the bird

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2Goldsmith's handsome reward

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3Recruitment of a teacher

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4Arrangement of scribes

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5Multiple copies of various texts

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6High monthly salary for supervisors

24

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Born in a remote village

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2Lack of authentic knowledge about birth date

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3No education

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4Worked as a slave

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5Not allowed to make any inquiry

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6Could only estimate his age

Solution to extra question (24)

1Could not tell their age

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2Compared with horse

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3Kept ignorant by masters

25 (i)

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1To keep unknown to child

↓

2To hide parentage

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3To follow common custom

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4To hinder growing child's affection to mother

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5To destroy mother's affection to child

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6To extinct mother's influence on child

Solution to extra questions (25)

1A white man

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2Admitted to be his father by all

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3Heard from people

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4Opined to be his master

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5Could not make any inquiry to the master

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6Inquiry deemed improper and impertinent by the masters

25 (ii)

1Separated in early childhood

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2Taken away before knowing mother

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3Parted from mother as a common custom

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4Separated before twelfth month

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5Correctness of the opinion unknown

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6Means of knowing withheld

26

Rewriting in a different form (inferring information from the given text and presenting it in a flow chart)

1Select broad beans

↓

2Put broad bean seeds in massive kegs of oil

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3Boil the broad beans

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4Continue boiling them overnight

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5Add olive oil

↓

6Add some spices

Solution to extra question (26)

1Putting broad bean seeds in kegs

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2Boiling the seeds overnight

↓

3Adding olive oil

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4Adding some other spices

↓

5Tasting unique

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6Surpassing the taste of soybeans of China