School Level Syllabus (স্কুল পর্যায় সিলেবাস): Core Content and Question Traps
What this domain tests
The school-level (স্কুল পর্যায়) section rewards broad, accurate command of the subjects taught in secondary classrooms: Bangla language and literature, English, mathematics, general science, social science, and Islamic or moral education depending on the cadre. Because the official domain list is not enumerated in the source, treat the section as a breadth test: candidates should know definitions, terminology, standard rules, and the canonical facts that a competent secondary teacher would explain without notes.
Concepts you must command
In Bangla, know সন্ধি, সমাস, কারক ও বিভক্তি, and the difference between তৎসম, তদ্ভব, and বিদেশি শব্দ. In English, know tense consistency, subject–verb agreement, voice, and common preposition collocations. In mathematics, be fluent with ratio, percentage, profit and loss, simple interest, and basic algebra and geometry formulas. In science, know units, the states of matter, photosynthesis, and the human body systems. In social science, know the structure of government and basic geography of Bangladesh.
Traps that appear in questions
Distractors usually differ from the correct answer by one small detail. In grammar, a singular collective noun may take a plural verb when members act individually. In mathematics, a percentage increase followed by the same percentage decrease never returns to the original value. In Bangla, a word that looks তৎসম may actually be তদ্ভব. In science, mass and weight are routinely swapped. Read the whole stem before choosing.
Rule of thumb
When two options seem right, test each against a concrete example. For instance, to check whether 20% up then 20% down returns to 100, compute 100 × 1.2 × 0.8 = 96, not 100.
Worked example
A shopkeeper marks an item at 500 taka and gives a 10% discount, then adds 10% VAT on the discounted price. Discounted price = 500 × 0.9 = 450; with VAT = 450 × 1.1 = 495. The answer is 495 taka, not 500.