SAMPAD Grade 10 Entrance Exam case studies
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SAMPAD is the selection test used by Bangladesh's government-run residential secondary schools, the cadet and non-cadet institutions that admit students into Class 9 (Grade 10) through a competitive written and oral process. Candidates are typically students finishing Class 8 who want a place in a SAMPAD-affiliated school rather than a regular local secondary school. The SAMPAD Grade 10 Entrance Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 3,659 words.
1Tiling the Assembly Hall on a Fixed Budget
A secondary school in Rajshahi is tiling the floor of a new assembly hall measuring 12.4 m by 8.4 m. The supplier offers two sizes of square tile: 25 cm at 28 taka each, and 40 cm at 62 taka each.
749 words, about 4 min2Fish Kill in the Village Pond
Students at a school beside a village pond record water data for a science project. On 12 June, after three days with afternoon temperatures near 38 °C and a night-time thunderstorm that washed fertiliser from a maize field into the pond, they find 40 dead tilapia at dawn.
786 words, about 4 min3Editing the Inter-House Debate Notice
A Grade 10 student drafts a notice for the school noticeboard announcing an inter-house debate. The competition will be held between the four houses.
653 words, about 3 min4Selecting the Divisional Quiz Team
Seven students are shortlisted for a four-member team to represent the school at the divisional quiz: Ayesha (Class 10, science club), Babul (Class 9, debate club), Chandni (Class 10, science club), Dipu (Class 9, science club), Eshita (Class 10, debate club), Farhan (Class 9, debate club) and Gita (Class 10, debate club). The selection rules are: (i) exactly four members; (ii) at least one member from Class 9 and at least one from Class 10; (iii) no more than two science-club members; (iv) Ayesha and Dipu cannot both be selected; (v) if Farhan is selected, Chandni must be selected.
735 words, about 4 min5The River That Was Our Shade
In a Class 10 Bangla class the teacher gives an unseen passage and three questions. The passage reads: “গ্রামের পাশে ছোট একটি নদী ছিল। এক সময় নদীটি বছরের সব ঋতুতেই ভরা থাকত, আর গ্রামের লোকেরা নৌকা করে হাটে যেত। গত দশ বছরে নদীর দুই পাশে অনেক ইটভাটা গড়ে উঠেছে। ইট পোড়ানোর ধোঁয়ায় গাছপালা কমে গেছে, আর নদীর পানি শুকিয়ে এখন তার বুকে বালু জমেছে। বৃদ্ধ করিম মিয়া বলেন, ‘নদী আমাদের ছায়া ছিল; আজ সেই ছায়া কেবল স্মৃতিতে।’” Two students disagree about the last sentence.
736 words, about 4 min