Model Class9

Tazneen Karim is the corporate, manager of SMC Bank. She has been associated with the

bank for eleven years and is the senior most woman working there. She is the first

female executive to get onto the bank's management committee. In the beginning,

there were only a few women in the various positions. But in time, there were a lot of

changes and many more women were given opportunities in different departments of the

bank. At present, there are 49 women, in total, working in SMC Bank and the majority

of them are in the management cadre. Every year, the Bank takes in new management

trainees, with 50% men and 50% women. Young recruits are given an equal chance of

pursuing a good career. She adds, "As far as the bank is concerned, we are ready to

take in as many women as possible, women who are interested in taking up banking as a

career. Here men and women are treated equally, regardless of gender, which ensures an

environment for people to excel in."

1. Answer the following questions in your own words.

·         What is Tazneen karim?

·         How long she has been in the SMC bank now?

·         How many women are working in this bank now?

·         What does SMC bank offer to its imployees?

·         What do you mean by regardless of gender?

2.Write ,whether the statements are True or False.If false, give the correct answer.

(a)Feroza married a man of her own age.

(b)Feroza thorght both for herself and her family.

(c) She overcome all her miseries through hard work.

(d) She failed to repay the loan that she took from the Grameen Bank.

(e)her evil days were over by 2000.

(f) Firoza’s husband worked in a factory.

(g) By cultivating paddy Firoza improved her condition.

(h) She stated a stationery shop alongside her house.

(i) Firoza’s income was insufficient to manage her family.

(j) Feroza’s life was full of struggle.

3.Imagine you are Tazneen Karim,working in a non-government bank. Now write in your own words about your job in not more that 80 words.