Completing Story Suggestion (Eng 1st Q.10) for SSC 2026

Most Important Stories (Question No. 10) for SSC 2026

Rank	Story Title	Beginning / Story Hints	Board Appearances [Total Qty]	2025 Test Qty
1	Honesty is the Best Policy / An Honest Woodcutter  ✪✪✪	Once there lived a poor woodcutter... his axe fell into a river and a fairy appeared	BB-25, 23; CB-25, 24, 11; RB-23, 20; JesB-19; MB-20; DjB-19, 15, 12; SB-16; DB-12; CtgB-09 [15]	11
2	Nobody Believes a Liar / A Liar Shepherd  ✪✪✪	There was a shepherd boy... shouted "Wolf! Wolf!" for fun to fool the villagers	DB-25, 23, 16; BB-24, 22; JB-24; SB-23; CtgB-19; MB-24; RB-17, 15; BarB-17; DjB-17 [13]	12
3	Where There is a Will, There is a Way / The Thirsty Crow   ✪✪✪	One day a crow became very thirsty... found a pitcher with very little water...	RB-25, 22, 20; DB-19, 14; CB-22, 12; JesB-23, 11; CtgB-17, 16; DjB-24, 20; BarB-20, 19, 15; SB-20, 17; DinB-23; BB-19, 12 [13]	8
4	Unity is Strength / The Old Farmer and His Sons   ✪✪✪	A farmer had four sons... they always quarreled... gave them a bundle of sticks	CB-25, 17; RB-24, 15; JB-20, 19; DinB-24; BB-16; MB-23; SB-22, 19, 15 [12]	14
5	Grapes are Sour / A Hungry Fox  ✪✪✪	Once there was a hungry fox... saw bunches of ripe grapes hanging high and tried to jump	DhkB-24; RB-25; CB-23, 16; JesB-16; CtgB-24; MB-22; DjB-25; SB-24 [9]	10
6	One Good Turn Deserves Another / Lion and Mouse  ✪✪✪	Once a mouse was playing... woke a sleeping lion... nibbled the ropes	CB-25; DhkB-17; RB-19; JesB-17; CtgB-23, 16; BarB-24, 19; SB-17 [9]	7
7	Divide the Bread / Two Rats and a Monkey  ✪✪✪	Once two rats found a piece of bread... saw a monkey passing by who offered to help	BB-20; CtgB-17; CB-20, 10; SB-20, 05; DhkB-23; RajB-17; JesB-25, 15; BarB-20; DjB-16 [8]	6
8	Devotion to Mother / Bayazid Bostami  ✪✪✪	Once there was a boy named Bayazid... mother was ill... stood by her bed all night	BB-25, 20, 16; MB-20; SB-20; CB-15; DinB-15; RB-14; DB-13 [6]	10
9	Perseverance is Key / Robert Bruce  ✪✪✪	Robert Bruce, king of Scotland... defeated six times... inspired by a spider's seventh attempt	DB-20; CtgB-19; RB-16; DinB-16; MB-20; SB-15 [6]	7
10	Slow and Steady Wins the Race / Hare & Tortoise  ✪✪✪	Hare teased tortoise for slow speed... decided to race and the hare took a nap	JB-19; DB-17; SB-25, 16; DhkB-15; CtgB-15 [6]	6
11	The Boy Who Saved the Train / Ahsanullah  ✪✪✪	A boy of eleven was tending cattle... noticed a broken railway slipper or collapse	JB-25, 20; CtgB-23; JesB-19; DB-17; SB-16 [6]	4
12	King Midas / The Golden Touch  ✪✪✪	Once there was a king called Midas... wished everything he touched turned to gold	DB-25; RB-24; CtgB-20; DinB-23 [4]	15
13	Greed Loses All / The Goose and Golden Eggs  ✪✪✪	Once there was a greedy farmer... had a goose that laid a golden egg daily	DinB-25; CB-19; BB-17; JesB-14 [4]	12
14	Sheikh Saadi / Dress Does Not Make One Great  ✪✪✪	The king of Iran invited Sheikh Saadi... put food in his pockets	MB-20; CtgB-15, 25; RB-17; DB-15 [4]	9
15	Life is an Adventure / Child Labor in Workshop  ✪✪✪	Student named Talha sees a boy working in a dirty workshop... body covered with oil	RB-23; JesB-20; CtgB-23 [3]	5
16	Lottery Ticket / Dream of Rahmat Mia  ✪✪✪	Rahmat Mia, poor rickshaw puller... saw men selling lottery tickets... bought a ticket	MB-23; CB-24; SB-23 [3]	3
17	Who Will Bell the Cat?  ✪✪✪	Rich man's house infested with rats... mice council decided to hang a bell on the cat	BarB-17; SB-25; DB-19 [3]	3
18	Look Before You Leap / Fire in Garment Factory  ✪✪✪	Worker in factory... loud sound was heard... Fire! Help! panic in the factory	CtgB-24; All Board-18; MB-24 [3]	2
19	The Foolish Crow and a Sly Fox  ✪✪✪	One day a crow stole meat... fox flatters the crow's voice to make it drop the food	JesB-15; CB-09 [2]	7
20	Ayat's Honesty / Money Bag Found on Road  ✪✪✪	One day a boy/Ayat was going to school... found a money bag/bundle	JesB-25; DB-23 [2]	4
21	A Scholar and a Boatman  ✪✪✪	A scholar gets into the boat of an illiterate boatman... boat about to sink in a storm	DinB-19; RB-16 [2]	4
22	A Just Ruler / Gias Uddin Azam Shah  ✪✪✪	King Gias Uddin was fond of hunting... killed a widow's son... accepted punishment	RB-19; DjB-11 [2]	3
23	The Wisdom of King Solomon  ✪✪✪	The wise king Solomon identifies the real mother of a baby	DhkB-12; BB-18 [2]	2
24	Preparation for SSC / Journey by Boat  ✪✪✪	Friends proposed a journey by boat during vacation... hired a boat	BB-23; BarB-23 [2]	2
25	Home Alone / Strange Sound  ✪✪✪	Girl home alone reading adventurous stories... found a lock hanging / strange sound	CB-19; MB-23 [2]	2
26	No Shortcut to True Learning / Adib's Mistake  ✪✪✪	Adib is a brilliant student... memorizes answer from guide books... teacher called him	CtgB-25; DinB-19 [2]	—
27	An Honest Rickshaw Puller / Kashem  ✪✪✪	Poor rickshawpuller... maintain 8 members... found a purse dropped	DinB-24; CB-20 [2]	—
28	The Truthful Boy / Hazrat Abdul Quadir Zilani  ✪✪	Boy going to Baghdad... promised mother never to tell a lie... met robbers	DinB-25 [1]	2
29	Rupa's / Mukti's / Sara's Big Heart ✪✪	School girl helps a woman and a baby crying on the road in the afternoon	RB-25 [1]	2
30	A King's Mistake / King on an Island ✪✪	King lived on an island... ordered to cut all trees to build a magnificent palace	JesB-24 [1]	1
31	The Pied Piper of Hamelin / Town Lost ✪✪	Long ago Hamelin town faced a rat problem... situation unbearable	MB-24 [1]	1
32	Kazi Nazrul Islam and the Poor Boy ✪✪	The poet shares his food with a poor/meritorious boy...	RB-18 [1]	1
33	The Dream of a Poor Boy / Sifat ✪✪	Poor boy in a village... completed primary education... unable to send to high school	SylB-25 [1]	—
34	A Brave Boy Saves a Life / Tamim ✪✪	Tamim returning from school... saw boys and girls bathing... heard shouting Help!	SylB-24 [1]	—
35	A Kind School Boy / Arif and the Beggar	Arif returning home... saw an old woman begging... asked her why	DB-24 [1]	—
36	Dilara's Dream ✪✪	Dilara is 13... illiterate parents... hopes to bring about a change	BarB-24 [1]	—
37	Helping an Injured Man / Mahbub ✪✪	Mahbub coming home... saw an old man lying on the road	RB-23 [1]	—
38	The Farmer and the Fallen Sack ✪✪	Farmer taking sacks of wheat... horse stumbled and sack fell	CB-23 [1]	—
39	A Morning Walk Incident / Mr. Rahman ✪✪	Retired officer walking... saw a man lying senseless by the road	DinB-20 [1]	—
40	Stopping a Quarrel / Lina ✪✪	Lina gossiping beside a pond... noticed two small boys quarrelling	SylB-19 [1]	—
41	Mugdho's Sacrifice / July Uprising 2024 ✪✪	Student provided water during student movement... sacrificed life	—	4
42	A Kind Hearted Boy / Ahsanullah and Old Woman ✪✪	Boy finds an old woman lying senseless on the road	—	4
43	A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed ✪✪	Two friends passing through a jungle... met a bear and one climbed a tree	—	4
44	A Greedy Farmer ✪✪	There lived a farmer... try to get rich quickly... loses all the resources	—	3
45	A Fox Without a Tail ✪✪	Clever fox loses tail in a trap... tries to convince other foxes to cut theirs too	—	3
46	An Astrologer and a King ✪✪	Wise astrologer predicts his death just before the king's to save his life	—	2
47	Happiness Lies in Contentment / Happy Cobbler ✪✪	Poor cobbler is happy until rich man gives him a bag of money	—	2