HSC Dinajpur Board - 2024 English 1st Paper Question with Answer

HSC Dinajpur Board - 2024 English 1st Paper Question with Answer

   Dinajpur Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered. 

The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.

In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.

Shoe-shining is very popular among the street kinds. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops. A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him. For me, like all other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I don’t know where I will sleep the next night. I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.

(a) Amerigo is — human rights.

(i) affected by (ii) deprived of (iii) fond of (iv) working for

(b) What does the word ‘separated mean here?

(i) Isolated (ii) divided (iii) ill (iv) divorced

(c) What made Amerigo fall sick?

(i) living in the street (ii) selling ice cream

(iii) collecting trash dump  (iv) sorting rubbish in dumps

(d) Amerigo’s parents are —

(i) separate (ii) separated (iii) separating (iv) being separated

(e) What was the occupation of Amerigo?

(i) He was a street hawker (ii) He was a shopkeeper (iii) He was a street beggar (iv) He was an orphan.

(f) The word ‘vendor stands for

(i) a person who walks (ii) a shop where goods are sold

(iii) a container (iv) a person or a company that vends or sells

(g) “I would like to live in my own home statement imply?

(i) Amerigo does not have a good life. (ii) Amerigo wants to go home.

(iii) Amerigo wants to lead a better life (iv) Amerigo misses his parents.

(h) Go away’ refers to

(i) to depart or leave a place y (ii) to die (iii) to travel (iv) to disappear

(i) Where is the home of Amerigo now?

(i) on the beach (ii) in the shop (iii) on the house tops (iv) on the streets

(j) What is Amerigo?

(i) a brilliant student (ii) an-artist (iii) an street urchin (iv) an orphan boy

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) How does Amerigo evaluate his life? Does he have any option to change it?

(b) Why did Amerigo stop collecting trash?

(c) How is the relationship of Amerigo with his parents?

(d) What happens to the friends of Amerigo?

(e) Do you support child labor? Why/why not?

2. Based on your reading of the following passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing some major characteristics and challenges of adolescence. (One is done for you): 1×5=5

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 a 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.

(1) Physical and sexual maturation

(2) Movement toward social and economic independence

(3) Development of identity

(4) Acquisition of skills to carry out adult relationships

(5) Capacity of abstract reasoning

(6) Vulnerability towards existing social problems

3. Read the following text and summarize it:

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life. such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we leam how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.

The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make any grammatical change if necessary:0.5×10=5 

misuse	family	popular	invent	use	spreads
make	expand	users	within	addicted	over

Facebook is an online networking service. It is a (a)_______ social networking service. It is (b)_______ friendship and relation all (c)_______ the world. Though Mark Zucker Berg first (d)______ Facebook, (e)_______ a very short time. it gained much popularity. Now it has over one billion active users. It (f)______ love and shares sorrows. But sometimes it is (g)_______ Students are spending much time in (h)_______ facebook which is very alarming for the future generation. Adults are also getting (i)_______ to it which is causing many problems in their (j)_______ life. So, we should be aware of using Facebook.

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap :

Money is power and can do much good and evil. It gives (a)______ and delight. It (b)______ do everything. A person without (c)_______ is a person to be pitied. Nobody pays (d)_______ respect to him. His friends do not (e)______ him. He has to depend on the (f)______ of others. In order to (g)______ money, he does a lot of jobs. It is’a must (h)_______ our life. But it does not necessarily (i)________ happiness. Happiness is absolutely a (j)_______ matter.

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence: 

(a) There she became a teacher of a school in Kolkata. 

(b) Soon her activities for the service of mankind spread all over the world. 

(c) She was on her heels for her selfless services to mankind even at her old age. 

(d) As a recognition to her service, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. 

(e) She was one of those people who dedicated their lives to the service of mankind.

(f) When she was eighteen, she decided to be a nun and came to Kolkata. 

(g) She swore to dedicate her life for the cause of helpless and poor people. 

(h) She was born in Yugoslavia in 1910. 

(i) She was also given ‘Bharat Ratna Award’ in the following year. 

(j) You have heard the name of Mother Teresa.

Part II-Writing Marks-40

7. The graph below shows the positive and negative Uses of Internet according to different age groups of the users. Describe the chart at least in 150 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the chart. Positive and Negative Uses of Internet 80% 70% 60% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 80% 55% 50% 30% 20% Age (3-12) Age (13-19) Positive L’se Age (20-35) Negative Use Age (36-60)

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. Give a suitable title to it.

Once a crow got a chance to be beautiful. One day the crow found some beautiful feathers of a peacock in a jungle. He became very glad..........

9. Suppose, you are Shimul from Feni and one of your best friends is Nayon who lives in Khulna. He does not go through the newspapers daily. Now, write a letter to your friend about the benefits of reading newspapers regularly.

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HSC Dinajpur Board - 2024 English 1st Paper Question with Answer

   Dinajpur Board 2024

ENGLISH FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]

Subject Code: 10 7

Time 3 hours Full marks-100

[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

Part I-Reading Test Marks-60

1. Read the passage and answer the questions A and B:

My name is Amerigo. I am 13 years old and I live on the street, alone. My mother, who is separated from my father, doesn’t want me. She told me to go away. Now she is married to another man. My father lives very far away. I want to go to him, but he won’t take me either. I begged him to send me some money so that I could buy a bus ticket. I am still waiting. He hasn’t answered. 

The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. But I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream.

In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.

Shoe-shining is very popular among the street kinds. A few of my friends also work in factories and workshops. A boy I know lost one of his eyes after a piece of hot glass flew into his eye at the glass factory where he worked. The owner refused to pay for medical help and fired him. For me, like all other children on the street, it is very hard. I am always hungry, and I don’t know where I will sleep the next night. I would like to live in my own home and sleep there in peace. The nights are very cold in the winter. You can die of cold in the street.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.

(a) Amerigo is — human rights.

(i) affected by (ii) deprived of (iii) fond of (iv) working for

(b) What does the word ‘separated mean here?

(i) Isolated (ii) divided (iii) ill (iv) divorced

(c) What made Amerigo fall sick?

(i) living in the street (ii) selling ice cream

(iii) collecting trash dump  (iv) sorting rubbish in dumps

(d) Amerigo’s parents are —

(i) separate (ii) separated (iii) separating (iv) being separated

(e) What was the occupation of Amerigo?

(i) He was a street hawker (ii) He was a shopkeeper (iii) He was a street beggar (iv) He was an orphan.

(f) The word ‘vendor stands for

(i) a person who walks (ii) a shop where goods are sold

(iii) a container (iv) a person or a company that vends or sells

(g) “I would like to live in my own home statement imply?

(i) Amerigo does not have a good life. (ii) Amerigo wants to go home.

(iii) Amerigo wants to lead a better life (iv) Amerigo misses his parents.

(h) Go away’ refers to

(i) to depart or leave a place y (ii) to die (iii) to travel (iv) to disappear

(i) Where is the home of Amerigo now?

(i) on the beach (ii) in the shop (iii) on the house tops (iv) on the streets

(j) What is Amerigo?

(i) a brilliant student (ii) an-artist (iii) an street urchin (iv) an orphan boy

(a) (ii) deprived of

(b) (iv) divorced

(c) (iii) collecting trash dump

(d) (ii) separated

(e) (i) He was a street hawker

(f) (iv) a person or a company that vends or sells

(g) (i) Amerigo does not have a good life.

(h) (i) to depart or leave a place

(i) (iv) on the streets

(j) (iii) a street urchin

B. Answer the following questions: 3×5=15

(a) How does Amerigo evaluate his life? Does he have any option to change it?

(b) Why did Amerigo stop collecting trash?

(c) How is the relationship of Amerigo with his parents?

(d) What happens to the friends of Amerigo?

(e) Do you support child labor? Why/why not?

(a) How does Amerigo evaluate his life? Does he have any option to change it?

Amerigo evaluates his life as difficult and filled with suffering. He is always hungry and does not know where he will sleep each night. He feels fortunate to be alive but is aware of the challenges he faces. He seems to have no immediate option to change his situation, as he is alone and lacks support from his parents or others.

(b) Why did Amerigo stop collecting trash?

Amerigo stopped collecting trash because he suffered from a serious infection, and a doctor advised him to stay away from the trash dump to protect his health.

(c) How is the relationship of Amerigo with his parents?

Amerigo’s relationship with his parents is strained and distant. His mother rejected him and told him to leave, and his father, who lives far away, also refuses to help him, leaving Amerigo to survive on the streets.

(d) What happens to the friends of Amerigo?

Many of Amerigo’s friends suffer from serious diseases due to their work, such as sorting rubbish in dumps. Some face fatal accidents, like one friend who was killed after falling into a hole in the trash.

(e) Do you support child labor? Why/why not?

Child labor should not be supported because it deprives children of their right to education, a healthy environment, and a carefree childhood. It exposes them to dangerous work conditions, harm, and exploitation. Children should be allowed to grow, learn, and develop in a safe and nurturing environment.

2. Based on your reading of the following passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flow chart showing some major characteristics and challenges of adolescence. (One is done for you): 1×5=5

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 a 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.

(1) Physical and sexual maturation

(2) Movement toward social and economic independence

(3) Development of identity

(4) Acquisition of skills to carry out adult relationships

(5) Capacity of abstract reasoning

(6) Vulnerability towards existing social problems

3. Read the following text and summarize it:

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life. such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we leam how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.

The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

Education equips us with knowledge and skills to live meaningfully by helping us make rational decisions and communicate effectively. It builds self-confidence and encourages independent thinking, allowing us to form our own opinions. Education also raises awareness about the world, helping us appreciate its positive aspects while critically analyzing deviations from core values. It fosters personal growth and a sense of belonging, first within the classroom, then extending to the school, community, and country. Ultimately, education prepares individuals to be active contributors to society and work for its welfare.

4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than necessary. Make any grammatical change if necessary:0.5×10=5 

misuse	family	popular	invent	use	spreads
make	expand	users	within	addicted	over

Facebook is an online networking service. It is a (a)_______ social networking service. It is (b)_______ friendship and relation all (c)_______ the world. Though Mark Zucker Berg first (d)______ Facebook, (e)_______ a very short time. it gained much popularity. Now it has over one billion active users. It (f)______ love and shares sorrows. But sometimes it is (g)_______ Students are spending much time in (h)_______ facebook which is very alarming for the future generation. Adults are also getting (i)_______ to it which is causing many problems in their (j)_______ life. So, we should be aware of using Facebook.

(a) popular

(b) for

(c) over

(d) invented

(e) within

(f) spreads

(g) misused

(h) using

(i) addicted

(j) family

5. Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word in each gap :

Money is power and can do much good and evil. It gives (a)______ and delight. It (b)______ do everything. A person without (c)_______ is a person to be pitied. Nobody pays (d)_______ respect to him. His friends do not (e)______ him. He has to depend on the (f)______ of others. In order to (g)______ money, he does a lot of jobs. It is’a must (h)_______ our life. But it does not necessarily (i)________ happiness. Happiness is absolutely a (j)_______ matter.

(a) comfort

(b) can

(c) money

(d) little

(e) respect

(f) charity

(g) earn

(h) in

(i) bring

(j) personal

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence: 

(a) There she became a teacher of a school in Kolkata. 

(b) Soon her activities for the service of mankind spread all over the world. 

(c) She was on her heels for her selfless services to mankind even at her old age. 

(d) As a recognition to her service, she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1979. 

(e) She was one of those people who dedicated their lives to the service of mankind.

(f) When she was eighteen, she decided to be a nun and came to Kolkata. 

(g) She swore to dedicate her life for the cause of helpless and poor people. 

(h) She was born in Yugoslavia in 1910. 

(i) She was also given ‘Bharat Ratna Award’ in the following year. 

(j) You have heard the name of Mother Teresa.

(j) → (h) → (f) → (a) → (g) → (c) → (b) → (d) → (i) → (e)

Part II-Writing Marks-40

7. The graph below shows the positive and negative Uses of Internet according to different age groups of the users. Describe the chart at least in 150 words. You should highlight the information and report the main features given in the chart. Positive and Negative Uses of Internet 80% 70% 60% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 80% 55% 50% 30% 20% Age (3-12) Age (13-19) Positive L’se Age (20-35) Negative Use Age (36-60)

8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words. Give a suitable title to it.

Once a crow got a chance to be beautiful. One day the crow found some beautiful feathers of a peacock in a jungle. He became very glad..........

9. Suppose, you are Shimul from Feni and one of your best friends is Nayon who lives in Khulna. He does not go through the newspapers daily. Now, write a letter to your friend about the benefits of reading newspapers regularly.

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