Seen Comprehension (English 1st Q1-A&B) Suggestion for HSC 2027 / Seen Passages for HSC English 1st Paper Examination-2027 / Important Passages for HSC English 1st Paper Exam
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Question NO 01 (A & B): HSC English 1st Paper Seen Passage Final Suggestion-2027
This complete suggestion incorporates record from the Board Examinations (2016–2025) and the complete Test Examination 2026 analysis from top-tier cadet and model colleges.
Sequence | Title & Core Passages | Opening Line(s) of the Passage | Unit & Lesson Reference | Board Exam References (2016–2025) | Test-26 [Freq] | Passages, Questions with Answers(Click on the Link) |
1. | Artificial Intelligence ✪✪✪ | "Artificial Intelligence has already become a part of our daily lives." | Unit 1, Lesson 2 | DB-22, RB-22, DjB-22 | 6 |
Artificial intelligence - Multiple Choice & Short Question for HSC English First |
2. | Education Goals & Behaviour / In civic engagement, issues of....✪✪✪ | "Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behavior." | Unit 1, Lesson 4 | SB-25, JB-25, CtgB-24, SB-23, HSC Exam-18 / Barishal Board-2025 | 6 | |
3. | Beauty Appreciation ✪✪ | "Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define..." | Unit 2, Lesson 1 | (None) | 1 | |
4. | Folk Music Culture ✪✪ | "Folk music consists of songs and tunes of the communities..." | Unit 2, Lesson 2 | CB-17 | 1 | |
5. | Lalon Shah✪ | "Lalon Shah (1774-1890) is best known as an icon of the Baul tradition..." | Unit-2; Lesson-2(F) |
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6. | Art is generally understood as an expression✪✪ | Art is generally understood as an expression | Unit 2, Lesson 3 |
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7. | The Beginning of Modern Art ✪✪ | "The beginning of modern art... insightful ways." | Unit 2, Lesson 3 | (None) | 1 | |
8. | SM Sultan (Sheikh Mohammed Sultan) ✪✪ | "Sheikh Mohammed Sultan, widely known as SM Sultan..." | Unit 2, Lesson 3 | (None) | 1 | |
9. | Art and Craft Distinction ✪✪ | "While art is considered intuitive and visionary, craft is an applied form..." | Unit 2, Lesson 4 | (None) | 1 | |
10. | Behula / Manasamangal | Behula is a legendary folk heroine and one of the main characters of Manasamangal..." | Unit-3; Lesson-1(F) |
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11. | My Myths of Crete (Minotaur) ✪✪ | "On the island of Crete, the mythical story..." | Unit 3, Lesson 2 | (None) | 1 | |
12. | Gazi Pir ✪ | "According to some myths...." | Unit 3, Lesson 3 | SB-19 | 1 | |
13. | Khona's Mythical Predictions ✪ | "The mythical story of Khona... of the land." | Unit 3, Lesson 4 | (None) | 1 | |
14. | I Have a Dream/"The Negro is still not free" (Excerpt A) ✪✪✪ | "I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi..." | Unit 4, Lesson 1 | CtgB-25, MB-23 | 4 | |
15. | I Have a Dream (Excerpt B) ✪✪✪ | "I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted..." | Unit 4, Lesson 1 | BB-22 | 4 | |
16. | Nelson Mandela ✪✪ | "Nelson Mandela guided South Africa from the shackles of apartheid..." | Unit 4, Lesson 2 | (None) | 1 | |
17. | Wangari Maathai / Green Belt Movement | "We have a special responsibility to the ecosystem of this planet." | Unit-4; Lesson-2(B) |
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18. | Nishat Mazumder ✪✪ | "Nishat Mazumder, a Bangladeshi woman, reached the summit of Mt. Everest..." | Unit 5, Lesson 4 | MB-23, SB-24 | 1 | |
19. | Dreams Fascination ✪✪✪ | "Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years..." | Unit 6, Lesson 1 | BB-25, CtgB-23, JB-23 | 4 | |
20. | Kalsindur Girls ✪✪ | "The success of Kalsindur girls reads like an epic story..." | Unit 7, Lesson 3 | DB-24 | 2 | |
21. | Buriganga River Pollution ✪ | "The Buriganga is an extreme example of a dying river." | Unit 8, Lesson 1 | BB-17 | 1 | |
22. | Greek Philosopher (Aristotle) ✪✪✪ | "The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Man is by nature a social animal.”" | Unit 8, Lesson 1 | SB-25, RB-23, CB-23, BB-23 | 10 | |
23. | Jerry (Narrative Excerpt A) ✪✪✪ | "At daylight, I was half-awakened by the sound of chopped wood... His name was Jerry." | Unit 8, Lesson 3 | DB-25, JB-24 | 5 | |
24. | Jerry (Narrative Excerpt B) ✪✪✪ | "The orphanage is high.......... is a splendid pile." | Unit 8, Lesson 3 | MB-25 | 5 | |
25. | The Rain / Yingzi Story ✪✪ | "IT IS RAINING. The asphalt road looks cold and wet... / Butterfly Forever..." | Unit 8, Lesson 4 | (None) | 1 | |
26. | Children must pass through | Children must pass through several stages in their lives - Multiple Choice & Short | Unit 9, Lesson 1 | Jashore Board-2022 |
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27. | Adolescents & National Resource ✪✪✪ | "Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national rate..." | Unit 9, Lesson 2 | RB-25, MB-24, DjB-22, DjB-19, DjB-17, CtgB-22, DB-19, BB-19 | 8 | |
28. | When a girl gets married, she..... | When a girl gets married, she..... / When adolescent girls are pulled out / In Bangladesh, the legal age of...... | Unit 9, Lesson 2 | Barishal Board-2022 Chattogram Board-2025; 2023; Rajshahi Board-2017 |
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29. | Shilpi was only 15 years old when.... | Shilpi was only 15 years old when.... | Unit 9, Lesson 3 | Mymensingh Board-2025 |
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30. | Bullying in Schools ✪✪ | "In a study conducted in June 2021... bullying at school." | Unit 9, Lesson 4 | (None) | 2 | |
31. | Gaza Street Conflicts ✪ | "For the first time the streets of Gaza..." | Unit 10, Lesson 2 | (None) | 0 | |
32. | Traditional Bengali Meals ✪ | "Our Bengali meals consist of... rice, fish, lentils..." | Unit 10, Lesson 3 | (None) | 0 | |
33. | Training the Mind / Meditation ✪ | "Training the mind can get easier with a bit of practice." | Unit 10, Lesson 4 | (None) | 0 | |
34. | We Spend Money ✪✪✪ | "We spend money for different reasons... without it?" | Unit 10, Lesson 5 | CB-25 | 4 | |
35. | Beautiful Words ✪✪✪ | "I want to write the most beautiful words..." | Unit 11, Lesson 3 | (None) | 4 | |
36. | Ancient Mariner (Coleridge) ✪✪✪ | "Coleridge's poem, a ballad, narrates the harrowing sea-voyage..." / "Water, water, everywhere." | Unit 12, Lesson 1 | MB-25, RB-23, DjB-23, SB-17 | 5 | |
37. | Rivers / Water Sources ✪✪✪ | "One of the sources of water in our country is the rivers." | Unit 12, Lesson 1 | DB-23, CtgB-25, BB-24, DB-17, JB-17 | 7 | |
38. | Greta Thunberg ✪✪ | "Greta Thunberg is an environmental activist..." | Unit 12, Lesson 2 | (None) | 2 | |
39. | As a concept and a movement now global in ....... | As a concept and a movement now global in | Unit 12, Lesson 4 |
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Board Reference Key: DB=Dhaka, CB=Cumilla, RB=Rajshahi, JB=Jashore, SB=Sylhet, BB=Barishal, DjB=Dinajpur, CtgB=Chattogram, MB=Mymensingh.
Important Preparation Strategies
· MCQ Extraction Rules (Part A): Board evaluation frameworks heavily assess structural synonyms, textual vocabulary definitions, and parts-of-speech functionality shifts. Focus tightly on the implicit target terminology utilized within topmost options like Greek Philosopher, Adolescents, and Rivers / Water Sources.
· Focus on Top 10: Passages like Aristotle (Unit 8) and Rivers/Water (Unit 12) appear in over 70% of current test examinations and should be mastered for MCQ and Answering Questions.
· Answering Questions (Part B): Always answer using full sentences. Use keywords from the passage but avoid "lifting" (copy-pasting) large chunks of text without grammatical adjustments.
· Vocabulary: Build a list of synonyms and antonyms for key adjectives and verbs found in these passages to excel in the MCQ section.
· Unit Weightage: Unit 8 (Human Relations), Unit 9 (Adolescence), and Unit-1 (Education/AI) are historically the most common sources for the first seen passage.
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