SSC Chattogram Board - 2024 English First Paper Question with Answer

SSC Chattogram Board -2024 English 1st Paper Question

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 A-Reading Test [Marks-50]

Read the following text carefully. Then answer the questions no. 1 and 2:

It was late summer, 26 August 1910. A little girl was born to a rich Catholic merchants’ family of Albanian descent in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of the three siblings and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become the mother of humanity, loving and serving the poorest of the poor. Yes, we are talking about none other than Mother Teresa.

At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18, she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish Community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India. After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary’s High School in Kolkata. However, the widespread poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to caring for the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata.

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1×7=7

(a) What does ‘mother of humanity’ refers to in the passage?

(i) a mother who takes a great care of her children.

(ii) an affectionate mother.

(iii) a mother who serves the poor like her own children.

(iv) a mother who dislikes humanity.

(b) From childhood Mother Teresa desired to be a –––

(i) social worker (ii) missionary (iii) religious person (iv) political figure.

(c) The voice within her urged her with a view to ___ the love of Christ.

(i) spread (ii) hinder (iii) hindering (iv) spreading.

(d) The Sisters of Loreto’ is an organization of Irish-

(i) monks (ii) nuns (iii) clergymen (iv) priests

(e) The poorest of the poor’ stands for the people who live-

(i) above the poverty line (ii) with much poverty

(iii) under the poverty line (iv) in poor condition

(f) What shocked Mother Teresa most in Kolkata?

(i) discrimination (ii) less poverty (iii) extreme poverty (iv) food crisis.

(g) What is the main theme of the passage?

(i) To spread Christianity (ii) To remove poverty

(iii) To spread education (iv) Love for the distressed

2. Answer the following questions: 2×5=10

(a) Where did Mother Teresa come of?

(b) Why did Mother Teresa decide to be a missionary?

(c) How did she become the mother of humanity?

(d) What did Mother Teresa do in the first seventeen years in India?

(e) Why did she leave her parental home?

3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text: 1×5=5

The Internet technology has helped design a large number of web sites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks or social media. At present, Face-book is the most popular social media site. Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. are other frequently used social services. Social network services are web-based and hence, provide ways for the users to interact through the internet. These services make it possible to connect people across the borders and thus have made the users feel that they really live in a global village.

Why are social networks expanding so fast? The answer is simple. Most of the social services are cost-free. You can make use of them free, paying a very little to your Internet services providers.

With the development of Internet Technology a number of websites have been designed to promote the relations (a) — the people of the world. By (b) — these social media, we can (c) — our ideas with each other and feel as the citizen of a global village. The social media are expanding rapidly for (d) — low-cost. It has brought the whole world within our (e) —.

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions no 4 and 5:

William Wordsworth was a major English romantic poet. He was born on April 7, 1770 in Cumberland, Lake District of England. His father was an attorney. In 1778, when he was only eight years old, his mother died and in the same year he went to Grammar School. In his childhood he learned poetry of Milton and Shakespeare from his father. But in 1783, his father died. Then he became dependent on relatives. However he continued his study and first wrote a poem in 1787. He went to St. John’s College, Cambridge and graduated from that college in 1791. Then he went out with his friend on a walking tour to France and Italy. He spent the next year there. While in France he fell in love with a French women named Annette Vallon. He was greatly influenced by the French Revolution in 1791. He had a close friendship with another romantic poet Samuel Taylor Colleridge. They jointly published a book named “Lyrical Ballads’ in 1798. In this book they explained their new poetic theory. They introduced a new poetic idea of poem. Finally he was the poet laureate of England.

4. Complete the table below with the information from the passage: 1×5=5

Biography of William Wordsworth
		Specialty: (i) —
Who/What	Event	Time	Place
W. Wordsworth	born	(ii) —
He	graduated		(iii) —
(iv) —	Lyrical Ballads
French Revolution		(v) —

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. 10

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ to write five complete sentences: 1×5=5

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a) The Bay of Bengal	(i) and rising waves create a pleasant sight	(i) is the longest sea beach in the world.
(b) Cox’s Bazar that	(ii) is situated	(ii) which cools our mind instantly.
(c) The blue water	(iii) stretches for miles	(iii) beyond description.
(d) The Saint Martin’s Island which	(iv) Saint Martin’s Island is	(iv) is a coral island
(e) The natural beauty of	(v) is located in the Bay of Bengal	(v) to the south of Bangladesh

7. Put the following parts of the story in correct order to make the whole story. Only the corresponding numbers of the sentences need to be written: 1×8=8

(a) In 1930 he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year.

(b) In 1947, when the partition was made Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India.

(c) He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in “The Parichaya Patrika.”

(d) He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935.

(e) He took his Master’s Degree in English at the age of 22.

(f) 1951, he joined the Kharagpur College.

(g) Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899.

(h) The next year he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College.

Part B-Writing Test

Marks-50

8. Write a paragraph on “A Street Accident” answering the following questions: 10

(a) What is a street accident?

(h) Why is it caused?

(c) Have you witnessed any street accident?

(d) Where and when did it take place?

(e) How can street accident be reduced?

9. Read the beginning of a story below. Add at least ten sentences to complete the story and give a suitable tittle of it. 10

Rafi is a worker of a big factory in Dhaka. There are more than 500 workers in the factory. One day while he was working, a loud sound was heard. Fire! Fire! Help! Help!……..

10. Look at the following pie-chart. It shows the percentage of a family’s household expenditure distributed into different categories. Now describe the pie-chart in your own words in about 150 words. You are advised to highlight and summarize the information given in the pie-chart.

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SSC  Chattogram Board -2024 English 1st Paper Question with Answer

Chattogram Board- 2024

1, a. iii) a mother who serves the poor like her own children; b. ii) missionary; c. iv) spreading; d. ii) nuns; e. ii) with much poverty; f. iii) extreme poverty; g. iv) Love for the distressed.

2. (a) Mother Teresa came of a rich Catholic merchant's family of Albanian descent.

(b)    Mother Teresa decided to be a missionary, because she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ.

(c)     At an early age, Mother Teresa decided to be a nun to spread the love of Christ. Throughout her life, she served the poor and loved them like a mother. Thus, Mother Teresa became the mother of humanity.

(d)    Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary's High School in the first seventeen years in India.

(e)     She left her parental home, because she wanted to be a missionary and to join an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto.

3. (a) among; (b) using; (c) share; (d) being; (e) reach.

4. (i) English romantic poet; (ii) 7 April 1770; (iii) St. John's College, Cambridge; (iv) joint publication by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge;

(v) 1791.

5. The passage is about William Wordsworth, a major English romantic poet and poet laureate of England. He was born in Cumberland in 1770. He lost his mother in 1778 and his father in 1783. He learnt poetry of Milton and Shakespeare from his father. After his graduation from Cambridge, he made a walking tour with his friends from England to France. He was influenced by the French Revolution there. He and his close friend S.T. Coleridge jointly published 'Lyrical. Ballads' in 1798. The book present a new poetic theory.

6. (a + ii + v) The Bay of Bengal is situated to the south of Bangladesh.

(b + iii + i) Cox's Bazar that stretches for miles is the longest sea beach in the world.

(c + i + ii) The blue water and rising waves create a pleasant sight, which cools our mind instantly.

(d + v + iv) The Saint Martin's Island which is located in the Bay of Bengal is a coral island.

(e + iv + iii) The natural beauty of Saint Martin's Island is beyond description.

7. g+e+h+c+a+d+b+f

Jibanananda Das was born in a small town of Barishal in 1899. He took his Master's Degree in English at the age of 22. The next year, he started his teaching career as a professor of English at Kolkata City College. He lost the job in 1928 on the charge of publishing a poem in "The Parichaya Patrika". In 1930, he joined the Ramjash College, Delhi but returned to his place of birth the next year. He got an appointment in Brajomohan College, Barishal in 1935. In 1947, when the partition was made, Jibanananda Das left Bangladesh for India. In 1951, he joined the Kharagpur College.

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