SSC English 1st Board Question -2019

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ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Dhaka Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2:

The Maldives is famous as a tourist destination because of its enjoyable weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and the peace-loving people. Being an island country, it enjoys a pleasant weather throughout the year. The Maldives has been ranked as the best country brand for beach, rest and relaxation in 2008. In the same year, it was also ranked second as the best country brand for natural beauty.

The Maldives is well known for being the lowest country in the world. Unfortunately, this small country with idyllic natural beauty is under the threat from rising sea levels due to global warming. Most of the country is just 1.5 meters above sea level with a highest point of 2.3 meters! Many predictions have been made with respect to Maldives being swept away by the rising water level in the Indian Ocean. It was even seen during the tsunami of 2004, that many of the island's dry parts were flooded by waters shrinking the island. The government of Maldives has begun to purchase land from nearby countries in case of islands go under water!

In order to highlight the threats of global warming to its low-lying islands, the government of Maldives held à cabinet meeting underwater in 2009. That was the first ever cabinet meeting in the world that took place underwater. The meeting took place about 5 meters underwater, in a blue-green lagoon on a small island. While meeting, the cabinet signed a document calling on all nations to cut their carbon emissions.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) The tourists have a great — for visiting the Maldives

(i) Devotion

(ii) Attraction

(iii) Destination

(iv) Attention

(b) Which of the following words best describes the weather of the Maldives?

(i) Unpleasant (ii) tropical (iii) warm (iv) enjoyable

(i) Smallness as a country (ii) multi-racial culture

(iii) Lowest land (iv) threat of global warming

(d) During the tsunami of 2004, many parts of the country were –

(i) Submerged (ii) dried (iii) uprooted (iv) eroded

(e) The word 'Idyllic in the phrase 'idyllic natural beauty' means –

(i) Ideal

(ii) Very beautiful

(iii) Very peaceful

(iv) Idol shaped

(f) Global warming is a ___ to the Maldives.

(i) Threat (ii) victim (iii) dangerous (iv) warning

(g) The Maldives is faced with the threat of ___

(i) Tsurrarnt over and over again

(ii) serious water pollution

(iii) disappearing from the map

(iv) extinction of its aquatic animals

Answer: 1. (a) (ii) attraction (b) (iv) enjoyable (c) (iii) lowest land (d) (i) submerged (e) (iii) very peaceful (f) (i) threat (g) (iii) disappearing from the map

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) Why is the Maldives a remarkable tourist spot?

(b) Why is 2008 a significant year for the Maldives?

(d) What happened to Maldives during the tsunami of 2004?

(e) Do you support the idea of having a cabinet meeting underwater? What could be the reason for holding such a strange meeting?

Answer: 2. (a) The Maldives is a remarkable tourist spot because of its enjoyable weather, heavenly beaches and lagoons, luxurious holiday resorts and the peace-loving people.

(b) 2008 is a significant year for the Maldives because in this year the Maldives has been ranked as the best country brand for beach, rest and relaxation.

(d) During the tsunami of 2004, many of the Maldives' dry parts were flooded by waters shrinking the island.

(e) Yes, I support the idea of having a cabinet meeting underwater. The reason for holding such a strange meeting could be that they wanted to send the world a message that due to global warming not only the Maldives but also the whole world may one day go under water. So they urged the people of the world to minimize global warming.

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

The pioneer of Bangladeshi modern art Zainul Abedin is widely acclaimed for his Bengal 'Famine Sketches'. Through a series of sketches, Zainul not only documented the harsh famine of 1940 but also showed its sinister face through the skeletal figures of the people destined to die of starvation in a man made plight. Zainul developed a knack for drawing and painting when he was a high school student. After completing high school, he got admission to the Government School of Art, Kolkata. He graduated with the first position in first class in 1938. He was appointed teacher of the Art School while he was still a student there. He also attended the Slade School of Arts, London in 1951-52. Zainul Abedin is considered the founding father of Bangladeshi art. He was an artist of outstanding talent and earned international reputation. For his artistic and visionary qualities, he is referred to as Shilpacharya meaning 'great teacher' of art in Bangladesh. He designed the pages of constitution of Bangladesh. He founded the Folk Art Museum at Sonargaon and also Zainul Abedin Shangrahąshala, a gallery of his own works in Mymensingh in 1975.

Zainul Abedin had (a) — potentiality to become an artist. He is the pioneer of Bangladeshi art. He loved nature and art from his (b) – He showed his artistic and visionary qualities in his student life. Graduating (c) — credit, he served as a teacher for many years. He showed his talent in different sketches. In his different sketches, (d) — sketches were acclaimed both nationally and internationally. He is also famous for designing the pages of constitution and (e) — the Folk Art Museum

Answer : (a) a/ the (b) boyhood (c) with (d) some / many (e) establishing / founding.

Read the passage on rescue of Thai footballer and answer the questions no. 4 and 5:

On 23 June 2018, twelve Thai young footballers along with their coach missed in a cave network in Chiang Rai province in Thailand. From the next day national and international community became worried for them.

Their age was between 11 to 16 and their coach was 20. The football team had been on an exploration to the cave network following a game. The group beach) stranded after monsoon rain caused the cave system to food. The cave system named Them Lang 10 kilometers long. It is a snaking route which has a number of chambers already submerged in water, It took 6 hours to get where footballers were and live hours to come back to cave entrance. Thai rescuers began their expedition to find out after the missing. International rescue team also joined them. On July 3 the footballers were discovered alive by a British diver. Spending nine days in darkness they were suffering from hunger. A

Thai, rescuer died while he was supplying them food and other necessities, Getting weather forecast the rescue team planned to rescue them immediately. Navy divers had to lead the boys along the underway path from the cave. On July 8, four boys, were rescued. Finally all 13 were rescued in next three days.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage:

Missing of young Thai Footballers
		Aim	Rescue the team alive
Who	Activities	When	Where/place
12 Thai Footballers	missed	June 23 , 2018	(i)..........
International community	(ii) .......	June 24 , 2018	around the world
A British Driver	(iii)......	July 3 , 2018	The Lang Cave, Chiang, Rai,Thailand
A Thai Rescuer	died	(iv)......	The Laung Cave, Thailand
(iv)........	were rescued	next three days	Chiang, Rai,thailand

Answer: 4. (i) Tham Luang cave of Chiang Rai province in Thailand (ii) became worried (iii) discovered the footballers alive (iv) while supplying food and other necessities (v) The footballers

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

Answer: 5. Summary : On 23 June, 2018, 12 boys went exploring in Thailand's Chiang Rai province with their football coach - and ended up trapped deep inside a cave named Tham Luang Cave. It had been raining for the last few days and the group became stranded as the rain water caused the cave system to flood. The local rescuers as well as the international rescue team joined to find out the missing team. On July 3, a British diver discovered the footballers alive. It took 6 hours to get where footballer were and 5 hours to come back to cave entrance. A Thai rescuer died during the rescue work. But after much effort all the boys were rescued.

6. Match the parts of sentences in column A, B and to write five complete sentences:

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a) Donation of blood	(i) sound health can donate blood	(i) We donate blood we Invite no harm to us.
(b) In our society , some of us nourish	(ii) enough to save	(ii) after every 3 months without any side effects
(c) As per medical science every man in	(iii) a crystal clear idea that if	(iii)be a very noble deed
(d) We should have	(iv) a misconnect tion about blood donation which conveys	(iv) the life of a dying person
(e) Sometimes a bag of our blood is	(v) is universally a acknowledged to	(v) a negative message for the others

Answer:

6.(a+v+iii) Donation of blood is universally acknowledged to be a very noble deed.

(b+iv+v) In our society, some of us nourish a misconception about blood donation which conveys a negative message for the others.

(c+i+ii) As per medical science every man in sound health can donate blood after every 3 months without any side effect.

(d+iii+i) We should have a crystal clear idea that if we donate blood, we invite no harm to us.

(e+ii+iv) Sometimes, a bag of our blood is enough to the life of a dying person.

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

(a) Shamim got a lease of land in his village

(b) Shamim's lot has changed radically.

(d) He has also been raising hybrid cows for milk as well as to produce manure.

(e) Shamim was an unemployed youth of an impoverished family.

(f) Then he joined the training programme of youth development and received training in vegetable cultivation.

(g) He is now very happy to be a self- sufficient man.

(h) He applied his new and improved knowledge for cultivating vegetables.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	e	c	f	a	h	d	b	g

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Rajshahi Board 2019

According to the Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2:

The advantages of the Internet technology have made a good number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These are known as social networking services or social networks. At present, Facebook is the most popular. 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 sharing interests and activities across the borders and thus have made a lot for the users to feel that they really live in a global village. ".

Why are social networks expanding so fast? The Answer is simple. Most of the 4ocial services are cost-free. You can make use of them [rec, paying a very little to your Internet service provider. Secondly, you can make your personal profile public before the entire online community. It is like presenting yourself before the entire world. You can also look into other people's profile if you are interested. It is Simple and easy. Thirdly. Social networks allow users to upload pictures, multimedia contents and modify the profile. Some services like Facebook allow Users to update their profiles. Fourthly. Networks allow users to post blog entries, User profiles have a section dedicated to comments from friends and other users. Finally, there are privacy protection measures too. A user himself or herder decides over the number of visitor’s viewers and what information should be shared with others

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives. (a) The word "advantage' in the first line refers to

(i) Convenience

(ii) Inconvenience

(iii) inappropriate

(iv) uncertain

(b) The utility of website is -

(i) Abusing social network

(ii) Creating social awareness

(iii) Discouraging social relation

(iv) Promoting universal brotherhood

(i) Virus

(ii) Identity (iii) personal secrecy (iv) network

(d) The word "content' stands for -

(i) Conversation (ii) agreement (iii) a rehearsal

(iv) The things that art contained in something

(e) A lot of websites help ___

(i) to worsen social relations among the world people

(ii) to dissuade the world people

(iii) to develop social relations among the global people

(iv) to spread terrorism only in the world

(f) This passage highlights the tmportance of –

(i) electronic media

(ii) information technology

(iii) social networking services (iv) completing education

(g) – are sharing intercats through Internet.

(i) Only students

(ii) People of the world

(iii) Only the nich people

(iv) A privileged few

Answer: 1. (a) (i) convenience (b) (iv) promoting universal brotherhood (c) (iii) personal secrecy (d) (iv) the things that are contained in something (e) (iii) to develop social relations among the global people (f) (iii) social networking services (g) (ii) People of the world

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) What do you mean by social networks?

(b) How can a user take privacy protectionmeasures ?

(d) Do you support the idea that a wood number of websites facilitate social relations among people around the world? Why or why not? Explain in 2 or 3 sentences.

Answer: 2. (a) By 'social networks' we mean the emergence of a good number of websites to facilitate social relations among people around the world. These services are web-based and hence provide ways for the users to interact through the Internet.

(b) A user can take privacy protection measures by deciding over the number of visitors or viewers and what information should be shared with others.

(d) Yes, I support the idea that a good number of websites facilitate social relations among people around the world. Because these services make it possible to connect people sharing interests and activities across the borders and make the users feel that they really live in a global village.

(e) The merits of Facebook are (i) it helps in establishing connection with people, friends and relatives across the world; (ii) it has brought a new dimension in business like online marketing. The demerits of Facebook are (i) people become addicted to it; (ii) it affects academic activities.

3. Read the following text and All in cach gap with suitable word based on the information of the text:

A responsibility is a duty or an obligation to do something. It is also a duty or obligation not to do something. For example, our to do's are casting our votes if we are 18 or over, maintaining discipline in all spheres of life, helping our trouble-ridden neighbours and relativos, completing our lessons in time, keeping our environment clean etc. Again, our not to do's include keeping bad company. causing har to anybody. hurting anybody. practising dishonesty. or injustice, doing anything subversive of law. evading taxes etc. The responsibilities of the government are so provide for the citizens the basic nccessitics of life. to protect the fundamental night of the citizens, to ensure freedom of speech, to ensure equality of all before law etc.

It is unbelievable that a nation consists of people having (a)- thoughts and ideas, a single religious (b) - or a single language. People belong to different caste and (c) —. So it is the responsibility of cach and every citizen to (d) - respect to others thoughts. faiths, customs, way of life and so forth. He/She is expected to do what he/she should do and (e) __ from doing what he/she should not do.

Answer: 3. (a) equal (b) belief (c) creed (d) show (e) refrain

Read the passage on Yuri Gagarin and answer the questions no. 4 and 5:

Yuri Gagarin was a Russian pilot and astronaut. He was the first human to joumicy into outer space. He on his spacecraft Vostok completed on orbit of the carth on 12 April 1961. Yun Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino, Russia on March 9. 1934. His parents worked on a farm. He was the third of four children. In 1946. Gagarin completed his secondary cducation at Klushino. At the age of 16, in 1950he entered a foundry-steel factory near Moscow. He did his graduation from a vocational school in 1951. Then he took a training as a Soviet Air Cadet at a local club where he learned to fly at first. He again graduated from a technical school in 1955 and he was recruited in the Soviet Army. He became a lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force in 1951. In 1960, Yuri was selected for the Soviet Space Program. On 12 April 1961, he became the first human to travel into space and move round the earth. He died in 1968 in a plane crash.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage:

Name of Events	Year / Time	Place	Achievement
Born	(i).......	in Klushino village, Russia
(ii)..........	in 1946	at Klushino
Took his bechelor degree	(iii)........	from vocational school
	in 1961		(iv)..........
(v)...........	in 1968

Answer: 4. (i) 1934 (ii) completed secondary education (iii) 1951 (iv) first human to travel into space and move round the earth (v) died

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

Answer: 5. Summary : A Russian pilot and astronaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human to make a journey into outer space on his spacecraft Vostok in 1961. He was born in the village of Klushino, Russia on 9 March, 1934. After completing his secondary education in 1950, he entered a foundry steel factory near Moscow. He took his graduation from a vocational school in 1951. He became a lieutenant in the Soviet Air Force in. 1957. He was selected for Soviet Space Programme. He died in a plane crash in 1968.

6. Match the parts of sentences in column A, B and si C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
a) There are many	(i) in our country in respect	(i) of the natural beauty
(b) Cox's Bazar	(ii) come to visit this	(ii) sea – beach every year
(c) Cox's Bazar	(iii) nice places	(iii) in Bangladesh
(d) it is a remarkable place	(iv) sea-beach	(iv) place among them
(e) Many people	(v) is the most beautiful	(v) is very charming

Answer: 6. (a+iii+iii) There are many nice places in Bangladesh.

(b+v+iv) Cox's Bazar is the most beautiful place among them.

(c+iv+v) Cox's Bazar sea-beach is very charming.

(d+i+i) It is a remarkable place in our country in respect of the natural beauty.

(e+ii+ii) Many people come to visit this sea beach every year.

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

(a) Suddenly he stopped one of the guests.

(b) The marriage ceremony was over and the guests were all going to the feast.

(d) He saw people walking past him .

(e) The old man told him about his last journey .

(f) The old soilder sat on a stone outside the church.

(g) He had a strange mad look in his eyes.

(h) “There was a ship”, the old soilder began

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	b	f	g	d	a	e	h	c

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Dinajpur Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2

There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers that affect its people. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages are threatened by the roaring of rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can't take prompt action to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) What does the expression " The turmoil in her life" in the 1st paragraph mean?

(i) The pleasures of life. (ii) The thunderstorm in her life. (iii) The pangs and pains of her life.

(iv) The dreams of her life.

(b) What are the rivers mentioned in the passage?

(i) The Jumuna (ii) The Padma

(iii) The Meghna (iv) All the above

(i) solvent

(ii) insolvent (iii) poor

(iv) impoverished

(d) Meherjan was homeless because of -

(i) the erosion of the Jamuna (ii) selling of her house (iii) destruction of her house (iv) flood

(e) What is the main purpose of the author of the passage?

(i) To explain the importance of river. (ii) To describe the impact of monsoon. (iii) To describe the effect of river erosion. (iv) To describe the fate of a woman.

(f) She is living — in her makeshift house now.

(i) with her relatives (ii) alone

(iii) with her husband (iv) with her family

(g) Dancing of the flame means -

(i) a traditional form of folk dance. (ii) a flame that makes people dance around it. (iii) unstability of flame.

(iv) a flame made by people to remember that their past.

Answer: 1. (a) (iii) The pangs and pains of her life (b) (iv) All the above (c) (i) solvent (d) (i) the erosion of the Jamuna (e) (ii) To describe the impact of monsoon (f) (ii) alone (g) (iii) instability of flame

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) Why does Meherjan look more than her age?

(b) Where does she live and how does her living place look like?

(d) What happens then?

(e) How can we reduce the increasing number of shelterless people affected by river erosion?

Answer: 2. (a) Meherjan looks more than her age because of poverty, hunger and malnutrition.

(b) She lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her living place which is polythene-roofed looks like a cage.

(d) Then the rivers swell up causing erosion and engulfing the river banks especially of the Padma, the Meghna and the Jamuna.

(e) We can reduce the increasing number of shelter less people affected by river erosion by taking prompt action to adapt ourselves to climate change and by raising public awareness regarding river erosion.

Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text:

26 March, our Independence Day, is the biggest state festival. The day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions, shops and factories remain closed on this day. The day begins with 31gunshots. Early in the morning the President and the Prime Minister on behalf of the nation place floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then diplomats, political parties, social and cultural organizations, and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all walks of life also go there in rallies and processions. There are several cultural programmes throughout the day several highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice in 1971.

The country also witnesses a smartly dressed parade of defence forces, border guards, police, ansar and the VDP (Village Defence Party) at the National Parade Ground near the National Parliament. In Bangabandhu Stadium, school children, scouts and girl guides take part in various displays to entertain thousands of spectators. Educational institutions also organise their individual programmes. Sports meets and tournaments are also organised on the day, including the exciting boat race in the river Buriganga.

Independence day is the biggest festival in our country. The day is observed throughout the country in a befitting (a) —, The (b) – of the Independence Day begins with 31 gunshots. People from all walks of life (c) — to the National Mausoleum to pay their respect by offering (d) -. Several cultural programmes are also (e) — to highlight the supreme sacrifice of our heroic sons for the independence of the country.

Answer: 3. (a) manner (b) celebration (c) go (d) floral wreaths (e) organised

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

Rabindranath Tagore was one of the most leading poets in the history of world literature. He was at the same time a poet, a novelist a dramatist, a philosopher and a musician. He was born in the renowned Tagore family in March, 1861. After the completion of his house education, he was sent to school. But he did not like institutional education. So arrangements were made at house for proper education. In his thirteen year; Rahindranath along with his father went to visit Himalayas. At the age of seventeen he was sent to London to study law. But he studied literature with Professor Henry Morley only for a few months and then returned home. Only at the age of eight he started composing poems. He wrote his poetic novel Banaphul at the age of fifteen. When he was sixteen, his poems and essays were being published in journals. After returning from England, he began to write tirelessly in all branches of literature. In 1911 he translated his poems of “The Gitanjali” into English which brought him the highest honour in the form of the Nobel Prize in 1913.

One year after his awarding of the Nobel Prize, he was made a Knight by the British Government which he rejected as a protest against the atrocities of British Government at Jalianwalabagh. The University of Oxford honoured him with D. Lit in 1940. Earlier in 1921, he laid the foundation of Viswa Bharati. At the age of eighty. Rabindranth Tagore breathed his last.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage : Biography of Rahindranath Tagore

Known as	a poet, a novelist, a dramatist, a as philosopher and a musician
				Life span	From 1861 to (i)......
Who	what	Event/ Activity	Time/ When	Place/ Where	Subject / Speciality
Rabindr a-nath Tagore	tour	went to visit	(ii) .....	Himalayas	accompanied by his father
Rabindr a-nath Tagore	education	was sent to study	(iii).......	london	(iv)....
	(v)......	brought him the highest honour in the form of the nobel Prize	1913

Answer: 4. (i) 1941 (ii) 1874 (iii) 1878 (iv) Law (v) translation of the 'Gitanjali' in English

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

Answer: . Summary : Rabindranath Tagore is one of the greatest poets of world literature. He was born in the sophisticated Tagore family in Jorasanko, Kolkata in 1861. He had no institutional education. He received education at home. At the age of eight, he started composing poems. He wrote his poetic novel 'Banaful' in 1876. He was sent to London to study Law. After returning from England, he began to write tirelessly in all the branches of literature. He translated "The Gitanjali' in English and got the 'Nobel Prize' in 1913. He was made a Knight by the British Government in 1914. The Oxford University honoured him with D. Litt in 1940. He founded the Viswa Bharati in 1921. He breathed his last in 1941

6. Match the parts of the sentences in column A, B and C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
a) Our parliament House	(i) by an articficial lake called	i) in 1982.
b) It has been designed	(ii) is one of the most spectacular	(ii) buildings in the world
c) The building is surronded	(iii) was held on February in	(iii) the same year
d) It	(iv) was inaugurated	(iv) Louis Kahn
e) The first parliament	(v) by a American architect	(v) Crescent Lake

Answer: 6. (a+ii+ii) Our Parliament House is one of the most spectacular buildings in the world.

(b+v+iv) It was designed by a famous American architect Louis I Kahn.

(c+i+v) The building is surrounded by an artificial lake called Crescent Lake.

(d+iv+i) It was inaugurated in 1982.

(e+iii+iii) The first parliamentary session was held on February in the same year.

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

(a) The dog dropped the bone and barked at the crow.

(b) One of them started pecking at dog's tail.

(e) The dog not only felt disturbed but also became angry.

(f) It flew away and after sometime returned with another crow.

(g) A crow saw him and wished to eat that.

(h) In the meantime the other crow flew away with the bone.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	d	g	f	c	b	e	a	h

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Jashore Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 | and 2:

26 March, our Independence Day, is the biggest state festival. The day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions, shops and factories remain closed on this day. The day begins with a 31 gun salute, Early in the morning the President and the Prime Minister on behalf of the nation place floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then other leaders, political parties, diplomats, social and cultural organisations, educational institutions and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all walks of life also go there in rallies and processions. There are many cultural programmes throughout the day highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice in 1971.

The country also witnesses a spectacular parade of defence forces, border guards, police, ansars and the VDP (Village Defense Party) at the National Parade Ground near the National Parliament. In Bangabandhu National Stadium, school children, scouts and girl guides take part in various displays to entertain thousands of spectators. The educational institutions also organise their individual programmes. Sports meets and tournaments are also organised on the day including the exciting boat race in the river Buriganga. In the evening, all major public buildings are illuminated with colourful lights. Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and other socio cultural organisations hold .cultural functions. Similar functions are also arranged in other places in the country.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) Illuminate stands for —

(i) put out

(ii) light

(iii) put on

(iv) put off

(b) – hold cultural functions on 26 March.

(i) British Council (ii) Bangla Academy and Shilpakala Academy (iii) Nazrul Academy

(iv) Children Academy

(i) sadden (ii) irritate (iii) annoy (iv) amuse

(d) What is the main purpose of the author of the passage?

(i) To highlight the celebration of Independence Day (ii) To show us the way of arranging programmes (iii) To describe our tradition

(iv) To show our nationalism

(e) 'Enthusiasm' means —

(i) ambition

(ii) celebration (iii) dedication

(iv) zeal

(f) 26 March is observed in -

(i) a normal way. (ii) a simple way (iii) a befitting manner (iv) an organized way

(g) Our biggest state festival is –

(i) Shaheed Dibosh (ii) May Day

(iii) Independence Day (iv) Pahela Boishakh

Answer: 1. (a) (ii) light (b) (ii) Bangla Academy and Shilpakala Academy (c) (iv) amuse (d) (i) To highlight the celebration of Independence Day (e) (iv) zeal (f) (iii) a befitting manner (g) (iii) Independence Day

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) What is the significance of our Independence ' Day?

(b) How do we pay homage to the martyrs?

(d) Where is the parade held on 26 March? Who 9 take part in the parade?

(e) How do we become inspired from this passage?

Answer: 2. (a) Our Independence Day signifies that we are an independent nation in the world and we have the same feeling and excitement as other independent nations of the world.

(b) We pay homage to the martyrs going to the National Mausoleum at Savar in rallies and processions and place floral wreaths at the altar of the monument.

(c) The cultural programmes arranged by different socio-cultural organizations of the country highlight the heroic struggle and sacrifice of our freedom fighters in the Liberation War in 1971.

(d) The parade is held at the National Parade Ground near the National Parliament where defense forces, border guards, police, Ansaris and the VDP take part in a spectacular parade.

(e) He different celebrations held throughout the en day inspire us to become patriotic in our thought and action, showing profound respect to the martyrs and vowing to defend the independence of our motherland at any cost.

3. Read the following text and fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the Information of the text:

Humans can neither change the Sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun. But they can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. Only during the last hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in the atmosphere and we humans can be help responsible for this. The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere 'is the burning of fossil fuels. Since the end of the 19th century, .industrial activities increased rapidly giving rise to factories. These factories required energy which was produced through the combustion of coal. Besides coal, other sources of energy such as mineral oil and natural gas were also burned to heat our houses, run cars and airplanes or to produce electricity. Nowadays about 85 million barrels of crude oil are burned daily. Every time a fossil raw material is burned, it releases carbon dioxide into the air.

It is true that most of the natural phenomena are beyond humans' control, yet he can (a) = some aspects like the greenhouse effect by his wise activities. Carbon dioxide is the main (b)- of it. Carbon dioxide is being (c) — in the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels. In fact, industrial activities have given rise to many factories where coal is (d) — for energy. Moreover mineral oil and natural gas are also used for various (e) —,

Answer: 3. (a) control (b) cause (c) concentrated/accumulated (d) required (e) activities

Read the following text carefully and answer the questions no. 4 and 5 : The great men were born in different places of this world but their activities make them familiar and closer to us. Dr. Muhammad Shahiduallh was one of those who contributed a lot towards Bangla language and literature. He was the greatest scholar of Bengal. This great scholar was born on July, 1885 at 24 Pargonas in West Bengal, India. He passed his entrance examination in 1904 and obtained his B.A. degree six years later. It took him two years to complete his M.A. and another two years for his Bachelor of Law Degree. He later joined the University of Dhaka in 1921 as a professor of Sanskrit and Bengali. He was awarded the Doctorate Degree from Sorbone University, Paris in 1928.. | "Bangla Shahitter Katha", the first well-arranged history of Bengali literature was composed by him that was published in 1953. This great scholar remained busy with his work. till he became seriously ill in 1967 and was confined to bed for about two and a half years. Dr. Shaiduallan breathed his last on 13th July, 1969 in Dhaka. We remember him with great respect and gratitude.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage :___

Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah
Speciality	Great contribution to Bengali literature
Time	Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah was born in (i) ..
Who/ What	Event/Activity	When	Where
(ii) .........	passed entrance examination	in 1904
Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah	joined as professor	in 1921	(iii) ......
He	(iv).........	in 1928,	Sorborne University Paris
Bangla Shahitter Katha	was published	in (v)......

Answer: 4. (i) 1885 (ii) Dr. Muhammad Shahidullah (iii) Dhaka University (iv) obtained Doctorate Degree (v) 1953

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words. Match the parts of sentences in

Answer: 5. Summary : Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah, a great hs scholar, was born at 24 Paraganas in West Bengal on 10 July, 1885. He passed the Entrance Examination in 1904. He got his BA degree in 1910 and MA in 1912 and BL in 1914. He started his career as a Professor of Sanskrit and Bengali of Dhaka University in 1921. He received Doctorate degree from Sorbonne University, Paris in 1928. He published the first well-arranged history of Bengali literature 'Bangla Shahitter Katha' in 1953. He became seriously ill in 1967 and was in sickbed for two and a half years. He died on 13 July 1969 in Dhaka.

6. Match the part of sentences in column A, B and C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a)morality develops the conscience	(i) himself in a proper way and cultivate	(i) which cannot ignore logic and reason
(b) it helps a man guide	(ii) is increasing and we are losing	(ii) and right wrong
(c) It is such a great natural power	(iii) from our childhood we shall	(iii) the invaluable virtue of morality
(d) But nowadays moral erosion	(iv) that grows naturally human behaviour	(iv) fail in every aspect of life
(e) If we do practise morality	(v) by which man can judge good or bad	(v) all the virtues to become a complete man

Answer: 6. (a+v+ii) Morality develops the conscience by which man can judge good or bad and He right and wrong.

(b+i+iii) It helps a man guide himself in a proper way and cultivate the invaluable virtue of morality.

(c+iv+i) It is such a great natural power that it is grows naturally in human behavior which cannot ignore logic and reason.

(d+ii+v) But nowadays moral erosion is increasing and we are losing all the virtues to become a complete man.

(e+iii+iv) If we do not practise morality from our childhood, we shall fail in every aspect of life.

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

(a) the merchant sold him to a rich man in another country.'

(b) To escape torture, he one day fled from his master's house.

(d) Unfortunately he was caught by a slave merchant

(e) He took shelter in a cave.

(f) He used to inflict heavy torture on him.

(g) It was unbearable for him.

(h) The man was very rude and cruel.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	c	d	a	h	f	g	e	e

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Cumilla Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2:

21 February is observed as Shaheed Dibosh every throughout the country in remembrance of the rtyrs of language - movement of 1952. The memoration begins at the early hours of the day mourning songs that recall the supreme cacrifices of our language martyrs.

People wear black badges and go to the Shaheed minar in barefoot processions, singing mourning songs. They place wreaths at the Minar. Many of them visit the graves of the martyrs at Azimpur Sovevard and pray for them. They also attend various programmes organised in remembrance of mo language martyrs. The UNESCO on 17 November in 1999 proclaimed February 21 as the International Mother Language Day in recognition of the sacrifices of the martyrs for the rightful place of Bangla. The day is now annually observed worldwide to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) The word 'diversity' means -

(i) similarity

(ii) variety

(iii) likeness

(iv) comparison

(b) On 21 February, people go to the Shaheed Minar in procession singing –

(i) national anthem

(ii) mourning songs

(iii) bhatialee

(iv) patriotic songs

(i) fought for Bengali language (ii) died for Bengali language (iii) led the Language Movement

(iv) fought for East Pakistan

(d) Who observe 'Shaheed Dibosh' every year?

(i) political persons

(ii) students

(iii) people of all ages

(iv) the intellectuals :

(e) The International Mother Language Day is being observed –

(i) only in our country

(ii) all over the world.

(iii) in Indian sub-continent

(iv) in western countries

(f) What do you mean by the word 'supreme' in the phrase 'supreme sacrifice'? (i) at any cost

(ii) highest

(iii) suicide

(iv) utter

(g) What is the purpose of the author of this passage?

(i) To highlight how 21 February is observed and its international recognition. (ii) To highlighten how the people go to the Shaheed Minar.

(iii) To portray how the freedom fighters lose their lives.

(iv) To state how the UNESCO approves Shaheed Dibosh.

Answer:

1. (a) (i) variety (b) (ii) mourning songs (c) (iii) died for Bengali language (d) (iv) people of all ages (e) (ii) all over the world (f) (ii) highest (vii) (g) To highlight how 21 February is observed and its international recognition

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) Why is 21 February observed as 'Shaheed Dibosh'?

(b) Why do we go to the Shaheed Minar bare footed?

(d) What do you understand by the phrase "the rightful place of Bangla'?

(e) What is the importance of 'International Mother Language Day'?

Answer: 2. (a) 21 February is observed as 'Shaheed Dibosh because on this day near the Dhaka Medical College, some valiant sons of this soil laid down their lives to establish the right on Bangla as the state language.

(b) We go the Shaheed Minar bare-footed to show our profound respect to the language martyrs.

(c) Black badge is the symbol of expressing mourning. Wearing black badges signifies our mourning for the martyrs of our language movement.

(d) The phrase "the rightful place of Bangla' indicates the recognition of Bangla as the state language of the then East Pakistan.

(e) The importance of the International Mother Language Day' is to promote worldwide awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism.

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

Today there are many jobs where you need English. This is because the world has become smaller. Vast distances are shortened by speedy transport. We can talk to a person thousands of kilometres away on the phone or the Internet. So, we can communicate with the whole world easily. English has made this communication easier. There are many countries in the world with many languages, but to communicate with them, you cannot use all the languages. So, you need a common language that you can use with more or less all the people in the world. English is that common language. English for us in Bangladesh is all the more important. As we have seen earlier, we are too many people in a small country. So if you learn English, you have the best opportunity to find a good job, both within and outside the country. And that is good news for. millions of our unemployed youths.

Globalization has made the world smaller and so it requires a (a) – language for international communication. The lingua franca of the world is (b) - English provides us with the (c) — to pursue a good job. Being a densely (d) — country, Bangaldesh is cursed with unemployment. Proficiency in English may help (e) – unemployment problem and bring economic development.

Answer: 3. (a) common (b) English (c) opportunity (d) populated (e) removing/eradicating/ alleviating/ lessening

Read the passage on Gustave Eiffel and his Tower and answer the questions no. 4 and 5 :

Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter of Liberation War of Bangladesh. He was born on 23 December 1933. He was also a language activist of Language Movement and composer of 'Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano' – the famous song written by Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury, a famous journalist. In 1950 he sang gonoshongit in many places to inspire the activists of the Language Movement. Along with his singing, Mahmud continued to support the movement. He tuned the song 'Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano' in 1969, in Zahir Raihan's film 'Jibon Theke Neya'. Altaf Mahmud took part in the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. He created a secret camp inside his house for the freedom fighters. But as the secret revealed, Pakistan Army caught him on August 30, 1971. He was tortured by them. A lot of other guerrilla war fighters like Shafi Imam Rumi were also captured by the Pak army on that day. Along with most of them, he was lost ever since. His patriotic songs which were then broadcast at the "Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra" also inspired the war fighters at that time. In 1977, Altaf Mahmud was awarded the Ekushey Padak for his valuable contribution to Bengali culture and the War of Liberation.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage :

Altaf Mahmud
Role	Musician, cultural activist and freedom fighter
Life time	From 1933 to (i)..................
Who/ What	Activities	Type of work / name	Time
Altaf Mahmud	sang	(ii) .............	1950's
(iii) ..........	was tuned	song	1969
Altaf Mahmud	(iv) ........		1971
Bangladesh Government	awarded him	Ekushey Padak	(v)……

Answer: 4. (i) 1971 (ii) gonoshongit (iii) Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano (iv) died/ was lost (v) 1977

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

Answer: 5. Summary : Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter. He took part in the Language Movement of 1952 and composed the mourning song 'Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano' to commemorate the event. Then he also sang gonoshongit to inspire the activists of the movement. He took part in the Liberation War and made a secret camp inside his house for the freedom fighters. The Pakistan Army caught him as the secret was revealed. He was lost forever. Altaf Mahmud was awarded a posthumous Ekushey Padak in 1977 for his valuable contribution to Bengali culture and the Liberation War.

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column A, B and C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
Your friends cannot help	that makes us	in everyone
It is love	loving you	you don't love other
Love is divine	to love you	feel for others
You cannot find others	it is a good evidence that	if you love them
If you are not loved	which exists	unless you love them

Answer: 6.(a+ii+iv) Your friends cannot help loving you if you love them.

(b+i+ii) It is love that makes us feel for others.

(c+v+i) Love is divine which exists in everyone.

(d+iii+v) You cannot find others to love you unless you love them.

(e+iv+ii) If you are not loved, it is a good evidence that you don't love others.

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 :

(a) The old woman felt pity for him and quickly gave Taimur a full dish of food. (b) Then he disguised himself as a poor traveler and supported himself by begging.

(d) He came to a house and asked an old woman to give him something to eat. (e) Once young Taimur attacked a province but unfortunately his soldiers were all killed.

(f) The food was very hot.

(g) One day he became very hungry and could not get anything to eat

(h) He hurriedly dug his fingers right at the middle of the dish.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	e	b	g	d	a	h	f	c

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Chattogram Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2:

Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her polythene- roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45 but looks more than her age. In front of her shelter, she is Waring to make a fire to cook the day's only. meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds some fallen leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had everything----- a family, cultivable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna consumed gradually all her landed property. It finally claimed her last shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to demolish Meher's house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once, Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness. There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate like Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers that affect its people. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages are threatened by the roaring rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can't take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) Meherjan tries to make fire to —,

(i) warm herself (ii) cook day's meal

(iii) make tea (iv) make night's meal

(b) Before the erosion of the river, she was

(i) wealthy .. (ii) healthy (iii) unhappy

(iv) joyful

(i) Old age

(ii) Sickness (iii) River erosion (iv) Frustration

(d) How old is Meherjan?

(i) Below 40

(ii) Below 45 (iii) Below. 50

(iv) Above 50

(e) What does the word 'Demolish' mean?

(i) Build

(ii) preserve (iii) Destroy

(iv) Support

(f) What is the dangerous result of climate change?

(i) Cruel hunger (ii) River erosion (iii) Landed property (iv) The curse of nature

(g) Meherjan's hands are trembling because-,

(i) she is frightened (ii) she is feeble

(iii) she is tired (iv) she is exhausted

Answer: 1. (a) (ii) cook day's meal (b) (iv) joyful (c) (iii) River erosion (d) (iii) Below 50 (e) (iii) destroy (f) (iv) The curse of nature (g) (ii) she is feeble

2. Answer the following questions.

(a) Where does Meherjan live?

(b) What happened to her after the erosion of Jamuna?

(d) What property did Meherjan lose duc to river erosion?

(e) What crushed Meherjan's dream and happiness and how?

Answer: 2. (a) Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment.

(b) After the erosion of the Jamuna, Meherjan lost all her landed property, her house, trees, vegetable garden and bamboo bush. She has also lost her husband and her family because of cruel hunger and poverty.

(c) Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgoni Town Protection Embankment. She lives in a polythene roofed shelter that looks like a cage.

(d) Meherjan lost everything which includes her house, cattle, cultivable land, vegetable garden, bamboo bush and her family as well.

(e) The erosion of the Jamuna consumed all of Meherjan's landed property including her shelter and crushed her dreams and happiness.

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

26 March, our Independence Day, is the biggest 2 state festival. The day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a national holiday. The day begins with 31 gunshots, Early in the morning the President and the Prime Minister on behalf of the nation place floral wreaths at, the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then diplomats, political parties, social and cultural organisations and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all walks of life also go there in rallies and processions. There are several cultural programmes throughout the day highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice in 1971.

26 March is a (a) - day for the people of Bangladesh. On this day, our (b) – war began. The heroic sons of our country sacrificed their (c) --, So, the whole nation (d) — the day every year to (e) – respect to the martyrs.

Answer: 3. (a) significant/ festive/memorable (b) liberation (c) lives (d) celebrates (e) show

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

Milton was a great poet after Shakespeare. His father early decided that Milton was to have a literary career. At the age of 7, in 1615 he got himself admitted in Star Palace School. But Milton could not pay attention to his studies in this school. After a couple of years, he left the school and studied at St. Paul's School till 1624. In the succeeding year, Milton entered Christ College in Cambridge. He took his M.A degree at the age of 24 and went to his father's house in the village of Horton. Milton's father, however, had faith in his son and allowed him to continue his studies at Horton from 1632 to 1638. During this time he made himself Master of everything worth knowing in the literature of Rørne, Greece, Italy, France, Spain and the Bible. In 1643, Milton met Mary Powel in an occasion and married her. But this great poet became blind in 1652. The idea behind his famous. Work "Paradise Lost" developed after his blindness. 'Paradise Lost' saw the light of the day in the year 1665. Nine years after its publications, this great artist in Literature died.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage:

Name of events	Place	Year / Time	What/Contribution
Bom		(i).........
Studied from 1617-1624	(ii) ........
(iii).......		at 24
Famous work			(iv) .........
Milton Passed away		(v) ......

Answer: 4. (i) 1608 (ii) St. Paul's School (iii) took M.A Degree (iv) Paradise Lost (v) 1674

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

Answer: 5. Summary : Milton is regarded as a great poet of English literature. His father early decided that he should have a literary career. His academic life began at the age of 7 and it ended with an M.A degree at the age of 24. Besides academic study, he became a master of everything worth knowing in different European literatures and the Bible. He married Mary Powell in 1643. Milton became blind in 1652. Thereafter, he created his masterpiece "Paradise Lost". Nine years after its publication, Milton died in 1674.

6. Match the parts of sentences gtven in column A, B and C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a) Education means	(i) conscious of our rights	(i) the Individual.
(b) The purpose of education	(ii) frees a man	(ii) removing the darkness
(c) Education makes us	(iii) aims at	(iii) from restrictions
(d) Education	(iv) is to enlighten	(iv) from any educational institution
(e) Education	(v) the receiving of: formal learning	(v) and responsibibilities

Answer: 6. (a+v+iv) Education means the receiving of formal learning from any educational institution.

(b+iv+i) The purpose of education is to enlighten the individual.

(c+i+v) Education makes us conscious of our rights and responsibilities.

(d+iii+ii) Education aims at removing the darkness.

(e+ii+iii) Education frees a man from restrictions

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 :

(a) In the evening a lion entered the cave.

(b) One day he fled from the master's house and took shelter in a cave.

(d) He came near Androcles and lifted his paws.

(e) He was caught by a slave-merchant who sold him to a richman in another country.

(f) The lion seemed wounded as he was groning.

(g) His master was very bad infected heavy torture on him.

(h) He took the lion’s paw in his hand and removed a big thorn from it. The lion was relieved of his pain.

Answer: 7.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
c	e	g	b	a	f	d	h

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Sylhet Board 2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no.1 and 2:

26 March, our Independence Day, is the biggest state festival. The day is celebrated every year in the country with great enthusiasm and fervour. It is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions shops and factories .Early in the morning the President and the Prime Minister on behalf of the nation place floral wreaths at the National Mausoleum at Savar. Then other leaders, diplomats, political parties, social and cultural organisations, and freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs. People from all walks of life also go there in rallies and processions. There are many cultural programmes throughout the day highlighting the heroic struggle and sacrifice in 1971.

The country also witnesses a spectacular parade of Defence forces, border guards, police, Ansars and the Job Village Defence Party) at the National Parade Cround near the National Parliament. In Bangabandhu National Stadium, school children, scouts and girl guides take part in various displays to entertain thousands of spectators. Educational Institutions also organise their individual programmes. Sports meets and tournaments are also organised on the day including the exciting boat race in the river Buriganga.

In the evening, all major public buildings are illuminated with colourful lights. Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and other socio cultural organisations hold cultural functions. Similar functions are also arranged in other places in the country.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives :

(a) How is the parade conducted on the Independence Day?

(i) challenging

(ii) enchanting

(iii) risky

(iv) competitive

(b) How does the celebration of the Independence Day begin with?

(i) a procession

(ii) a gun salute

(iii) placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum

(iv) parade by the defence forces

(i) attend seminars with the freedom fighters (ii) highlight the heroic struggle of the martyrs (iii) pay homage to the martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum . (iv) attend different cultural programmes

(d) "Freedom fighters pay homage to the martyrs" means that they —

(i) highlight the sacrifice of the martyrs (ii) praise highly of the martyrs (iii) maintain silence (iv) show due respect and gratitude to the martyrs.

(e)Which of the following activities is done on the Independence Day?

(i) organising cultural programmes by different persons only (ii) organising debating programmes only (iii) illuminating all the major public buildings

(iv) arranging fairs only

(f) . What is the purpose of the author of writing the passage?

(i) focus on the importance of the sacrifice of the martyrs : (ii) show the importance of the freedom fighters (iii) highlight the significance of the day (iv) to show due respect and gratitude to the martyrs

(g) Where is the National Parade held on the Independence Day?

(i) at the National Parade ground (ii) in a decorated hall (iii) on the streets (iv) in the Bangabandhu Stadium

Answer: 1. (a) (ii) enchanting (b) (ii) a gun salute (c) (iii) pay homage to the martyrs by placing wreaths at the National Mausoleum (d) (iv) show due respect and gratitude to the martyrs (e) (iii) illuminating all the major public buildings (f) (iii) highlight the significance of the day (g) (i) at the National Parade ground

2. Answer the following questions

(a) What are the main features of the day?

(b) Why do people from all walks of life go to the National Mausoleum according to the text?

(d) What kind of programmes are held other We than the parade?

(e) Which leading organisations of our country organise cultural programmes on this day?

Answer: 2. (a) The main features of the day is that it is a national holiday. All offices, educational institutions, shops and factories remain closed. The celebration of the day begins with 31 gun salute.

(b) People from all walks of life go to the National Mausoleum to pay homage to the martyrs of the Liberation War.

(c) The National Parade at the National Parade ground, various entertaining displays by the students, Scouts and girl guides are the most spectacular events of the day.

(d) Various entertaining displays of the students, Scouts and girl guides, sports meet and tournaments, exciting boat race in the river Buriganga are the programmes held other than the parade.

(e) The country's leading organizations like Bangla Academy, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organize cultural programmes on this day.

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

As human beings, we have ability to bring about a great change in our social, national and international life. But we cannot change everything. For examples, we can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun. But we can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. It is a matter of great sorrow that only during the last hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in the atmosphere and we humans can be held responsible for this. Carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is increasing due to burning of fossil fuels. Since the 19th century, industrial activities and the number of industries have been increased. So, for energy combustion of coal increased. Natural gas and oil are also burnt for different purposes. Thus, we are generating more and more greenhouse gases worldwind.

So, it is our duty to stop cutting down trees indiscriminately. We should also inspire the general mass to plant more and more trees for our existence on earth. There are several reasons why the carbon dioxide concentration has been (a) —, in the atmosphere. Our mills and factories burn coal, mineral oil, natural gas etc. with a view to (b) – energy, we also burn these materials to (c) -- our everyday needs. But for our own safety, we have to encourage (d) –. Otherwise, our existence on earth will be at (e) –

Answer: 3. (a) rising/increasing (b) producing/ generating (c) meet (d) afforestation (e) risk

Read the passage on SAARC and answer the questions no. 4 and 5:

SAARC is a regional organization for mutual cooperation, friendship and development. The full form of SAARC is "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation". At the initial stage, there were only seven developing nations to form the organization. Later, Afghanistan was included as one of its member countries. SAARC started its journey through holding its first conference in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. At present, the member countries of this organization are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. The secretariat of this organization is situated in the capital of Nepal. Its head is called Secretary General.

There is a deep relationship between Bangladesh and SAARC. It was Bangladesh that took the first initiative to form SAARC. As the initiator of SAARCH Bangladesh has been playing a significant and strong role in its different activities. As one of the member countries it has also beon making every effort to expand the trade between the member countries and to solve the regional conflicts and existing crisis between the neighbouring countries.

4. Complete the table below with information from the above passage :

Aim	Mutual cooperation
		Time	officially started in (i) ...................
Who/What	Event / Activity	When	Where
(ii)........	Initiator of SAARC	1985
Secretariat	located		(iii).........
(iv) .......	included as the last member country
First conference	(v) .........		Dhaka

Answer: 4. (a) 8 December 1985 (b) Bangladesh (c) capital of Nepal/ Kathmandu, Nepal (d) Afghanistan (e) held

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

Answer: 5. Summary : SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) is an organization established for the promotion of mutual cooperation, friendship and development of the SAARC enlisted countries. It was Bangladesh that took the first initiative to form the organization. SAARC started its journey through its first conference in Dhaka on 8 December 1985. At first there were seven developing nations under this organization Tale Afghanistan was included. The other countries are Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Bangladesh has been playing a significant role in SAARC from me beginning. It is trying to expand the tau between the member countries and to solve the regional conflicts and existing crisis between the neighboring countries.

6. Match the parts of sentences in column A, B and C to write five complete sentences :

Column A	Column B	Column C
(a) Sonargaon was	(i) had a reputation for	(i) dwelling place in the 19th century
b) The importance of the city	(ii) many beautiful buildings on	(ii) during the Sultani period
(c) The place at that time	(iii) the capital of Bengal	(iii) both sides of the road
(d) Many businessm en selected	(iv) declined during	(iv) the manufactu re of 'Maslin Saree'.
(e) They built	(v) Sonargaon as their	(v) the next Mughal period.

Answer: 6. (a+iii+ii) Sonargaon was the capital of Bengal during the Sultani period.

(b+iv+v) The importance of the city declined during the next Mughal period.

(c+i+iv) The place at that time had a reputation for the manufacture of 'Maslin Saree'.

(d+v+i) Many businessmen selected Sonargaon as their dwelling place in the 19th century.

(e+ii+iii) They built many beautiful buildings on both sides of the road.

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 : 1x 8 = 8

(a) But his heart was not in medicine and he felt that he was born to be a poet.

(b) This great poet met a premature death on February 23, 1821.

(d) John Keats was born on October 31, 1795.

(e) He lost his father in 1804 and his mother in 1810.

(f) His finest poems like 'Ode To a Nightingale'. 'Ode On a Grecian Urn' etc were published in 1820.

(g) in 1811 Keats became an apprentice to a surgeon at Edmonton.

(h) He was the eldest son of his parents.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	d	h	e	g	a	c	f	b

ENGLISH TEST PAPER(SSC)

Borisal Board-2019

Read the passage then answer the questions no. 1 and 2:1

Zahir Raihan was one of the most talented film makers

Bangladesh. He was born on 19 August 1935 in the ullade Majupur, in Feni district. He was an active worker of the Language Movement. He was one of the ten students to go out in a procession on 21 February 1952 despite a ban on such activities imposed by the authorities. As a result, he and many others were arrested and taken to prison. Raihan was also present at the historical meeting of Amtala on 21 February 1952. He also took part in the mass movement in 1969. In 1971, he joined the Liberation War. All through his life, Zahir Raihan dreamt of a democratic society, a society that would ensure freedom of speech. He had many dreams about our Alm 'industry too. He made a legendary film "Jibon Theke Neya" based on the Language Movement of 1952. It was a protest against the autocratic government then ruling our country. The family portrayed in that film symbolically represented East Pakistan. The family was ruled by an autocrat who had to go to prison for her conspiracy. During the liberation war, this film was shown outside Bangladesh. Celebrated film makers like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak appreciated the film. Raihan gave all the money the film made to the Freedom Fighters' trust. Besides, his great documentary on Pakistant atrocities, Stop Genocide, helped create world sentiment in favour of our liberation war. On 30 December 1971, someone informed Raihan about an address somewhere at Mirpur where he might find his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who had gone missing from 14 December 1971. Kaiser was captured and killed by the Pakistani .army and the local collaborators during the last days of the war. Accordingly, Raihan left home to get his brother back but he never returned. Zahir Raihan's dream was fulfilled. He could see the emergence of an independent Bangladesh though he did not get back his brother. And it's a pity that this dreamer could not live to see his dream come true.

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives.

(a) Which of the following word describes Zahir best?

(i) brilliant(ii) polite (iii) energetic (iv) revolutionary

(b) "Stop Genocide" was a____.

(i) novel (ii) film (iii) documentary (iv) drama

(i) end (ii) finish (iii) beginning (iv) conclusion

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

(i) About Zahir's last day (ii) About Zahir's activities

(iii) About Zahir's life .(iv) About Zahir's contribution

(e) Zahir Raihan ___ in Liberation War.

(i) took part (ii) fled away (iii) escaped (iv) avoided

(f) The film "Jibon Thake Neya" is a symbol of

(i) barbarism (ii) autocracy . (iii) revolt against autocratic government

(iv) brutalism

(g) Jibon Thake Neya is based on

(i) the mass movement (ii) the freedom fight

(iii) the Liberation War

(iv) the Language Movement

Answer: 1. (a) (iv) revolutionary (b) (iii) documentary (c) (iii) beginning (d) (iv) about Zahir's contribution (e) (i) took part (f) (iii) revolt against autocratic government (g) (iv) the Language Movement

2. Answer the following questions. " 2 x 5 = 10

(a) Who is Zahir Raihan?

(b) Why did Zahir leave home?

(d) What was the effect of "Stop Genocide"?

(e) Where did Zahir contribute to all his eaming?

Answer: 2. (a) Zahir Raihan is one of the most talented film makers in Bangladesh. He was a revolutionary and took part in the Language Movement, mass movement and the Liberation War of Bangladesh.

(b) Zahir left home on 30 December, 1971 to find out his elder brother Shahidullah Kaiser who had been missing since 14 December of the same year.

(c) Shahidullah Kasier was a famous writer. He was captured by the Pakistani army and the local collaborators on 14 December, 1971 and was brutally killed during the last days of the war.

(d) 'Stop Genocide' is a famous documentary made by Zahir Raihan against the Pakistani atrocities during the Liberation War. This documentary helped create world sentiment in favour of our Liberation War.

(e) Zahir contributed all his earnings to the "Freedom Fighters' Trust."

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

Mother Teresa was moved by the sight of the sick and dying on the streets of Kolkata. She founded the home for the dying destitute and named it 'Nirmal Hriday', meaning 'Pure Heart'. She and her fellow nuns brought the dying people off the streets of Kolkata to this home. They were lovingly looked after and cared for. Since then many men, women and children have been taken from the streets and carried to Nirmal Hriday. These unloved and uncared for people get an opportunity to die in an environment of kindness and love. In their last hours they get human and Divine love, and can feel they are also children of God. Those who survive, the Missionaries of Charity try to find jobs for them or send them to homes where they can live happily for some more years in a caring environment. Regarding commitment to family, Mother Teresa said, “Maybe in our own family, we have somebody, who is feeling lonely, who is feeling sick, who is feeling worried. Are we there? Are we willing to give until it hurts in order to be with our families, or do we put our interest first? We must remember that love begins at home and we must also remember that future of humanity passes through the family". Mother Teresa's work has been recognised throughout the world and she has received a number of awards. These include the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the Nehru Prize for Promotion of International Peace & Understanding (1972), the Balzan Prize (1978), the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and the Bharat Ratna (1980). Mother Teresa died at the age of 87, on 5 September 1997. The world salutes her for her love and compassion for humanity. She has taught us how to extend our hand towards those who need our love and support irrespective of creed, caste and religion. The picture of Mother Teresa, draped in a white and blue bordered sari, with a wrinkled face, ever soft eyes and a saintly smile, lives on in our mind.

Mother Teresa is still alive in our (a) ---- though expired almost 16 years back. She spent her en life for the (b----- of the poor people. She has that helping the necdy is the greatest work man can do. She lived a very poor life (c)---- the poorest (d) ---- all pleasure and comfort. She loved people irrespective of caste, creed and religion. why, she has become (e)---- to all people of the world.

Answer: (a) heart (b) welfare/ betterment/ comfort (c) among (d) leaving (e) idol/ beloved / icon

Read the passage on Gustave Eiffel and his soul and answer the questions no. 4 and 5:

Charles Babbage, was an English Mathematician. He was also a mechanical engincer who is well kno for originating the concept of computer. He was bom on 26 December 1791 in London. He entered Trinity College in October, 1810. He was transferred to Peterhouse. Cambridge. He was the top Mathematician there. He received an honours degree without examination in 1814.' He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. Babbage is famous for inventing the first mechanical computer in 1822 that eventually led to today's computer. He died at his home in London on 18 October, 1871.

4.Complete the table below with information from the above passage :

Name of Events	Place	Year/Time	\|Contribution
Born	(i)......	(ii)......
Received honours degree		(iii)......
(iv)......		1816
Death	(v).....

Answer: 4. (i) London (ii) 26 December, 1791 (iii) 1814 (iv) elected a fellow of the Royal Society (v) London

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

Answer: 5. Summary : Charles Babbage is widely recognized as the first inventor of computer. He was an English mathematician. He was also a mechanical engineer. He was born in 1791 in London. He was the top mathematician of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He obtained an honors degree without appearing for an exam in 1814. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1816. He also became a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University. He invented the first mechanical computer in 1822 He died in 1871. But he is still regarded as the father of modern computer.

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

Coloum A	Coloum B	Coloum C
(a) The moon	(i) has no light	(i) the gift of the sun
(b) She	(ii) the moon reflects	(ii) a small fraction of brightness
(c) The sun	(iii) has an appeal	(iii) vast flood light.
(d) To illuminate the earth	(iv) light depends on	(iv) of her own.
(e) The moon’s	(v) pour forth a	(v) on poets and artists.

Answer: 6. (a+i+iv) The moon has no light of her own.

(b+iii+v) She has an appeal on poets and artists.

(c+v+iii) The sun pours forth a vast flood of light.

(d+ii+ii) To illuminate the earth. the reflects a small fraction of brightness.

(e+iv+i) The moon's light depends on the gift of the sun.

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

(a) Mandela joined the African National Congress in 1942..

(b) In 1993, Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

(c) For 20 years he directed a campaign peaceful nonviolent defiance against the south African government and its racist politics.

(d) Mandela died at his home in Johannesburg on December 5, 2013 at the age of 95.

(e) Ino 1993, South African President F.W de Klerk was also awarded the Nobel Prize

(f) In 2009, Mandela's birthday was declared "Mandela Day" to promote global peace .

(g), Nelson Mandela was born on July 18 1918 in South Africa.

(h) In 1994, Mandela was celebrated as south Africa's first black President.

Answer:

7.	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	g	c	a	b	e	h	f	d

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SSC English 1st Board Question -2019

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