HSC English First Paper Barishal Board Questions and Answers

HSC English First Paper Barishal Board Questions and Answers

Barishal Board-2022
English First Paper
[According to the Syllabus of2022]
Time-2 hours; Full marks-50
[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]
HSC English First Paper Barishal Board Questions and Answers

Part 1-Reading Test [Marks-50]

Read the following text and answer the question no. 1:

When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full time work in her in-laws household. In the in-laws house, she is marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry related violence. In Bangladesh, it is all common for a bride’s family to pay dowry. despite the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also continue after the wedding. For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are greater health risks in terms of pregnancy and child birth. The majority of adolescent brides and their families are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraceptive. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.

When adolescent girls are pulled out of school, either for marriage or work, they often lose theirmobility, their friends and social status. The lack of mobility among adolescent girls also curtails their economic and non-formal educational opportunities. Moreover, they lack information about health issues. According to a study, only about three in five adolescents have even heard of HIV. It is also reported that more than 50 percent of adolescent girls are undernourished and suffer from anaemia. Adolescent fertility is also high in Bangladesh. The contribution of the adolescent fertility rate to the total fertility rate increased from 20.3% in 1993 to 24.4% in 2007. Moreover, neonatal mortality is another concern for younger mothers.

While the situation for adolescent boys is somewhat better, many are vulnerable and lack the power to make decisions about their own lives. Many boys who are unable to go to school, or are unemployed, remain unaware of social or health issues. They are at considerable risk of being drawn into criminal.

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:0.5×10=5

(a)          What does the word ‘mobility’ in the passage refer to?

(i)             motionlessness                                    (ii)        flexibility

(iii)           stillness                                                (iv)       immobility

(b)          What is the common view of the girls when they get married?

(i)             They get opportunity for higher education

(ii)     They usually drop out of school and begin full-time work in her in-laws household

(iii)           They usually help their parents

(iv)           They usually become the decision maker of her in-laws house

 

(c)     For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are greater risks in terms of ……

(i)  child bearing                           (ii)        nursing of the elders in her in-laws house

(iii)            sending her child t school       (iv)       nurturing the child

(d)          What does the word ‘illegal’ in the passage refer to?

(i)             lawful                                      (ii)        authorized

(iii)           unlawful                                              (iv)       legitimate

(e)          What does the word ‘expose’ in the passage refer to?

(i)             hide                                                     (ii)        disclose

(iii)           refrain                                      (iv)       suppress

(f)           What does the word ‘pull out’ in the passage refer to?

(i)             keep                                                     (ii)        continue

(iii)           keep up                                                (iv)       quit

(g)          The word ‘anaemia’ refers to …….

(i)             blood pressure                                     (ii)        blood sugar

(iii)           shortage of blood                    (iv)       blood contamination

(h)          The closest meaning of ‘study’ is …….

(i)             skipping                                               (ii)        omitting

(iii)           reporting                                              (iv)       learning

(i)           What is the synonym of the word ‘unaware’ in the passage?

(i)             conscious                                             (ii)        aware

(iii)           ignorant                                               (iv)       cognizant

(j)           What does the word ‘majority’ in the passage refer to?

(i)             minority                                               (ii)        marginal

(iii)           nominal                                               (iv)       greater part

• আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 1 
• আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 2
• আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 3
• আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 4
• আরো পড়ুন: এইচএসসি ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র মডেল টেস্ট
• আরো পড়ুন: এইচএসসি ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র মডেল টেস্ট-Model Question 6
• আরো পড়ুন: এইচএসসি ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র মডেল টেস্ট-Model Question 7

Read the following text and answer the questions no. 2 and 3:

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight, “and the glory of the lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together”.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I shall go back to the south with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day ………

And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, and when we allow freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual. “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!” (abridged).

2. Answer the following questions:2×4=8

(a)      What is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr. expressed in the first four lines of the text?

(b)     ‘One day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low.’ Explain in your own words.

(c)      “This is the faith that I will go back to the south with.” What is the faith of Martin Luther King Jr.?

(d)          What, according to Martin Luther King Jr., will be the use of this faith?

3. Read the passage and then write the antonym or synonym of the words as directed below :0.5×10=5

(a) dream (synonym) (b) straight (synonym) (c) faith (antonym) (d) freedom (synonym) (e) happen (antonym) (f) mountain (synonym) (g) reveal (antonym) (h) discord (antonym) (i) mighty(antonym) (j) let (synonym)

4. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word in each gap:0.5×8=4

Examination is very important in student’s life. It justifies a student’s (a) …….. No student can be (b) …….. to next class without examination. So, every student (c) ……… hard to pass the examination. There are many ways to do (d) ……… in the examination and meritorious students fallow these ways. Gathering (e) …….. is not all things to approach the examination. One may gather much (f) …….. about his subject, but if he cannot (g) …….. his performance in the examination, his such kind of knowledge is (h) ……..

5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order:1×8=8

(a)          Haji Mohsin took him to another room and opened a box.

(b)          Haji Mohsin woke up and caught hold of the thief.

(c)          The box was full of gold and money.

(d)          He took pity with the poor man.

(e)          He was famous for his kindness.

(f)           Haji Mohsin helped the poor and the helpless people with food and clothes.

(g)          A thief entered into his bedroom one night.

(h)          The man said, “Sir, I am very poor, I have no food in my house”.

 

Part II-Writing Test [Marks-20]

6. Write a paragraph on “The Victory Day” in about 200 words based on the answers to the following questions:7

(a)          When is our Victory Day?

(b)          Why is it called so?

(c)          What is the brief history behind it?

(d)          How do we observe the day?

(e)          What is the significance of the day?

7. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:7

One day a boy of class five was going to school. Suddenly he saw a money bag on the road. He was at a loss ……..

8. Summarize the following text:6

“He is the epicenter of our time, ours in South Africa, and yours, wherever you are,” Nadine Gordimer, the South African writer and Nobel Laureate for literature, once remarked. The years Mandela spent behind bars made him the world’s most celebrated political prisoner and a leader of mythic stature for millions of black South Africans and other oppressed people far beyond his country’s borders. Charged with capital offences in the 1963 Rivonia Trial his statement from the dock was his political testimony. “During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities”, he told the court. “It is an ideal I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.” Friends adored Mandela and fondly called him ‘Madiba’ the clan name by which he was known. People lauded his humanity, kindness and dignity.

Solution To Barishal Board-2022

Part-I

1. (a) (ii) flexibility (b) (ii) They usually drop out of school and begin full-time work in her in-law’s household (c) (i) child bearing (d) (iii) unlawful (e) (ii) disclose (f) (iv) quit (g) (iii) shortage of blood (h) (iv) learning (i) (iii) ignorant (j) (iv) greater part
2. Question and answer:

(a)      The dream of Martin Luther King Jr. expressed in the first four lines of the text is that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight.

(b)     Through this statement Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes that it is time which is the great leveler. One day even the valleys and the mountains will be made equal and so will be the people.

(c)      The faith Martin Luther King Jr. is that one day all things on this land will be made equal. The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all will see it together.

(d)     According to martin Luther King Jr. with this faith people will have some hope within a world of despair and will be able to transform the discords of the nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

3. (a) vision (b) level/even (c) disbelief/mistrust (d) liberty/ independence (e) cease/stop (f) highland/peak (g) conceal/hide (h) accord/harmony (i) weak/insignificant (j) allow/permit/ authorize
4. (a) knowledge (b) promoted (c) works/studies (d) well (e) knowledge (f) knowledge (g) show (h) useless/ worthless/ ineffective
5. Rearrange

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

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