HSC English First Paper Jashore Board Questions and Answers

HSC English First Paper Jashore Board Questions and Answers

Jashore Board-2022
English First Paper
[According to the Syllabus of 2022]
Time-2 hours: Full marks-50
[N.B. Answer all the question. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.]

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Part 1-Reading [Marks-30]

Read the passage and answer the questions:

Bangladesh is blessed with huge Inland water resources. It has numerous rivers, canals, beels,lakes and vast areas of floodplains. Hakaluki Haor biodiverse major wetlands of Bangladesh. With a land area of 18,386 hectares, it supports a rich hie werelty and provides direct and indirect livelihood benefits to nearly 1,90,000 people. This hao was declared an Ecologically Critical Are by the more than 238 interconnected beels-and jalmahals. The most important beels are Chatla, Pinlarkona, Dulla, Sakua, Barajalla, Baljhuri, Lamba, Tekonta. Haorkhal, Tural, Baghalkuri and Chinaura.

Hakaluki Haor is bounded by the Kushiara river as well as a stretch of the Sonal-Bardal river to the north, by the Fenchuganj-Kulaura railway to the west and to the south and by the Kulaura-Beanibazar road to the east. The haor falls under two administrative districts, Maulvibazar andSylhet. Some 1,90,000 people live in the area surrounding the haor.

Hakaluki Haor is an important source of fisheries resources for Bangladesh. Kalibaus, Boal, Rul, Ghagot, Pabda and Chapila are the main fish species found here. From the Kushiara, there are frequent upstream movements of fish towards the beels and tributaries of Hakaluki. The beels in Hakaluki Haor provide winter shelter for the mother fisheries. In the early monsoon,

these mother fisheries produce millions of fries for the entire downstream fishing communities. Floodplains are also an important source of fisheries resources within the area. However, many of the beels have lost their capacity to provide shelter for mother fisheries because of sand deposits from upstream rivers and canals, use of complete dewatering technique for fishing and lack of aquatic plants to provide feed and shelter for parent fish.

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

(a)        The word ‘resource’ stands for……..
(i)         wealth                                                 (ii)        establishment
(iii)       source                                      (iv)       entrance

(b)       ‘Livelihood’ could be best replaced by……..
(i)         credit                                       (ii)        subsistence
(iii)       profit                                       (iv)       endurance

(c)        When do the mother fisheries produce fries?
(i)         In winter season                      (ii)        In the spring
(iii)       In summer season                    (iv)       In rainy season

(d)       Why have the beels lost the capacity to provide shelterfor mother fries?
(i)         Because of the scarcity of water
(ii)        Because of extreme water flow

(iii)       Because of sand deposits from upstream rivers and canals
(iv)       Because of water pollution

(e)        What does the word ‘falls’ mean in the passage?
(i)         Refers to                                 (ii)        Divides into
(iii)       Belongs to                               (iv)       Drops into

(f)        The word ‘aquatic’ refers to…….
(i)         fertile                                       (ii)        terrestrial
(iii)       small                                        (iv)       marine

(g)        Choose the false statement from the following:
(i)         Hakaluki Haor is an Ecologically Critical Area
(ii)        1.9 million people live in the area surrounding Hakaluki Haor

(iii)       Hakaluki Haor is surrounded by a river called Chatla
(iv)       Different kinds of fisheries are available in Hakaluki Haor

(h)       What does ‘parent fish’ refer to?
(i)         Either mother or father fish    (ii)        Roe or fish egg
(ii)        Brood of fish                          (iv)       All of them

(i)         The word ‘dewater in the passage implies…….
(i)         to fill with water                     (ii)        to pour water
(iii)       to use water                             (iv)       to drain water

(j)        What does the word ‘blessed’ imply?
(i)         Inundated                               (ii)        Flooded
(iii)       Gifted                         (iv)       Cursed

Read the passage below and answer the questions 2 and 3:

Children must pass through several stages in their lives to become adults. For most people, there are four or five such stages of growth where they learn certain things: Infancy (birth to age 2) early childhood (3 to 8 years), later childhood (9 to 12 years) and adolescence (13 to 18 years). Person 18 and over are considered adults in our society. Of course, there are some who will try to act older than their years.

But, for the most part, most individuals have to go through these stages irrespective of their economic or social status. World Health Organization (WHO) identifies adolescence as the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood. This phase represents one of the critical transitions in one’s life span and cal characterized by fast paced growth and change which are second only to those at infancy. Biological processes drive many aspects of this growth and development with the onset of puberty marking t passage from childhood to adolescence. The biological determinants of adolescence are fairly `universal; however, the duration and defining characteristics of this period may vary across time. cultures and socio-economic situations.

This period has seen many changes over the past century- puberty for example, comes earlier than before, people marry late, and their sexual attitudes and behaviors are different from their grandparents, or even parents. Among the factors responsible for the change are education, urbanization and spread of global communication. The time of adolescence is a period of preparation for adulthood during which one experiences several key developments. Besides physical and sexual maturation, these experiences include movement towards social and economic independence, development of identity, the acquisition of skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles and the capacity for abstract reasoning. While adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential, it is also a time of considerable risks during which social contexts exert powerful influences.

Many adolescents face pressure to use alcohol, cigarettes or other drugs and to initiate sexualrelationships putting themselves at high risk for intentional and unintentional injuries, unintended pregnancies and Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), including, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). Many also experience a wide range of adjustment and mental health problems.

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

(a)        Define adolescence in your own words.
(b)        What are the experiences an adolescent undergoes?

(c)        Mention the stages of growth from childhood to adulthood.
(d)       “Adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential”. Describe in brief.

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

(a) situation (synonym) (b) fairly (antonym) (c) Independence (antonym) (d) reasoning (synonym) (e) abstract (antonym) (f) consider (synonym) (g) exert (antonym) (h) potential (antonym) (i) individual (synonym) (j) tremendous (synonym)

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

Civility means polite (a) ……. or modesty. It also (b) …….. courteous manner. It is a great virtue (c) …….. a man. To be well-behaved, or good-natured, we need not (d) …….. money. We have to (e) …….. willingness to attain civility. We have to (f) ……… some code of conduct and (g) ……… the norms of etiquette of the society. It (h) ……… fromsociety to society. However, one has to practise good manner in one’s character from an earlyage. No expenditure but consciousness is required.

5. The sentences in the following text are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence :1×8=8

(a)        MRT Line-6 is the first line to be approved from Uttara to Motijheel covering a length of 20 km.
(b)        This project is being developed by the Dhaka Mass Transit Company.

(c)        Moreover, this Metro Rail Project will have 16 elevated stations in total.
(d)       Indeed, the initiative will uplift the traffic system to an internationally advanced level.

(e)        It is projected to serve 60,000 passengers per hour.
(f)        “The Dhaka Metro Rail Project” is a wise and far-sighted initiative by the currentgovernment.

(g)        It will also reduce the existing traffic jams to a great extent.
(h)        A total of five lines, MRT 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 have been proposed for this project.

Part 2-Writing [Marks-20]

6. Write a paragraph in about 200 words on “The Impact of Facebook on Teenagers”.

• আরো পড়ুন: HSC-English 1st paper: Model Question 1 
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• আরো পড়ুন: এইচএসসি ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র মডেল টেস্ট-Model Question 6
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7. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words:6

It was 20 March of 2020, Sarah was very happy because her family was going to have a tour to Saint Martin Island the next week. She was watching TV with a jolly mood. Suddenly, a news popped up “Government has declared lockdown for a period of 15 days all over the country with a view to controlling the spread of Covid-19 and protecting people from being infected with it……..

8. Write a summary of the following text:6

All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,

Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,

For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.

Solution To Jashore Board-2022

Part-I

1. (a) (i) wealth (b) (i) subsistence (c) (iv) In rainy season (d) (iii) Because of sand deposits from upstream rivers and canals (e) (iii) Belongs to (f) (iv) marine (g) (ii) 1.9 million people live in the area surrounding Hakaluki Haor / (ii) Hakaluki Haor is surrounded by a river called Chatla (h) (i) Either mother or father fish (i) (iv) to drain water (j) (iii) Gifted
2. Question and answer:

(a)        Adolescence refers to the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood.

(b)        The experiences an adolescent undergoes are the physical and sexual maturation, the movement towards social and economic independence, the development of identity, the acquisition of skills needed to carry out adult relationships and roles and the capacity for abstract reasoning.

(c)        The stages of growth from childhood to adulthood are early childhood (3 to 8 years), later childhood (9 to 12 years), adolescence (13 to 18 years) and adulthood(above 18 years).

(d)       Adolescence is a time of tremendous growth and potential because it shapes the future of girls’ and boys’ lives.

3. (a) state/condition (b) unfairly (c) dependence (d) deduction/thinking (e) concrete/figurative (f) think/believe (g) relax/idle (h) unlikely (i) singular/personal (j) marvelous/wonderful
4. (a) behaviour (b) means (c) for (d) any (e) have (f) learn (g) follow (h) varies
5. Rearrange

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