HSC English 1st Paper Question Solution 2024 (All Boards)

HSC English 1st Paper Question Solution 2024

দোহার
ঢাকা বোর্ড
১৮৮
02 Set
ENGLISH: FIRST PAPER

[According to the Syllabus of 2024]
1024/2028
Subject Code:
Time 3 hours
Full marks-100
[N.B. The figures in the right margin indicate full marks. Answer all the questions.]

Part I Reading Test Marks 60

1. Read the following passage and answer the questions A and B :

The success of Kalsindur girls reads like an epic. They started their journey with practically nothing. They didn’t have any boots or jerseys to wear. Initially, they played wearing salwer and kamij. They also suffered from malnutrition. What made them win against all adversities then? What was the magic behind? Mohammad Mafiz Uddin was an assistant teacher at Kalisndur Government Free Primary School where Minati Rani Sheel I was the head teacher. They observed the girls interests in football and decided to help. It was however not that easy.

HSC English 1st Paper

Girls play convinced football is still not a common picture in Bangladesh. Guardians were used as they to seeing girls helping mothers with household chores. A farmer, an auto-rickshaw driver, a tea-shop owner or housemaid mother couldn’t be that ambitious either. But Minati Rani Sheel and Mohammad Mafiz Uddin persuaded them to allow their daughters to play. Being great motivators, the two teachers supported the girls in their effort to overcome the odds. They inspired them, created opportunities for them and took personal care of them. Soon the girls could prove themselves, shaking off their inhibition.

Their success has also persuaded the villagers to come to their support. were not When the girls moved to the nearby secondary school and college, they did not have their Minati Maam and Mafiz Uddin Sir with them, but soon another motherly person offered her helping hand-Mala Rani Sarkar, an Assistant Professor of History who was joined by one of her colleagues, Jual Mia.

They agreed to coach the girls. Mr. Jalaluddin, who was then the head teacher of the school, also supported them. Gradually the local community, public representatives and the local administration came forward. Bangladesh Football Federation also gave special attention to them and finally another football magician, Golam Robbani Choton, the coach of the Bangladesh Woman’s National Football Team, mentored these girls and helped them become complete professional footballers.

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: (a) Mohammad Mafiz Uddin was a

(i) organizer O mentor (iii) promoter (iv) moderator (b) What does the word ‘Malnutrition’ mean?

(1) Lack of deliciousness (ii) Lack of taste ( Lack of balanced health (iv) Lack of food

(c) “Girls playing football is not a common picture.”-What does it mean? (1)Football is not a game for girls (ii) Football is not a good game (iii) Football is restricted for girls regular in playing football

(d) What is the meaning of the word ‘chores’?

House works (ii) Jobs (iii) Forces (iv) Responsibilities

(What does the phrase ‘Shake off’ mean here?

(1) Throw To get rid of (iii) Avoid (iv) Move Secondary level of school means-

(1) six to eight six to ten (iii) six to twelve (iv) five to eight (g) Public representatives are-

(i) non-government workers (ii) paid workers (iii) government workers (h) The very word ‘attention’ is related to- elected persons consciousness village

(i) physic (ii) mentality (iii) emotion (i) Kalsindur is a

(1) district (ii) thana (iii) sub-district What is the opposite word of inhibition”?

(1) Capacity (ii) Advantage ( Promotion (iv) Possibility Answer the following questions:

(a) “The success of Kalsindur girls reads like an epic”-What does the line indicate?

Who were the persons behind the magic of the success of the girls?

Why were the guardians not interested in allowing the girls playing football?

(d) Who is Golam Rabbani Choton? What was his contribution for the girls?

(e) What inspiration do you get from the success of Kalsindur girls? Discuss.

Read the following passage and make a flow chart showing the 1×5=5 names of junk foods (one is done for you): HSC English 1st Paper

Junk foods are processed foods consisting of high calories, but that is considered only as a broad umbrella. These foods are prepared in a way that they look appealing and are enjoyable so you are chemically programmed to ask for more. According to Dr. Sunali Sharma, a Dietician & Nutritionist, “Commercial products including salted snack foods, chewing gum, candy, sugary deserts, fried fast food and sweetened carbonated beverages that have little or no nutritional value but are high in calories, salt and fats may be considered junk foods.

Though not all fast foods are junk foods, a great number of them are. For instance, a salad may be fast food but is definitely not junk food. Some foods like burgers, pizzas, and tacos may alternate between junk and healthy categories depending on the ingredients, calories and process of manufacturing.”

1. Salted snack foods→ 2.3. →4→ 5. →> 6.

1. Salted Snack Foods 4. Sugary desserts

2. Chewing gum 5. Fried Fast Food

3. Candy

6. Sweetened carbonated beverages

Write a summary of the following text: HSC English 1st Paper

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows.

The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we being school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable 0-5×10=5 words from the box.

There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical change if necessary:

prosper be immortal positive SO country

Good citizens are (a) (b) (c) (e) S

help welfare idealism hence materialism quality and people who are possessing the attitude about their society, community also. They never possess the quality of (d) deviated from the right path. They are always thinking about the of their surroundings. They have all the good that lead them to the path of

(g) others. That is why good citizens are loved by all. They are not thinking of their (h) prosperity. And, (i) lives for others which them

(a) ideal (b) positive (c) country (f) qualities (g) helping (h) materialistic they dedicate their (d) being (i) hence (e) welfare (j) immortalized creates an the gross

5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words: HSC English 1st Paper

The development of communication in any

(a) impact on the development of the economy

(b) (c) product of any country. Bangladesh, in this sense, has become a

(d) model all over the world. The present government has scheduled (e) and such projects recently increase the lifestyle of the country people.

We can here some of such developments: The Padma Multipurpose Bridge, the (h) way, the Bangabandhu Tunnel under the river (1) and the Metro Rail in Dhaka City. The national and international business will by these kinds of communication development.

(a) sector/field/country (b) and Ans: (e) projects (f) significantly (h) Elevated Express (i) Karnaphuli

The following sentences are jumbled. Re-arrange them in a 1×10=10 proper sequence:

(1) For this, he was awarded gold medal in all India. (ii) Joynul Abedin was such a personality who enriched our culture.

(iii) The artist did not like the hard rules of school. (iv) He died on 28 May, 1976 in Dhaka.

(1) Joynul Abedin was born at a village in Kishoregonj in 1914. (vi) The great personality is a person who contributed for his country or the people.

(vii) He drew the pictures of the famine of the 2nd world war and got huge reputation.

(viii) His father Tamij Uddin was a police officer.

(ix) So, at the age of 15, he went to Kolkata and was admitted in a Government Art College.

(x) He was a great artist who owned name and fame for himself and his country.

The graph below shows the users condition of the social sites of mobile phone in internet for the last four years. Now, describe the

graph highlighting the information given in the chart.

The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words: HSC English 1st Paper

Raihan is a student who has recently passed the HSC Exam obtaining unexpected marks. He was not attentive to his studies. Rather passed time idly and disobediently. But after his Test. Exam,
Suppose, you are Jinia. You younger sister Sonia reads in a school in Dhaka. Now, write a letter to her describing the advantages of learning English.

Kha Set
ENGLISH
[According to the Syllabus of FIRST PAPER
Time 3 hours
Full marks-100
১০০৩/
Subject Code: 107
[N.B.-The figures in the right margin indicate full marks.] Part I-Reading]

Read the passage and answer the questions A and B :- HSC English 1st Paper

When you are in the driving seat of a car, you have the steering and the horn in your hands, the brake and accelerator under your feet, eyes open looking ahead, left and right. The same can be said about a motorcycle rider, with some modifications. These are all very visible. But behind all, there is something that keeps working unseen. And that is the Central Processing Unit (CPU), your brain. CPUs are artificially intelligent machines that are programmed to do specific jobs under fixed conditions and judgments.

But the human brain is intelligent by nature. It is the most sophisticated machine that is able to operate on ever-changing conditions and standards of judgment. As conditions in the traffic keep invariably changing, this virtue of sophistication of your brain must be at work when you are driving. The difference between traffic in the roads and highways and racing circuit must not be blurring inside you. Never imagine yourself to be a Michael Schumacher driving an F-1 at 300 mph.

Leave no room for fantasy. You must always be ready to encounter unexpected behaviour from any vehicle or pedestrian. Keep your cool’ is easy to advice but difficult to maintain. Still you must always restrain yourself because, at the end of the day, you don’t want to be regarded as a killer. Now you see, the last thing that differentiates you from a computer is your conscience.

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :– HSC English 1st Paper

(a) What could be the closest meaning for ‘modification’?

(i) To change (ii) To make less extreme (iii) Adjust (iv) An alteration or adjustment to something

(b) The world ‘Sophisticated’ refers to

(i) gorgeous (ii) advanced (iii) unrefined (iv) uncomplicated

(i) regular (ii) alterable (iii) inconsistent (iv) always

(d) The human brain is called Central Processing Unit (CPU) because

(i) it is the central part of the body. (ii) it performs all important activities (iii) it is the centre of all activities (iv) it is the central part of mind

(e) The best synonym of ‘encounter’ is-

(i) battle (ii) meeting (iii) face (iv) clash

Answer the following questions:- HSC English 1st Paper

(a) What kind of skill does car driving require?

(b) What is meant by ‘eyes open looking ahead, left and right’?

(e) Do you support the idea that conscience is our best guide on the roads? Why? Why not?

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the causes and aspects of conflict. (one is done for you).

Conflict can be described as a disagreement among groups or individuals characterized by antagonism and hostility. This is usually fueled by the opposition of one party to another in an attempt to reach an objective different from that of the other party. The elements involved in the conflict have varied sets of principles and values, thus allowing a conflict to arise.

Conflict can be defined in many ways but one of the simplest is that it pertains to the opposing ideas and actions of different entities, resulting in an antagonistic state. Conflict is an inevitable part of life. All of us possess our own opinions, ideas and sets of beliefs. We have our own ways of looking at things and we act according to what we think is proper. Hence, we often find ourselves in conflict in different scenarios; it may involve other individuals, groups of peoples or a struggle within our ownselves. Consequently, conflict influences our actions and decisions in one way or other.

Summarise the following text. HSC English 1st Paper

Universities should never be made into mechanical organizations for collecting and distributing knowledge. Through them the people should offer their intellectual hospitality, their wealth of mind to others, and earn their proud right in return to receive gifts from the rest of the world.

But in the whole length and breadth of India there is not a single university established in the modern time where a foreign or an Indian student can properly be acquainted with the best products of the Indian mind. For that we have to cross the sea, and knock at the doors of France and Germany. Educational institutions in our country are India’s alms-bowl of knowledge; they lower our intellectual self-respect; they encourage us to make a foolish display of decorations composed of borrowed feathers.

Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable word 0.5×10 from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any 5 grammatical change if necessary :-

ready depends inferior same rational class proud flesh birth blue mention work being to him by (h) blood and flesh as the above (j)
Man’s dignity depends upon his works. Man is a (a) on earth. He is to (b) for others. He should not be blood. He should be (e) -to of man. The man whom he is helping many be -. But after all, he is a man. He has man.

Fill in the blank with appropriate word in each gap :- HSC English 1st Paper

of unconscious be sweet or Dream is a series of thoughts, images and sensations occuring in a person’s mind during sleep. Dream is a (a) wishes, thoughts and imaginations. It (b) horrible. When we dream (c) dream. (d) we (e) pleasant, we call it a sweet when we dream something extremely bad, it a nightmare. HSC English 1st Paper

Dream is meaningless if (f) is a day dream. But dream has also (g) related to our (h)
The main benefit (i) (j) real purpose as it is emotional and physical well-being. deam is that it produces new thoughts ideas in brain and helps to clean up clutter from mind. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in proper sequence- They were aliens in their own country and were subjected to all sorts of indignities.

The blacks were treated cruelly.

(iii) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.

They were denied all basic human rights.

Even dogs received a much better treatment than the blacks. Eventually, the great leader realised the goal of liberating his own people.

(vii) He was thrown behind the prison bar.

(viii) Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa. But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit. In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world who struggled against apartheid throughout his whole life.

Write a paragraph on “Food Adulteration” on the basis of the answers to the following questions in about 200 words :- HSC English 1st Paper

(a) What is food adulteration?

(b) How is food adulterated?

Who are responsible for food adulteration?

(d) What is the impact of adulterated food on our body?

What can be done to stop it?

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

Once upon a time there lived a dove. It was passing its days happily. One day while he was sitting on a tree beside a river, he saw an ant….. Suppose, your friend got first prize in debate competition. Write an e-mail congratulating him.

10. The graph below shows “The number of people living below the poverty line from 1995 to 2010.” Describe the graph in 150 words. You should highlight and summarize the information given in the graph. The number of people living below the poverty line (%).

Write down the theme of the following poem (not more than 50 words) :-

Time, you old gipsy man, Will you not stay, Put up your caravan

Just for one day? All things I’ll give you, Will you be my guest? Bells for your jennet · Of silver the best. Goldsmiths shall beat you A great golden ring, Peacocks will bow to you, Little boys sing, Oh, and sweet girls will Festoon you with may. Time, you old gipsy, Why hasten away?

HSC English 1st Paper Question Solution 2024

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