HSC 2ND PAPER- ARTICLES BOARD QUESTIONS

HSC 2ND PAPER- ARTICLES BOARD QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

প্রশ্ন বা উত্তরে কোন ভুল চোখে পড়লে কমেন্টে জানানোর অনুরোধ করা হলো। পরবর্তীতে চেক করে সঠিক তথ্য আপডেট করে দেওয়া হবে।

1. Dhaka Board 2019

a)___ parliament house of Bangladesh is b)___ exquisitely (নিখুঁতভাবে designed building. In fact, it is c)___ wonder of modern architecture and technology. It is one of d)___ largest and most spectacular parliament buildings in e)___ world. It is f)___ highly expensive building. g)___ maintenance cost of the parliament house is about 50 million taka per year. An American architect h)___ Louis I Khan designed this i)___ building. Everyday many j)___ visitor comes to visit the building.

a) The b) an c) a d) the e) the f) a g) the h) x i) x j) a

2. HSC 2018 (Dhaka Board, Jashore Board, Dinajpur Board, Sylhet Board)

Bangladesh is a)___ independent country. We won freedom on b)___ December 16, 1971. This freedom was won as c)___ result of great sacrifice. d)___ great many laid down their lives for e)___ freedom of the country. f)___ man who loves his country is g)___ patriot. h)___ real patriot loves his country more than his life. Being patriot, we all should try to make i)___ effort for the welfare and j)___ progress of our motherland.

a) an b) x c) a d) A e) the f) A g) a h) A i) an j) x

3. HSC 2018 (Rajshahi Board, Chittagong Board, Cumilla Board, Barishal Board)

William Shakesperare was born on April 23, 1564 in a)___ village of Stratford-on-Avon in b)___ country of Warwickshire. His father John Shakespeare was c)___ farmer’s son who came d)___ Stratford in about 1531, and began to prosper as e)___ trader in corn, wheat, leather and agricultural products. His mother Mary Arden was f)___ daughter of g)___ prosperous farmer, descended (বংশোদ্ভূত) from h)___ old family of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Noman blood. It is generally believed that neither i)___ poet’s mother nor his father could read or write. In 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathway, the daughter of j)___ peasant (কৃষিজীবী) family. She was eight years older than Shakespeare.

a) the b) the c) a d) x e) a f) the g) a h) an i) the j) a

4. Dhaka Board 2017 (Also appeared in Chottogram Board 2019)

Patriotism is a)___ noble virtue. It inspires b)___ man to dedicate his life for the freedom of his c)___ country. d)___ man without patriotism is no better than e)___ beast. A true patriot is honoured by f)___ his countrymen. He thinks for g)___ betterment of his country. On h)___ the contrary (বিপরীতক্রমে) i)___ unpatriotic man thinks only of his own interest. Those who die for j)___ country are true patriots.

a) a b) a c) x d) A e) a f) x g) the h) x i) an j) the

5. Dhaka Board 2016

Michael Madhusudan Duttt was a)___ popular 19th century Bengali poet and dramatist. He was born in b)___ Sagardari on c)___ bank of d)___ Kopotaksho river, e)___ village in Keshobpur Upazila under Jessore district. From f)___ early age, Dutt aspired (আকাঙ্ক্ষা করা) to be g)___ Englishman in form and manner. Though he was born in h)___ sophisticated (সম্ভ্রান্ত) Hindu family, he took Christianity arousing (জাগিয়ে) i)___ anger of his family. He contributed much to j)___ development of Bengali literature.

a) a b) x c) the d) the e) a f) an g) an h) a i) the j) the

6. Rajshahi Board 2019

The national flag represents a)___ independence of b)___ country. ours is c)___ independent country. Hence, we have a national flag symbolizing our independence. d)___ cloth of a national flag is made of e)___ cotton, silk or linen. Our flag is rectangular in shape maintaining f)___ ratio of its length and breadth (প্রস্থ) 10:6. There are different sizes of national flag. The background of our flag is green which symbolizes our life and energy. In the middle point of the flag there is g)___ blood- red circle representing our hard struggle and bloodshed. h)___ red circle also represents the heroic blood shed of i)___ martyrs. The national flag plays j)___ vital role in the life of a nation.

a) the b) a c) an d) The e) x f) the g) a h) The i) the j) a

7. Rajshahi Board 2017 (Also appeared in Barishal Board 2017)

Truthfulness is a)___ greatest of all b)___ virtues which make c)___ man really great. If we do not cultivate the habit of speaking d)___ truth, we cannot command e)___ confidence of others. f)___ man whom nobody believes can never be great in life. We might succeed once or twice by telling g)___ lie but it never brings a good result. h)___ lie never lies hidden. Today or tomorrow it comes to light. Then i)___ real character of j)___ liar is revealed (প্রকাশিত হওয়া) and nobody believes him.

a) the b) the c) a d) the e) the f) A/the g) a h) A i) the j) a

8. Rajshahi Board 2016

Every student wants to do better in a)___ examination. But it is not b)___ easy work. c)___ student has to do something for this. From d)___ very beginning he must be serious. He should read text again and again. He must not memorize f)___ answer without knowing the meaning. He must not make notes from g)___ common source. He should have a good h)___ command (দখল) of English. By doing all these things i)___ student can hope to make a good j)___ result.

a) an/ x b) an c) A d) the e) the f) an g) a h) x i) a j) x

9. Chottogram Board 2019 (Also appeared in Dhaka Board 2017)

What is patriotism? It is a)___ noble virtue. It inspires b)___ man to dedicate his life to the freedom and development of his c)___ country. d)___ man without patriotism is no better than e)___ beast. A true patriot is honoured by f)___ his countrymen. He thinks for g)___ betterment of his country. On h)___ contrary (বিপরীতক্রমে) i)___ unpatriotic man thinks only of his own interest. Those who die for j)___ country are true patriots.

a) a b) a c) x d) A e) a f) x g) the h) the i) an j) the

10. Chittagong Board 2017

‘Rifle Roti Aurot’ is a)___ first Bengali novel on b)___ Liberation War of Bangladesh. This unique novel is written by Anwar Pasha, c)___ Professor of Bangla Department at Dhaka University. He wrote this d)___ novel between April and June in 1971. The main character in this novel is Sudipta Shahren who shares his dream of e)___ new country. Professor Anwar Pasha was picked up from his Dhaka University residence two days before f)___ victory. Sensing imminent (আসন্ন) defeat (পরাজ়য়), the member of g)___ notorious (কুখ্যাত) killing squad Al-Badr picked up h)___ novelist Anwar Pasha and many other intellectuals, and brutally killed them. According to i)___ Banglapedia, around 991 academics, 13 journalists, 49 physician, 42 lawyers, and 16 other intellectuals were killed during j)___ Liberation War of Bangladesh.

a) the b) the c) a d) x e) a f) the g) the h) the i) x j) the

11. Chittagong Board 2016

There is a saying that sincerity is a)___ key to success. b)___ person can prosper in life by doing hard work. The man who does not follow c)___ rules of sincerity can never go d)___ long way in e)___ world. Many f)___ man is not conscious of g)___ importance of h)___ sincerity for which they don’t have i)___ benefit of j)___ success. However, we should be sincere to our work if we want to achieve anything notable.

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12. Jashore Board 2019

Industry is a)___ key to success in our life. b)___ industrious can prosper in life. c)___ man who does not undertake d)___ hard work can never go e)___ long way in f)___ world. Many g)___ man is not aware of h)___ significance of i)___ diligence (অধ্যবসায়) for which they cannot reap j)___ benefit of success.

a) the b) The c) The d) x e) a f) the g) a h) the i) x j) the

13. Jashore Board 2017

The process of learning can very well be compared to a)___ undertaking of a journey. The learner or the student is b)___ journey taker or traveller. Just as a traveller has to undergo all c)___ botheration of buying his ticket, booking his baggage, showing up his ticket, taking care of things, boarding a train or a bus and suffering every other item of d)___ tedious (ক্লান্তিকর) journey to reach his e)___ destination, so a learner has to manage his learning affair himself. It is f)___ laborious process and no one can do g)___ labour for him and no one else can undertake h)___ journey for another. There is no trick or magic in it. It cannot be enquired (অনুসন্ধান করা) at second hand. Just as a traveller, he can enquire here and there in case of doubt and difficulty. However, the journey is i)___ passenger’s own concern. In j)___ same way, learning is entirely the concern of the student or the learner.

a) the b) the c) the d) the e) x f) a g) the h) the i) the j) the

14. Jashore Board 2016

Literacy as a)___ skill was first institutionalized in Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt and China soon after b)___ art of writing was invented. Education then was not for c)___ general people but d)___ privilege (সুবিধা) for e)___ chosen f)___ who took on strategic roles in g)___ running of h)___ state and in religion. In Greece, education became more widespread in about the 5th century BC. i)___ Greeks, however, sent only their j)___ male children to school.

a) a b) the c) the d) a e) the f) x g) the h) the i) The j) x

15. Comilla Board 2019

An honest man is true to his a)___ words. He does not deviate (বিচ্যুত হওয়া) from b)___ path of honesty. He knows that true happiness consists in c)___ honesty. He does not fall victim to d)___ greed. He does not hanker after e)___ worldly property. f)___ honest man abstains (বিরত রাখা) him from corruption. He does not mix with g)___ corrupt people. He is h)___ man who tries to get pleasure from good deeds. i)___ greed for wealth does not touch him. People should follow the path of j)___ honest people of the society.

a) x b) the c) x d) x e) x f) An g) the / x h) a / the i) x j) the

16. Comilla Board 2017

In a)___ last 25 years, b)___ world has lost one-third of its natural wealth according to c)___ International Conservation Organization World Wild Fund. d)___ earth’s forest, wetlands, seas and coasts are in e)___ worse state today than they were before. Forests are cut down. Moreover, they are being burnt indiscriminately resulting in f)___ increase in carbon-di-oxide and ultimately in g)___ water lever rising as a consequence of global warming. It is anticipated (পূর্বানুমান করা) that h)___ new century will face i)___ overwhelming (প্রবল) environmental j)___ catastrophe.

a) the b) the c) the d) The e) a f) an g) the h) the i) an j) x

17. Comilla Board 2016

My mother is a)___ ideal housewife. She is b)___ affectionate (স্নেহময়) lady. She manages c)___ family very nicely. She hopes to see me happy at d)___ cost of her own life. She does not enjoy e)___ wink (পলক) of sleep if I fall sick. She is very kind to f)___ poor. She is also g)___ very religious lady. She advises us to follow h)___ path of truth and honesty. i)___ woman like her is very rare. She bears a good moral j)___ character.

a) an b) an c) the d) the e) a f) the g) a h) the i) A j) x

18. Dinajpur Board 2019

Childhood or boyhood is a)___ man’s formative period. During this period b)___ child receives training from its mother. c)___ mother’s tender (কোমল) heart always looks to d)___ welfare and well-being of e)___ child. If during this period, f)___ mother tries to bring g)___ child up carefully and according to her best ideas i)___ child is sure to grow with its superiors, parents and teachers and love j)___ all irresponsive of caste (জাত), creed (ধর্ম) and colour.

a) a b) a /the c) A/ The d) the e) the f) the g) the h) x i) the j) x

19. Dinajpur Board 2017

What a)___ surprise it was! Robin got b)___ first prize in c)___ competition. I was really d)___ amazed at his success. Of course he was trained by e)___ expert coach for f)___ time. He always obeyed g)___ instructions given by h)___ coach. Even he was not found outside i)___ camp during practice session. j)___ boy like him is always appreciated by the people.

a) a b) the c) the d) x e) an f) the g) the h) the i) the j) A

20. Dinajpur Board 2016

a)___ morning walk is a good habit for all classes of people. It is b)___ simple exercise and good for health and c)___ mentality. In the morning d)___ air is fresh and free from any kind of noise and pollution. This pure e)___ environment makes an effect on f)___ walker’s health and mind when g)___ man enjoys h)___ beauties and solemnity (গাম্ভীর্ব) of i)___ nature in j)___ morning.

a) x b) a c) x d) the e) x f) the g) a h) the i) x j) the

21. Sylhet Board 2019

I have a)___ uncle who has just retired from b)___ army. He used to be c)___ ABI agent, everybody says he has been an honest man all his life. As a child, I loved him for his stories. He once told me that he met d)___ one-eyed alien from e)___ space. f)___ alien did not need any oxygen. And it did not have g)___ nose. I now understand that it was h)___ hard story to believe. I am not sure he was telling me i)___ truth. May be he is not so j)___ honest, after all.

a) an b) the c) an d) a e) the f) The g) a h) a i) the j) x

22. Sylhet Board 2017

Robi is a)___ indigent (অভাবী) boy. He comes of b)___ needy family. But he is diligent (পরিশ্রমী) and upright (ন্যায়নিষ্ঠ). He has c)___ unique vision for life. He believes that honesty is d)___ key to success. Moreover, he has e)___ deep sense of patriotism. Being imbued (অনুপ্রাণিত হওয়া) with these ideals, he shapes f)___ dream of his life. From g)___ dawn to dusk, he works hard. He never squanders (উড়ানো) time, wastes money and dissipates (ক্ষয় করা) h)___ energy. His only aim is to reach i)___ apex (শীর্ষ) of success. We need j)___ ideal boy like Robi.

a) an b) a c) a d) the e) a f) the g) x h) x i) the j) an

23. Sylhet Board 2016

Kamal is a)___ HSC examinee this year. He is not b)___ attentive to his lessons. He is very weak in c)___English. Moreover, he is d)___ lazy. So his preparation in English is not good. e)___ month ago before his examination he managed f)___ short suggestion and learnt it. On g)___ day of examination he started for the examination hall h)___ bit earlier. He entered i)___ examination hall with j)___ trembling (কম্পিত/ উদ্বিগ্ন) heart.

a) an b) x c) x d) x e) A f) a g) the h) a i) the j) a

24. Barishal Board 2019

Mr. Bright is a)___ European. As he is b)___ Englishman, he knows c)___ English well. He is d)___ honourable to everyone though he is e)___ one-eyed man. One day having f)___ SOS, he went to g)__ USA. His brother, Johnson living there joined h)___ Army last year. He is i)___ younger of the two brothers. When Mr. Bright met his brother, he could not but shed j)___ tears.

a) a b) an c) x d) x e) a f) an g) the h) the i) the j) x

25. Barisal Board 2017 (Also appeared in Rajshahi Board 2017)

Truthfulness is a)___ greatest of all b)___ virtues which make c)___ man really great. If we do not cultivate d)___ habit of speaking e)___ truth, we cannot command f)____ trust of others. The man whom nobody believes can never be great in life. It may be that we might succeed once or twice by telling g)___ lie but it never brings h)___ good result. A lie never lies hidden. Today or tomorrow it comes to light. Then i)___ real character of j)___ liar is revealed (প্রকাশিত হওয়া) and nobody believes him.

a) the b) the c) a d) the e) the f) the g) a h) a i) the j) a

26. Barisal Board 2016

Once there lived a)___ poor cobbler (মুচি). He had b)___ rich neighbor. c)___ neighbor possessed (অধিকারী হওয়া) d)___ ill-health. So, he was e)___ angry man. He was always f)___ unhappy man. Once he used to think g)___ richest men to be h)___ happiest men in i)___ world. But his j)___ idea was wrong.

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