SSC English 1st Paper Question Solution 2025 — Chattogram Board

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives1 × 7 = 7

1. (a) What did Teresa and her fellow nuns do?
   (i) gathered the healthy people (ii) sent them to their home (iii) gathered the dying people and looked after them (iv) give them food only
2. (b) She got Nobel Prize for peace in ——.
   (i) 1971 (ii) 1972 (iii) 1978 (iv) 1979
3. (c) Mother Teresa is a symbol of ——.
   (i) love (ii) kindness (iii) jealousy (iv) love and kindness
4. (d) Nirmol Hriday is a home for ——.
   (i) healthy people (ii) rich people (iii) sick and the dying destitute (iv) insane people
5. (e) 'Commitment to family' means ——.
   (i) hatred of family (ii) indifference to family (iii) promise to family (iv) linking to family
6. (f) The word 'moved' stands for ——.
   (i) touched (ii) placed (iii) replaced (iv) trouble
7. (g) Teresa served the ill-fated people with ——.
   (i) hatred (ii) no love (iii) human and divine love (iv) self-interest

2. Answer the following questions2 × 5 = 10

1. (a) Why was Mother Teresa moved?
2. (b) Why do you think Mother Teresa won so many awards?
3. (c) What is the general image of Mother Teresa in your mind?
4. (d) Why does the world salute her?
5. (e) What did Mother Teresa say about commitment to family?

3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word based on the information of the text1 × 5 = 5

Text: Lipi, a 14 years old girl, was in class 9 in a rural school in Rangpur. Lipi is the eldest of five children three daughters and two sons. Their father is a day labourer working on other people's land and mother is a homemaker and a part-time worker at other people's homes. The parents, particularly the mother, found it really difficult to raise five children on the small income the father could earn. Perhaps that is why Lipi's father wanted to marry her off. But Lipi was not ready to accept what her parents wanted to impose on her. She wanted to pursue her education. When her father arranged her marriage with Tara Mia, the only son of a farmer in the same village, she became greatly upset. The marriage seemed to be inevitable.

Lipi is a 14 years old girl. She is the eldest child of her parents. She has two younger sisters and two (a) ____ . Her father is a day labourer (b) ____ works on other people's land. Her (c) ____ is a housewife who is also (d) ____ part time worker at other people's houses. (e) ____ their poor income, they find it really hard to raise their children. So her father wanted to marry her off.

4. Complete the table with information from the passage1 × 5 = 5

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💡 Write short answers (a word or a phrase) taken from the passage.

5. Write a summary of the above passage in your own words10

6. Match the parts of sentences in columns 'A', 'B' and 'C' to write five complete sentences1 × 5 = 5

• is / is educated / grows up always / knows well how to bring up / plays a vital role
• her children will be educated naturally. / therefore largely indebted to its educated mother. / to build up an educated nation. / in contact with its mother. / and nurture her children to make them worthy citizen of the country.

1. (a)A really educated mother
   ____
   ____
2. (b)A child
   ____
   ____
3. (c)An educated mother
   ____
   ____
4. (d)So if the mother
   ____
   ____
5. (e)An educated nation
   ____
   ____

7. Put the parts of the story in correct order1 × 8 = 8

(a) Penicillin is the life-saving medicine.(b) He passed his boyhood with his parents.(c) It was discovered by Dr. Alexander Fleming.(d) He was the seventh of the eight brothers and sisters.(e) He was never absent from school up to the age of twelve.(f) He was sent to London at the age of fourteen for higher study.(g) Fleming was born in a poor family in Scotland.(h) Fleming was a very regular and attentive student.

Choose which sentence comes at each position (1 = first).

Position 1 ____ Position 2 ____ Position 3 ____ Position 4 ____ Position 5 ____ Position 6 ____ Position 7 ____ Position 8 ____

8. Write a paragraph on "Tree Plantation" (about 200 words)10

Answer these questions in your paragraph:(a) What is tree plantation?(b) Why should we plant trees?(c) When and where can we plant trees?(d) How can we take care of trees?(e) What should the government do in this regard?

9. Complete the story and give a suitable title to it10

Add at least ten sentences to complete the story and give it a suitable title.

Beginning: Adib is a brilliant student. Though he wants to make a good result, he does not attend classes regularly. Rather going to a coaching center, he memorizes answer from guide books and sheets and finds that he cannot cut a good figure in the exams. One day his class teacher called him..........

10. Describe the pie-chart in about 150 words10

The pie chart shows the interest of the students of a secondary school in different subjects. Describe the chart in about 150 words. Highlight and summarize the information given in the chart.

Students' Interest in Different Subjects (%)25% Science35% Mathematics23% Bangla17% English

11. Write a letter: what you intend to do after the SSC Examination10

Suppose, you are Zahir/Zahra. You have a friend called Anik/Anika who informed you about his/her plan after the SSC Exam. Now, write a letter to your friend telling him/her what you intend to do after the SSC Examination.

12. Write a dialogue: the importance of learning computer10

Nowadays, computer is used in different sections. It has become very essential to learn computer. Your friend Adil/Adila has little knowledge about it. Now, write a dialogue between you and your friend about the importance of learning computer.