SSC English 1st Paper Model Test Question with Answer [16]

Model Test Question-16

SSC English First Paper

Question with Answer

Part A : Reading Test (Marks-50)

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it. Unit-5: Lesson-1(A)

Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. Her polythene roofed shelter looks like a cage. She is nearly 45 but looks more than her age. In front of her shelter, she is trying to make a fire to cook the day’s only meal. Her weak hands tremble as she adds  some fallen leaves and straw to the fire. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady. The dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life.

Not long ago Meherjan had everything--- a family, cultivable land and cattle. The erosion of the Jamuna consumed gradually all her landed property. It finally claimed her last shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to demolish Meher’s house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush. She had a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel hunger and poverty brought to the family. Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness. 

There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate with Meherjan.  Bangladesh is a land of rivers that affect its people. Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages are threatened by the roaring of rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna. It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change. If we can’t take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more Meherjans in our towns and villages every year. 

 

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

a. Meherjan’s dreams and happiness are ― by the greedy river Jamuna. 

 (i) destroyed (ii) boosted (iii) flourished (iv) mixed

b. Bangladesh is a land of ―. 

 (i) forests (ii) rivers (iii) the poor (iv) mosques

c. Every year river erosion makes people ―. 

 (i) poor (ii) rich (iii) homeless (iv) happy

d. Meherjan lives in a slum _ to Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. 

 (i) belongs (ii) belonging (iii) situated (iv) closed

e. Due to river erosion in Bangladesh, each year about ― people become homeless. 

 (i) one lakh (ii) one thousand (iii) one million  (iv) ten thousand

f. Mejerjan looks aged because of ―. 

 (i) maltreatment  (ii) deprivation (iii) her age (iv) illness

g. People ― near the river banks are the victims of river erosion. 

 (i) living (ii) live (iii) stay (iv) migrating

Answer:

1. a. (i) destroyed; b. (ii) rivers; c. (iii) homeless; d. (ii) belonging; e. (i) one lakh; f. (ii) deprivation; g. (i) living;

 

2. Answer the following questions. 2×5=10

a. Where does Meherjan live?

b. What is river erosion?

c. What things did Meherjan have not long ago?

d. What makes her homeless?

e. How many people become homeless annually due to river erosion?

Answer:

2. a. Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajganj Town Protection Embankment.

b. River erosion means the destruction of the river banks due to the velocity of the waves of the river water or water current.

c. Meherjan had a family, cultivable land and cattle not long ago.

d. The erosion of the Jamuna makes her homeless.

e. At least one lakh people become homeless every year in Bangladesh due to river erosion.

 

3. Fill in each gap with a suitable word of your own based on the information in the text. 0.5×10=5

i. Meherjan is a slum (a)___. She resides (b)___ a polythene roofed shelter and is now (c)___ a miserable existence of life. Once she (d)___ everything but it is an (e)___ of fate that the mighty river Jamuna has (f)___ all of them. People who (g)___ near the river banks are the (h)___ of such harsh reality. River erosion is the (i)___ of climate change. Bangladesh like many other developing nations is a victim of it. So, it is high time we (j)___ steps to protect environment to save people like Meherjan.

Answer:

3. i. (a) dweller; (b) in; (c) dragging/ having; (d) had/ possessed; (e) irony; (f) engulfed; (g) live; (h) victims; (i) impact (j) took.

 

4. Complete the table below with information from the passage. 1×5=5

Johann Mendel was born in Australia in 1822. He was a great Scientist who loved nature very much. He conducted his scientific research activities with plants. He created many new ideas about the life of plants. This great man died in 1884.

Louis Pasteur was a very famous scientist. He was born in France in 1822.  He was a very good student who was also very hard working. He got PhD in chemistry and became a professor of chemistry in Strasburg University. He married in 1848. His best invention is to invent the vaxin of hydrophobia disease. He was very intelligent researcher who got many awards. He died in 1895.

Joseph Lister was born in England in 1827. He was a very good physician. He received ‘Order of Merit’ in 1897. As a surgeon his fame and name spread all over the world. He died in 1912.

Names	Mendel	Pasteur
Country/City	(a) ―	(b) ―
Birth time	1822	(c) ―
Profession/Achievement	Scientist	(d) ―
Death year	(e) ―	1895

Answer:

4. (a) Australia, (b) France, (c) 1822, (d) Professor, (e) 1884.

 

5. Write a summary of the passage in no more than 90 to 100 words. 10

Answer:

5. Australian great scientist Johann Mendel had great love for nature. He continued his research activities with plants and created many new ideas about life of plants. Louis Pasteur, a famous scientist, was born in France. He was a chemist. His best invention is the vaxin of hydrophobia disease. Josep lister, a good physician, was born in England. His name spread all over the world as a surgeon.

 

6. Match the parts of sentences given in column ‘A’ and column ‘B’ to write five complete sentence. There are more parts of sentences in column ‘B’ than required. 1×5=5

Column A	Column B
a. The winners of these	i. in the list in 1969 for the first time.
b. This prize is given	ii. a large sum of money
c. Economics was added	iii. amongst all the winners.
d. Do you know how	iv. prizes are talked about throughout the world.
e. This man was none	v. to persons with most outstanding contribution in physics.
	vi. the Nobel Prize was started?
	vii. but Alfred Nobel.

Answer:

6. (a + iv) : The winners of these prizes are talked about throughout the world.

(b + v) : This prize is given to persons with most outstanding.

(c + i) : Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.

(d + vi) : Do you know how the Nobel Prize was started? 

(e + vii) : This man was none but Alfred Nobel.

7. Read the following sentences and put them in correct order. 1×8=8

(a) By the time he was twenty five years old, he had become well-known as a writer of great talent.

(b) When he was a small boy his father was sent to prison for debt.

(c) Dickens died in June 9, 1870.

(d) He wrote some of the best novels in English literature.

(e) He never forgot his hard experience of his boyhood.

(f) Dickns had to work in a factory at the age of twelve. He could not go to school and receive education. 

(g) Even during his life time, he was exceptionally popular.

(h) Charles Dickens was one of the greatest English novelists of the 19th century. He was born in February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth.

Answer:

7. h → b → f → e → a → g → d → c