HS ABTA SEMESTER 3 2025 PAGE 55
ENGLISH (Group-B)
নিচে উত্তর দেওয়া আছে
Full Marks: 1 × 40 = 40
PROSE
(Choose the appropriate answer for each question)
1. The owner of the stall was busy serving tea somewhere–
(a) on the platform
(b) in the market
(c) on the train
(d) behind the walls
2. The meeting of the narrator with the girl after two months was almost like a meeting of–
(a) new friends
(b) old friends
(c) bosom friends
(d) near and dear ones
3. The new man didn't know anything about the girl who sold–
(a) tea on the platform
(b) baskets
(c) garlands
(d) fast food
4. Why did the narrator feel sorry for the little lonely platform?
(a) for it was overcrowded
(b) it was not visited by anybody
(c) nobody wanted to visit it
(d) it was surrounded by heavy jungle
5. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was born into a–
(a) upper class
(b) middle class
(c) lower class
(d) lower middle class family
6. The house in which Kalam's family lived in was made of–
(a) limestone
(b) brick
(c) limestone and brick
(d) mud
7. The language of the prayers chanted in the mosque was–
(a) English
(b) Hindi
(c) Urdu
(d) Arabic
8. What does the banker believe in, in the prose piece The Bet?
(a) beheading
(b) capital punishment
(c) life imprisonment
(d) stoning
9. The bet was struck between the banker and the–
(a) lawyer
(b) scholar
(c) journalist
(d) doctor
10. In The Bet the prisoner read only after ten years–
(a) Shakespeare
(b) Eliot
(c) Gita
(d) The New Testament
POETRY
(Choose the appropriate answer for each question)
11. Ulysses's wife was described as–
(a) young
(b) aged
(c) sick
(d) brave
12. Which line shows that Ulysses disregards the people of Ithaca?
(a) "Myself not least, but honoured of them all."
(b) "– a savage race / That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me."
(c) "And drunk delight of battle with my peers."
(d) "Free hearts, free foreheads – you and I are old."
13. Telemachus, the son of Ulysses, shall have–
(a) the plains of Troy
(b) the vessel
(c) the sceptre and the isle
(d) the Happy Isles
14. The poem Ulysses is written in–
(a) Free Verse
(b) Blank Verse
(c) Ballad form
(d) Sonnet form
15. Ulysses finds no joy in–
(a) exploring new or far-off lands
(b) going back to Ithaca
(c) being a king
(d) fighting battles
16. The creeper winding around the Casuarina tree is compared to a–
(a) cobra
(b) python
(c) leiopython
(d) Timor Python
17. During the night the garden is–
(a) filled with noisy sound
(b) filled with endless song
(c) filled with activities of the anti-socials
(d) filled with the barking of the dogs
18. The poet spends her winter–
(a) watching the baboon sitting, cows grazing and water lilies springing
(b) watching the baboon sitting, cows grazing and tuberose blooming
(c) watching the monkey sitting, cows grazing and water lilies springing
(d) watching the children playing, buffaloes grazing and water lilies springing
19. "The giant wears the scarf." Here the word giant refers to–
(a) python
(b) casuarina tree
(c) kokilas
(d) baboon
20. The name of the bird that sings in the poet's garden is–
(a) kokila
(b) cockatoo
(c) raven
(d) parakeet
DRAMA
(Choose the appropriate answer for each question)
21. The play Riders to the Sea is a–
(a) comedy
(b) tragedy
(c) romance
(d) farce
22. What does the sea symbolize in the play Riders to the Sea?
(a) Isolation and despair
(b) Joy and celebration
(c) Hope and happiness
(d) Cycle of life and death
23. At the start of the play, Cathleen is–
(a) sewing
(b) singing
(c) kneading cakes
(d) crying
24. What does Maurya think about Bartley going to sea?
(a) She is supportive of it
(b) her opinion is not known
(c) She is very much against it
(d) She encourages Bartley
25. Where do Nora and Cathleen hide the bundle of clothes?
(a) in the turf-loft
(b) under the bed
(c) in a bag
(d) in a basket
TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
(Choose the appropriate answer for each question)
26. Join the following sentences into a single sentence:
“The train drew into Deoli.” “I was nervous and anxious.”
(a) I was nervous and anxious as the train drew into Deoli.
(b) The train drew into Deoli where I became nervous and anxious.
(c) The train drew into Deoli and I was nervous and anxious.
(d) The train drew into Deoli because I was nervous and anxious.
27. Split the following sentence into two simple sentences:
The high priest of Rameswaram temple, Pakshi Laksmana Sastry, was a very close friend of Kalam's father.
(a) Pakshi Laksmana Sastry was the high priest of Rameswaram temple. He was a close friend of Kalam's father.
(b) Pakshi Laksmana Sastry is the high priest of Rameswaram temple. He was a very close friend of Kalam's father.
(c) Pakshi Lakmana Sastry is a very close friend of Kalam's father. He is the high priest of Rameswaram temple.
(d) Pakshi Lakmana Sastry is a high priest of Rameswaram temple. He was a close friend of Kalam's father.
28. Change the mode of narration:
"I cannot rest from travel. I will drink life to the lees!" said Ulysses.
(a) Ulysses told he could not rest from travel: he would drink life to the lees.
(b) Ulysses said that he could not rest from travel, he would drink life to the lees.
(c) Ulysses said he cannot rest from travel, he would drink life to the lees.
(d) Ulysses said that he cannot rest from travel, he would drink life to the lees.
29. Correct the error in the following sentence:
I could not help think.
(a) I could not help thinking
(b) I could not able to help thinking
(c) I could not think helping
(d) I could not help to think
30. Convert the following sentence into an affirmative one:
This time I did not forget her.
(a) This time I did forget her
(b) This time I forget her
(c) This time I did not remember her
(d) This time I remembered her
(Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow)
Passage:
I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948, when I was called to Birla House by an urgent telephone. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to a prayer meeting. The car drove fast through the quiet streets. When I reached Birla House, I saw that a large crowd had gathered. People stood in silence, tears streaming down their faces. Inside, Gandhiji’s frail body lay still, his work on earth completed.
31. Gandhiji was shot on his way to–
(a) a prayer meeting
(b) a political meeting
(c) a public gathering
(d) a court
32. The narrator was having–
(a) breakfast
(b) lunch
(c) tea
(d) dinner
33. The incident took place on–
(a) 30th January, 1947
(b) 30th January, 1948
(c) 31st January, 1948
(d) 2nd October, 1948
34. Where was Gandhiji going when he was shot?
(a) to Birla House
(b) to a prayer meeting
(c) to Delhi railway station
(d) to a public speech
35. How did the people react to Gandhiji’s death?
(a) They shouted slogans
(b) They sang songs
(c) They stood in silence with tears
(d) They prayed loudly
36. The narrator was called to Birla House by–
(a) a letter
(b) an urgent telephone
(c) a messenger
(d) a telegram
37. The streets were described as–
(a) noisy
(b) crowded
(c) peaceful
(d) quiet
38. Gandhiji’s body was described as–
(a) strong
(b) frail
(c) healthy
(d) active
39. What does the passage mainly describe?
(a) Gandhiji’s early life
(b) The narrator’s childhood
(c) The assassination of Gandhiji
(d) A visit to Birla House
40. The phrase “his work on earth completed” suggests–
(a) Gandhiji was tired of life
(b) Gandhiji had fulfilled his mission
(c) Gandhiji stopped working
(d) Gandhiji left India
ENGLISH (Group-B)
Answer Key
PROSE
1. (C) on the train
2. (b) old friends
3. (b) baskets
4. (c) nobody wanted to visit it
5. (b) middle class
6. (c) limestone and brick
7. (d) Arabic
8. (b) capital punishment
9. (a) lawyer
10. (d) The New Testament
POETRY
11. (b) aged
12. (b) “– a savage race / That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”
13. (c) the sceptre and the isle
14. (b) Blank Verse
15. (c) being a king
16. (b) python
17. (b) filled with endless song
18. (a) watching the baboon sitting, cows grazing and water lilies springing
19. (b) casuarina tree
20. (a) kokila
DRAMA
21. (b) tragedy
22. (d) cycle of life and death
23. (c) kneading cakes
24. (c) she is very much against it
25. (a) in the turf-loft
TEXTUAL GRAMMAR
26. (a) I was nervous and anxious as the train drew into Deoli.
27. (a) Pakshi Laksmana Sastry was the high priest of Rameswaram temple. He was a close friend of Kalam's father.
28. (b) Ulysses said that he could not rest from travel, he would drink life to the lees.
29. (a) I could not help thinking
30. (d) This time I remembered her
PASSAGE
31. (a) a prayer meeting
32. (c) tea
33. (b) 30th January, 1948
34. (b) to a prayer meeting
35. (c) they stood in silence with tears
36. (b) an urgent telephone
37. (d) quiet
38. (b) frail
39. (c) the assassination of Gandhiji
40. (b) Gandhiji had fulfilled his mission
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