প্রথম ভাষা দিয়ে ইতিমধ্যে উচ্চমাধ্যমিক পরীক্ষা শুরু হয়ে গিয়েছে। আগামী সোমবার দ্বিতীয় ভাষার পরীক্ষা আছে। দ্বিতীয় ভাষা হিসেবে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের অধিকাংশ উচ্চমাধ্যমিক পরীক্ষার্থীরই ইংরেজি থাকে। আর সেই পরীক্ষা নিয়ে কোনও কোনও পরীক্ষার্থী বেশ চিন্তায় থাকেন। কেমন প্রশ্ন আসবে, কত নম্বর উঠবে, সেইসব নিয়ে মাথায় চিন্তা ঘুরপাক করে। তবে কোনওরকম দুশ্চিন্তা ছাড়াই পরীক্ষার্থীদের শেষ মুহূর্তের প্রস্তুতি সেরে নেওয়ার পরামর্শ দিয়েছেন শিক্ষকরা। সেইসঙ্গে উচ্চমাধ্যমিকের ইংরেজি পরীক্ষায় কেমন প্রশ্ন আসতে পারে, সেই সাজেশন দিলেন জলপাইগুড়ির শিক্ষক ঐন্দ্রিলা বণিক। কী কী সাজেশন দিলেন তিনি, সেটা দেখে নিন।

Strong Roots (Prose) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

MCQ

১) ‘Whenever they reach an impasse …’ ‘Impasse’ means___.

২) APJ Abdul Kalam belongs to a ___ family.

৩) APJ Abdul Kalam used to eat on a____.

৪) From APJ Abdul Kalam’s house, Rameswaram was___.

৫) APJ Abdul Kalam’s Father Chanted prayers in____.

৬) From APJ Abdul Kalam’s house the coconut grove was____.

৭) Many people offered APJ Abdul Kalam’s father___.

৮) Everyday, APJ Abdul Kalam’s Mother fed___.

9) APJ Abdul Kalam’s would take his meal with his____.

10) APJ Abdul Kalam’s father used to get up at____.

Short Answer Type Questions:

১) Why did people offer water to APJ Abdul Kalam’s father?

২)How did APJ Abdul Kalam’s father start his day?

৩) What is the necessity of prayer?

৪) When can man get peace of mind?

৫) What was APJ Abdul Kalam’s feeling about divine power?

৬) Describe the house of APJ Abdul Kalam.

৭) What advice did APJ Abdul Kalam’s father give when one is in trouble?

৮) From which book is ‘Strong Roots’ taken?

৯) What is the full name of APJ Abdul Kalam ?

Descriptive Type Questions:

১) What was the response of APJ Abdul Kalam’s father to his son’s query about prayer and spirituality ?

২) How did his father’s attitude to adversity influence the young APJ Abdul Kalam?

৩) What picture of communal harmony do you get from APJ Abdul Kalam’s auto biographical sketch ‘Strong Roots’?

৪) What did APJ Abdul Kalam say about birth place and his parents?

৫) Where did Kalam born? Describe the surrounding of APJ Abdul Kalam’s native house.

৬) ‘One of the most vivid memories of my early childhood is of the two men …. ’ – Who were the two men referred to excessive and here? What did they discuss? What impression do you form of them from their discussion?

7) ‘Whenever they reach an impasse, they look to someone to show them the way out’ – Who is the speaker? Whom did he say this? What is an ‘Impasse’? Explain the sentence.

8)What did APJ Abdul Kalam say about daily routine of his father?

The Eyes Have It (Prose) Ruskin Bond

MCQ:

১) According to Ruskin Bond, the best time for visiting the hills is___.

২) The blind girl got in the train at___.

৩) ‘Then I made a mistake’ The mistake that the narrator made was____.

৪) In October, hills are Covered with___.

৫) The narrator was to get down at___.

Short Answer Type Questions:

১) Where will the narrator get down from train?

২) Describe the hills of Mussoorie in October

৩) ‘Once again, I had a game to play’ – What game is referred to here ?

৪) At which station did the blind girl get into the Train?

৫)Who would receive the blind girl at the destination?

৬) What thing of the girl did the man notice?

৭) What pretence did the narrator make?

৮) What is the similarity between the narrator and the girl?

Descriptive Type Questions

১) ‘Oh, how lucky you are’. Who said this and to whom? Why was the person lucky?

২) ‘She was completely blind’ – explain the irony in the given line.

৩) ‘The man who had entered the compartment broke into my reverie’ -Who is the speaker? What was the reverie ? How did the man break the reverie of the speaker?

৪) Signify the title of the story ‘The Eyes Have It’.

৫) Describe the hills of Mussoorie in October.

৬) ‘The voice had the sparkle of a mountain stream’ – Who said this ? Whose voice is referred to here ? Why did the voice become so splendid to the speaker?

Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day? (Poetry) William Shakespeare

MCQ:

১) ‘And Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’ The word ‘summer’s lease’ refers to____.

২) ‘But the eternal summer shall not fade.’ The term ‘eternal summer’ refers to ____.

৩) ‘The eye of heaven’ refers to___.

৪) What is the form of Sonnet No.18?

৫) The poem Sonnet No.18 of Shakespeare consists of_____.

৬) ‘So long lives this ……’ the word ‘this’ refers to___.

৭) ‘And often is his gold complexion dimmed’. The word ‘his’ refers to____.

Short Answer Type Questions:

১) What shall death not brag in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No.18 ?

২) What type of poem is ‘Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s day?’

৩) Explain the line – ‘…. Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.’

৪) How is the gold complexion of the sun dimmed ?

৫) What is meant by the term ‘eternal summer’?

৬) How long will the young man be remembered in Shakespeare’s Sonnet No.18 ?

৭). ‘So long lives this …. ’ What is referred to by the word ‘this’?

৮) What does ‘eye of heaven’ refer to?

Descriptive Type Questions:

১) ‘But thy eternal summer shall not fad’_ Who is the poet ? What is meant by ‘Eternal summer’? How does the poet suggest that ‘Thy eternal summer’ shall never end ?

২). ‘So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.’— What does ‘this’ refer to ? Who is referred to as ‘thee’? What does ‘this’ give to whom and how?

৩) How does Shakespeare compare his friends beauty with that of a summer’s day?

The Poetry of Earth (Poetry) John Keats

MCQ:

১) The music of summer is heard in___.

২) ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is a___.

৩) The Grasshopper takes the lead in____.

৪) Where does the Grasshopper rest?

৫) The season mentioned in ‘The Poetry of Earth’ is____.

৬) Whose sound is heard from hedge to hedge?

৭) ‘From the____there shrills the cricket’s song’.

৮) A winter evening is____.

Short Answer Type Questions:

১) When will the poetry of earth end?

২) Who breaks the silence of winter?

৩) When does crickets sing?

৪) What increase the warmth in winter?

৫) Where do the birds take rest?

৬) Where will the voice of the grasshopper run?

৭) ‘………. Silence from the stove there shrills’ – What does ‘shrill’ refer to ?

৮) Who mistakenly identifies the cricket’s song as the song of the Grasshopper?

Descriptive Type Questions:

১) Explain the title of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’.

২) ‘He has never done with his delights.’ From where does this extract occur? Who is referred to here as ‘he’? What does he do? What does the extract suggest?

৩) Give the substance of the poem ‘The Poetry of Earth’.

The Proposal (Drama) Anton Chekhov

MCQ:

১) According to Chubukov, Nataliya Is like a love___sick.

২) Chubukov doubts that Lomov has come to___.

৩) Lomov suffers from____.

৪) Lomov inherited his land from his___.

৫) According to Lomov, he wants to marry Nataliya for all of the following reasons expect that she____.

৬) Before proposing to Nataliya, Lomov feels as if he were___.

৭) Lomov jumps in his sleep like a____.

৮) Oxen Meadows are situated between_____.

৯) The subject of dispute between the two families, according to Lomov was____.

১০) The second argument was about____.

১১) Nataliya comments that Lomov should go on ____.

১২) ‘You pettifogger!’ – Here ‘pettifogger’ means_____.

১৩) ‘……..he’s old he’s short in the muzzle’–The word ‘muzzle’ means____.

১৪) The format of the play ‘The Proposal’ is____.

১৫)’The Proposal’ is set in a____.

১৬) Age of Chubukov is about____.

১৭) According to Chubukov, Lomov’s father was a_____.

১৮) The name of Nataliya’s dog is____.

১৯) How much did Lomov pay for his dog ?

২০)Age of Lomov is____.

২১) Natalya calls Lomov’s aunt_____.

২২) Lomov wants to marry Natalya because____.

২৩) Natalya suffers from a physical problem,what is it?

২৪) The value of oxen Meadows is____.

২৫) The point of argument between Natalya and Lomov is____.

২৬) ‘I’ve had some already.’ Meaning of ‘had’ is____.

২৭) Roubles is the____.

Descriptive Type Questions:

১) Sketch the character of Lomov as you find in the play ‘The Proposal’.

২) Sketch the character of Natalya .

৩) Justify the title of the play ‘The Proposal’.

৪) Discuss the reasons why the marriage proposal is important to all characters.

৫) ‘You are not a neighbour, you’re a grabber!’– who says this? To whom is this said? Why is this said?