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Rearranging for HSC Examination - 5.0 All Board Questions 2020-2019 with Answers

Updated: Nov 27

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HSC Board Questions - 2019


1. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Dhaka Board-2019]

(i) All the servants were called and interrogated.

(ii) In order to find out the thief, the judge chalked out an intelligent plan.

(iii) Once a gold necklace was lost from a rich man's house.

(iv) The servants were summoned to the court but they denied having stolen the necklace.

(v) When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick.

(vi) But nobody confessed their guilt.

(vii) So the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court.

(viii) The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others and in this way he could easily catch the thief.

(ix) Naturally it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace.

(x) He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and said that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day.


2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Rajshahi Board-2019]

(a) He showed extraordinary credit in every examination of the school.

(b) He has made great contribution to the scientific research of Bangladesh.

(c) Dr.Kudrat-e-Khuda was born on 8th May at village Maragra in the district of Birbhum in West Bengal in 1900 AD.

(d) In 1925, getting star marks he passed M.Sc in Chemistry from Kolkata Varsity.

(e) He died on 3rd November in 1977. His father Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit was a pious man.

(f) In 1929, he passed D.Sc. from Imperial College in England.

(h) At the age of six, he was admitted into a Furkania Madrasa and then he was admitted into an English School.

(i) He made a great plan to give the new structure of education system.

(j) In 1953, he was appointed Chairman of Secondary Education Board.



3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Cumilla Board-2019, Dinajpur Board-2022]

(i) He died on August 29, 1976 and was buried in the compound of Dhaka University.

(ii) He wrote a lot of poems, songs, gazals, short stories, novels, etc.

(iii) He lost his father at the age of eight and at the age of eleven he showed his poetic genius. (iv) At the age of nineteen, he joined the Army as an ordinary soldier to fight in the First World War.

(v) On his return from the battlefield, he gave up the sword for the pen.

(vi) It was tragic that he had been suffering from a cruel disease since 1942 and remained paralyzed for the rest of his life.

(vii) In 1924, he married Promila in Kolkata.

(viii) Bangladesh became independent in 1971 and he was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata in 1972.

(ix) Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan in West Bengal.

(x) Then he was declared our national poet by the Government of Bangladesh.



4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Jashore Board-2019; Sylhet Board-2013; Rajshahi Board-2012; Dinajpur Board-2012; Dhaka Board-2005]

(a) The king was fond of knowing his future from the astrologer.

(b) The king called him to the palace.

(c) At this, the king got furious and condemned him to death.

(d) A good astrologer visited the capital of the king.

(e) Once there was a king.

(f) With ready wit he said, "The stars declare that I'll die only a week before your death."

(g) But another thought crossed his mind before the astrologer was removed for execution.

(h) The king then asked, “How long would you like to live?”

(i) The astrologer told something very unpleasant.

(j) He then thought for a while some ways of escape.



5. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Barishal Board -2019; Sylhet Board -2015]

(i) The last words of the speech are: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”

(ii) Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America.

(iii) On the 10th of November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place called Gettysburg.

(v) It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in English language.

(vi) He was going there to speak at a meeting.

(vi) On the envelope, it was what he was going to say at the meeting.

(vi) These words tell us what the best possible way of ruling a country is.

(vii) He was not writing on paper but on the back of an envelope.

(ix) In the train, he was busy with writing something.

(x) In fact, the speech on the envelope is now famous as “Gettysburg Address.”



6. Rearrange them in proper sequence. [Sylhet Board -2019; Chattogram Board -2016]

(i) One day, he was very hungry.

(ii) The grapes were too high for him to reach.

(iii) Again and again he jumped.

(iv) At last, he entered into a vineyard.

(v) Once upon a time, there lived a fox in a forest.

(vi) But each time, he failed to reach the grapes.

(vii) At last being tired, he went away saying that the grapes were sour.

(viii) He took a run and jumped to reach the bunch of grapes but could not reach it.

(ix) He searched food everywhere but he did not get any food.

(x) There were ripe grapes hanging up on the vine.


HSC Board Questions - 2019 Answer


1. Dhaka Board - 2019: The Lost Necklace

Rearranged Sequence: (iii) → (ix) → (i) → (vi) → (vii) → (iv) → (ii) → (x) → (v) → (viii)

Story:Once, a gold necklace was lost from a rich man’s house. Naturally, it was suspected that one of the servants had stolen the necklace. All the servants were called and interrogated, but nobody confessed their guilt. So, the owner of the house lodged a complaint in the court. The servants were summoned to the court, but they denied having stolen the necklace. In order to find out the thief, the judge devised an intelligent plan. He gave each of the suspects a stick of equal length and told them that one of the sticks would increase by an inch the next day. When the servants came to the court the next day, the thief had already cut off an inch of his stick. The judge found one of the sticks shorter than the others, and in this way, he could easily catch the thief.

Bangla Translation:একবার একটি ধনী ব্যক্তির বাড়ি থেকে একটি সোনার হার হারিয়ে যায়। স্বাভাবিকভাবেই সন্দেহ করা হয়েছিল যে এক জন কর্মচারী সেই হার চুরি করেছে। সমস্ত কর্মচারীকে ডাকা হয়েছিল এবং জিজ্ঞাসাবাদ করা হয়েছিল, কিন্তু কেউই তাদের অপরাধ স্বীকার করেনি। সুতরাং, বাড়ির মালিক আদালতে অভিযোগ দায়ের করেন। কর্মচারীদের আদালতে ডাকা হয়েছিল, কিন্তু তারা হার চুরির কথা অস্বীকার করে। চোরকে খুঁজে বের করার জন্য বিচারক একটি বুদ্ধিমান পরিকল্পনা করেছিলেন। তিনি প্রতিটি সন্দেহভাজনকে সমান দৈর্ঘ্যের একটি করে লাঠি দিয়েছিলেন এবং বলেছিলেন যে পরের দিন একটি লাঠি এক ইঞ্চি লম্বা হবে। পরের দিন যখন কর্মচারীরা আদালতে এল, তখন চোর তার লাঠি থেকে এক ইঞ্চি কেটে ফেলেছিল। বিচারক একটি লাঠিকে অন্যগুলোর চেয়ে ছোট দেখতে পান এবং এইভাবে তিনি সহজেই চোরকে ধরতে সক্ষম হন।

2. Rajshahi Board - 2019: Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda

Rearranged Sequence: c → f → h → a → d → g → j → i → b → e

Story:Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda was born on 8th May 1900 in the village of Maragra, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. In 1929, he passed his D.Sc. from Imperial College in England. At the age of six, he was admitted to a Furkania Madrasa and later enrolled in an English school. He showed extraordinary credit in every school examination. In 1925, he passed M.Sc. in Chemistry from Kolkata University with star marks. His father, Hazrat Shah Abdul Mukit, was a pious man. In 1953, Dr. Kudrat-e-Khuda was appointed as the Chairman of the Secondary Education Board, where he made great plans to restructure the education system. He made significant contributions to scientific research in Bangladesh and passed away on 3rd November 1977.

Bangla Translation:ড. কুদরাত-ই-খুদা ১৯০০ সালের ৮ই মে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের বীরভূম জেলার মারাগ্রা গ্রামে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। ১৯২৯ সালে তিনি ইংল্যান্ডের ইম্পেরিয়াল কলেজ থেকে ডি.এস.সি. ডিগ্রি অর্জন করেন। ছয় বছর বয়সে তাকে ফুরকানিয়া মাদ্রাসায় ভর্তি করা হয়েছিল এবং পরে একটি ইংরেজি স্কুলে ভর্তি হন। তিনি প্রতিটি স্কুল পরীক্ষায় অসাধারণ কৃতিত্ব প্রদর্শন করেন। ১৯২৫ সালে তিনি কলকাতা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয় থেকে রসায়নে এম.এসসি. ডিগ্রি অর্জন করেন। তার বাবা, হাজরাত শাহ আব্দুল মুকিত, একজন ধার্মিক মানুষ ছিলেন। ১৯৫৩ সালে, ড. কুদরাত-ই-খুদা মাধ্যমিক শিক্ষা বোর্ডের চেয়ারম্যান নিযুক্ত হন, যেখানে তিনি শিক্ষা ব্যবস্থার নতুন কাঠামো দিতে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ পরিকল্পনা করেন। তিনি বাংলাদেশের বৈজ্ঞানিক গবেষণায় গুরুত্বপূর্ণ অবদান রেখেছেন এবং ১৯৭৭ সালের ৩রা নভেম্বর মৃত্যুবরণ করেন।

3. Cumilla Board - 2019, Dinajpur Board - 2022: Kazi Nazrul Islam

Rearranged Sequence: (ix) → (iii) → (iv) → (v) → (ii) → (vii) → (vi) → (viii) → (x) → (i)

Story:Kazi Nazrul Islam was born in 1899 in the district of Burdwan, West Bengal. He lost his father when he was eight years old and showed his poetic talent by the age of eleven. At nineteen, he joined the army as an ordinary soldier to fight in World War I. After returning from the battlefield, he gave up the sword and started writing. He wrote a lot of poems, songs, ghazals, short stories, and novels. In 1924, he married Promila in Kolkata. Unfortunately, he started suffering from a severe illness in 1942, which left him paralyzed for the rest of his life. In 1971, Bangladesh became independent, and Nazrul was brought to Bangladesh from Kolkata in 1972. He was declared the national poet of Bangladesh, and he passed away on 29th August 1976, being buried in the compound of Dhaka University.

Bangla Translation:কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম ১৮৯৯ সালে পশ্চিমবঙ্গের বর্ধমান জেলায় জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। আট বছর বয়সে তিনি তার বাবাকে হারান এবং এগারো বছর বয়সেই তার কবিত্বের প্রতিভা প্রকাশ করেন। উনিশ বছর বয়সে, তিনি প্রথম বিশ্বযুদ্ধে অংশগ্রহণ করার জন্য সাধারণ সৈনিক হিসেবে সেনাবাহিনীতে যোগ দেন। যুদ্ধের ময়দান থেকে ফিরে এসে তিনি তরবারি ছেড়ে কলম ধরেন। তিনি অনেক কবিতা, গান, গজল, ছোটগল্প, উপন্যাস লিখেছেন। ১৯২৪ সালে তিনি কলকাতায় প্রমীলাকে বিয়ে করেন। দুর্ভাগ্যবশত, ১৯৪২ সাল থেকে তিনি একটি ভয়াবহ অসুস্থতায় ভুগতে শুরু করেন এবং জীবনের বাকি সময়টি পক্ষাঘাতগ্রস্ত অবস্থায় কাটান। ১৯৭১ সালে বাংলাদেশ স্বাধীন হলে ১৯৭২ সালে তাকে কলকাতা থেকে বাংলাদেশে আনা হয়। তাকে বাংলাদেশের জাতীয় কবি ঘোষণা করা হয় এবং ১৯৭৬ সালের ২৯ আগস্ট তিনি মৃত্যুবরণ করেন। তার কবর ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের প্রাঙ্গণে অবস্থিত।


4. Jashore Board - 2019: The Astrologer and the King

Rearranged Sequence: e → a → d → b → i → c → g → h → j → f

Story:Once, there was a king who was fond of knowing his future from an astrologer. A good astrologer visited the capital of the king. The king called him to the palace. The astrologer told something very unpleasant, which made the king furious, and he condemned the astrologer to death. However, another thought crossed the king's mind before the astrologer was executed. The king then asked, "How long would you like to live?" The astrologer thought for a while about some ways to escape. With ready wit, he replied, "The stars declare that I’ll die only a week before your death."

Bangla Translation:একবার একজন রাজা ছিলেন যিনি ভবিষ্যৎ জানার জন্য একজন জ্যোতিষীর প্রতি আগ্রহী ছিলেন। একটি ভালো জ্যোতিষী রাজার রাজধানীতে আসেন। রাজা তাকে রাজপ্রাসাদে ডেকে নেন। জ্যোতিষী কিছু খুব অসুন্দর কথা বললে রাজা রেগে যান এবং জ্যোতিষীকে মৃত্যুদণ্ড দেওয়ার আদেশ দেন। তবে, মৃত্যুদণ্ডের আগে রাজার মনে আরেকটি চিন্তা আসে। রাজা তখন জিজ্ঞেস করেন, "তুমি কতদিন বাঁচতে চাও?" জ্যোতিষী তার জীবন রক্ষা করার উপায় নিয়ে কিছুক্ষণ ভাবেন। তিনি তৎপরতা দেখিয়ে উত্তর দেন, "তারা ঘোষণা করে যে আমি কেবল আপনার মৃত্যুর এক সপ্তাহ আগে মারা যাব।"


5. Barishal Board - 2019; Sylhet Board - 2015: Gettysburg Address

Rearranged Sequence: ii + iii + v + ix + viii + vi + x + iv + i + vii

Story:Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States of America. On the 10th of November 1863, a railway train was carrying him to a place called Gettysburg, where he was going to speak at a meeting. It is one of the finest and shortest speeches in the English language. In the train, he was busy writing something on the back of an envelope. The speech on the envelope is now famous as the "Gettysburg Address." The last words of the speech are: “Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.” He was not writing on paper but on the back of an envelope.

Bangla Translation:আব্রাহাম লিঙ্কন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রের প্রেসিডেন্ট ছিলেন। ১৮৬৩ সালের ১০ই নভেম্বর একটি রেলগাড়ি তাকে গেটিসবার্গ নামক স্থানে নিয়ে যাচ্ছিল, যেখানে তিনি একটি সভায় বক্তব্য রাখতে যাচ্ছিলেন। এটি ইংরেজি ভাষার সবচেয়ে সেরা এবং সংক্ষিপ্ত ভাষণগুলির মধ্যে একটি। রেলে তিনি কিছু লিখতে ব্যস্ত ছিলেন, যা একটি খামের পেছনে লেখা ছিল। খামের পেছনের সেই ভাষণটি এখন "গেটিসবার্গ ভাষণ" নামে বিখ্যাত। ভাষণের শেষ শব্দ ছিল: "জনতার সরকার, জনতার দ্বারা, জনতার জন্য পৃথিবী থেকে মুছে যাবে না।" তিনি কাগজে লেখার পরিবর্তে একটি খামের পেছনে লিখছিলেন।


6. Sylhet Board - 2019; Chattogram Board - 2016: The Fox and the Grapes

Rearranged Sequence: v + i + ix + iv + x + viii + ii + iii + vi + vii

Story:Once upon a time, there lived a fox in a forest. One day, he was very hungry and searched for food everywhere but did not get anything to eat. At last, he entered a vineyard. There were ripe grapes hanging up on the vine. The grapes were too high for him to reach. He took a run and jumped to reach the bunch of grapes but could not reach it. Again and again, he jumped, but each time, he failed to reach the grapes. At last, being tired, he went away saying that the grapes were sour.

Bangla Translation:একবার একটি জঙ্গলে একটি শিয়াল বাস করত। একদিন, সে খুব ক্ষুধার্ত ছিল এবং চারপাশে খাবার খুঁজতে বের হয় কিন্তু কিছুই পায়নি। শেষ পর্যন্ত, সে একটি আঙ্গুরের বাগানে প্রবেশ করে। সেখানে লতা থেকে ঝুলন্ত পাকা আঙুর ছিল। আঙুরগুলি তার নাগালের বাইরে ছিল। সে কিছু দূর থেকে দৌড়ে গিয়ে আঙুরের একটি গুচ্ছের কাছে লাফিয়ে উঠতে চেষ্টা করে কিন্তু পৌঁছাতে পারে না। বারবার সে লাফায়, কিন্তু প্রতিবারই সে আঙুরগুলোর কাছে পৌঁছাতে ব্যর্থ হয়। অবশেষে, ক্লান্ত হয়ে সে চলে যায় এবং বলে যে আঙুরগুলো টক।


HSC Board Questions - 2018


1. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence. [HSC Exam-2018 (Ka Set); Barishal Board-2014; Cumilla Board-2013]

a) In 1880, Rabindranath was called back to India.

b) He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali.

c) He returned home without any qualification of distinction.

d) He wrote Gitanjali, a collection of Bengali songs of superior quality.

e) Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 into a respectable family at Jorasanko in Kolkata.

f) At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he reached London to attend school.

g) He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight.

h) The experience had a lasting effect on his later life.

i) However, he never gave up his habit of writing poetry.

j) He gathered much experience from his stay in London.



2. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence. [HSC Exam-2018(Kha Set); Dinajpur Board-2016; Cumilla Board -2011; Dhaka Board-2004]

a) They were aliens in their own country and were subjected to all sorts of indignities. 

b) The blacks were treated cruelly.

c) The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice.

d) They were denied all basic human rights.

e) Even dogs received much better treatment than the blacks.

f) Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.

g) He was thrown behind the prison bar.

h) Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa.

i) But the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit.

j) In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world who struggled against apartheid throughout his whole life.




HSC Board Questions - 2018 Answer


1. HSC Exam-2018 (Ka Set); Barishal Board-2014; Cumilla Board-2013: Rabindranath Tagore

Rearranged Sequence: e → g → f → j → h → a → c → i → d → b

Story:Rabindranath Tagore was born in 1861 into a respectable family at Jorasanko in Kolkata. He went to school early and wrote his first verse at the age of eight. At the age of seventeen, in 1878, he reached London to attend school. He gathered much experience from his stay in London, and this experience had a lasting effect on his later life. In 1880, Rabindranath was called back to India. He returned home without any qualification of distinction. However, he never gave up his habit of writing poetry. He wrote Gitanjali, a collection of Bengali songs of superior quality. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for Gitanjali.

Bangla Translation:রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর ১৮৬১ সালে কলকাতার জোড়াসাঁকোতে একটি মর্যাদাপূর্ণ পরিবারে জন্মগ্রহণ করেন। তিনি ছোটবেলায় স্কুলে যান এবং আট বছর বয়সে তাঁর প্রথম কবিতা লেখেন। সতেরো বছর বয়সে, ১৮৭৮ সালে, তিনি পড়াশোনা করতে লন্ডনে যান। লন্ডনে থাকার সময় তিনি অনেক অভিজ্ঞতা অর্জন করেন এবং এই অভিজ্ঞতার জীবন তার পরবর্তী জীবনে একটি স্থায়ী প্রভাব ফেলে। ১৮৮০ সালে রবীন্দ্রনাথকে ভারতের বাড়িতে ডেকে আনা হয়। তিনি কোনো বিশেষ যোগ্যতা ছাড়াই বাড়িতে ফিরে আসেন। তবে তিনি কখনই কবিতা লেখার অভ্যাস ছাড়েননি। তিনি গীতাঞ্জলি লিখেন, যা উচ্চমানের বাংলা গানের একটি সংকলন। ১৯১৩ সালে তিনি গীতাঞ্জলির জন্য নোবেল পুরস্কার লাভ করেন।

2. HSC Exam-2018 (Kha Set); Dinajpur Board-2016; Cumilla Board-2011; Dhaka Board-2004: Nelson Mandela

Rearranged Sequence: h → j → b → d → a → e → c → g → i → f

Story:Nelson Mandela was the greatest leader of South Africa. In fact, he was one of the greatest leaders of the world who struggled against apartheid throughout his whole life. The blacks were treated cruelly and were denied all basic human rights. They were aliens in their own country and were subjected to all sorts of indignities. Even dogs received much better treatment than the blacks. The great leader vowed to put an end to the inhuman practice. He was thrown behind the prison bars, but the oppressive rulers could not break the spirit. Eventually, the great leader realized the goal of liberating his own people.

Bangla Translation:নেলসন ম্যান্ডেলা দক্ষিণ আফ্রিকার সবচেয়ে মহান নেতা ছিলেন। প্রকৃতপক্ষে, তিনি আপারথেডের বিরুদ্ধে সারা জীবন ধরে সংগ্রাম করা বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে মহান নেতাদের একজন। কৃষ্ণাঙ্গদের প্রতি নিষ্ঠুর আচরণ করা হয়েছিল এবং তাদের সমস্ত মৌলিক মানবাধিকার থেকে বঞ্চিত করা হয়েছিল। তারা নিজেদের দেশে পরবাসী ছিল এবং সকল প্রকার অবমাননার শিকার হয়েছিল। এমনকি কুকুরগুলোরও কৃষ্ণাঙ্গদের চেয়ে অনেক ভালো আচরণ করা হয়েছিল। মহান নেতা অমানবিক এই অনুশীলন শেষ করার শপথ করেছিলেন। তাকে কারাগারের পেছনে নিক্ষেপ করা হয়েছিল, কিন্তু অত্যাচারী শাসকরা তার মনোবল ভাঙতে পারেনি। শেষ পর্যন্ত, মহান নেতা তার নিজের জনগণের মুক্তির লক্ষ্য অর্জন করেন।



HSC Board Questions - 2017

1. Rearrange the sentences to make a coherent order: [Dhaka Board-2017; Barishal Board-2017, Rajshahi Board-2022]

a) Then he invited applicants.

b) The applicants were asked to meet the Sultan one by one.

c) Long ago, there lived a Sultan in a country.

d) Then he found the desired man.

e) He wanted to appoint an honest man as his tax collector.

f) A number of people applied for the job.

g) All the applicants blushed and refused to accept one.

h) So, he asked for the wise counsellor’s advice.

i) When they all arrived, Sultan asked them to dance.

j) They came through a passage where gold coins were kept.


Answer: c→e→h→a→f→b→j→i→g→d


2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order: [Rajshahi Board 2017]

a) As a result, he studied under a great thinker Plato.

b) He also wrote books on Biography, Literature, Economics, and Comparative politics.

c) Plato taught Aristotle according to his own way.

d) Aristotle was born in Greece.

e) His father wanted him to be a physician but he never cherished to be so.

f) Later on, Aristotle took the pen to write on topics suitable for human civilization.

g) He is called the father of Biology because of his creativity.

h) ‘Politics’ is one of his famous books which expose the fullest development of his wisdom.

i) He was the son of a royal physician.

j) He wanted to be a free thinker.


Answer: d→i→e→j→a→c→f→h→b→g


3. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence. [Cumilla Board 2017, Mymensingh Board-2022]

a) As Bagerhat is near the Bay of Bengal, the water is usually saline.

b) Khan Jahan Ali was a philanthropic man.

c) He, therefore, excavated many tanks to provide fresh water to the people.

d) He came to Bagerhat to preach Islam and to promote the plight of common people.

e) He found Bagerhat beset with many problems. f) His memory will never be sunk into oblivion. g) Thus he redressed the problem of drinking water.

h) The scarcity of drinking water is one of them. i) The people of Bagerhat remember him with respect.

j) Gora Dighi is one of them.


Answer: b→d→e→h→a→c→j→g→f→i


4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order: [Jashore Board 2017]

a) He asked him where God was.

b) He praised him highly.

c) Once a lad went to a famous teacher.

d) The teacher thought highly of the boy’s understanding.

e) The lad replied that he would answer if he would tell where he is not.

f) The boy devoted himself to earning knowledge.

g) He begged to instruct him in the arts and sciences.

h) He agreed to teach the lad.

i) He had expressed his desire to acquire knowledge.

j) The teacher wished to find out the ability of the boy.


Answer: c→i→g→j→a→e→d→b→h


5. The sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence. [Sylhet Board 2017]

a) One prize is awarded in each field.

b) The prize is instituted by a man who was the inventor of the science of destruction.

c) Nobel prize is the world’s most important prize.

d) He is Alfred Bernard Nobel.

e) Though he is a citizen of Sweden, he was educated in Russia.

f) Nobel prizes are awarded everyone for outstanding achievements in the field of science, literature and for performing world’s peace.

g) The prize is given to persons with the most outstanding contribution.

h) If there are more than one recipient of the prize in one field, the prize money is equally distributed among all the winners.

i) Economics was added in the list in 1969 for the first time.

j) He was born in Stockholm on 21st October 1833 and he died on 10th December 1896. 


Answer: c→b→d→j→e→f→i→g→a→h

6. The following sentences are jumbled. Rearrange them in a proper sequence. [Chattogram Board 2017]

a)  He was one of the most renowned linguists of Bangladesh.

b) He died in 1969 and we remember him with respect.

c) He was second to none in Bengali Language and literature.

d) Dr. Mohammad Shahidullah was born in 24 Pogona, West Bengal in 1885.

e) He joined Jessore Zilla School in 1910.

f) He passed the entrance and FA exam, in 1904 and 1906.

g) He received some awards and contributed much to Bengali Literature.

h) He passed Hons and M. A. in 1910 and 1912.i) He joined Dhaka University as a lecturer of Bengali in 1921.

j) He got his Ph.D. in 1928.


Answer: d→a→f→e→h→i→j→c→g→b

7. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order: [Dinajpur Board 2017]

a) “Please let me go to my country.”

b) An English boy was making a small boat.

c) “I shall cross the sea and go to my country by this boat.”

d) He made all arrangements to send him to his country.

e) Suddenly he noticed a wonderful thing.

f) Napoleon was charmed by the words of the small boy.

g) “I haven’t seen my mother for a long time.”

h) The boy said, “My country is on the other side of the sea.”

i) One day Napoleon, the king of France, was walking along the seashore.

j) The boy was brought before him and he asked him what he would do with such a small boat. 


Answer: i→e→b→j→h→c→g→a→f→d

HSC Board Questions - 2016

1. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Dhaka Board -2016]

(i) He used to tell interesting stories to the people of the village.

(ii) He never spoke the rest of his life.

(iii) His name was Nambi.

(iv) He lived in a temple at the edge of the village and passed his time under the banyan tree in front of the temple.

(v) Before telling a story, he used to light a lamp in front of the tree.

(vi) There was a remote village named Somal. (vii) One day, he could not continue his story. (viii) After a few days, he called all the villagers and told them something.

(ix) He was so ignorant that he could not tell his age, but he could make up stories.

(x) The villagers were enchanted by a man.

Answer: vi + x + iii + iv + ix + i + v + vii + viii + ii.


2. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Rajshahi Board- 2016]

(i) He did not find any safe place to keep the bag and could not think where to keep the money.

(ii) He gradually realised that he had money, but no peace of mind.

(iii) He dug a hole in his hut and kept the money there.

(iv) So, he could not devote himself to his work.

(v) The farmer was surprised and said to himself, “One thousand rupee is a lot of money.”

(vi) Now, a thought took hold of the farmer that his money could be stolen any time.

(vii) He said to him, “Look my friend! I have brought one thousand rupees for you. Keep this money and remove your distress.”

(viii) The rich man went to the farmer with one thousand rupees in a bag.

(ix) He took the bag of money from the rich man and thanked him.

(x) This thought kept him awake and his sleep fled away at night.

Answer: viii + vii + v + ix + i + iii + vi + x + iv + ii. 


3. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Cumilla Board -2016, 2004; Barishal Board-2010]

(i) The crow tried to turn the jar over the over again but failed.

(ii) At last he found a jar in a garden.

(iii) As he was leaving the jar in despair, he noticed a heap of pebbles nearby.

(iv) There was some water in the jar, but it was at the bottom and out of his reach.

(v) He flew from one place to another in search of water.

(vi) He took some pebbles and started dropping them into the jar.

(vii) Then he hit upon a plan.

(viii) A crow was very thirsty and wanted to drink water.

(ix) When the water came to the mouth of the jar the crow drank his full.

(x) As each pebble went down, the water in the jar rose up little by little.


Answer: viii + v + ii + iv + i + iii + vii + vi + x + ix.


4. Rearrange the following sentences to make a coherent order. [Sylhet Board -2016]

(i) The master was very amused.

(ii) One of the ducks was standing on one leg and had the other leg a car atat folded inside, but the master was not to be fooled.

(iii) The master looked at the cook and said there was no such thing as one-legged duck.

(iv) The master clapped his hands loudly, and the duck put down its other leg and ran off.

(v) The master became very annoyed as the cook told him that the duck had one leg only.

(vi) The roast looked delicious and the cook ate one of the legs of the duck.

(vii) At that moment, the cook looked out of the window.

(viii) A cook once roasted a duck for his master.

(ix) The cook replied that his master was right.

(x) The cook insisted that the duck had one leg only.

Answer: viii + vi + v + x + vii + ii + iv + iii + ix + i.









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