Articles for JSC (Board Questions with Answers) (Part - 1)

Fill in the blanks with suitable articles. Put a cross (×) where an article is not needed.

Dinajpur Board – 2016 / Rajshahi Board – 2014: Each and every student wants to make a good result. But is not (a) __ easy task. (b) __ student has to do something for this. From (c) __ very beginning he must be very serious. He should read (d) __ texts again and again. He must not make (e) __ notes from (f) __ common source.  

Answer: (a) an (b) a (c) the (d) the (e) × (f) a        

        

1.  Dhaka Board – 2016: Football is (a) – popular game in our country. It is equally exciting to (b) --- players and the spectators. It is (c) – foreign (d) --- game. It is popular all over (e) --- world. It is played in (f) --- open field.

Answer: (a) a (b) the (c) a (d) × (e) the (f) an

2.  Rajshahi Board – 2016 / Comilla Board - 2015: Truthfulness is (a) __ greatest of all (b) __ virtues which makes (c) __ person really great. If we do not cultivate (d) __ habit of speaking (e) __ truth, we cannot gain (f) __ confidence of others. Answer: (a) the (b) × (c) a (d) the (e) the (f) the

3.  Jessore Board – 2016 / Dinajpur Board – 2015: Our life is (a) __sum total of hours, days and years. But all days are not equally memorable to us. Most of (b) __days are forgotten with (c) __passage of time. Only (d) __ few days remain ever fresh in our memory. My (e) __first day at school is such (f) __amusing day.

Answer: (a) a (b) the (c) the (d) a (e) × (f) an

4.  Comilla Board – 2016: Bangladesh is (a) --- land of rivers. Some of the rivers are (b) --- famous. But some of (c) --- big rivers have dried up. They go dry specially in the summer season. Then we have to face (d) – extreme situation. But during (e) --- rainy season all the rivers are full to (f) – brim. Answer: (a) the / a (b) × (c) the (d) an (e) the (f) the

5.  Chittagong Board – 2016: One day a crow saw (a) --- piece of meat. It took (b) --- meat in its mouth. It sat on (c) --- branch of a tree to eat the piece of (d) --- meat. (e) --- fox was looking for food. He came under (f) --- tree.

Answer: (a) a (b) the (c) a (d) × (e) a (f) the

6.  Sylhet Board – 2016: Punctuality is (a) --- unique virtue. It leads (b) --- man to the path of success. (c) --- punctual man does all his works in (d) --- due time. He never puts off his work for tomorrow. So it is our duty to acquire (e) --- quality of punctuality in our life. Everyone respects the man who is punctual. (f) --- unpunctual man faces many problems in his life. Answer: (a) a (b) a (c) a (d) × (e) the (f) an

7.  Braishal Board – 2016: Discipline is seen in (a) ___ nature. Every morning (b) ___ sun rises in the east, day follows (c) --- night, birds sing and flowers blossom. Everywhere in nature there is (d) ___ harmony. If there were no discipline in (e) --- nature, there would have been (f) ___ chaos everywhere. Answer: (a) × (b) the (c) the / × (d) a (e) × (f) a

8.  Dhaka Board – 2015: Lutfur is (a) __ street boy. He is (b) __ orphan. He lives in the street of Chittagong (c) __ city. One day he went to New Market. He saw a fruitseller selling different kinds of (d) __ fruits. There he found (e) __ old man buying some apples. (f) __ apples looked very fresh.  Answer: (a) a (b) an (c) × (d) × (e) an (f) the

9.  Rajshahi Board – 2015: Once I went to (a) __ mango orchard. One of my friends was (b) __ owner of the orchard. While walking, I found (c) __ mango lying under (d) __ tree. (e) __ mango was ripe. Seeing (f) __ mango in my hand, my friend said, “It will taste sweet”. Answer: (a) a (b) the (c) a (d) a (e) the (f) the

10.            Jessore Board – 2015: Mr. Hasan is (a) _ English teacher. He is (b) M.A. in English. He serves in (c) famous institution. He tries to lead (d) honest life. He is (e) most favourite teacher to (f) students.

Answer: (a) an (b) an (c) a (d) an (e) the (f) the

11.            Chittagong Board — 2015: The main aim of (a) — education is not only to pass the exam and get (b) — good job but also to gain knowledge and widen (c) — third eye. (d) — ideal student should realize (e) — real fact. Otherwise, the purpose of education will be (f) — incomplete one. Answer: (a) × (b) a (c) the (d) an (e) the (f) an

12.            Sylhet Board — 2015: My mother is (a) __ very religious woman. She always advises me to follow (b) ___ path of (c) — truth and honesty. She bears (d) — good moral character. She is very kind to (e) __ poor. She is (f) __ ideal housewife. Answer: (a) a (b) the (c) × (d) a (e) the (f) an