Madhyamik Bengali Question Paper 2025 | Madhyamik Bengali Question Paper 2025

1. Choose the correct answer to any seventeen questions: 17×1=17

1.1 The name of Tapan’s story published in the newspaper is-

(a) School story
(b) One day
(c) First day
(d) King’s story.

1.2. Age of Girish Mahapatra-

(b) Forty-forty-two
(b) Not more than thirty-thirty-two
(c) Fifty-fifty-five
(d) Close to fifty

1.3 Jagadish Babu wanted to pay homage to the beggar-

(a) One thousand taka
(d) Five hundred taka
(c) One hundred and one taka
(d) One hundred taka

1.4. “Behind the black veil was a stranger”—what was the stranger?

(a) Your unconscious form
(b) Your mysterious form
(c) Your wild form
(d) Your human form

1.5 “On our right side”-

(a) Money
(b) Dam
(c) Landslide
(d) Road

1.6 “Standing in the noise of the rush hour”-

(a) Charachar
(b) Mahakal
(d) Gagantal
(d) Girishikhar

1.7 Writer Sripanth used to have the pen of the policeman he met in his childhood-

(a) Folded in the collar
(b) Tucked in the waist belt
(c) Arranged in a small pocket on the shoulder
(d) Tucked in the socks

1.8 In the 19th century, thirty-two thousand characters could be written-

(a) Fifteen annas
(b) Twelve annas
(c) Sixteen annas
(d) Ten annas

1.9. Name of the famous author of ‘Kankavati’ and ‘Damrudhar’-

(a) Tarashankar Banerjee
(b) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Trailokyanath Mukherjee
(d) Bibhutibhushan Banerjee

1.10. What does the word division mean?

(a) Division
(b) Contraction
(c) Expansion
(d) Addition

1.11. I know Kayastha in pen—the following verse—

(a) Infinitive
(a) Nominative
(c) Nominative
(d) Active

1.12. What national service did Messi not play?

(a) Implied action
(b) Homonymous action
(c) Rejection of action
(d) Subjunctive action

1.13. The monk did not allow anyone else to take the dust of his feet—the following verse—

(a) Verbal clause
(b) Address clause
(c) Agent
(d) Relative clause

1.14. The main meaning of Samas is-

(a) Combination of letters with letters
(b) Combination of nouns with verbs
(c) Combination of multiple words into one word
(d) Combination of verbs with verbs

1.15 Listening to the old man’s words – The following verse is an example of the compound:

(a) Bahubrihi Samas
(b) Karmadharaya Samas
(c) Tatpurush Samas
(d) Invariable

1.16. The meaning of ‘Dashanana’ is-

(a) Double
(b) Multi-part
(c) Infinitive
(c) Active

1.17. The compound in which the meaning of the preposition is slightly changed by the division of the preposition is:

(a) Bahubrihi Samas
(b) Abyayibhava Samas
(c) Tatpurush Samas
(d) Nitya Samas

2. Answer the questions in about 20 words:

2.1. Answer any four questions: 4×1=4

2.1.1. Why did Tapan come to uncle’s house?
2.1.2. “Only in this moment of sorrow did Tapan make a deep resolution,” — What was the resolution?
2.1.3. “And anyway, think about the culture of the person you are looking for.” — Who was being searched for?
2.1.4 “Master Shai was not angry at all. Instead, he praised him a little.” — What was the reason for the ‘praise’?
2.1.5 “But that kind of work is not Harida’s choice in life.” — What kind of work does Harida dislike?

2.2 Answer any four questions: 4×1=4

2.2.1. “Let that be the last virtue of your civilization.”—What is the last virtue of civilization?
2.2.2 “I will bind you more and more”—Who is the author of the poem?
2.2.3 “Then the war came”—How did the war come?
2.2.4 “Now at the end of the great night”—Who will come?
2.2.5 “This disgrace, father, will be thrown into the world.”—What disgrace is the speaker talking about?

2.3 Answer any three questions: 3×1=3

2.3.1 “I got this addiction from Sharatdar.”—Which addiction is being talked about?
2.3.2 “Only one person has written on a typewriter for a long time.”—Who is being talked about?
2.3.3 “The pen is untouchable to them today.”—Untouchable to whom?
2.3.4 “The golden doat pen that was real;”—How did the speaker know about the golden doat pen?
2.3.4 “The golden doat pen that was real”—How did the speaker know about the golden doat pen?

2.4. Answer any eight questions: 8×1=8

2.4.1 What is a compound?
2.4.2 Write the name of the compound with the word Ratnakara – the word Vyasavaka.
2.4.3 Write the name of the compound by combining the Vyasavaka of the small planet – the word Vyasavaka.
2.4.4 Give an example of a non-permanent compound.
2.4.5 What is the sub-clause Tatpurush compound?
2.4.6 Give an example of the applicable subject.
2.4.7 What is zero division?
2.4.8 What is the division of the relative clause?
2.4.9 Give an example of a secondary action.
2.4.10 Determine the cause and division of the underlined clause. The letter was in the pocket.

3. Answer in approximately 60 words with context clues: 3+3=6

3.1 Answer any one of the questions: 1×3=3

3.1.1. “The magazine was passed around in everyone’s hands,” – which magazine was passed around in everyone’s hands, why? 1+2=3
3.1.2 “His shame burns no less under this black skin” – who is the speaker? Which of his shames is mentioned? 1+2=3

3.2 Answer any one of the questions: 1 x3=3

3.2.1 “They could no longer dream.”—Who are ‘they’? Why could they not dream? 1+2
3.2.2 “Who has ever heard, son, that a rock floats in the water”—Who is the speaker? What is his reason for saying this? 1+2

4. Answer any one of the following questions in about 150 words: 5

4.1 “The boy’s health has gone, but his hobbies are still there.”—Who is the boy? Describe his health and hobbies. 1+4
4.2 “But you, like a true monk, despised everything and withdrew?”—Who is being spoken of? Briefly discuss how he behaved like a ‘true monk.’ 1+4

5. Answer any one question in about 150 words: 5

5.1 “The people-catching group has come” – Where did it come from? What did the ‘people-catching group’ do when it came? 1+4
5.2 “All of you shout for joy.”—Write briefly the reason why the poet says this.

6. Answer any one question in about 150 words: 5

6.1 “Surprisingly, everything is on the verge of extinction today.”- Introduce ‘everything’. Discuss how the above-mentioned subject is on the verge of extinction today. 3+2
6.2 “So we cut it to the size of a paper and did ‘home-tasks’ on it.”—What was ‘home-task’? Give a complete description of doing ‘home-tasks’. 1+4

7. Answer any one question in about 125 words: 8

7.1 “Today, the fate of Bengal is in turmoil, today, its green wilderness is covered with blood” – Who is
the speaker? What disaster is being talked about? 1+3 7.2 “Send him to his palace, my dear. I am afraid to be with him.” – Who is the speaker? What is the reason for his fear? 1+3

8. Answer any two questions in about 150 words: 2×5=10

8.1 Who said, “I can’t teach him to swim even if I wanted to?” Briefly describe him. 5

8.2 “The reason for Vishnu Dhar’s annoyance is a person fifteen feet away.”—Give a brief introduction to Vishnu Dhar and state the reason for his annoyance. 5

8.3 What happened while taking Connie to the zoo? What did Khishtish think about this incident? 5

9. Translate into Bengali in modern prose:

Newspaper reading has become an essential part of our life. As we get up in the morning we wait eagerly for a daily paper. Twentieth Century was an age of newspaper. Through Newspaper we gather information about different countries of the world

10. Answer any one question in 150 words or less: 1×5

10.1 Write a fictional dialogue between two friends about the need to wear masks and wash hands during a pandemic.

10.2 A blood donation camp was organized in your neighborhood. Write a report on this.

11. Write an essay of about 400 words on any one of the following topics: 10

11.1 Science in today’s life.
11.2 Environment and people.
11.3 A fair you met.
11.4 Autobiography of a river.

(For external candidates only)

12. Answer in 20 words or less (any four) 1×4 =4

12.1 “Tapan had doubts about this.” -What did Tapan have doubts about?
12.2 “The beggar did not even look at that.” -Which direction did the beggar not look at?
12.3 “But their job is to catch wild ducks.” -What does “catch wild ducks” mean?
12.4 “And that girl is waiting for me” -Which girl?
12.5 “First worship Ishtadev” -Who is ‘Ishtadev’? –

13. Answer any two questions in 60 words or less. 2×3=6

13.1 “I cry in joy at the heat.” – Who, did you feel like that now? 1+2
13.2 “Why didn’t you tell me about this incident?” – Who is the speaker? What is the incident?
13.3 “The inquisitive Mahabahu accepted the surprise” – Who is ‘Mahabahu’? What did he ask? 1+2