Madhyamik Bengali Question Paper 2023 | Madhyamik Bengali Question Paper 2023
1. Choose the correct answer to any seventeen questions: 17×1=17
1.1 How did Isab’s father, Pathan, address Amrit’s mother?
(a) The natives call them aunts
(b) The natives call them aunts
(c) The natives call them sisters
(d) The natives call them sisters.
1.2 “I was surprised, and even a little scared.” – What form of Harida did the speaker feel like seeing?
(a) Seeing the Kapalik form
(c) Seeing the police uniform
(b) Seeing the Baiji form
(d) Seeing the Viragi form.
1.3 Where did the Bengalis sitting in the police station work?
(a) At the Burma Shipyard
(b) At the Burma Oil Company
(c) At the Burma Coal Mine
(d) At the Burma Chatkale.
1.4 The narrator of the poem ‘Unhappy One’ was sleeping
(a) On the balcony
(b) On the floor
(c) On a hanging bed
(d) On the grassy road.
1.5 In the poem ‘Song Against Weapons’, the poet asks to keep ‘weapons’. –
(a) At the feet of the sage boy
(b) In the river
(c) In the village
(d) On the two feet of the song.
1.6 “Abhishek Karila Kumare.” – How did the king anoint Kumar?
(a) With Vishvapatra
(b) With Dadhidud
(c) With Gangodak
(d) With Padodak.
1.7 The fountain pen was originally named-
(a) Fountain pen
(b) Reservoir pen
(c) Fountain pen
(d) Parker pen.
1.8 What does the author think is the correct translation of the Bengali translation of Sensitized paper?
(a) Touch-sensitive paper
(b) Sensitive paper
(c) Pain-sensitive paper
(d) Pain-sensitive paper.
1.9 “Perhaps the only one who preserved the dignity of the Nib pen to the end was-
(a) Annadashankar Roy
(b) Shailjanand Mukherjee
(c) Trailokyanath Mukherjee
(d) Satyajit Ray.
1.10 A person who works under the direction of others is called:
(a) Producing agent
(b) Applicable agent
(c) Contributing agent
(d) Implied agent.
1.11 ‘We have no history’ – the underlined phrase
(a) Noun
(b) Noun
(c) Noun
(d) Noun.
1.12 The distinction between simile and metaphor is imagined in the context of the name
(a) Analogous function
(b) Simile function
(c) Metaphorical function
(d) General function.
1.13 The term ‘everlasting happiness’ is
(a) Karana is the same as
(b) Karma is the same as
(c) Extent is the same as
(d) Relation is the same as.
1.14 ‘Shout in triumph, all of you’ – what is this national slogan?
(a) Declarative sentences
(b) Imperative sentences
(c) Emotional sentences
(d) Interrogative sentences.
1.15 This morning was quite a ride. – Structurally, the sentence is
(a) Simple sentence
(b) Complex sentence
(c) Compound sentence
(d) Mixed sentence.
1.16 What is done to the master – this is an example of which expression?
(a) Imperative
(b) Declarative
(c) Idiomatic
(d) Declarative.
1.17 A sentence in which the subject is absent and the action appears as the subject is called:
(a) Action verb
(b) Imperative verb
(c) Action-imperative verb
(d) Idiomatic verb.
2. Answer the questions in 20 words or less: 19 × 1=19
2.1 Answer any four questions: 4×1=4
2.1.1 “Suddenly, an idea struck Amrit.” — What was the ‘idea’?
2.1.2 “I began to be very afraid of Nader Chand.” What is the reason for Nader Chand’s fear?
2.1.3 “Apurba was fascinated and looked at that direction” – What was Apurba fascinated by?
2.1.4 “Harida regretted.” – What was the reason for Harida’s regret?
2.1.5 “The value of a gem lies with the jeweler” – What is the meaning of the phrase?
2.2. Answer any four questions: 4×1=4
2.2.1 “Where the city was” – What is the situation there? 2.2.2 “Say ‘Forgive me’” – What is this apology for? 2.2.3 “Oh, woe to me.” Why is the speaker blaming himself? 2.2.4 “There the daughter is always there” Where is the daughter?
2.2.5 “Why are you afraid of destruction?” – Why does the poet forbid you from fearing destruction?
2.3. Answer any three questions: 3×1=3
2.3.1 What is ‘Quil’?
2.3.2 What was the flaw in the initiative of the Bengali Literary Council?
2.3.3 “Surprisingly, everything is on the verge of extinction today.” What is on the verge of extinction today?
2.3.4 “Learning science in Bengal is not against their reforms.” –For whom is this education not anti-reform?
2.4. Answer any eight questions: 8×1=8
2.4.1 What is division?
2.4.2 Give an example of a neutral subject.
2.4.3. Write the name of the sentence with the predicate of the word ‘upgrahe’.
2.4.4 What is ‘alope samas’?
2.4.5 Bimalbabu’s son walks to school – Identify the object and predicate of the sentence.
2.4.6 You must drink pure cow’s milk. – Why is this not a sentence?
2.4.7 Give an example of an idiom.
2.4.8 ‘Tapan’s eyes turned marble after hearing the words’ – Change it to a complex sentence.
2.4.9 He came down from the stairs. – Convert the sentence into an imperative sentence.
2.4.10 I will never forget the story of the mountain of the moon – Convert the sentence into an interrogative sentence.
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 “That my style is ruined” – What is meant by ‘style’? How will the style be ruined? (1+2)
3.1.2 ‘They became wooden with fear’ Who are they? Why did they become wooden with fear? (1+2)
3.2. Answer any one of the questions: 1×3=3
3.2.1 “The Manhunt Team” Where did the “Manhunt Team” come from? What is the reason for calling them a ‘Manhunt Team’? (1+2)
3.2.2 “We are the twelve months old beggars” – Who is meant by “we”? What does the poet mean by the word ‘beggar’? (1+2)
4. Answer any one of the following questions in about 150 words: 5
4.1 “He seems to enjoy this madness of his.”— Whose ‘madness’ is being talked about? Describe his madness? (1+4)
4.2 “Tapan feels like today is the saddest day of his life.”— On which day did Tapan feel like this? What is the reason for his feeling like this? (2+3)
5. Answer any one of the following questions in about 150 words: 5
5.1 “Alas, the law is against me” – Who is the speaker? What is the reason for his statement? (1+4)
5.2 Describe the poet’s anti-war sentiments in Joy Goswami’s poem ‘A Song Against Weapons’? 5
6. Answer any one question in about 150 words: 5
6.1 Introduce the two categories into which the author divides the readers of Bengali science books. (5)
6.2 “Thus our first writing”— Introduce the author’s first writing arrangement. (5)
7. Answer any one of the following questions in about 125 words: 4
7.1 “In the effort to protect the value of Bengal, the dignity of Bengal, and the independence of Bengal, please help me with your strength, your intelligence, and in every way.” To whom did Siraj appeal for help? Why did he hope for this help? (1+3)
7.2 “You leave my court at this moment.”- Whom has the speaker asked to leave the court? What is the reason for asking him to leave the court? (1+3)
8. Answer any two questions in about 150 words: 2×5=10
8.1 Briefly discuss how Khidda acted as a motivation in Kony’s life. (5)
8.2 “Finally Kony got a place in the Bengal Swimming Team” – Write how Kony got a place in the Bengal Swimming Team.
(5) 8.3 “There was a crowd at the pier.” – At which pier was there a crowd? What is the reason for the crowd? Describe this crowd. (1+1+3)
9. Translate Bengali into common prose: 4
It is very difficult to get rid of bad habits. So, we should be very careful that we do not get into bad habits in our childhood. Idleness is one such bad habit. Every boy and girl should be diligent.
10. Answer any one question in about 150 words: 5
10.1 Write a fictional dialogue between two friends on the use of plastic.
10.2 Write a report on ‘Accident while taking a selfie’.
11. Write an essay on any one topic in approximately 400 words: 10
11.1 The present era and superstitions
11.2 Forest and wildlife conservation
11.3 Seasonal diversity of Bengal
11.4 Autobiography of a path
