HSC English 2nd Paper Combined Board(All) 2026 CQ Question Bank & Solution

Fill in the blanks of the following text with articles where necessary. Some of the blanks may not require any article. Put a cross [x] in those blanks:

Though Bangladesh is struggling to achieve (a) ____ status of a middle income country, it is still beset with many problems. Unemployment problem is one of (b) ____ big challenges in Bangladesh. Hundreds and thousands of highly educated people are unemployed. (c) ____ government job is like (d) ____ golden deer to the educated youth. Nearly one hundred candidates apply for (e) ____ single post. mentioned problem is becoming acute day by day. Some pragmatic steps need to be taken in this regard. Firstly, (g) ____ government should emphasize on technical education. Secondly, (h) ____ educated people should not only run after government jobs. Thirdly, (i) ____ job seekers need to be engaged in self-motivated jobs. We think unemployment problem will be addressed as early as possible to booster (j) ____ overall development of Bangladesh.

Compete the text with suitable prepositions :

It is known to all that smoking is detrimental (a) ____ health. It causes many incurable diseases. There is hardly any easy remedy (b) ____ this disease. People are aware (c) ____ the matter. Yet they stick (d) ____ this bad habit. Smoking is also injurious (e) ____ a non-smoker. Unfortunately the smokers do not think (f) ____ the non-smokers while smoking. As a result, the non-smokers fall an easy victim (g) ____ their whims. (h) _____ some cases, children become the worst sufferers because (i) _____ their parents' whimsical smoking. So the smokers should consider the adverse effect of smoking (j) ____ the non-smokers.

Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct form of verbs as per subject and context:

Reading is really like (a) ____ (take) a flight to greater heights in pursuit of knowledge. It is a journey towards enlightment. Even if you have (b) ____ (read) one good book in your life, you (c) ____ (know) what reading (d) ____ (give). It provides you with incomparable pleasure. Read one good book and you will know what the joys of reading (e) ____ (be). Reading (f) ____ (nourish) your mind. It gives you both information and knowledge and teaches you to distinguish between the two. Reading informs you of what (g) ____ (happen) around you, helps you (h) ____ (remain) updated about what (i) ____ (change). It is through reading you understand that knowledge (j) ____ (know) no bounds and the hunger for it is insatiable.