SSC English 1st Paper Ideal School & College, Motijheel, Dhaka 2026 CQ Question Bank & Solution

Read the passage and answer the questions

There are various demographic factors that may contribute to loneliness. Although Dr. Vasan notes that anyone can feel lonely at any time in their life, a few groups that stand out as having an increased risk of loneliness include young adults, mothers with young children and the elderly. Immigrants are also at higher risk for loneliness, continues Dr. Vasan.

You may experience loneliness for a variety of reasons, but it can often stem from a major life change. A 2020 study by the University of Edinburgh suggests that the causes of loneliness differ depending on the age of the individual. For example, older adults experience loneliness more frequently as a result of living alone than as a cause of their loneliness.

This discrepancy between what causes loneliness in older adults versus those who are middle-aged could be due to the fact that older adults have retired and no longer have the community and daily interactions of work life, explains Nikki Press, Psy.D., a clinical psychologist in New York City. Older individuals are more likely to experience medical or physical limitations that restrict their opportunities for activities and socialising, continues Dr. Press.

Read the passage on Albert Einstein. Then answer questions 4 and 5.

Albert Einstein was one of the greatest scientists of the world. He was born as the first child to Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. His father was a businessman and his family business was manufacturing electronic parts. When the business failed in 1894, the family moved to Milan, Italy. Einstein failed an examination that would have allowed him to pursue a course of study leading to diploma in electrical engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He was an average student but was very interested in Science and Mathematics. He spent the year 1895 in a high school in Aarau, a small town at the border of Germany and Switzerland. He returned to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in 1896 from where he graduated in 1900. He became a Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Zurich in 1909. In 1921, he received Nobel Prize in Physics.

Answer the following questions from poems. (any 5)