আলিম ২০২৬ ইংরেজি ১ম পত্র (English 1st Paper) প্রশ্ন ও সমাধান
মাদরাসা বোর্ডের আলিম ২০২৬ সালের পরীক্ষার্থীদের জন্য ইংরেজি প্রথম পত্র (English 1st Paper) পরীক্ষার সম্পূর্ণ প্রশ্ন এবং নির্ভুল সমাধান নিচে দেওয়া হলো। শিক্ষার্থীদের মিলিয়ে দেখার এবং প্রস্তুতির সুবিধার্থে প্রতিটি প্রশ্নের ঠিক নিচেই সবুজ রঙে সঠিক উত্তরগুলো হাইলাইট করে দেওয়া হয়েছে।
অনিবার্য কারণবশত যে ৫টি জেলার পরীক্ষা স্থগিত করা হয়েছে (চট্টগ্রাম, কক্সবাজার, রাঙামাটি, খাগড়াছড়ি ও বান্দরবান),
ALIM EXAMINATION, 2026
ENGLISH FIRST PAPER [Regular]
Subject Code: 238
Time: 3 hours | Full marks: 100
Part A - Reading Test (Marks-60)
1. Read the passage below and answer the following questions A and B:
Our Bengali meals consist of five flavours of food-bitter, savoury, hot, sour sides and desserts. The English eat only sweet and savoury preparations. They cannot stomach the hot stuff, and even less the sour. And possibly never even know that bitters could be consumed. Hence English cuisine seems bland and tasteless to us. But the English can bake good cake-pastry-pudding, something they learned from the Italians. In my opinion, our sandesh and rasogolla are such delicacies that there is no reason to go bananas over those desserts. Egyptian cuisine is a close cousin of Indian food of the Mughlai variety. I might not be able to prove the theory but after tasting food in many countries, it is my firm belief that imitating the Taj Mahal of cooking, that the Mughals perfected after coming to India, the people in Afghanistan, Iran, the Arab land, Egypt, even Spain, have been trying to build their own little Taj of cuisine. The reach of this gastronomy has spread to East Europe's Greece, Hungary, Rumania, Yugoslavia, Albania and even Italy.
I discovered all these theories many years later. At present Abul Asfia and Claudette Chenier brought back samples of various dishes on a platter. I saw there was murg musallam, sheesh kebab and five or six kinds of unknown items. The known ones did not really carry the aroma of Kolkata food but it mattered little. After eating Irish stew and Italian macaroni on the ship, our palates had lost all taste; so seeing these dishes made our mouths water. My heart was craving for a little boiled rice, fried bitter gourd, sonamoog daal or yellow lentil, fried potol and fish curry-why was I daydreaming? Just rice and fish curry could do, but these were not available outside Bengal. So what was the point of such mourning?
A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives: (0.5 x 10 = 5)
- What does 'Stomach' mean in "They cannot stomach the hot stuff"?
(i) Tolerate (ii) Dislike (iii) Enjoy (iv) Accept Answer: (i) Tolerate - What is meant by 'bland' in "English cuisine seems bland and tasteless to us"?
(i) Flavorful (ii) Spicy (iii) Plain (iv) Sour Answer: (iii) Plain - What does 'spread' mean in "The reach of this gastronomy has spread to East Europe"?
(i) Limited (ii) Travelled (iii) Expanded (iv) Remained Answer: (iii) Expanded - What does 'imitating' mean in "imitating the Taj Mahal of cooking"?
(i) Creating (ii) Following (iii) Copying (iv) Discovering Answer: (iii) Copying - What does 'mourning' mean in "What was the point of such mourning"?
(i) Regretting (ii) Complaining (iii) Worrying (iv) Crying Answer: (i) Regretting - The word 'palates' in the passage most likely refers to-.
(i) dishes (ii) plates (iii) taste buds (iv) preferences Answer: (iii) taste buds - The opposite word of 'bland' is.
(i) yummy (ii) dull (iii) boring (iv) sapless Answer: (i) yummy - The text suggests that the English learned baking skills from-.
(i) the French (ii) the Italians (iii) the Egyptians (iv) the Spanish Answer: (ii) the Italians - The synonym of 'aroma' is.
(i) odour (ii) stink (iii) stench (iv) fragrance Answer: (iv) fragrance - Which cuisine does the author say is a 'close cousin' to Mughlai cuisine?
(i) Italian (ii) Spanish (iii) Egyptian (iv) Turkish Answer: (iii) Egyptian
B. Answer the following questions: (2 x 5 = 10)
(a) What types of flavours do Bengali meals include?
Answer: Bengali meals include five types of flavours. These are bitter, savoury, hot, sour sides, and desserts.
(b) How did the author feel about eating unfamiliar food abroad?
Answer: After eating unfamiliar foods like Irish stew and Italian macaroni, the author felt that his palates had lost all taste. He was craving for familiar Bengali dishes.
(c) What was said about Indian spices?
Answer: Though Indian spices are not directly mentioned, the passage states that the Mughals perfected the "Taj Mahal of cooking" after coming to India, which implies the rich use of Indian spices that other regions tried to imitate.
(d) How did the author describe English dessert?
Answer: The author described English desserts (like cakes, pastries, and puddings) as good, but he believed that Bengali delicacies like sandesh and rasogolla are much better, making it unnecessary to go crazy over English desserts.
(e) Which cuisine is a cousin of Indian food?
Answer: According to the passage, Egyptian cuisine is a close cousin of Indian food, particularly of the Mughlai variety.
2. Read the following text and make a flow chart highlighting the different aspects of socio-cultural life as reflected in folk music. (10)
In Bangladesh folk music has great variety, with songs composed on culture, festivals, views of life, natural beauty, rivers and rural and riverine life. These songs are also about social inequality and poverty, about the material world and the supernatural. Mystical songs have been composed using the metaphors of rivers and boats. Since the country is basically riverine, the Bhatiyali forms an important genre of folk music. Nature plays a role in providing the content and rhythm of folk music. The folk music of Bangladesh varies from region to region, reflecting changes in the natural environment and the dialects people use. Thus there are the northern Bhawaiya, the eastern Bhatiyali and the southwestern Baul songs.
- Songs reflecting rural and riverine life.
- Songs composed on culture and festivals.
- Songs presenting views of life and natural beauty.
- Songs depicting social inequality and poverty.
- Songs about the material world and the supernatural.
- Mystical songs using metaphors of rivers and boats.
3. Summarize the following text: (10)
A couple of years after the partition of the country, it occurred to the respective governments of India and Pakistan that inmates of lunatic asylums, like prisoners, should also be exchanged. Muslim lunatics in India should be transferred to Pakistan and Hindu and Sikh lunatics in Pakistani asylums should be sent to India. Whether this was a reasonable or an unreasonable idea is difficult to say. One thing, however, is clear. It took many conferences of important officials from the two sides to come to the decision. Final details, like the date of actual exchange, were carefully worked out. Muslim lunatics whose families were still residing in India were to be left undisturbed, the rest moved to the border for the exchange. The situation in Pakistan was slightly different, since almost the entire population of Hindus and Sikhs had already migrated to India. The question of keeping non-Muslim lunatics in Pakistan did not, therefore, arise. While it is not known what the reaction in India was, when the news reached the Lahore lunatic asylum, it immediately became the subject of heated discussion. One Muslim lunatic, a regular reader of the fire-eating daily newspaper Zamindar, when asked what Pakistan was, replied after deep reflection, "The name of a place in India where cut-throat razors are manufactured."
After the partition of India and Pakistan, both governments decided to exchange asylum inmates based on their religion. Muslim lunatics from India were to be sent to Pakistan, while Hindu and Sikh lunatics were to be sent to India. This complex decision required numerous official conferences to finalize the logistics. However, the news caused confusion and heated debates among the inmates, highlighting the absurdity and human displacement caused by the political division.
4. Read the following text and fill in the blanks with suitable words from the box. There are more words than needed. Make any grammatical changes if necessary: (0.5 x 10 = 5)
| poisonous | of | preserve | greatest | be | more |
| refresh | stern | by | contaminate | health | production |
Food adulteration is one of the (a) _____ problems in the recent time in our country. Different food and food products, vegetables, fruits and fishes are being (b) _____ (c) _____ the unscrupulous and profit monger businessmen and green grocers. However, we, the general people (d) _____ the victims (e) _____ all sorts of pangs and serious diseases. The businessmen use (f) _____ chemicals such as DDT, Aldrin, Heptachlor just to make their products (g) _____ attractive or to (h) _____ them for a long time. So it is time the authority concerned took (i) _____ steps to stop such food adulteration. Proper monitoring, supervision, and public awareness should be compulsory from (j) _____ level to consumers.
5. Fill in the blanks with appropriate words in each gap: (1 x 10 = 10)
Independence is the (a) _____ right of a man. But no nation can achieve it without (b) _____. Our war of independence (c) _____ place in 1971. People of all walks of life (d) _____ the war to (e) _____ the country. They did not run (f) _____ showing their back from the battle field. Rather they (g) _____ bravely. Many were (h) _____ (i) _____. Today we remember them with (j) _____ respect.
6. Re-arrange the following sentences to make a coherent order: (1 x 10 = 10)
(i) He was imprisoned for his movement against the colour difference.
(ii) He was awarded Nobel Prize for leading the racial problem of America in a peaceful way.
(iii) In this time he married an extraordinary learned woman called Corretta Scott.
(iv) As a student Luther King was very brilliant.
(v) He donated all the money for the development of the 'Negro Nation'.
(vi) He was born on 15th January 1929 in the Atlanta city.
(vii) After marriage Luther King worked as a clergyman in the Baptist Church of Albania.
(viii) He was shot dead in 1966 when he was only 37 years old.
(ix) He obtained his doctorate degree from Boston.
(x) Martin Luther King was a great leader of the freedom and rise of the Negro Nation.
Part B - Writing Test (Marks-40)
7. Write a paragraph on 'Quality Education' in about 150 words based on the answers to the following questions: (10)
(a) What is quality education?
(b) Why is quality education important for individuals and society?
(c) What are the problems in achieving quality education?
(d) How does quality education improve a person's personal and professional life?
(e) What effective steps can be taken to ensure quality education?
8. The following is the beginning of a story. Complete it in your own words: (10)
Once there lived a happy man who passed his days in working and singing from morning till night. One of his rich neighbours was a banker who one day said to him, "How much a year do you earn?"...
9. Write an email to your friend advising him to study seriously confirming the best use of time. (10)
10. The following bar chart shows the month-wise attendance of Nafi in his class. Now, write a paragraph depending on the information given in the chart below: (10)
(Chart Data: January-18, February-18, March-20, April-13, May-16, June-17, July-22, August-14)
11. Write down the theme of the following poem. (8)
All people dream, but not equally.
Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind,
Wake in the morning to find that it was vanity.
But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people,
For they dream their dreams with open eyes,
And make them come true.
The theme of the poem highlights the difference between passive dreamers and active visionaries. People who only dream while sleeping accomplish nothing, as their dreams are merely illusions (vanity). In contrast, those who dream during the day with their eyes open are determined and action-oriented. They possess the courage, vision, and dedication to turn their ambitions into reality.