SSC English Seen Comprehension Unit 7

Chattogram Board-2024

Read the following text carefully. Then answer the questions no. 1 and 2:

It was late summer, 26 August, 1910. A little girl was born to a rich Catholic merchant's family of Albanian descent in a small town called Skopje, Macedonia. She was the youngest of the three siblings and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Who could imagine at the time that this little girl would one day become the mother of humanity, loving and serving the poorest of the poor. Yes, we are talking about none other than Mother Teresa.

At the age of 12, she heard a voice from within that urged her to spread the love of Christ. She decided that she would be a missionary. At the age of 18, she left her parental home. She then joined an Irish community of nuns called the Sisters of Loreto, which had missions in India. After a few months of training at the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dublin, Mother Teresa came to India. On May 24, 1931, she took her initial vows as a nun. From 1931 to 1948, Mother Teresa taught geography and theology at St. Mary's High School in Kolkata (then Calcutta). However, the widespread poverty in Kolkata had a deep impact on Mother Teresa and in 1948 she received permission from her superiors to leave the convent and devote herself to caring for the poorest of the poor in the slums of Kolkata. [Unit-7, Lesson-3]

1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives: 1´7=7

a. What does 'mother of humanity' refer to in the passage?

i) a mother who takes a great care of her children

ii) an affectionate mother

iii) a mother who serves the poor like her own children

iv) a mother who dislikes humanity

b. From childhood, Mother Teresa desired to be a ____.

i) social worker

ii) missionary

iii) religious person

iv) political figure

c. The voice within her urged her with a view to ____ the love of Christ.

i) spread

ii) hinder

iii) hindering

iv) spreading

d. 'The Sisters of Loreto' is an organization of Irish ____.

i) monks

ii) nuns

iii) clergymen

iv) priests

e. 'The poorest of the poor, stands for the people who live ____.

i) above the poverty line

ii) with much poverty

iii) under the poverty line

iv) in poor condition

f. What shocked Mother Teresa most in Kolkata?

i) discrimination

ii) less poverty

iii) extreme poverty

iv) food crisis

g. What is the main theme of the passage?

i) To spread Christianity

ii) To remove poverty

iii) To spread education

iv) Love for the distressed

2. Answer the following questions: 2´5=10

a. Where did Mother Teresa come of?

b. Why did Mother Teresa decide to be a missionary?

c. How did she become the mother of humanity?

d. What did Mother Teresa do in the first seventeen years in India?

e. Why did she leave her parental home?

Chattogram Board-2023

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below (1 – 2):

Mother Teresa was moved by the sight of the sick and dying on the streets of Kolkata. She founded the home for the dying destitute and named it ‘Nirmol Hriday’, meaning ‘Pure Heart’. She and her fellow nuns brought the dying people off the streets of Kolkata to this home. They were lovingly looked after and cared for. Since then many men, women and children have been taken from the streets and carried to Nirmol Hriday. These unloved and uncared for people get an opportunity to die in an environment of kindness and love. In their last hours, they get human and divine love, and can feel they are also children of God. The Missionaries of Charity try to find jobs for those who survive, or send them to homes where they can live happily for some more years in a caring environment. Regarding commitment to family, Mother Teresa said, “May be in our own family, we have somebody, who is feeling lonely, who is feeling sick, who is feeling worried. Are we there? Are we willing to give until it hurts in order to be with our families, or do we put out interest first? We must remember that love begins at home and we must also remember that future of humanity passes through the family.” 

Mother Teresa’s work has been recognised throughout the world and she received a number of awards. These include the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971), the Nehru Prize for Promotion of International Peace & Understanding (1972), the Balzan Prize (1978), the Nobel Peace Prize (1979) and the Bharat Ratna (1980). 

Mother Teresa died at the age of 87, on 5 September 1997. The world salutes her for her love and compassion for humanity. She has taught us how to extend our hand towards those who need our love and support irrespective of creed, caste and religion. The picture of Mother Teresa, draped in a white and blue-bordered sari, with a wrinkled face, ever soft eyes and a saintly smile, lives on in our mind. [Unit-7, Lesson-5]

1. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1´10=10

a. What did Mother Teresa teach us?

i) She taught us crime

ii) She taught us humanity

iii) She taught us cruelty

iv) She taught us English

b. She got Nobel Prize for peace in ____.

i) 1971

ii) 1972

iii) 1978

iv) 1979

c. Teresa founded ____.

i) Nirmol Hriday

ii) Niramoy Centre

iii) Niribili Kendra

iv) Rest House

d. Mother Teresa use to wear ____.

i) sari

ii) shirt

iii) coat

iv) veil

e. Mother Teresa won the Nobel Prize for ____.

i) humanity

ii) charity

iii) peace

iv) rehabilitation

f. Mother Teresa showed ____  to the unloved and uncared for people.

i) great love

ii) little love

iii) hatred

iv) no sympathy

g. The streets of Kolkata are trodden by ____.

i) Mother Teresa

ii) her fellow sisters

iii) the dying people

iv) both i and ii

h. What does the phrase 'Missionaries of Charity' mean?

i) the donating preachers

ii) the preachers

iii) the donors

iv) all the answers are correct

i. Mother Teresa was recognized ____.

i) in our country only

ii) throughout the world

iii) in India only

iv) in Asian continent only

j. What were the uncared people given?

i) an environment of peaceful death 

ii) full medicine

iii) job opportunity

iv) an opportunity to get jobs

2. Answer the following questions. 2´6=12

a. Why do you think Mother Teresa won so many awards?

b. Why did Mother Teresa win the Nobel Prize?

c. Why do you think the home is named 'Nirmol Hriday'?

d. Why did Mother Teresa want the dying people to feel that they too deserve care and love?

e. What are the things we have learnt from Mother Teresa?

f. Why does the world salute her?

Mymensingh Board-2022

1. Choose the correct answer from the following alternatives: 1´5=5

a. ____ moved Mother Teresa. 

i) The condition of working people on the streets

ii) The condition of dying people in her home 

iii) The condition of ailing people on the streets

iv) The condition of sick people in the world 

b. Mother Teresa is a symbol of ____. 

i) love and beauty

ii) kindness and honesty

iii) love and kindness

iv) cruelty and jealousy 

c. The word 'divine' means ____. 

i) worldly

ii) social

iii) heavenly 

iv) personal

d. Mother Teresa smiled ____. 

i) falsely

ii) sacredly

iii) sinfully

iv) impiously

e. People all over the world have ____ the work of Mother Teresa. 

i) appreciated 

ii) ignored

iii) depreciated

iv) denied

2. Answer the following questions. 24=8

a. For what purpose did Mother Teresa establish 'Nirmal Hriday'?  

b. Why did Mother Teresa emphasize on family? 

c. What does Mother Teresa teach us?  

d. How did the Missionaries of Charity help the people who survived?  

Rajshahi Board-2020

(a) What did Teresa and her fellow nuns do?

i) gathered the dying people

ii) brought them to Nirmal Hriday

iii) looked after them

iv) all above

(b) She got Nobel Prize for peace in ____. 

i) 1971

ii) 1972

iii) 1978

iv) 1979

(c) Mother Teresa is a symbol of ____. 

i) love

ii) kindness

iii) jealousy

iv) love and kindness

(d) Nirmal Hriday is a home for ____. 

i) the sick

ii) drama

iii) the dying destitute 

iv) the artists

(e) She got the Balzan Prize in ____. 

i) 1975

ii) 1976

iii) 1977

iv) 1978

(f) Teresa founded ____. 

i) Nirmal Hriday

ii) Niramoy Centre

iii) Niribili Kendra

iv) Rest House

(g) Teresa served the ill-fated people with ____.

i) hatred

ii) no love

iii) human and divine love

iv) self-interest 

2. Answer the following questions: 2´5=10

(a) Why was Mother Teresa moved? 

(b) Why do you think Mother Teresa won so many awards?

(c) When did Mother Teresa receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

(d) Why does the world salute her?

(e) What did Mother Teresa say about commitment to family?