উচ্চমাধ্যমিক HS 4th Semester English Question Paper 2026 ইংরেজী পরীক্ষার প্রশ্নপত্র ডাউনলোড। পশ্চিমবঙ্গ উচ্চমাধ্যমিক ইংরেজী পরীক্ষার সমস্ত রকম প্রশ্নপত্র উত্তরসহ।
WBCHSE HS 4th Semester English Question Paper 2026
ENGLISH-B
SEMESTER-IV (New System)
[Total Time: 2 Hours ]
[Total Marks: 40]
Special credit will be given for answers which are brief and to the point. Marks will be deducted for spelling mistakes, untidiness and bad handwriting, Figures in the margin indicate full marks for the questions. 2
INSTRUCTIONS
- This Question Booklet consists of 8 pages.
- Attempt the questions as per the instructions given therein.
- only in the Ma Write the answers only in the Main Answer Script, nowhere else
This Question Booklet is sealed by Reverse Jacket. The candidate has to cut the jacket to open the booklet shown on the opening side of the Question Booklet. Candidate may use scale to cut open the jacket.
Section-B
[for 2 marks questions] 5×2=10
1. Answer any two questions out of four questions:
- A) Why couldn’t Alice go through the little door even though she had the key ?
- B) What did Alice find on the table on the second occasion ?
- C) What did the Tsar decide to do when he disagreed with the learned men ?
- D) Why did the wounded man want to kill the king ?
2. Answer any two stions out of four questions:
- A) What is the fight’ of the hawk and why are ‘no arguments’ needed for it?
- B) What does the phrase yellow leaves’ symbolize in William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 (LXXIII) ?
- C) What is the stanzaic division and the rhyme scheme of Sonnet 73?
- D) What, according to Carl Dennis, will happen to the Plain States ?
3. Answer any one question out of two questions:
- A) Sima wrote a Stter. It contained the truth. He praised Sima for it. (Join into complex sentence)
- B) Hearing the noise, Arjun got startled. (Split into two simple sentences)
Section-B
[for 3 marks questions] 1x 3=3
4. Answer any one question out of two questions:
- A) The teacher said to her, “Why didn’t you attend the class yesterday?” (Change into indirect speech)
- B) Yesterday, I went to _____________ market near my house. I bought ____________ appland a loaf of bread. On my way back, I saw cat sitting ___________ the wall, looking very curious. (Fill in the blanks with articles and prepositions)
Section-C
[for 5 marks questions] 1×5=5
5. Answer any one question out of two questions:
- A) Discuss the role of the ‘sea in J. M. Synge’s one-act play Riders to the Sea.
- B) Analyse J. M. Synge’s Riders to the Sea as a one-act play.
Section-D
[for 6 marks questions] 2 x 6 = 12
6. Answer any one question out of two questions:
- A) Describe Alice’s experiences of falling down the rabbit hole in Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland – Down the Rabbit Hole. What thoughts and feelings does she have during the fall? 3+3
- B) What were the three questions in Leo Tolstoy’s short story with the sang title ? What were their answers? 2+4
7. Answer.any one question out of three questions:
- A) Bring out the elements of violence and brutality in ‘Hawk Roosting’.
- B) How does the image of autumn reflect the speaker’s awareness of his mortality in William Shakespeare’s How do the Sonnet 73? How do the images of autumn get compared to those of ‘fire’ and ‘twilight’ in portraying the passage of life ? 3+3
- C) Discuss the ecological concerns expressed in Carl Dennis’ The Greenhouse Effect’.
Section-E
[for 10 marks questions] 1×10=10
8. Answer any one question out of two questions:
A) Write an essay (in about 150 words) on any one of the following topics: 10
i) Impact of Social Media on the Youth
What is social media how it affects mental health _______ connectivity and socialization _____ self-expression and creativity _____ information and education ______ social awareness ______ addiction and distraction.
OR,
ii) Importance of Vocational Education Meaning of Vocational Education its importance in the context of present educational systemi the scope it provides to employment – governmental encouragement.
B)
i) Draft an e-mail, in about 75 words, requesting your school authority to register your new address and new contact details (mobile number and e-mail Id) in the school records. 5
Inform whyour address has changed and why new contact details are necessary give the new address and contact contact details.
OR,
Draft an email, in about 75 words, to a guest speaker, inviting him/her to speak at the Annual Programme of your school.
Details of the Annual Programme (date, time and tentative programme schedule) want him to Jalk about honorarium, what do you about duration of the talk if any.
ii) Write a blog in about 75 words, on any one of the following topics: 5
Increasing Pollution in your locality.
OR,
Women Empowerment Sports and Games in India.