HSC English 1st paper ।Barisal Board 2025 । Questions with Answer

HSC English 1st paper ।Barisal Board 2025 । Questions with Answer

Read the passage and answer the questions A

Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have dreams been subjected to empirical research and scientific study. Chances are that you've often found yourself puzzling over the content of a dream, or perhaps you've wondered why you dream at all.

First, let's start by answering a basic question: What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening images; focused and understandable or unclear and confusing.

Why do we dream? What purpose do dreams serve? While many theories have been proposed about the reason and function of dreams, no consensus has emerged. Considering the time we spend in a dreaming state, the fact that researchers do not yet understand the purpose of dreams may seem baffling. However, it is important to consider that science is still unravelling the exact purpose and function of sleep itself. Some researchers suggest that dreams serve no real purpose, while others believe that dreaming is essential to mental, emotional and physical well-being.

Next, let's learn more about some of the most prominent dream theories. Consistent with the psychoanalytic perspective, Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a representation of subconscious desires, thoughts and motivations. According to Freud, people are driven by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from conscious awareness. While these thoughts are not consciously expressed, they find their way into our awareness via dreams. In his famous book 'The Interpretation of Dreams' (1899), Freud wrote that dreams are "... disguised fulfillments of repressed wishes."

A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives:

1 .'The Interpretation of Dreams' is a ___
biological book
theoretical book
detective book
gothic book
2 .Dreams can be-
understable
puzzling
vivid
all the three
3 .What does 'baffling' mean?
clear
transparent
confusing
surprising
4 .The word 'cognitive' is related to –
feeling
watching
mental process
activity
5 .According to Sigmund Freud, -
dreams are a representation of conscious desires
our unexpressed thoughts find their ways through dream
dreams are undisguised fulfillment of repressed wishes
all the above
6 .What does 'clutter' mean?
clear
order
tidiness
mess
7 .What does the word 'disguised' mean in the passage?
hidden
real
genuine
fake
8 .'Puzzling over the content of a dream' - what does it imply?
thinking deeply about the subject of dream
thinking deeply about the condition of dream
thinking deeply about the satisfaction of dream
thinking lightly about the subject of dream
9 .Sigmund Freud was a –
physicist
neurotic
psychologist
palmist
10 .We may often find ourselves ______ during dream.
perplexed
sorry
sad
sadness