CBSE 2017 Hindi Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course A (पाठ्यक्रम अ) Summative Assessment-II paper from 2017, code 3/2 (Series HRK, Set 2). It carries 90 marks over three hours and has 16 compulsory questions in four sections. Khand Ka tests reading through two prose and two verse passages with multiple-choice questions; the first prose passage is about the Harappan site of Rakhigarhi. Khand Kha covers grammar: sentence types, voice, parsing and rasa. Khand Ga asks questions on the Kshitij and Kritika textbooks, including Tulsidas's Ram–Lakshman–Parshuram dialogue, Kanyadan, Sangatkar and Ek Kahani Yah Bhi. Khand Gha has an essay, a letter and a précis. Sample questions below are translated from Hindi, and the scan has a candidate's tick marks on the multiple-choice options.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi

Year

2017

Paper code

3/2

Maximum marks

90

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

16

Pages

13

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand Ka (Reading)

  20 marks

  Questions 1–4: two unseen prose passages and two unseen poems, five one-mark multiple-choice items each

• Khand Kha (Grammar)

  15 marks

  Questions 5–8: sentence transformation (3), voice (4), parsing (4) and rasa (4)

• Khand Ga (Textbooks)

  35 marks

  Questions 9–13: prose extract (5), five short prose answers (10), poetry extract (5), five short poetry answers (10) and a value-based question from Kritika (5)

• Khand Gha (Writing)

  20 marks

  Questions 14–16: essay of about 250 words on one of three topics (10), letter with choice (5) and précis with title (5)

Topics covered

• Unseen passages and poems
• Sentence types and voice
• Parsing (पद-परिचय) and rasa
• Ram–Lakshman–Parshuram Samvad
• Kanyadan
• Sangatkar
• Ek Kahani Yah Bhi
• Naubatkhane Mein Ibadat
• Sanskriti
• Stri Shiksha Ke Virodhi Kutarkon Ka Khandan
• Essay and letter writing

Questions from this paper

1. What did Mannu Bhandari say about her mother?
2. What does Bismillah Khan believe about God?
3. In the poem 'Kanyadan', why does the mother advise her daughter not to be pleased with her own face?
4. Comment on Parshuram's nature, giving two of his traits with examples from the poem.
5. 'We stand guard here so that you can sleep in peace.' Discuss this statement by a soldier in terms of life values.
6. Write an essay of about 250 words on 'Olympics and India', covering the Olympic Games, the performance of Indian athletes and steps for improvement.