CBSE 2018 Hindi A Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Hindi Course A (पाठ्यक्रम अ) board paper from 2018, code 3/1 (Series TYM, Set 1). It carries 80 marks over three hours, with 15 minutes of reading time, and has 14 compulsory questions in four sections. Khand Ka has an unseen prose passage on Mahatma Gandhi's idea of non-cooperation with evil and an unseen poem about a father's love. Khand Kha covers grammar: sentence types, voice, parsing and rasa. Khand Ga is based on the Kshitij and Kritika textbooks, with extracts from Netaji Ka Chashma and a Surdas pad, and a value-based question. Khand Gha has an essay, a letter and an advertisement. Sample questions below are translated from Hindi. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi A

Year

2018

Paper code

3/1

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

14

Pages

7

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand Ka (Unseen passages)

  15 marks

  Question 1: prose passage on Gandhi's thoughts (8); Question 2: unseen poem (7)

• Khand Kha (Grammar)

  15 marks

  Questions 3–6: sentence types (3), voice (4), parsing (4) and rasa (4)

• Khand Ga (Textbooks)

  30 marks

  Questions 7–11: Netaji Ka Chashma extract (5), four prose short answers (8), Surdas extract (5), four poetry short answers (8) and a 150-word value-based answer from Kritika with choice (4)

• Khand Gha (Writing)

  20 marks

  Questions 12–14: essay of 200–250 words on one of three topics (10), letter with choice (5) and advertisement of about 50 words with choice (5)

Topics covered

• Unseen passage and poem
• Sentence types and voice
• Parsing (पद-परिचय) and rasa
• Netaji Ka Chashma
• Balgobin Bhagat
• Surdas Ke Pad
• Atmakathya
• Utsah
• Kanyadan
• Ehi Thaiyan Jhulni Herani Ho Rama
• Main Kyon Likhta Hoon
• Essay, letter and advertisement writing

Questions from this paper

1. How does Gandhiji want to reform those who do evil?
2. Which social customs are attacked in the lesson 'Balgobin Bhagat'?
3. Who has been called 'Haril ki lakri' (the Haril bird's twig), and why?
4. Which experiences of Jaishankar Prasad's life stop him from writing his autobiography?
5. On the basis of 'Main Kyon Likhta Hoon', explain which human values are harmed by the misuse of science, and what we can do about it.
6. Write an essay of 200–250 words on 'Metropolitan Life', covering the blind race for development, weakening relationships and show-off.