CBSE 2026 Hindi A Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Hindi (A) board paper from 2026, Q.P. code 3/4/2 (Series N4KLM, Set 2). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 15 compulsory questions in four sections. There is no overall choice, though some questions have an internal option. Khand Ka is unseen reading for 14 marks and opens with a poem addressed to a traveller. Khand Kha is applied grammar for 16 marks. Khand Ga is the textbook and supplementary reader for 30 marks, with questions on Kshitij and Kritika, including Netaji Ka Chashma. Khand Gha is creative writing. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi A

Year

2026

Paper code

3/4/2

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

15

Pages

16

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand Ka — unseen reading

  14 marks

  Two questions. The first is an unseen poem beginning “Path par chalna tujhe to muskurakar chal musafir”, for 7 marks

• Khand Kha — applied grammar

  16 marks

  Four questions, including sentence transformation: any four of five items

• Khand Ga — textbooks

  30 marks

  Five questions on the textbook and supplementary reader, including poetry and prose extracts

• Khand Gha — creative writing

  Four writing questions, including a notice or a Teachers’ Day message, and a paragraph of about 120 words

Topics covered

• Unseen poem and unseen passage
• Applied grammar and sentence transformation
• Kshitij: Surdas, Nirala and Suryakant Tripathi
• Kritika: Netaji Ka Chashma
• Notice, message and paragraph writing

Questions from this paper

1. Read the unseen poem that begins “Path par chalna tujhe to muskurakar chal musafir” and answer the questions based on it.
2. An unseen passage on ants asks which group of ants is held up as an ideal of human conduct. The options include cooperation, helplessness, maturity and discipline.
3. From Surdas’s pad, which belief of the gopis does “gur chaunti jyon paagi” express?
4. In Netaji Ka Chashma, by what name was the man who put the spectacles on Netaji’s statue known, and what was his occupation?
5. Draft an attractive notice of about 40 words for a Red Cross blood-donation camp, or write a Teachers’ Day greeting of about 40 words.