CBSE 2024 Hindi B Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Hindi (B) board paper from 2024, Q.P. code 4/5/2 (Series BD5AC/5, Set 2). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 18 compulsory questions in two sections. Khand A is multiple-choice and objective: 45 sub-questions, of which 40 answers are required. It opens with a passage on rivers and ponds in Indian culture. Khand B is descriptive, with internal choice, and includes Sanchayan: Harihar Kaka, Sapno ke-se din and Topi Shukla. Answers stay in the order of the two sections. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi B

Year

2024

Paper code

4/5/2

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

18

Pages

19

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand A — objective

  45 sub-questions. Answer 40 of them, following the instructions

• Khand B — descriptive

  Descriptive questions, with internal choice, including the supplementary reader

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: ponds and rivers
• Sanchayan: Harihar Kaka
• Sanchayan: Sapno ke-se din
• Sanchayan: Topi Shukla

Questions from this paper

1. The unseen passage says ponds depend for their existence on groundwater, a man-made well, the monsoon and nature, or rivers and springs. Which is correct?
2. Which of these is not a natural source of water: a river, a spring, a pond or a lake?
3. Harihar Kaka’s family called him a valueless thing after he returned the Thakurbari. What would the situation have been if they had given him the respect due to an elder?
4. In Sapno ke-se din, why did the writer not like school life? Say how you could make your own school life interesting.
5. From Topi Shukla, why might Topi Shukla have failed again and again? Add your own suggestion for changing the education system.