CBSE 2025 Hindi B Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Hindi (B) board paper from 2025, Q.P. code 4/2/2 (Series 2EHFG, Set 2). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 16 compulsory questions in four sections. Khand Ka is unseen reading and opens with a passage on the drinking-water crisis. Khand Kha is applied grammar, with internal choice. Khand Ga is based on the textbooks Sparsh and Sanchayan, including Kabir, Mirabai, Harihar Kaka and Topi Shukla. Khand Gha is creative writing, also with internal choice. Answers are to be written in the order of the sections. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi B

Year

2025

Paper code

4/2/2

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

16

Pages

11

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand Ka — unseen reading

  Unseen passages. The first is on the drinking-water crisis and carries 7 marks

• Khand Kha — applied grammar

  Grammar questions, with internal choice

• Khand Ga — textbooks

  Questions on Sparsh and Sanchayan, including poetry and the supplementary reader

• Khand Gha — creative writing

  Writing questions, with internal choice

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: drinking water
• Applied grammar
• Sparsh: Kabir, Pant and Mirabai
• Sanchayan: Harihar Kaka, Sapno ke-se din and Topi Shukla

Questions from this paper

1. The unseen passage says the drinking-water problem is becoming serious because traditional water sources are drying up, the water table is falling and population is rising. Which of the given reasons is not stated?
2. A statement-and-result item says more groundwater is being drawn out through various means, and the result is that the water table is falling day by day. Decide whether the statement and the result are true.
3. Using Kabir’s sakhi, prove that change or reform in society should begin at home.
4. From Mirabai’s pad, explain why she is ready to become a servant in order to obtain the desired one.
5. From Topi Shukla, give a reasoned answer on how the family reacts when a small child calls the topi-wearer “ammi”.