ICSE 2015 Hindi Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the ICSE Class 10 Hindi (Second Language) paper, code T15 051, for the 2015 board examination. Three hours are allowed for writing after 15 minutes of reading, and the two sections carry 40 marks each. Section A is compulsory: a composition of about 250 words, a letter of about 120 words, an unseen passage about a king and his four sons, and grammar on adjectives, synonyms, antonyms, abstract nouns, idioms and sentence transformation. In Section B any four questions are to be attempted, with at least one from each of the two books studied. The extracts come from Gadya Sankalan, Chandragupt Vikramaditya by Prakash Nagayach, Ekanki Suman and Kavya Chandrika. The questions below are translated from Hindi. This copy has no answers.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi

Year

2015

Paper code

T15 051

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

11

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  40 marks

  Questions 1–4, all compulsory: composition (15), letter (7), unseen passage (10) and grammar (8)

• Section B

  40 marks

  Questions 5–15 on Gadya Sankalan, Chandragupt Vikramaditya, Ekanki Suman and Kavya Chandrika, ten marks each; any four, with at least one from each of the two books studied

Topics covered

• Hindi essay writing
• Letter writing
• Unseen comprehension
• Grammar: adjectives, synonyms, antonyms and idioms
• Akeli (Mannu Bhandari)
• Shram ki Pratishtha (Vinoba Bhave)
• Mamta (Jaishankar Prasad)
• Chandragupt Vikramaditya
• Ekanki Suman
• Naveen Kalpana Karo (Gopal Singh Nepali)
• Ram-Sugriv Maitri (Tulsidas)

Questions from this paper

1. On the statement ‘A trustworthy friend is an ornament of life’, explain the importance of friends, how they affect a person’s life, and which qualities you would look for in a friend.
2. Write a letter of about 120 words to the Police Commissioner of your city about antisocial elements whose mischief has made life difficult for the residents of your colony.
3. In the unseen passage, why did the king call the farmer the most righteous person of all, and what lesson does the passage give?
4. In Akeli, why had Soma Bua gone to Kishorilal’s house without an invitation, what did she do there, and what reason did she give?
5. What is the connection of ‘green gardens’ and ‘a burdened earth’ with the present condition of mankind in Gopal Singh Nepali’s Naveen Kalpana Karo?
6. On which mountain was Sugriva living, with whom and why, in the extract from Tulsidas’s Ram-Sugriv Maitri?