ICSE 2017 Hindi Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the ICSE Class 10 Hindi (Second Language) paper, code T17 051, for the 2017 board examination. It allows three hours for writing after 15 minutes of reading, split into two sections of 40 marks. Section A is compulsory: a composition of about 250 words, with one topic based on a photograph of women and children at work, a letter of about 120 words, an unseen passage and grammar. Section B asks for any four questions, at least one from each of the two books studied. The prescribed books named on the paper are Sahitya Sagar (short stories and poems), the novel Naya Rasta by Sushma Agarwal, and Ekanki Sanchay. The questions below are translated from Hindi. This copy does not include answers.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi

Year

2017

Paper code

T17 051

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

15

Pages

10

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  40 marks

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

• Section B

  40 marks

  Questions 5–15 on Sahitya Sagar, Naya Rasta and Ekanki Sanchay, ten marks each; any four, with at least one from each of the two books studied

Topics covered

• Hindi essay and picture composition
• Letter writing
• Unseen comprehension
• Grammar
• Baat Athanni Ki (Sudarshan)
• Netaji ka Chasma (Swayam Prakash)
• Bhed aur Bhediye (Harishankar Parsai)
• Megh Aaye (Sarveshwar Dayal Saxena)
• Sakhi (Kabir)
• Matri Mandir ki Or (Subhadra Kumari Chauhan)
• Naya Rasta (Sushma Agarwal)
• Ekanki Sanchay

Questions from this paper

1. Write a composition of about 250 words on a book you have recently enjoyed: why you liked it, and what you learned from it.
2. Write a letter of about 120 words to the health officer asking for a better equipped government hospital, because the only ordinary hospital in your area is causing trouble to the public.
3. In Baat Athanni Ki, who was trapped, and what crime had he committed?
4. In Netaji ka Chasma, whose statue was it, and where had it been installed?
5. In Kabir’s Sakhi, what is the meaning of ‘sankari’, and which two things does the poet say cannot stay together?
6. In Bahu ki Vida, what does ‘marham’ mean, and what is meant by applying balm here?