ICSE 2019 Hindi Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the ICSE Class 10 Hindi Second Language paper, code T19 051, from the 2019 board examination. It is written in three hours after fifteen minutes of reading time, and the two sections add up to 80 marks. Section A is compulsory: a composition of about 250 words, one option based on a picture, a letter of about 120 words, an unseen passage about Raja Kanchan Dev, and grammar on antonyms, synonyms, abstract nouns, idioms and sentence transformation. Section B asks for four 10-mark extract questions from any two of Sahitya Sagar (stories and poems), Naya Raasta and Ekanki Sanchay, with at least one question from each book chosen. The sample questions below are translated from Hindi. This copy contains the questions only.

Exam

ICSE Class 10

Subject

Hindi

Year

2019

Paper code

T19 051

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours + 15 min reading

Questions

16

Pages

11

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Section A

  40 marks

  Compulsory. Composition of about 250 words (15 marks), letter of about 120 words (7), unseen passage with five questions of 2 marks, and grammar (8 marks)

• Section B

  40 marks

  Any four extract questions from two of Sahitya Sagar (stories and poems), Naya Raasta and Ekanki Sanchay; each question is 2+2+3+3 marks

Topics covered

• Hindi composition and picture writing
• Formal and informal letters
• Unseen comprehension
• Antonyms, synonyms and abstract nouns
• Idioms and sentence transformation
• Kaki by Siyaramsharan Gupt
• Do Kalakar by Mannu Bhandari
• Apna-Apna Bhagya by Jainendra Kumar
• Surdas, Dinkar and Sohanlal Dwivedi
• Naya Raasta by Sushma Agarwal
• Ekanki Sanchay one-act plays

Questions from this paper

1. Write a composition of about 250 words on a fair held in your school: its purpose, the preparations, and the help given by you, your friends and the teachers.
2. "If there are forests, there is a future." Explain this statement and write your views on the importance of forests.
3. Write a letter of about 120 words to the head of the municipal corporation suggesting a rainwater-harvesting scheme because of the growing water crisis.
4. Why was Raja Kanchan Dev worried, and what did he request the sadhu to do?
5. Write the antonyms of any two of these words: अपना, देव, नवीन, सम्मानित.
6. In the extract from Kaki by Siyaramsharan Gupt, for whom is the word "he" used, and why was he unhappy?