JAC Class 12 Hindi Question Paper 2019 with Answer

About this paper

This is the Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) Class 12 Hindi (Elective) paper from the 2019 examination, with an answer written in Hindi under every question; the sample questions below are translated from Hindi. It has 14 questions with marks printed against each, adding up to 100. It opens with an unseen prose passage and an unseen poem, then an essay, a letter to the health officer about malaria or a leave application, and questions on news writing and report writing or an editorial. The literature questions cover Antra Bhag 2, including Agyeya's 'Yah Deep Akela', Vishnu Khare's 'Satya', Hazari Prasad Dwivedi's 'Kutaj' and Mamta Kalia's 'Doosra Devdas', followed by questions on the supplementary reader Antral.

Exam

JAC Class 12

Subject

Hindi

Year

2019

Questions

14

Pages

6

Answers included

Yes

Paper pattern

• Questions 1–2

  20 marks

  Unseen prose passage with five three-mark questions (15) and unseen poem with five one-mark questions (5)

• Questions 3–6

  25 marks

  Essay (10); letter or application (5); features of news writing or of a good report (5); features of a report or an editorial on communal polarisation (5)

• Questions 7–12

  40 marks

  Antra: poetry explanation (8); two poetry questions (3 × 2 = 6); poetic beauty of two extracts (3 × 2 = 6); prose explanation (8); two prose questions (3 × 2 = 6); literary introduction of Kedarnath Singh or Bhishm Sahni (6)

• Questions 13–14

  15 marks

  Antral: three short questions (3 × 3 = 9) and one longer answer with an 'or' option (6)

Topics covered

• Unseen passage and unseen poem
• Essay writing
• Formal letter and application
• News writing and report writing
• Editorial writing
• Yah Deep Akela (Agyeya)
• Banaras (Kedarnath Singh)
• Satya (Vishnu Khare)
• Kutaj (Hazari Prasad Dwivedi)
• Doosra Devdas (Mamta Kalia)
• Kedarnath Singh and Bhishm Sahni
• Antral: Surdas ki Jhopdi, Aarohan, Biskohar ki Maati, Apna Malwa

Questions from this paper

1. Write an essay on any one of these topics: My First Foreign Trip; The Role of Students in Nation-Building; My Favourite Poet; The Environment and Us.
2. Seeing the likelihood of malaria spreading in your area, write a letter to the district health officer.
3. Describe the features of ideal news writing.
4. On the basis of the progressive poem 'Yah Deep Akela', throw light on the existence and importance of the 'small man'.
5. Explain the significance of the title of the story 'Doosra Devdas'.
6. Why did Surdas want to keep his financial loss a secret?