Civil Services Examination Paper ‘A’ is the first compulsory paper and it is an Indian / regional language question paper. It is a compulsory question paper for all the candidates except the candidates from North East states of Mizoram, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland. Candidates from the rest of the regions can take any language under the 8th schedule of the constitution. On average 65% of the candidates chose Hindi as an Indian language paper, although Hindi is used as the mother tongue of only 42% of people in India. In this article, we will give you some tips to succeed in UPSC Main Exam in Hindi language paper.
Why should not this compulsory language paper be ignored?
Even if language papers are qualifying in nature and neither the marks obtained in them will go for final ranking, it would be foolish to ignore their preparation. According to official information, in the year 2010, about 10% of the candidates failed because they did not even secure the required minimum marks in the language paper. In this scenario, the candidates will not be able to know about the performance of General Studies papers, as their GS papers will not be evaluated until they pass the compulsory papers. Therefore, candidates should fix a certain required time period to clear GS paper. Best JustDubs Alternatives for Free
Note: Minimum marks required for compulsory language paper: 30% (90/300 marks).
Study material for Hindi language question paper
- General hindi book
- UPSC Question Paper of last 10 years
It should be noted that you do not have to study Hindi literature, but only the basics of the language as it is a Hindi language test.
For English medium candidates, there is no need to read Hindi newspapers.
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Useful point to remember: This letter should be written only in Devanagari script except for translation from Hindi to English, which you must write in Latin script (English language script).
Questions asked in Hindi language paper:
- Essay: Part of total 100 marks in which 2 essays have to be written and 50 marks will be set for each essay (no choice in essay topics).
- Passage: It has 12 passages of 5?5 digits each with a sum of 60 digits.
- Summarization (Precise Writing): Here you have to summarize a piece of prose, for 60 marks.
- Translation: English to Hindi (20 marks) and Hindi to English (20 marks) Total 40 marks.
- Idioms (10 marks), Sentence purification (10 marks), Synonyms (10 marks), Pair – Total 40 marks.
Tips for writing in Hindi language question paper
- Before the exam, practice writing in Devanagari script (especially if you are not a Hindi medium background or a Hindi medium candidate).
- Prepare a good vocabulary of Hindi words and keep note of words and their usage during preparation.
- For essay questions read and write about 20 essays from a good essay book. Before the exam, practice around 5 essays.
- The Proverbs and Grammar sections are generally easy and you can get maximum marks here because they are objective type questions.
- And try the pr?cis writing questions because it takes more time to answer these questions.
