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HPSC 2017 — Hindi Language Questions with Answers

All 9 Hindi Language previous-year questions from HPSC 2017, each with the correct answer and a full explanation. Practise them as a free, timed mock test with instant scoring.

1. Q1.Translation

   Translate the following English passage into Hindi. The passage discusses how great science, literature and art belong to no exclusive class or rank, citing examples of God's greatest apostles who rose from the humblest origins.

2. Q2.Letter Writing (patra-lekhan)

   Write an official letter to the Health Officer of your city's municipal committee protesting against the shortage / impurity of drinking water in your locality.

3. Q3.Letter Writing (patra-lekhan)

   Write a complaint letter to the Superintendent of Police, Haryana, reporting the theft of cash and valuables from your house in your absence.

4. Q4.Comprehension & Explanation (vyakhya)

   (a) Explain the given prose passage in simple Hindi (with an alternative passage on Indian culture and its multiplicity of languages/communities). (b) Explain the given Hindi verse(s) in simple Hindi (a doha on the blind guru and blind disciple, with an alternative poem on nature's eternal newness/change). [5 + 5 marks]

5. Q5.Vyakaran (Grammar)

   Write the antonyms (vilom) of the following words: (i) अज्ञ (ii) क्षर (iii) तृष्णा (iv) इति (v) ऋजु (vi) प्राची (vii) निवृत्त (viii) पल्लवन (ix) धीरोद्दात्त (x) संकल्प.

6. Q6.Vyakaran (Grammar)

   Correct the spelling of the following words: (i) अभिग्य (ii) इक्षा (iii) अन्ताक्षरी (iv) उच्छिष्ट (v) अनुग्रहीत (vi) गरिष्ट (vii) दन्तोष्ट्य (viii) प्रामाणित (ix) यक्षणी (x) मैथलीशरण.

7. Q7.Vyakaran (Grammar)

   Use the words in each of the following pairs in your own sentences so that the mutual difference between them is made clear: (i) अभेद - अभेद्य (ii) अजर - अजिर (iii) उपल - उत्पल (iv) मात्र - मातृ (v) रिक्थ - रिक्त.

8. Q8.Idioms & Proverbs (muhavare/kahavaten)

   Write the meaning of the following proverbs/idioms and use them in sentences: (i) अपनी खिचड़ी अलग पकाना (ii) उँगली पकड़कर पहुँचा पकड़ना (iii) ऊँची दुकान, फीके पकवान (iv) खग जाने खग ही की भाषा (v) ओछे की प्रीति, बालू की भीति.

9. Q9.Vyakaran (Grammar)

   (a) Write one word for each of the following phrases: (i) student living near/with the guru (ii) one without any blemish (iii) one who has no knowledge of letters (iv) one who finds fault with others (v) one who leaves his motherland and lives abroad. [2.5 marks] (b) Do the sandhi-vichhed (splitting) of: (i) परीक्षण (ii) गंगोर्मि (iii) प्रत्यर्पण (iv) मध्वाचार्य (v) वनौषधि. [2.5 marks]