HSC Hindi Continuers study materials
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HSC Hindi Continuers: Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing: Habits, Nutrition and Mental Health

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Lifestyle, Health and Wellbeing: Habits, Nutrition and Mental Health

Core concepts

Expect texts on daily routine (दिनचर्या), diet (संतुलित भोजन, पौष्टिक आहार), exercise (व्यायाम, योग), sleep (नींद), and mental wellbeing (मानसिक स्वास्थ्य, तनाव, चिंता). Learn vocabulary for illness and prevention: बीमारी, लक्षण, इलाज, टीकाकरण, स्वच्छता. You must also handle advice language: चाहिए, आवश्यक है, से बचना चाहिए, नियमित करें. Traditional practices such as योग and आयुर्वेद often appear alongside modern medicine, and questions may ask you to compare them.

Traps in questions

A frequent trap is the modal verb. करना चाहिए (should do) is not the same as करना पड़ता है (have to do); a question about obligation needs the latter. Another trap is confusing symptom with cause: बुखार is a symptom, संक्रमण may be the cause. In advice-writing tasks, students lose marks for informal imperatives such as खाओ; use आपको खाना चाहिए or नियमित व्यायाम करें. Also watch for questions asking about change in lifestyle - answer with before/after contrast (पहले… अब…).

Worked example

Question: "स्वस्थ जीवन के लिए तीन सुझाव दीजिए।" Model answer: (1) संतुलित भोजन करें - ताज़े फल, सब्ज़ियाँ और दालें; (2) प्रतिदिन तीस मिनट व्यायाम या योग करें; (3) पर्याप्त नींद लें और मोबाइल का उपयोग सीमित करें। Close with a linking sentence: इन आदतों से न केवल शरीर स्वस्थ रहता है बल्कि मन भी प्रसन्न रहता है।

Rule of thumb: in advice answers, use formal imperative or चाहिए forms and give a reason for each suggestion.