Obtaining, Processing and Using Information
What this domain asks of you
You must locate specific details in a Hindi text or spoken passage, distinguish main ideas from supporting detail, and then reuse that information in a new form - a summary, a message, a table, or a short report.
Concepts you must command
- Skimming vs scanning: skim for gist (title, first sentence, conclusion), scan for names, numbers, dates, places.
- Question words as anchors: कौन, क्या, कब, कहाँ, क्यों, कैसे, कितना. Each signals the type of answer required.
- Cause and effect connectors: क्योंकि, इसलिए, इस कारण, परिणामस्वरूप, जिससे.
- Contrast connectors: लेकिन, परंतु, जबकि, फिर भी, हालाँकि - these usually mark the point examiners want.
- Numbers and dates in Hindi: दो हज़ार तेईस (2023), पंद्रह अगस्त, सवा तीन बजे (3:15), साढ़े चार (4:30), पौने नौ (8:45).
- Note-making: reduce sentences to noun phrases; do not copy whole clauses.
Traps in questions
- Distractor numbers - a passage may mention several figures; only one answers the question. Read the question first.
- Time expressions: बजे vs बजने में (at vs in). सवा, साढ़े, पौने are frequently mistranslated.
- Negation inside the text: नहीं, मत, कभी नहीं reverse meaning; a careless skim inverts the answer.
- Over-copying - full-sentence lifting where a note is asked for loses marks.
- Hindi word order - the verb sits at the end; do not stop reading mid-clause.
Worked example
Text line: स्कूल सुबह साढ़े सात बजे शुरू होता है, लेकिन गर्मियों में सुबह सात बजे से ही कक्षाएँ चलती हैं। Question: गर्मियों में स्कूल कितने बजे शुरू होता है? Answer: सुबह सात बजे। - Note that साढ़े सात (7:30) belongs to the general case; the question asks specifically about गर्मियों.
Rule of thumb: underline the question word, then hunt only for that category of information.