Prabodh (CHD Hindi) study guide
Prabodh (CHD Hindi) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Prabodh is the first of the three-tier Hindi proficiency ladder (Prabodh, Praveen, Pragya) used in India for official-language work, and the CHD (Commission for Home Department) variant is the version taken by candidates in states that administer their own Hindi examinations for government service. It is meant for people who already read and write everyday Hindi but need to prove they can use it accurately in an office: drafting, translating, summarising and understanding formal prose. The Prabodh (CHD Hindi) study guide has 8 sections and about 3,303 words.
01Hindi Grammar and Sentence Structure (व्याकरण एवं वाक्य-संरचना)
The domain व्याकरण एवं वाक्य-संरचना in Prabodh (CHD Hindi) tests applied control, not recited definitions: can you assign the right लिंग and वचन, choose the correct कारक चिह्न, and make the verb agree under time pressure? Almost every mark lost here is a lost ending, so treat each rule as a transformation you must perform and then verify.
430 words, about 2 min02Vocabulary and Word Usage (शब्द-भंडार एवं शब्द-प्रयोग)
The शब्द-भंडार एवं शब्द-प्रयोग domain checks whether your Hindi lexicon is precise, not merely large. Prabodh-level items ask for पर्यायवाची, विलोम, अनेकार्थी शब्द, अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द, उपसर्ग-प्रत्यय, and शब्द-शुद्धि, and the wrong options are usually near-synonyms that fit the sentence but not the meaning.
390 words, about 2 min03Reading Comprehension - Unseen Passage (अपठित गद्यांश)
The अपठित गद्यांश section gives you a short prose passage you have never seen and asks for शीर्षक, मुख्य भाव, वाक्यांश का अर्थ, कारण-आधारित प्रश्न, and sometimes विलोम or पर्यायवाची drawn from the text. It rewards disciplined reading, not speed: every answer must be anchored to a line in the passage.
402 words, about 2 min04Translation: English to Hindi (अंग्रेज़ी से हिंदी अनुवाद)
The English-to-Hindi translation item tests भावानुवाद - carrying meaning across - rather than शब्दानुवाद, word-for-word substitution. Marks come from correct word order, tense mapping, gender and number agreement, and the right register (formal prose, not conversational).
426 words, about 2 min05Translation: Hindi to English (हिंदी से अंग्रेज़ी अनुवाद)
Hindi-to-English translation in Prabodh is judged on grammatical English, not on how many Hindi words you can mirror. The examiner looks for correct tense, articles, prepositions, subject-verb agreement, and natural idiom; a sentence that is accurate but ungrammatical loses more marks than one that is slightly freer but clean.
426 words, about 2 min06Precis Writing and Paragraph Writing (सारांश एवं अनुच्छेद लेखन)
This domain combines two composition tasks with strict formats: सारांश (precis) of a given passage and an अनुच्छेद (paragraph) on a set topic. Both are marked for content fidelity, structure, and language, and both punish padding.
415 words, about 2 min07Official/Administrative Terminology and Correspondence (कार्यालयी पत्राचार एवं पारिभाषिक शब्दावली)
The कार्यालयी हिंदी domain tests two linked skills: knowing the approved administrative term and producing a correctly formatted official letter. Questions ask you to match terms (अधिसूचना, परिपत्र, अनुस्मारक, प्रतिवेदन, निविदा, संलग्नक), to convert English officialese into Hindi, or to complete or draft an application.
403 words, about 2 min08Functional Hindi and Idioms/Phrases (प्रयोजनमूलक हिंदी, मुहावरे एवं लोकोक्तियाँ)
प्रयोजनमूलक हिंदी covers language used for a purpose - administrative, scientific, journalistic - while the मुहावरे/लोकोक्तियाँ component tests whether you can use fixed expressions correctly in a sentence. Both parts reward register awareness: an idiom belongs in expressive prose, not in a government circular, and a technical term must be the accepted one, not a home-made coinage.
411 words, about 2 min