General Hindi
What this domain tests
General Hindi in Allahabad High Court Group C tests applied Hindi grammar rather than literary history alone. Expect संधि, समास, उपसर्ग and प्रत्यय, तत्सम–तद्भव, पर्यायवाची, विलोम, अनेकार्थी शब्द, मुहावरे and लोकोक्तियाँ, वाक्यांश के लिए एक शब्द, वाक्य शुद्धि, रिक्त स्थान, अपठित गद्यांश, and official letter or application writing. Since the paper is bilingual, read Hindi instructions carefully and answer in the language demanded.
Core rules and concepts
- संधि: join two sounds and apply the vowel rule; identify the type after splitting the word.
- समास: name the relation between the पद; राजपुत्र = राजा का पुत्र (तत्पुरुष), not a literal compound.
- उपसर्ग precedes the root (अनु + शासन = अनुशासन); प्रत्यय follows it (लड़क + पन = लड़कपन).
- मुहावरे are idiomatic: नौ दो ग्यारह होना = भाग जाना, not becoming nine and eleven.
- In अपठित गद्यांश, answer from the passage; do not import outside facts.
Worked example
Question: विद्या + आलय की संधि क्या है? Reasoning: The final आ of विद्या and the initial आ of आलय combine. आ + आ becomes दीर्घ आ, so the joined form is विद्यालय. This is दीर्घ संधि. If the answer kept two separate आ sounds, the sandhi rule would be wrong. Answer: विद्यालय.
Traps that cost marks
Do not treat तद्भव words as तत्सम: अग्नि is तत्सम, आग is तद्भव. In वाक्य शुद्धि, check लिंग, वचन, कारक, and क्रिया agreement. Do not choose a मुहावरा by its literal words. For उपसर्ग and प्रत्यय, locate the root first; otherwise the same letters can be misclassified.