Composition: पत्र, निबंध and अनुच्छेद
This domain tests controlled writing in a fixed format. Three tasks dominate: the formal or informal पत्र, the निबंध, and the अनुच्छेद. Marks come from format, content relevance, correct Hindi and a clean closing - not from length or decoration.
Formats to reproduce exactly
- औपचारिक पत्र: प्रेषक का पता → दिनांक → प्राप्तकर्ता का पता → विषय → महोदय/महोदया → body → धन्यवाद → हस्ताक्षर and नाम.
- अनौपचारिक पत्र: पता → दिनांक → प्रिय/स्नेही + नाम → body → आशीर्वाद/शुभकामनाएँ → नाम.
- निबंध: भूमिका (definition or a striking statement), विस्तार in two or three paragraphs, उपसंहार that returns to the title.
- अनुच्छेद: one theme only, no heading, no bullet points.
- Address elders with आप and its forms; keep तू out of all written work.
Worked example
Write the opening of a formal letter about irregular water supply. Model: 'सेवा में, महोदय, विषय: मोहल्ले में अनियमित जलापूर्ति के संबंध में। मैं आपका ध्यान इस ओर आकर्षित करना चाहता हूँ कि ...' Reasoning: 'सेवा में' and 'महोदय' fix the register, the विषय line names the topic in a single noun phrase, and 'ध्यान आकर्षित करना चाहता हूँ' is the standard opening formula for a complaint. The request and the धन्यवाद belong in the closing paragraph.
Traps that cost marks
- Omitting the विषय line or the दिनांक in a formal letter.
- Writing an essay as a string of bullet points or one long unbroken paragraph.
- Putting an informal opener such as 'हाय' or 'कैसे हो' into a formal letter.
- Ending the निबंध without an उपसंहार.
- Drifting off the given topic in the middle paragraphs, which costs content marks even when the Hindi is correct.