BSEB Matric SIL Arabic case studies
BSEB Matric SIL Arabic · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The BSEB Matric Arabic paper is the optional/additional-language Arabic examination taken alongside the Bihar School Examination Board's Class 10 (Matric) certificate. Candidates usually take it as an extra language subject to add a paper to their Matric result - often students from madrasa-background families, Urdu-medium learners, or anyone who studied Arabic as an additional subject at school. The BSEB Matric SIL Arabic case studies are 5 cases and about 2,128 words.
1Prose judgement: naming the qadi's quality from evidence
Your revision group is working on the prescribed prose passage about a village qadi who settles a dispute between a baker and a traveller over a loaf of bread. The passage runs to about 260 words.
490 words, about 2 min2Poetry judgement: literal dove or metaphor of hope
Your class is revising a four-line prescribed nazm. The opening lines are: 'أَيَا حَمَامَةَ الْوَادِي، غَنِّي وَلَا تَحْزَنِي / فَالصُّبْحُ آتٍ وَلَوْ طَالَ الظَّلَامُ / إِنَّ الْقُيُودَ الَّتِي فِي الْقَلْبِ سَوْفَ تَلِينُ / وَالنُّورُ يَبْزُغُ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْغَمَامِ.' The exam will ask for the central idea and one poetic device.
442 words, about 2 min3Grammar judgement: teacher marks three, only two are wrong
In a 5-mark grammar drill, a student writes five sentences: 1. The teacher marks 1, 2 and 5 wrong and writes 'correct the agreement' beside each.
376 words, about 2 min4Translation judgement: dictionary sense versus context
An unseen 70-word passage in the board paper tells of a farmer who finds a purse. The key sentence is: 'وَجَدَ فَلَّاحٌ أَمِينٌ كِيسًا فِيهِ دَرَاهِمُ، فَرَدَّهُ إِلَى صَاحِبِهِ.' A student translates into Urdu as: 'ایک وفادار افسر نے ایک تھیلا پایا جس میں درہم تھے، تو اس نے اسے اپنے دوست کو واپس کر دیا.' The teacher circles 'افسر' (officer) and 'دوست' (friend).
399 words, about 2 min5Composition judgement: letter format versus memorised essay
The composition section offers two choices. You choose the letter: 'Write a letter in Arabic to your friend Salim inviting him to spend the Eid holidays in your village.' The rubric gives 10 marks: format 2, three content points 3, vocabulary from prescribed lessons 2, grammar 2, closing 1.
421 words, about 2 min