BSEB Matric SIL Bhojpuri study guide

Bhojpuri is one of the Secondary Indigenous Language (SIL) options in the Bihar School Examination Board's Matriculation examination, taken by Class 10 candidates in Bihar who choose it in place of, or alongside, other language papers. The paper tests a student's ability to read and understand Bhojpuri prose and verse, to recognise the grammar of the language, to use its vocabulary and idioms naturally, and to write connected Bhojpuri in letters, essays and short compositions. There is also a small cultural strand on folk literature, festivals, regional heritage and literary figures. Preparation is cumulative: build reading fluency first with passages and poems, then drill sandhi, samas, karak and verb forms, keep a notebook of idioms and proverbs with example sentences, and practise writing two or three compositions a week in Devanagari Bhojpuri rather than translating from Hindi. Topics on this exam: Reading comprehension (अपठित गद्यांश) – unseen prose passage, main idea, inference, vocabulary in context, Poetry comprehension (अपठित पद्यांश) – unseen verse, theme, sentiment, poetic devices, Prescribed prose (गद्य खंड) – Bhojpuri prose lessons, author, content, character, message, Prescribed poetry (पद्य खंड) – Bhojpuri poems, poet, central idea, ras, alankar, bhav, Grammar and language structure (व्याकरण) – sandhi, samas, karak, verb forms, upasarga, pratyaya, Vocabulary and idioms (शब्द भंडार एवं मुहावरे) – synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, proverbs, Composition and writing skills (रचना) – letter, essay, report, dialogue, précis writing in Bhojpuri, and Cultural and literary awareness – Bhojpuri folk literature, festivals, regional heritage, literary figures. The BSEB Matric SIL Bhojpuri study guide has 8 sections and about 1,974 words.