Hindi Language and Comprehension
Hindi Language and Comprehension tests grammar, vocabulary, sentence correction and passage comprehension. Questions are usually direct but trap candidates on sandhi, samas and idiom meaning.
Core areas
- संधि: स्वर, व्यंजन, विसर्ग. Example: अति + अधिक = अत्यधिक (यण संधि).
- समास: अव्ययीभाव, तत्पुरुष, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि, कर्मधारय, द्विगु. राजपुत्र is षष्ठी तत्पुरुष.
- उपसर्ग/प्रत्यय, विलोम, पर्यायवाची, अनेकार्थी, मुहावरे and पारिभाषिक शब्दावली.
- वाक्य-शुद्धि: लिंग, वचन, कारक, क्रिया and विशेषण agreement.
- Comprehension: main idea, inference, tone and author's purpose; do not import outside knowledge.
Worked example
Question: अत्यधिक में कौन-सी संधि है? Reasoning: अति + अधिक; इ + अ = य् + अ, so it is यण संधि. Answer: यण संधि.
Traps
Do not read मुहावरे literally. Do not label every compound as तत्पुरुष; check the dominant meaning. In वर्तनी questions, distinguish अंदर from अन्दर and शुद्ध from शुद्धि. In comprehension, the answer must be supported by the passage.