Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) study guide
Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
Karnataka II PUC Urdu is the second-year pre-university course in Urdu offered under the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB), usually taken in the second year of the two-year pre-university programme. It is chosen by students who want a full literature-based language subject alongside their science, commerce or arts combinations, and it also serves candidates appearing privately or repeating the subject. The Karnataka II PUC Urdu (KSEAB) study guide has 9 sections and about 2,865 words.
01Prose (Nasr): Reading the Prescribed Lessons
The prose section of the Karnataka II PUC Urdu paper examines the prescribed lessons: didactic essays (mazmoon), character sketches (khaka), short stories (afsana) and biographical writing. Expect four question types: factual (who, where, when), explanatory (why a character acted so), tashreeh of a printed passage, and author-and-theme questions that carry a literary-judgement mark.
348 words, about 2 min02Poetry (Nazm): Theme, Form and Appreciation
A nazm is a poem built on one sustained theme, written in a single behr (metre), with no radif or qafiya binding every line. The paper asks you to identify the poet, state the markazi khayal, explain chosen lines (tashreeh), and comment on imagery and tone.
315 words, about 2 min03Ghazal: Structure and Poetic Devices
Ghazal questions test command of the form's technical vocabulary and the ability to analyse a sher rather than translate it. You must recognise matla, maqta, radif, qafiya and behr, and name the sanaat at work.
350 words, about 2 min04Supplementary Reader (Non-detailed Text)
The supplementary reader is a longer continuous prose text, usually a short novel, a novella or a story collection, examined for content rather than language. Questions ask for plot facts, character and relationship, the significance of an incident, justification of the title, and the theme or message.
318 words, about 2 min05Grammar (Qawaid): Morphology, Syntax and Usage
The grammar paper tests kalma classification (ism, fail, harf), gender and number, verb forms and agreement, and applied usage: muhawara, zarab-ul-masal, mutradif and mutazad. Ism subtypes: ism-e-khas (proper), ism-e-aam (common), ism-e-zameer (pronoun), ism-e-ishara (yeh, woh), ism-e-mausool (jo), ism-e-istifham (kaun, kya).
266 words, about 1 min06Composition (Insha): Essay, Letter and Precis
The composition paper offers a choice of mazmoon (essay), khat (letter) and khulasa (precis). Each is marked for structure, relevance and correct Urdu, not for length alone.
314 words, about 2 min07Comprehension (Fahm): The Unseen Passage
The comprehension question gives an unseen Urdu passage and asks for short answers, the markazi khayal, a suitable title, and vocabulary work: mutradif, mutazad, or the meaning of a muhawara in context. Read the passage once for sense, then read the questions before rereading; this tells you where to look.
322 words, about 2 min08Literary History (Adabi Tareekh): Names, Dates, Movements
Literary-history questions are date-and-name questions with one line of explanation: pioneers, schools, movements and individual contributions. Answers are short, and accuracy outranks length.
316 words, about 2 min09Translation (Tarjuma): Urdu to English and Kannada
The translation question asks for a short Urdu passage rendered into English or Kannada, and sometimes the reverse. Marks go for sense, grammar and natural word order, not for matching words one to one.
316 words, about 2 min