Maharashtra HSC Russian (MSBSHSE) case studies
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The Maharashtra HSC Russian paper is the Class 12 modern-language elective examination set by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE). Candidates take it as one of their HSC subject papers, usually alongside a compulsory English paper and other electives. The Maharashtra HSC Russian (MSBSHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,849 words.
1Reading: deciding what «сдал» means without a teacher
Anil, a Std XII student from Kolhapur who studies Russian through Hindi, is practising a 220-word passage about a school trip to Moscow. The text contains the sentence «Утром мы сдали рюкзаки в камеру хранения и пошли к автобусу».
609 words, about 3 min2Writing: two texts, two registers, one word limit
Riya has 25 minutes to produce two handwritten texts in the writing section. Task A is a letter of 60–80 words to Dima, a 16-year-old pen friend in Tver whom she has never met but with whom she has exchanged photographs.
536 words, about 3 min3Grammar: aspect and case when a rule box misleads
A past-paper grammar item gives a seven-sentence text about a school trip to Suzdal and asks students to choose the correct verb form and case ending. The sentences include: «Каждое лето мы (ездили / поехали) в Суздаль»; «Когда мы (приехали / приезжали), шёл дождь»; «Мы (посмотрели / смотрели) музей и (пошли / ходили) обедать»; «Он (писал / написал) письмо за два часа»; «Мы долго гуляли (по город / по городу)»; «(Несмотря на дождь / Несмотря на дождя) экскурсия состоялась»; «Мы вернулись (из Суздаля / с Суздаля)».
579 words, about 3 min4Vocabulary: false friends and idioms on a display board
Meera is preparing a vocabulary display for Russian Day. She translates four sentences word for word, using the first dictionary meaning each time: (1) «Он очень аккуратный человек» → 'He is a very accurate person'; (2) «Вчера мы были на спектакле» → 'Yesterday we were on a spectacle'; (3) «После экзамена он не в своей тарелке» → 'After the exam he is not in his plate'; (4) «Летом он бил баклуши» → 'In summer he beat the baklushi'.
537 words, about 3 min5Translation: participles, reported speech and calques
A translation passage of five sentences carries 10 marks and must be finished in 20 minutes. The sentences are: (1) 'The novel written by Chekhov is on the table.' (2) 'I don't have enough time to read it.' (3) 'She said she would come tomorrow.' (4) 'The student reading a Russian newspaper is my brother.' (5) 'One must work carefully with the dictionary.' The instructions say: translate into natural Russian, keep Russian punctuation, and do not translate word for word.
588 words, about 3 min