Maharashtra HSC Arabic (MSBSHSE) case studies
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Maharashtra HSC Arabic is the Arabic paper taken as one of the language subjects in the Std XII Higher Secondary Certificate examination conducted by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE). Candidates usually choose it as a second or third language, and it suits students who have studied Arabic at school level and want a board-recognised language credit in their HSC result. The Maharashtra HSC Arabic (MSBSHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 2,966 words.
1Unseen Prose: Marking a Question About a Deliberate Word Choice
An HSC Arabic paper sets an unseen prose passage of about 130 words. It describes a village library in Aurangabad district: the library opened in 1998, closed in 2011 after its roof collapsed, and reopened last March with 1,200 books donated by local students; a women's literacy class now meets there every Tuesday.
609 words, about 3 min2Poetry Appreciation: Turning a List of Devices into Scored Sentences
فالعلمُ كنزٌ ليسَ يُفنى Five marks are available: 2 for الشرح, 2 for الصور, 1 for the purpose of الأمر. A candidate writes: 'The poet says knowledge is light and ignorance is night.
583 words, about 3 min3Grammar: Separating Slips from Conceptual Errors in إعراب and صرف
A six-mark grammar question has three items of two marks each: (a) أعرب «كتباً» in «إنّ في المكتبةِ كتباً نافعةً»; (b) give the اسم مفعول from «استخرج العاملُ الماءَ من البئرِ»; (c) correct «أُغلقَ الأبوابُ عند الغروب». The teacher's rule of thumb: 2 marks if function and case are both right, 1 if only one is right, 0 if both are wrong.
571 words, about 3 min4Translation: Idiom Versus Word-for-Word, and Misdiagnosing a Sentence
In the translation section, candidates render into English: «تجري الاستعداداتُ للمهرجان على قدمٍ وساق، لا سيّما بعد أن وافقت البلديةُ على تمويل نصف التكاليف». One candidate writes: 'The preparations for the festival are running on a foot and a leg, especially after the municipality agreed to finance half of the costs.' In the reverse direction he must render 'The library was closed for repairs during the examinations' and writes «أُغلقَ المكتبةُ للإصلاحاتِ أثناءَ الامتحاناتِ».
592 words, about 3 min5Composition: Restructuring a Letter Instead of Padding It
The composition section offers a choice: (A) a letter to the headmaster asking permission to hold an Arabic book fair in the school hall, 100–120 words; (B) an essay on «القراءةُ وأثرُها في حياةِ الطالبِ». A candidate chooses (A) and produces 76 words.
611 words, about 3 min