Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) study materials

Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) case studies

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Persian is one of the modern-language subjects offered at the Higher Secondary Certificate (Std XII) level by the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE). Candidates usually take it as a second or third language alongside compulsory Marathi, Hindi or English, and it suits students who have studied Persian at the secondary stage or who are building a language credit for university admission. The Maharashtra HSC Persian (MSBSHSE) case studies are 5 cases and about 3,582 words.

Marking a 4-mark Nasr comprehension answer: motive vs. character sketch

A Class XII internal test uses this short unseen prose passage in the Nasr section, worth 4 marks: «پیرمردی هر روز دو نان می‌خرید: یکی برای خود، یکی برای پرنده‌ای که بر بام همسایه آشیانه داشت. پرنده هم غریب است.»» The question set is «انگیزهٔ پیرمرد از خرید نان دوم چه بود؟» The marking scheme allots 1 mark each for the central idea, textual evidence, character insight, and coherence of expression.

849 words, about 4 min 2

Radif, qafiya and metre: correcting a poetry revision card

A candidate's revision card for the Nazm section reads: Couplet: «بهار آمد، شکوفه بر درخت آمد / ز باغ و بوستان بوی بهشت آمد» Card text: 'Radif = بهار. Qafiya = آمد, because it is repeated at the end of both lines.

684 words, about 3 min 3

Parsing a nominal sentence: one root error behind five red marks

A Class XII grammar worksheet (Qawa'id, 5 marks) asks candidates to parse one sentence into mubtada', khabar, fail and maf'ul, and to label every jār-o-majrūr. The sentence is: «در روزگارِ ما، جوانانِ این شهر کتاب‌های کهنِ کتابخانه را با شوق می‌خوانند.» Candidate S submits this card: mubtada' = «در روزگارِ ما», because it stands first; khabar = «جوانانِ این شهر»; fail = «می‌خوانند»; maf'ul = «کتابخانه», because را comes immediately after it; «با شوق» = second object (maf'ul-e duvvum).

645 words, about 3 min 4

Marking an idiom-heavy translation: structure right, sense wrong

The Tarjuma wa Alfaz section carries a 4-mark item: translate the following passage into English. اما در شهرِ بزرگ ماه‌ها گذشت و کارش آب از آب تکان نمی‌خورد.» Candidate M submits: 'When the letter of acceptance reached his hand, for a long time he was two hearts.

749 words, about 4 min 5

Unseen passage inference: why lifting a sentence scores zero

A practice unseen passage (reading comprehension, 3 marks) is given with the question «اشکال اصلی کتابخانهٔ روستا چه بود؟»: «کتابخانهٔ روستا در اتاقی کوچک بود که پنجره‌اش به کوه باز می‌شد. خانمِ معلم هر هفته دو کتاب به بچه‌ها می‌داد و می‌گفت: «هفتهٔ دیگر بگویید کدام جمله را زیر آن خط کشیده‌اید.» بچه‌ها بیشتر از خواندنِ کتاب، به جمله‌های زیر خط کشیده فخر می‌فروختند.» Candidate N answers: 'کتاب‌ها نمناک می‌شدند.' Another candidate answers: 'اتاق کوچک بود.' Both are sentences from the passage.

655 words, about 3 min