Reading Comprehension (अपठित गद्य / чтение)
Reading comprehension in the Maharashtra SSC Russian paper gives you a short unseen passage - usually 50–90 words - followed by questions in Russian or Marathi. It tests whether you can locate stated information, grasp the main idea, and answer in correct Russian rather than translating every word.
What the passage usually contains
- Everyday topics: family, school, daily routine, city, weather, hobbies.
- Present-tense verbs, nominative plus prepositional/accusative forms, and simple connectors (и, но, потому что).
- Names and places in Cyrillic; watch for words that resemble English but are not (магазин = shop, not magazine).
How to answer
- Read the questions first: кто? что? где? когда? почему? сколько?
- Scan for the key word; the answer is usually in the same sentence.
- Write a full sentence, keeping the case ending from the text.
- For «почему», look for потому что; for «сколько», find a number.
Worked example
Text: «Меня зовут Анна. Я живу в Пуне. Утром я пью чай и иду в школу. В школе мы читаем книги.» Question: Где живёт Анна? Answer: Анна живёт в Пуне. Reasoning: где asks for place, so живёт is followed by в + prepositional: Пуна → в Пуне. The sentence «иду в школу» answers куда?, not где?, so it is the wrong evidence.
Traps
- Copying «в школу» because it is the last place mentioned.
- Writing Пуна instead of Пуне.
- Answering in Marathi when the question is in Russian.
- Giving one word where the rubric expects a sentence.