Unseen Sindhi Passage and Vocabulary
What this domain tests
Unseen comprehension checks three things: locating stated facts, inferring what is not stated outright, and explaining a word or idiom from its context. Answers must be in Sindhi; a one-word question gets a word, while a 'why' question gets a clause with a reason.
Procedure that saves marks
- Read the questions first and mark the question word: why, when, where, how many, which.
- Read the passage twice: first for the gist, second with a pencil, underlining only the sentence that answers each question.
- Answer in your own words. Lifting a whole sentence is allowed only when the question says 'as in the passage'.
- For word meaning, substitute your guess into the original sentence; if the sentence still makes sense, keep the guess.
- For idioms (वाक्प्रचार), identify the situation, not the literal words.
Worked example
Passage line: 'मुसाफिर रात जो सफर कयो' (the traveller made a journey at night). Question: 'मुसाफिर केड़हें सफर कयो?' The question asks time, and the only time phrase is 'रात जो' (of night), so the answer is 'रात जो' - not a full repetition of the sentence. If the question asked 'why', you would need a reason clause from the next sentence.
Traps
- Copying the first sentence that contains a keyword, even when it answers a different question.
- Giving a Hindi or Marathi synonym for a Sindhi word when the passage's context needs a different sense.
- Writing a paragraph for a two-mark question, which leaves less time for composition.
- Ignoring number and gender agreement in the answer.