PSEB Matric Urdu (in lieu of Hindi) study guide
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PSEB Matric Urdu (in lieu of Hindi) is the Urdu language paper offered by the Punjab School Education Board within its Class 10 (Matriculation) scheme for students who study Urdu instead of Hindi as the second-language option. It is a school-board subject examination, not a professional certification: its purpose is to certify that a candidate can read, understand, and write Urdu at the level set by the Board's prescribed syllabus for that academic session. The PSEB Matric Urdu (in lieu of Hindi) study guide has 7 sections and about 2,303 words.
01Prose (Nasr): lesson content, textual questions and tashreeh
The Nasr (prose) part of the PSEB Matric Urdu paper asks you to show that you have read each prescribed lesson closely and can talk about it in your own Urdu: the author, the markazi khayal (central idea), the meaning of words as they are used in the text, tashreeh of a printed paragraph, and short textual sawalat drawn from the lesson. Author and lesson: give the name as printed in the textbook plus one line on the lesson's subject.
384 words, about 2 min02Poetry (Nazm): theme, tashreeh and poetic devices
The Nazm section treats each prescribed poem as one whole composition: the poet, the mauzoo (subject), the markazi khayal, tashreeh of given ashaar, the poet's message, and the sanat (poetic devices) through which that message is delivered. A one-line subject, a two-line theme, and one line on the poet's purpose.
348 words, about 2 min03Ghazal: meaning, theme and appreciation
The Ghazal section tests whether you can read a sher as a self-contained unit and can use the correct terminology of the form while explaining it. Sher and misra: the couplet and its two lines.
331 words, about 2 min04Grammar and Language Elements (Qawaid)
The Qawaid section is mechanical and therefore the easiest place to gain or lose marks quickly. It tests classification (ism, fail, harf, sifat, zameer), sentence structure (mubtada-khabar, fail-fael-mafool), gender and number agreement, tashih (correcting wrong sentences), and muhawara usage.
294 words, about 1 min05Composition and Creative Writing: mazmoon, khat and darkhwast
The composition question rewards form more than brilliance. Whether you write a mazmoon (essay), a khat (letter) or a darkhwast (application), the examiner first checks that the format is right, then that the content is organised, and only then that the Urdu is correct.
299 words, about 1 min06Translation and Applied Writing: Urdu to English/Punjabi and summarising
This section tests transfer of meaning, not transfer of words. You may be asked to render an Urdu passage into English or Punjabi, and to write a khulasa (summary) of a given passage.
320 words, about 2 min07Reading Comprehension and Unseen Passage
The unseen passage (ghair-darisii ibarat) checks independent reading. You get an unfamiliar Urdu paragraph with questions on its central idea, specific details, word meanings in context, and sometimes a suitable title.
327 words, about 2 min