Prose (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.
What each question type actually wants
- Author and lesson: give the name as printed in the textbook plus one line on the lesson's subject. Biographical padding earns nothing.
- Alfaaz ke maani: give the sense the word carries in that sentence, not its first dictionary meaning.
- Markazi khayal: two to four sentences - name the value or idea, show how the lesson establishes it, state the writer's conclusion.
- Tashreeh: three moves - set the context, restate the passage in simpler Urdu, then comment on the writer's purpose or style.
- Textual sawal: complete sentences, reusing the lesson's own vocabulary rather than inventing synonyms.
Worked example
Question: 'Is sabaq ka markazi khayal apne alfaz mein likhiye.' Reasoning: locate the lesson's topic sentence, note the two or three incidents that support it, and note the closing sentence where the writer draws his moral. Write: 'Is sabaq ka markazi khayal yeh hai ke ...' then one sentence on the supporting incident, then one on the writer's message. Three sentences, one paragraph, no story.
Traps that cost marks
- Retelling the whole lesson when only the central idea was asked; this wastes time and often misses the idea itself.
- Quoting a dictionary meaning that contradicts the sentence, e.g. giving 'house' for a word used in the sense of 'family'.
- Confusing two authors who write on similar themes; if unsure, omit the name rather than guess.
- Answering a tashreeh question with a bare translation and no comment on style.
- Writing beyond the mark allocation and leaving no time for the grammar section.