Hindi and English Language
Hindi and English Language tests grammar, vocabulary, comprehension, sentence correction and usage. Hindi questions often use traditional grammar terms; English questions test agreement, tense and prepositions.
Core rules
- Hindi: संधि (स्वर, व्यंजन, विसर्ग), समास (तत्पुरुष, द्वंद्व, बहुव्रीहि), उपसर्ग/प्रत्यय, अलंकार (अनुप्रास, उपमा, रूपक), वाक्य शुद्धि.
- English: subject-verb agreement, tense consistency, articles, prepositions, active/passive and direct/indirect speech.
- Comprehension: answer from the passage, not from general knowledge. For vocabulary, use context.
Worked example
Hindi: विद्या + आलय = विद्यालय. The final आ of विद्या and initial आ of आलय combine into a long आ; this is दीर्घ संधि. English: He is one of the boys who ___ (play/plays) football. The relative pronoun who refers to boys, so the verb is plural: play. The main verb remains singular: He is.
Traps
In one of the + plural noun + who, the relative-clause verb is plural, but the main verb is singular. Do not apply English word order to Hindi clauses. In संधि, do not confuse दीर्घ with गुण (अ + इ = ए). In comprehension, extreme options are often wrong. In prepositions, learn fixed collocations rather than translating from Hindi.