Comprehension of Unseen Prose Passage (Gadyansh)
The Gadyansh question gives you a Gujarati prose passage you have never read - usually 150–250 words of narrative or reflective writing - plus short questions: કેન્દ્રવર્તી ભાવ, શીર્ષક, શબ્દાર્થ, વિરુદ્ધાર્થી and one “પોતાના શબ્દોમાં” item. It tests reading, not memory: every mark is settled inside the passage.
How to work the passage
- First read for shape only: who, what, where, and the author's attitude - praise, warning, nostalgia or irony.
- Second read with a pencil: underline each paragraph's topic sentence. In Gujarati expository prose the central idea usually sits first or last, signalled by connectors such as “આથી જ કહેવાય છે કે…”, “પરંતુ ખરી વાત એ છે કે…”.
- Decide શબ્દાર્થ from context, not from habit: “હળવું” means light, mild or easy depending on the noun beside it.
- For શીર્ષક, write a two-to-five-word noun phrase naming topic plus angle - never a full sentence.
- For ભાવાર્થ, paraphrase in your own words and retain one key term from the text so the examiner sees you have read it.
Worked example
Sentence: “આજનો યુવાન ઝડપમાં જીવન શોધે છે, પણ સ્થિરતા ખોઈ બેઠો છે.” Question: કેન્દ્રવર્તી ભાવ લખો. The topic is speed-driven youth; the evaluative verb “ખોઈ બેઠો છે” carries the author's concern. Answer: “ઝડપી જીવનશૈલી યુવાનોમાં સ્થિરતાનો અભાવ ઊભો કરે છે.” It mirrors the stance without copying the sentence.
Traps that cost marks
- Lifting whole sentences for ભાવાર્ત - examiners deduct for copying.
- Missing negatives (નથી, નહીં, કદી નહીં) and answering the opposite.
- Giving three points where one is asked, or one where two are asked.
- Ignoring the instruction પોતાના શબ્દોમાં.
- Careless જોડણી in quoted words: ઋ/રુ, શ/ષ, નું/નુ.