WBCHSE HS Persian case studies
WBCHSE HS Persian · Put your knowledge to work in context.
WBCHSE HS Persian is the Higher Secondary (Class XII) Persian elective offered under the West Bengal Council of Higher Education. It is taken by students in the Council's affiliated higher secondary schools who choose Persian as a language or elective subject, often alongside a modern language or as part of a humanities combination. The WBCHSE HS Persian case studies are 5 cases and about 2,120 words.
1Prose answer that retells instead of arguing
A higher-secondary Persian internal assessment uses a 7-mark nasr question: “Explain how the narrator uses the dervish’s rebuke to expose the king’s pride.” The scheme awards 2 marks for theme, 2 for character function, 2 for textual evidence and 1 for conclusion. One 190-word script spends its first 130 words retelling the passage in order: the king dreams, the dervish enters, a dialogue follows, the king wakes.
438 words, about 2 min2Device identified, effect omitted
A poetry practice paper prints a couplet written for the paper, not taken from a prescribed text: “ای دل چو غنچه خاموش مباش / کز باغ بانگ بلبل مست آید.” The question is: “Identify two rhetorical devices and explain how each supports the theme of awakening.” Each device carries 2 marks: 1 for naming, 1 for effect. In moderation one teacher wants 4/4 because both names are correct; another wants 2/4 because effects are missing.
409 words, about 2 min3The object marker را and an overgeneralised rule
In a 10-item qawa'id test, item 4 asks students to translate: “او را در باغ دیدم.” A candidate writes: “I saw to him in the garden.” The key gives: “I saw him in the garden.” The candidate had learned that را can correspond to “to” in a sentence such as “کتاب را به او دادم” (I gave the book to him), and now applies that rule to every را. The test is out of 20; item 4 is worth 2 marks.
444 words, about 2 min4Idiom versus literal in Persian-to-Bengali translation
A Persian-to-Bengali/English translation passage contains: “وقتی خبر شکست را شنید، دل به دریا زد و بار دیگر به میدان رفت.” The scheme gives 3 marks: 1 for the event, 1 for the idiom, 1 for natural target language. Candidate A writes Bengali: “...সে সমুদ্রকে হৃদয়ে আঘাত করল...” (literal).
439 words, about 2 min5Register drift in an informal Persian letter
The composition section asks for a 70–80 word informal Persian letter to a cousin, inviting him to a three-day book fair in Kolkata and asking him to bring two friends. Required points are greeting, purpose, date/place, request and closing.
390 words, about 2 min