About this practice paper
This is an original Doubtly practice paper for Maharashtra SSC Marathi First Language (मराठी प्रथम भाषा), written in the board pattern. It is not an official board paper. The prose and poetry activities summarise the ideas of Class 10 Kumarbharati (कुमारभारती) lessons in fresh words, and the unseen passage (अपठित गद्य) is new. It is useful for first-term (प्रथम सत्र) revision and for pre-board (सराव परीक्षा) preparation. School pre-board papers, such as the BVP/A, B and C sets, follow the same board pattern, so practising this paper prepares you for them too.
Paper pattern
The paper is 80 marks in 3 hours, in five sections: prose (गद्य) 18 marks with two textbook-based passages and one unseen passage; poetry (पद्य) 16 marks with activities on a poem, a poem-of-your-choice table and an appreciation (रसग्रहण); extensive reading (स्थूलवाचन) 6 marks, any two of three; language study (भाषाभ्यास) 16 marks covering samas, shabdasiddhi, vakprachar, word wealth, spelling (शुद्धलेखन), punctuation and technical terms; and applied writing (उपयोजित लेखन) 24 marks: letter or summary, any two of advertisement, news report and story, and one long piece (प्रसंगलेखन, आत्मकथन or वैचारिक).
How to use it
Write the whole paper by hand in three hours, draw the activity diagrams (आकृती) as the questions describe, then compare each answer with the model answers. Mark yourself strictly on spelling and on the format of the letter and news report.
FAQs
Is this a real board paper?
No. It is an original Doubtly practice paper that follows the board pattern and marking scheme.
Why is the poem in Q.2 (अ) not printed?
Textbook poems are not reproduced here. Revise the poem from your Kumarbharati textbook and answer from its theme and imagery, as the questions ask.
Is this the Marathi Second/Third Language paper?
No, it is for Marathi First Language (Kumarbharati).