Marathi Second/Third Language (अक्षरभारती) – March 2024
This is the actual Maharashtra State Board (MSBSHSE) SSC Marathi (16) Second or Third Language paper – the अक्षरभारती textbook paper, not the First Language (कुमारभारती) paper. The paper code printed on it is N 571 (header ‘2024 III 04 1100’, i.e. 4 March 2024, 11.00 a.m.), revised course, 16 pages.Source: the Maharashtra State Board's printed question paper (paper code N 571). The model answers are original Doubtly answers, not an official board answer key.
Paper pattern
3 hours, 80 marks, five sections: विभाग 1 गद्य (18 marks – activities on extracts from ‘उपास’ and ‘फूटप्रिन्टस’ and an unseen passage), विभाग 2 पद्य (16 marks – activities on ‘दोन दिवस’ and a table on any one of ‘अंकिला मी दास तुझा’ / ‘स्वप्न करू साकार’), विभाग 3 स्थूलवाचन (6 marks – any two), विभाग 4 भाषाभ्यास (16 marks – sentence types, transformation, वाक्प्रचार, word wealth, spelling, punctuation) and विभाग 5 उपयोजित लेखन (24 marks – letter or summary, any two of advertisement/news/story, and one long piece). Where the paper offers a choice, every option is answered here.
How to use it
Write the paper by hand in three hours, drawing the activity diagrams in pen as instructed, then compare with the model answers. Treat the letters, news report, story and essays as samples of format and content; your own wording will differ.
FAQs
Is this the First Language Marathi paper?
No. This is the Second/Third Language paper (Marathi 16, अक्षरभारती). The First Language paper (कुमारभारती) has a different code and syllabus.
Are the answers official?
No. The questions are the board's; the answers are written by Doubtly to help you practise.
Two marks figures were not fully visible in the scan – how were they filled?
The marks for Q.1 (अ)(2) and Q.5 (अ) are not clearly visible in the scanned copy; they are given here as 2 and 6, which is what the 80-mark total and the board pattern require.