March 2025 SSC Hindi board paper
This is the Maharashtra Board Hindi paper (Second or Third Language, paper code N 817) from March 2025. The question paper itself is in Hindi; this page gives an overview in English. It is a 3-hour paper for 80 marks, divided into five sections:
- Prose (20 marks): activities on the textbook passages "Vah re! Hamdard" and "Imaandari ki Pratimurti", plus an unseen passage
- Poetry (12 marks): extracts from "Bharat Mahima" and "Barashahin Jalad"
- Supplementary reading (8 marks): "Do Laghukathaen" and the poem "Man"
- Grammar (14 marks): parts of speech, avyay, sandhi, auxiliary and causative verbs, idioms, karak, punctuation, tense change, sentence types and correcting sentences
- Writing (26 marks): a letter on the ill effects of mobile phones, framing questions from a passage, a report on Teachers' Day or a story, an advertisement for a drawing camp, and an essay from three topics including Chandrayaan-3
How to use it
Solve the paper on paper in 3 hours, filling the activity boxes as the board asks. Then check each answer against the model answers given, especially grammar items and the word limits for writing tasks. More Hindi practice is on the SSC Hindi questions page.
FAQs
Is this Hindi paper free?
Yes, it is free with model answers.
Is it based on the current syllabus?
Yes, it is the March 2025 paper for the current Maharashtra Board Hindi syllabus. See all SSC papers on the exam hub.