UPSC Preparation: Essentials for Compulsory Indian Language Paper – Hindi

One of the papers which is most often neglected by IAS aspirants while preparing for the Civil Services Examination is the Compulsory Indian Language Paper of the Mains Examination. Many of them make the wrong choice of taking the paper for granted and totally stay away from even the basic preparation required to clear the paper owing to its qualifying nature. And here is the shocking information: Your papers WILL NOT be evaluated if you fail to qualify in both the English Language Paper and Indian Language Paper. Therefore, it is imperative to prepare for the Compulsory Indian Language Paper properly.

 

A candidate can chose his/her mother tongue or any one of the following languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Maithili, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Manipuri, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Konkani, Sindhi (Devanagari) and Sindhi (Arabic). The Compulsory Indian Language Paper is set in such a way which would scrutinise a candidate’s command over reading and understanding momentous discursive prose, and to express his/her thoughts with clarity and precision in the English/Indian language one is interested in.

The Compulsory Indian Language paper will be of Matriculation standard and the marks obtained in this paper will not be counted for allocation of rank. The pattern of the Compulsory Indian Language paper constitutes the following:

•  Comprehension of the given passages
•  Precis Writing
•  Usage and Vocabulary
•  Short Essay
• Translation from English to the Indian Language and vice-versa.

     In the video titled “Unacademy - Compulsory Language Paper: Hindi” by Dr. Roman Saini, the importance of preparing for the Compulsory Indian Language has been explored in detail. Dr. Roman covers the statistical data of the number of candidates who chose a particular language under the 8^th Schedule of the Indian Constitution, Hindi as a compulsory language, Cut-off 2014 notification, resources to be consulted, distribution of marks and other essential tips. 

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