General Hindi: grammar, correction and official usage
Key facts
- The 2026 RSSB CET Graduation General Hindi block covers grammar, usage, correction, vocabulary, rajbhasha status, and office correspondence;
- Parts of speech must be read through function: nouns name, pronouns replace nouns, adjectives qualify, verbs carry action or state, adverbs qualify ve...
- Sandhi joins sounds and sandhi-viched separates them; exam questions usually test swar, vyanjan, and visarg sandhi through familiar word forms.
- Samas joins two or more words into one compound; identify the type from meaning relation, then give a clear vigrah that expands the compound without c...
- Upsarg and pratyay change word meaning by attaching before or after the root;
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The 2026 RSSB CET Graduation General Hindi block covers grammar, usage, correction, vocabulary, rajbhasha status, and office correspondence; prepare it as a language-use topic with direct application to objective questions.
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Parts of speech must be read through function: nouns name, pronouns replace nouns, adjectives qualify, verbs carry action or state, adverbs qualify verbs or adjectives, case marks relations, and indeclinables do not change form.
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Sandhi joins sounds and sandhi-viched separates them; exam questions usually test swar, vyanjan, and visarg sandhi through familiar word forms.
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Samas joins two or more words into one compound; identify the type from meaning relation, then give a clear vigrah that expands the compound without changing sense.
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Upsarg and pratyay change word meaning by attaching before or after the root; prefix and suffix questions reward meaning-awareness, not mechanical splitting alone.
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Vocabulary questions cover antonyms, synonyms, and polysemous words; the correct answer depends on sentence context because one word may carry more than one meaning.
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Punctuation marks guide pause, relation, quotation, listing, and emphasis; Hindi prose in official and exam contexts needs clean, purposeful punctuation.
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Technical terminology asks for standard Hindi equivalents used in official and technical contexts.
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Word correction focuses on spelling, matra, gender, number, prefix-suffix use, and commonly confused forms.
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Sentence correction checks agreement, case relation, word order, redundancy, idiomatic usage, and logical clarity.
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One-word substitution, idioms, and proverbs are best learned with short usage sentences so that meaning and context stay together.
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Rajbhasha Hindi is tied to Part XVII of the Constitution, especially Articles 343 to 351, and to the continued use of English for Union official purposes and Parliament work under the Official Languages Act, 1963.
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Office correspondence includes office orders, circulars, notifications, demi-official letters, tenders, and press releases; each has a distinct purpose, tone, and format.
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Parts of speech, case and indeclinables
General Hindi grammar begins with recognising what a word is doing inside a sentence. A noun names a person, place, object, quality, feeling, or idea. A pronoun replaces a noun so that the sentence does not repeat the same name again and again. An adjective qualifies a noun or pronoun by showing quality, number, quantity, or distinction. A verb expresses action, occurrence, possession, or state. An adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb by showing manner, time, place, degree, reason, or frequency. CET questions often look simple at this level, but options become close when the same word can work differently in different sentences.
Case relation, or karak, shows how nouns and pronouns relate to the verb and to other words. In Hindi, postpositions and sentence role are important: कर्ता, कर्म, करण, संप्रदान, अपादान, संबंध, अधिकरण, and संबोधन are the usual school-level categories. In English explanation, think of them as doer, object, instrument, recipient, separation, possession, location, and address. The exam may not ask long definitions; it may ask which relation is shown by a marked word.
Indeclinables are words whose form generally does not change with gender, number, or person. They include conjunction-like, particle-like, and adverbial forms. Words such as और, पर, किंतु, ही, भी, मत, शायद, अवश्य, धीरे-धीरे, and इसलिए keep the sentence connected or nuanced without taking gender-number endings. The practical rule is clear: identify the word from its function in the sentence, not from a memorised list alone.
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