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23 topics, each a handful of cards plus practice questions with explanations. Free to read in full — no sign-up. Counts for TRE-4, STET, CTET, UP TET.

23 shorts · 184 practice questions

• Alankar (अलंकार) — Shabdalankar, Arthalankar and the Test That Separates Themअलंकार — शब्दालंकार, अर्थालंकार और वह परीक्षण जो दोनों को अलग कर देता हैAnupras, Yamak, Shlesh, Upma, Rupak, Utpreksha and Atishayokti — one synonym test to split sound-ornaments from meaning-ornaments, plus the marker words that decide the answer in one glance. Written for the Hindi sections of BPSC TRE-4, CTET, SSC and Bihar STET.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Chhand (छंद) — Counting Matras, Varnik versus Matrik, and the Chhands Papers Keep Repeatingछंद — मात्रा गणना, वर्णिक बनाम मात्रिक, और वे छंद जिन्हें प्रश्नपत्र दोहराते रहते हैंChhand is one of the few Hindi grammar topics where the answer is arrived at by counting rather than recalled from memory. Two rules do most of the work: a laghu syllable is one matra and a guru is two, and a syllable carrying anusvar or standing before a conjunct becomes guru — while anunasik, the chandrabindu, adds nothing at all. Count 'रहिमन धागा प्रेम का' and 13 falls out, which identifies the first charan of a doha; its second charan is 11, and a soratha is that same pair reversed. Chaupai runs 16 in each of its four charans. Matrik chhand is counted in matras, varnik chhand in varnas ordered by the eight ganas, stored in the sutra यमाताराजभानसलगा. Kundaliya is a doha plus a rola. Three traps repeat: doha and soratha swapped, chaupai reported as 15, and anunasik counted like anusvar.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Kaal (काल) — The Three Tenses and Their Twelve Formsहिंदी काल — भूत, वर्तमान, भविष्य और उनके भेदवह जा रहा था या वह जा चुका था? हिंदी का हर क्रिया-अंत एक सटीक काल-भेद बताता है, और परीक्षाएँ एकमात्र इसी पहचान पर प्रश्न बनाती हैं — भूत/वर्तमान/भविष्य सही पहचानना काफी नहीं, सही उपभेद भी चाहिए।6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Kriya ke Bhed: Sakarmak, Akarmak, Prerna, Sanyukt and Namdhatuहिंदी क्रिया के भेद: सकर्मक, अकर्मक, प्रेरणार्थक, संयुक्त और नामधातुEvery Hindi verb question comes down to one test: does the action need an object? Learn the क्या/किसे test, the -आ / -वा ladder of prerna verbs, the four compound-verb types and namdhatu, as asked in TRE-4, CTET, SSC and Railway.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Ling and Vachan: Gender and Number Endings, Exceptions and Plural Rulesहिंदी लिंग और वचन: अंत के नियम, अपवाद और बहुवचन बनाने के नियमGender is decided by endings (आ, ई, ता, त्व) and then broken by famous exceptions like पानी, दही, माता and विद्या. Learn the exception families and the plural rules, including -ओं before a postposition, and Hindi grammar marks are secured.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi One-Word Substitution: Decode the Phrase Through Its Prefixअनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द: उपसर्ग के तर्क से वाक्यांश का शब्द पहचानिएOne-word substitution looks like pure memory but almost every word is built from a prefix you know: अ- (not), दुर्- (hard), सर्व- (all), कृत- (done). Read the key idea in the phrase, match it to the prefix and the second half, and the answer appears before you read the options.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Shabd Bhed — Tatsam, Tadbhav, Deshaj, Videshaj and Rudh, Yaugik, Yogarudhहिंदी शब्द-भेद — तत्सम, तद्भव, देशज, विदेशज तथा रूढ़, यौगिक, योगरूढ़Every Hindi word is classified twice — once by where it came from, once by how it is built. अग्नि and आग are the same word twice over, and knowing which is which is a whole mark.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Vachya, Vakya ke Bhed and Viram Chinh — Voice, Sentence Types and Punctuationहिंदी वाच्य, वाक्य के भेद और विराम चिह्न — कर्तृ, कर्म, भाव तथा वाक्य की पहचानThree sentence-level topics answered by one question each: whose form does the verb follow, how many clauses are joined and how, and which mark closes the thought. Bhaav-vachya is built only from intransitive verbs — that single rule settles most voice questions.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Vakya Shuddhi — The Six Errors Every Paper Plantsहिंदी वाक्य शुद्धि — छह अशुद्धियाँ जो हर प्रश्नपत्र में रखी जाती हैंVakya shuddhi questions are not about literary Hindi — they recycle six error types: gender (लिंग), number (वचन), case markers (परसर्ग), verb agreement (अन्वय), redundancy (पुनरुक्ति) and spelling (वर्तनी). Learn the six and the 'find the correct sentence' question stops being a guess in BPSC TRE-4, CTET, SSC and Railway papers.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Vartani: Spelling Errors, Shr versus Shri, Ri versus Ru and the Sandhi Testहिंदी वर्तनी: अशुद्धियाँ, श्र और शृ, रि और ऋ तथा संधि की कसौटीSpot the wrong spelling in seconds: the shr versus shri rule, ri versus ru, and the sandhi test that exposes errors like कवियत्री, अत्याधिक and प्रतिक्षा.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Hindi Vocabulary — Paryayvachi, Vilom, Anekarthi and the Shrutisam Pairsहिंदी शब्द भंडार — पर्यायवाची, विलोम, अनेकार्थी और श्रुतिसम भिन्नार्थक शब्दFour vocabulary questions, one page: the nine names of the sun, the antonyms no prefix can build, the words that carry six meanings each, and the matra pairs that decide a mark.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• History of Hindi Literature — The Four Kaals, Their Poets and the Works Papers Keep Askingहिंदी साहित्य का इतिहास — चार काल, उनके कवि और वे रचनाएँ जो प्रश्नपत्रों में लौटती रहती हैंRamchandra Shukla's four-fold division is the skeleton: Adikal, Bhaktikal, Ritikal, Adhunik Kal. Adikal is Veergatha Kaal for Shukla, Charan Kaal for Grierson, Siddha-Samant Kaal for Rahul Sankrityayan — the critic named in the question decides the answer. Bhaktikal is a clean 2x2: Nirgun splits into Gyanashrayi (Kabir) and Premashrayi Sufi (Jayasi), Sagun into Ram bhakti (Tulsidas) and Krishna bhakti (Surdas, Meera). Ritikal gives you Bihari's Satsai; Adhunik Kal starts at Bharatendu and runs to Tar Saptak, 1943. Fix the language with the work, not the poet.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Karak (कारक) — The Eight Cases, Their Vibhakti Signs and the Question That Identifies Eachकारक — आठ कारक, उनके विभक्ति चिह्न और पहचानने वाला प्रश्नKarta, Karm, Karan, Sampradan, Apadan, Sambandh, Adhikaran and Sambodhan — each with its vibhakti sign, the one question that pins it down, and the two traps papers reuse: 'se' for instrument versus separation, and 'ko' for object versus recipient. Written for the Hindi sections of BPSC TRE-4, CTET, SSC and Bihar STET.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Muhavare and Lokoktiyan — The Difference, and the Ones Papers Repeatमुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ — अंतर, प्रयोग और बार-बार दोहराए जाने वालेA muhavara is an incomplete phrase that lives inside a sentence; a lokokti is a complete sentence that stands on its own. One structural test separates them, and after that it is only vocabulary. Twenty-two high-frequency items with their meanings, plus the literal-meaning trap that SSC, Railway NTPC, BPSC TRE-4 and CTET Hindi papers set every single time.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Ras (रस) — The Nine Rasas, Their Sthayi Bhav and the Four Parts That Build Themरस — नौ रस, उनके स्थायी भाव और रस के चार अवयवRas is the single most repeated topic in every Hindi language paper, and it is pure recall: nine rasas, nine sthayi bhavs, four components (sthayi bhav, vibhav, anubhav, sanchari bhav), 33 sanchari bhavs, and the rule that Bharatmuni counted eight while Shant Ras was added later as the ninth. Learn which sthayi bhav belongs to which ras and you have already answered the question BPSC TRE-4, Bihar STET, CTET and the Hindi sections of SSC and Railway keep setting.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Samas (समास) — The Six Types and How to Spot Each in Ten Secondsसमास — छह प्रकार और हर एक को दस सेकंड में पहचानने की ट्रिकOne question — which part carries the meaning — sorts every compound into अव्ययीभाव, तत्पुरुष, कर्मधारय, द्विगु, द्वंद्व or बहुव्रीहि. Plus the पीतांबर trap that decides most exam marks.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Sandhi (संधि) — Spot the Join in Ten Secondsसंधि — जोड़ पहचानने का 10-सेकंड तरीकाThree families, eight rules, and the one distinction between sandhi and samas that decides most of the marks in a Hindi language paper.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Shabd Shakti (शब्द शक्ति) — Abhidha, Lakshana and Vyanjana, and the Test That Tells Them Apartशब्द शक्ति — अभिधा, लक्षणा और व्यंजना, और वह कसौटी जो तीनों को अलग करती हैEvery word carries three possible meanings, and exams test exactly one skill: which one is in play. The literal meaning is Abhidha, the implied-but-logical meaning is Lakshana, and the suggested-emotional meaning is Vyanjana — and there's a one-line test that sorts any sentence into the right box.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Upsarg and Pratyay (उपसर्ग–प्रत्यय) — Word Formation, the Two Suffix Families and the 'Pratyek' Trapउपसर्ग और प्रत्यय — शब्द रचना, प्रत्यय के दो भेद और 'प्रत्येक' वाला जालTwenty-two Sanskrit prefixes, Hindi's own dozen and the Persian set everyone speaks daily; krit versus taddhit suffixes decided by one question — is the base a verb or a noun; and the three traps papers reuse: a word with both, a word with two prefixes, and प्रत्येक, which is prati + ek and has no suffix at all.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• Vikari and Avikari Shabd — The Four That Change, the Four That Never Do, and the Words That Switch Sidesविकारी और अविकारी शब्द — चार जो बदलते हैं, चार जो कभी नहीं, और वे शब्द जो पाला बदल लेते हैंPrayog ke aadhaar par shabd-bhed is eight categories, not a list to memorise. One test — try the word in feminine and plural — sorts vikari from avikari, and one more test settles every word that belongs to two categories at once.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• लिंग, वचन और पुरुष — Hindi's Two Genders, Two Numbers, and the Words That Break Every Ruleलिंग, वचन और पुरुष — हिंदी के दो लिंग, दो वचन, और वे शब्द जो हर नियम तोड़ते हैंHindi keeps only two genders and two numbers, unlike Sanskrit's three of each. Learn the ending-based rules, then learn the two dozen words that defy them — because it is always the exceptions that the paper prints.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• वर्ण विचार — Vowels, Consonants, Place of Articulation, and the Count Books Disagree Onवर्ण विचार — स्वर, व्यंजन, उच्चारण स्थान और वह गिनती जिस पर पुस्तकें बँटी हैंवर्ण विचार looks like a class-2 chapter, so it gets skipped — and then संधि, वर्तनी and उच्चारण questions all fail on it. Eleven स्वर, thirty-three व्यंजन, nine उच्चारण स्थान, and one counting trap where 44 and 52 are both right answers.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS
• हिंदी भाषा का विकास — संस्कृत से खड़ी बोली तक, पाँच उपभाषाएँ और अठारह बोलियाँहिंदी भाषा का विकास — संस्कृत से खड़ी बोली तक, पाँच उपभाषाएँ और अठारह बोलियाँHindi did not appear ready-made. It came down a chain — Sanskrit, Pali, Prakrit, Apabhramsha — and then split into five groups and eighteen dialects, of which one, Khari Boli, became the standard. Learn the chain and the five groups and the chapter is done.6 CARDS · 8 QUESTIONS