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(i) Define ‘oral language’ and ‘written language’.
(ii) Give any compound (samāsik) form of a Tatsama word and write the Tadbhava forms of the words – guṇa, uddhat, mugdha and durlabh.
(iii) What are the chief qualities of functional (kāryātmak) language?
(iv) Explain the meaning of ‘śabda-śuddhi’ (word-purity).
(v) What is meant by an intentional / abhiprāyātmaka word?
(vi) Write any three qualities of Anuprāsa (alliteration).
(vii) What is meant by ‘svara sandhi’ (vowel combination)?
(viii) How many kinds of nouns are there and what are they?
(ix) What is meant by a prefix (upasarga)?
(x) What are the principal kinds of sentences in Hindi?
(xi) According to case–relations, into how many types is the Tatpuruṣa compound classified?
(xii) What is the meaning of ‘saṃyoga’?
(xiii) State the characteristics of Rasadhvani.
(xiv) What is meant by Rājbhāṣā (official language)?
(xv) What is the difference between proverbs (lokokti) and idioms (muhāvare)?
(xvi) Which sounds are articulated with the tongue touching the palate (mūrdhanya sounds)?
(xvii) From which Apabhraṃśa has Chhattīsgarhī developed and where is it chiefly spoken?
(xviii) What is meant by punctuation (virām-cinha)?
(xix) What is the meaning of a synonym (paryāyavācī śabda)?
(xx) What is meant by a ‘pratīka’ (symbolic) word?
This is Question 1 from MPPSC Mains 2017 (GS-V). It carries 60 marks with a word limit of 50 words.
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