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Vakya Shuddhi (वाक्य शुद्धि)

About 6 min · General Hindi (सामान्य हिंदी) · English

Time worked out from the lesson's 372 words at 150 words a minute, plus a minute for each question.

Vakya Shuddhi (sentence correction) is a critical scoring component in the General Hindi section of UP Police Constable and similar competitive exams. Questions test your ability to identify and correct grammatical mistakes in Hindi sentences.

Key ideas

• Ling Sambandhit Ashuddhiyan (लिंग संबंधित अशुद्धियाँ) — Gender errors occur when adjectives, verbs or pronouns don't match the gender of the noun. Example: "लड़का सुंदर है" (correct) vs "लड़का सुंदरी है" (incorrect — 'सुंदरी' is feminine).
• Vachan Sambandhit Ashuddhiyan (वचन संबंधित अशुद्धियाँ) — Number errors arise when singular-plural agreement fails between subject and verb/adjective. Example: "लड़के आया" (incorrect) vs "लड़के आए" (correct).
• Karak Sambandhit Ashuddhiyan (कारक संबंधित अशुद्धियाँ) — Case marker errors involve incorrect use of postpositions (ने, को, से, में, पर). Example: "राम को किताब पढ़ता है" (incorrect) vs "राम किताब पढ़ता है" (correct).
• Kaal Sambandhit Ashuddhiyan (काल संबंधित अशुद्धियाँ) — Tense inconsistencies occur when verbs don't align with time context. Example: "वह कल आया था और मुझसे मिलता है" (mixed tense, incorrect).
• Kriya Sambandhit Ashuddhiyan (क्रिया संबंधित अशुद्धियाँ) — Verb errors include incorrect auxiliary verbs, agreement failures, and wrong verb forms. Example: "मैं जाता हूँ" (correct) vs "मैं जाता है" (incorrect).

Quick reference

• Gender + Vachan agreement: Subject, adjective, and verb must all match in gender and number throughout the sentence.
• 'ने' changes verb agreement: With 'ने' in past perfective, verb matches object gender-number, not subject.
• Avoid redundancy: एकत्रित होना = इकट्ठा होना (both mean gather); never use "एकत्रित इकट्ठा होना"
• Standard word order in Hindi: Subject + Indirect Object + Direct Object + Verb (कर्ता + गौण कर्म + मुख्य कर्म + क्रिया)
• Tense consistency: All verbs in a sentence describing simultaneous actions must maintain the same tense unless time context explicitly changes.

Check yourself: 3 questions

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