{"id":5267,"date":"2016-10-27T04:37:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T04:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/?p=5267"},"modified":"2018-07-31T13:54:18","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T13:54:18","slug":"school-marks-exams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/school-marks-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"School, Marks, Exams, &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In India, before schools break for winter, classrooms and homes are a flutter of nervousness as children prepare feverishly for their first semester exams or <i>pareeksha <\/i>(\u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e).<\/p>\n<p>In India, all exams have marks\/points <i>unk <\/i>(\u0905\u0902\u0915 )<i>\u00a0<\/i>that matter in determining your overall performance for the year. If you pass (or exceed a certain percentage), you are promoted to the next grade. If you fail, you are held back in the same grade. To be held back in a grade is considered a reflection of one&#8217;s poor scholastic abilities and parents of academic stragglers fret about their future incessantly.<\/p>\n<div>Subjects typically studied are native\/first language <i>matrubhasha <\/i>(\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e), English (\u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u095b\u0940), math <i>gaNit<\/i>\u00a0(\u0917\u0923\u093f\u0924), science <i>vigyaan <\/i>(\u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928), history <i>itihaas <\/i>(\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938), and geography <i>bhoogol <\/i>(\u092d\u0942\u0917\u094b\u0932). Exams are atleast 2 hours long and involve responding to questions, solving word problems, writing essays <i>nibundh <\/i>(\u0928\u093f\u092c\u0902\u0927) ,memorizing dates and events in history, locating regions on world <i>vishwa <\/i>(\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935) maps <i>nakshaa <\/i>(\u0928\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e), and explaining scientific phenomena, among other things. Multiple choice questions are few and far in between.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Typically, first semester or mid-year exams run about a week to 10 days with a subject or two assigned for each day.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"shortcode-highlight\"><strong>Conversation:<\/strong><\/span><!--\/.shortcode-highlight--><\/div>\n<div><strong>Let&#8217;s listen to a neighborhood uncle talking to a young boy about his exams.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69d8bbafe86242.65113474\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d8bbafe86242.65113474','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2016\/10\/School-1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d8bbafe86242.65113474');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d8bbafe86242.65113474\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d8bbafe86242.65113474','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d8bbafe86242.65113474');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div><b>Uncle<\/b>:\u00a0\u092c\u0947\u091f\u093e, \u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u0915\u0940 \u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u0940?<\/div>\n<div><i>Bay-ta, pareeksha ki taiyyaari ho gayi?<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Child, are you prepared for your exams?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Boy:<\/b> \u0920\u0940\u0915 \u0938\u0947 \u0928\u0939\u0940\u0902 \u0939\u0941\u0908\u0964 \u00a0\u091a\u093f\u0902\u0924\u093e \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964<\/div>\n<div><i>Theek se nahin hu-ee. Chintaa ho rahi hai.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Not very well. I&#8217;m worried.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Uncle:<\/b> \u0906\u091c \u0915\u094c\u0928\u0938\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f \u0939\u0948?<\/div>\n<div><i>Aaj kaunsa vi-shy hai?<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Which subject do you have today?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Boy:<\/b> \u0906\u091c \u0917\u0923\u093f\u0924 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0915\u0932 \u091b\u0941\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0940 \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u0909\u0938\u0915\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u0926 \u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938-\u092d\u0942\u0917\u094b\u0932\u0964<\/div>\n<div><i>Aaj gaNit hai. Kal chutti hai. Uske baad itihaas-bhoogol.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Today is math. Tomorrow is a holiday. Then, I have history-geography.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Uncle:<\/b>\u00a0\u0924\u0941\u092e\u094d\u0939\u0947 \u0915\u094c\u0928\u0938\u093e \u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f \u0938\u092c\u0938\u0947 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948?<\/div>\n<div><i>Tumhe kaunsa vi-shy sabse accha lagta hai?<\/i><\/div>\n<div>Which subject do you like the most?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Boy:<\/b> \u092e\u0941\u091d\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928 \u092c\u0939\u0941\u0924 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e \u0932\u0917\u0924\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0964 \u00a0\u0909\u0938\u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0939\u092e\u0947\u0936\u093e \u092e\u0947\u0930\u0947 \u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947 \u0905\u0902\u0915 \u0906\u0924\u0947 \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964<\/div>\n<div><i>Mujhe vigyaan bahut accha lug-ta hai. Usmein hum-ay-shaa may-ray acche unk aate hain.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>I like science a lot. I always get good grades\/marks in science.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Uncle:<\/b>\u00a0\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u093e ! \u092c\u095c\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0915\u0930 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u093e \u092c\u0928\u094b\u0917\u0947?<\/div>\n<div><i>Accha. Badaa hokar kya banoge?<\/i><\/div>\n<div>OK. What will you be when you grow up?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Boy:<\/b>\u00a0\u092e\u0948\u0902 \u092c\u095c\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0915\u0930 \u0935\u0948\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915 \u092c\u0928\u0942\u0901\u0917\u093e\u0964<\/div>\n<div><i>Main badaa hokar vaigyanik banoonga.<\/i><\/div>\n<div>I will be a scientist when I grow up.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div><span class=\"shortcode-highlight\"><strong>Conversation Vocabulary:<\/strong><\/span><!--\/.shortcode-highlight--><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>pareeksha <\/i><\/strong>(exams)<\/div>\n<div>\u0905\u0902\u0915 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>unk <\/i><\/strong>(marks\/points )<\/div>\n<div>\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943\u092d\u093e\u0937\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>matrubhasha\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(mother tongue)<\/div>\n<div>\u0905\u0902\u0917\u094d\u0930\u0947\u095b\u0940 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><em>ung-ray-zee <\/em><\/strong>(English)<\/div>\n<div>\u0917\u0923\u093f\u0924 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<em><strong>guN-it<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(math)<\/div>\n<div>\u0935\u093f\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong><i>vigyaan <\/i><\/strong>(science )<\/div>\n<div>\u0907\u0924\u093f\u0939\u093e\u0938 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>itihaas <\/i><\/strong>(history)<\/div>\n<div>\u092d\u0942\u0917\u094b\u0932 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><i>bhoogol <\/i><\/strong>(geography)<\/div>\n<div>\u0928\u093f\u092c\u0902\u0927 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>ni-bundh <\/i><\/strong>(essay)<\/div>\n<div>\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>vishwa <\/i><\/strong>(world)<\/div>\n<div>\u0928\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>nuck-shaa <\/i><\/strong>(maps )<\/div>\n<div>\u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930\u0940<strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><em><strong>taiy-yaari<\/strong>\u00a0(<\/em>preparation)<\/div>\n<div>\u091a\u093f\u0902\u0924\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<em><strong>chinta<\/strong>\u00a0(<\/em>worry)<\/div>\n<div>\u0906\u091c <i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>aaj\u00a0<\/strong><\/i>(today)<\/div>\n<div>\u0915\u094c\u0928\u0938\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><i>kaunsa\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i>(which)<\/div>\n<div>\u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<i><strong>vi-shy<\/strong>\u00a0<\/i>(subject)<\/div>\n<div>\u0915\u0932 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><em>cull\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(tomorrow)<\/div>\n<div>\u091b\u0941\u091f\u094d\u091f\u0940<i>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong>chutti<\/strong><\/i> (holiday)<\/div>\n<div>\u0939\u092e\u0947\u0936\u093e \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>hum-ay-shaa\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i>(always)<\/div>\n<div>\u092c\u095c\u093e \u0939\u094b\u0915\u0930 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<strong><em>b<\/em><i>adaa hokar\u00a0<\/i><\/strong>(upon growing up)<\/div>\n<div>\u0935\u0948\u091c\u094d\u091e\u093e\u0928\u093f\u0915 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<strong><i>vai-gya-nik\u00a0<\/i><\/strong><i><\/i>(scientist)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In India, before schools break for winter, classrooms and homes are a flutter of nervousness as children prepare feverishly for their first semester exams or pareeksha (\u092a\u0930\u0940\u0915\u094d\u0937\u093e). In India, all exams have marks\/points unk (\u0905\u0902\u0915 )\u00a0that matter in determining your overall performance for the year. If you pass (or exceed a certain percentage), you are&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/school-marks-exams\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3792],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5267","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-hindi-language"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5267"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7910,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5267\/revisions\/7910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hindi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}