Maharashtra Class 10th Hindi Syllabus 2025-26: Download PDF Below

Section / Unit

Content / Topics

What Students Should Focus On & Skills Tested

Weightage / Marks

1. गद्य (Prose)

Selection of prose passages from the prescribed textbook

Understand main ideas, themes, character sketches, moral or message; ability to answer questions based on comprehension, inference, vocabulary, and grammar–in-context. Pay attention to reading, analysis of passages, and textual vocabulary.

Part of total for prose + related comprehension sections

2. पद्य (Poetry)

Poems from the prescribed collection

Students should focus on poetic devices (imagery, metaphor, simile, personification, rhyme, rhythm), theme and tone; ability to interpret poem, explain lines, and relate to the overall poem. Also vocabulary in context.

Part of total for poetry + comprehension of poems

3. स्थूलवाचन / पूरक पठन (Supplementary Reading / Supplementary Texts)

Additional short prose/passage(s) outside the main textbook

Helps in exposure to new styles, reading fluency; tests reading comprehension, speed, clarity, and inference. These sections may include unseen or less familiar texts.

Moderate weight, included in comprehension / reading section

4. व्याकरण (Grammar)

Revision of grammatical rules as per earlier standards; advanced application in class 10 level

Topics include: types of sentences (simple, compound, complex), principal/co-ordinate/subordinate clauses; all tenses (present, past, future in various forms); usage of articles (a / an / the) in more advanced contexts; prepositions; voice (active/passive); reported speech (statements, questions, commands, exclamations); tag questions; transformation of sentences; punctuation; word forms (nouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs); non-finite forms like infinitives, participles, gerunds. Focus on accuracy, error correction, and application in composition.

Typically ~ 15% of total marks

5. रचना विभाग (Composition / Writing)

Creative / application-oriented writing tasks

This can include letter writing (formal/informal), essay writing, descriptive and narrative writing, dialogues, story writing, maybe report writing or article writing depending on the textbook; ability to structure writing, coherence, style, grammar, vocabulary, clarity of expression.

Usually around 25% of marks

6. प्रयोजनमूलक हिंदी (Functional / Practical Hindi)

Tasks requiring use of Hindi for real-life purposes or practical contexts

Could include writing notices, announcements, advertisements, slogans, or writing in situational contexts (e.g. invitation, apology, request); also may test ability to adapt style to purpose (formal/informal).

Probably combined with writing or functional writing component; moderate weight

7. सम्भाषण कौशल (Oral / Spoken Skills)

Oral communication skills including speaking, conversations, recitation, reading aloud, possibly debates / speeches in class

Tests pronunciation, fluency, clarity, confidence; ability to express thoughts orally in Hindi; listening comprehension may also be involved. Helps in building speaking and listening competence.

Usually a separate internal assessment component (e.g. 20% or so of total)