Cambridge IGCSE Hindi as a Second Language 0549 — 2015 May/June Paper 2 · Variant 3

0549/23/M/J/15 · 30 marks · ≈34 min

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This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. DC (AC/SG) 105484/2 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over * 5 3 7 0 9 8 1 9 8 1 * HINDI AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0549/23 Paper 2 Listening May/June 2015 Approx. 35– 45 minutes Candidates answer on the Question Paper. No Additional Materials are required. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES. Answer all questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The syllabus is approved for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland as a Cambridge International Level 1/Level 2 Certificate. Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education

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2 0549/23/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 1 1–6 1 6 1 … [1] 2 … [1] 3 … [1] 4 … [1] 5 … [1] 6 … [1] 6

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3 0549/23/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over 8 2 7 (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1]

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4 0549/23/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 8 9 10 11 12 13 6 3 8–13 70

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5 0549/23/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 4 14–20 14 (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 15 … [1] 16 (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 17 (i) … [1] (ii) … [1] 18 … [1] 19 … [1] 20 … [1] 10

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8 0549/23/M/J/15 © UCLES 2015 Permission to reproduce items where third-party owned material protected by copyright is included has been sought and cleared where possible. Every reasonable effort has been made by the publisher (UCLES) to trace copyright holders, but if any items requiring clearance have unwittingly been included, the publisher will be pleased to make amends at the earliest possible opportunity. To avoid the issue of disclosure of answer-related information to candidates, all copyright acknowledgements are reproduced online in the Cambridge International Examinations Copyright Acknowledgements Booklet. This is produced for each series of examinations and is freely available to download at www.cie.org.uk after the live examination series. Cambridge International Examinations is part of the Cambridge Assessment Group. Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate (UCLES), which is itself a department of the University of Cambridge. BLANK PAGE

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® IGCSE is the registered trademark of Cambridge International Examinations. CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education MARK SCHEME for the May/June 2015 series 0549 HINDI AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0549/23 Paper 2 (Listening), maximum raw mark 30 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and candidates, to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed to award marks. It does not indicate the details of the discussions that took place at an Examiners’ meeting before marking began, which would have considered the acceptability of alternative answers. Mark schemes should be read in conjunction with the question paper and the Principal Examiner Report for Teachers. Cambridge will not enter into discussions about these mark schemes. Cambridge is publishing the mark schemes for the May/June 2015 series for most Cambridge IGCSE®, Cambridge International A and AS Level components and some Cambridge O Level components.

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Page 2 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0549 23 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 अयास 1 1 एयर कंडशन / एसी 2 ज मशती के कारण / अवसर पर 3 (रँम क) शाद क सालिगरह को 4 2017 म 5 दा हने कोने क 6 तकनीक गड़बड़ / ख़राबी के कारण [Total: 6] अयास 2 7 ॄाज़ूका (i) अहम / मह$वपूण& [1] (ii) ूायोजक / आयोजक [1] (iii) दशक* / दशक [1] पा कःतान (iv) मज़दूर [1] (v) हाथ / हाथ* [1] (vi) ज-द / समय पर [1] भारत (vii) कुशल [1] (viii) खोल [1] [Total: 8]

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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0549 23 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 अयास 3 8 ग़लत [1] 9 सह [1] 10 सह [1] 11 ग़लत [1] 12 सह [1] 13 ग़लत [1] [Total: 6] अयास 4 14 Any 2 of the following: (i) पुःतकालय जाना (ii) वहाँ से कताब छाँटना (iii) कताब* से अपने 5वषय के नोट बनाना [2] 15 श7द* के प$थर तोड़ कर (गहराई म िछपे) [1] 16 (i) आप जो िलख गे उसी पर आपको नंबर िमल गे (ii) अ<छे नंबर पाना ह चरम लआय बन गया है [2]

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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – May/June 2015 0549 23 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 17 Any 2 of the following: (i) उनक ज@ासा (मानो) समाA हो गई है (ii) िसफ़& सफलता ह उनका एकमाऽ उEेँय है (iii) वे आराम से घर म बैठे ज-द से ज-द सब कुछ पा लेना चाहते हH [2] 18 जो हर क़मत पर (और जैसे-तैसे) तरईक़ करने म 5वLास करते हH [1] 19 सह तरक़े और सह भाषा म उNर देना [1] 20 (उसके) पाँव मज़बूती से ज़मीन पर टके होने चा हए [1] [Total: 10]

What you needed in this session

Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2015 May/June, Paper 2 · Variant 3. A higher threshold means an easier paper — the bar moves with how the cohort did.

A23/30
B19/30
C16/30
D14/30
E12/30
F7/30
G2/30

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