Cambridge IGCSE Hindi as a Second Language 0549 — 2015 Oct/Nov Paper 2 · Variant 1

0549/21/O/N/15 · 30 marks · ≈34 min

The question paper and its mark scheme, free to read here and free to download. This is Cambridge’s own paper, exactly as it was sat.

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Mark scheme4 pages

Answers below. Sit the paper first if you are practising.

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This document consists of 5 printed pages and 3 blank pages. DC (LK/JF) 98592/3 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over Cambridge International Examinations Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education * 9 9 8 8 9 7 8 1 8 9 * HINDI AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0549/02 Paper 2 Listening October/November 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.

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2 0549/02/O/N/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 0549/02/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 [Turn over 2: 7 (i) … (ii) … (iii) … (iv) … (v) … (vi) … (vii) … (viii) … [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [1] [ : 8]

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4 0549/02/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 3: 8–13 8 9 10 11 12 13 [ : 6]

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5 0549/02/O/N/15 © UCLES 2015 4: 14–20 14 …[1] 15 (i) …[1] (ii) …[1] 16 …[1] 17 …[1] 18 …[1] 19 (i) …[1] (ii) …[1] 20 (i) …[1] (ii) …[1] [ : 10]

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8 0549/02/O/N/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 October/November 2015 series 0549 HINDI AS A SECOND LANGUAGE 0549/02 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 October/November 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 – October/November 2015 0549 02 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 अयास 1 1 आम / लंगड़े आम [1] 2 सौ साल पहले [1] 3 बा ओर / तरफ़ [1] 4 (घंटाघर के पास वाले) कॉफ़ हाऊस पर [1] 5 (िौपद क नज़र से महाभारत क कथा वाला) उप#यास [1] 6 (गुड़गाँव ए*सूेस वे पर) बस क ट*कर हो जाने से [1] [Total: 6] अयास 2 7 नीम और क सर (i) पेट [1] (ii) चूह0 [1] (iii) ूितकूल / बुरा [1] लातीनी अमरका म नीम (iv) (रेिगःतानी) तट0 [1] (v) सुधारता / बेहतर बनाता [1] (vi) तेल [1]

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Page 3 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – October/November 2015 0549 02 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 अ६का और एिशया म नीम (vii) जलवायु [1] (viii) कट / कड़0 [1] [Total: 8] 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 पुतिलय0 को नचाने वाला धागा [1] 15 (i) िश8ा के 8ेऽ म: [1] (ii) ;व<ापन के 8ेऽ म: [1] 16 पौरा=णक कहािनयाँ और लोककथाएँ [1] 17 इितहास और साAहBय [1] 18 मनोरंजन के नए साधन ;वकिसत हो जाने के कारण [1]

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Page 4 Mark Scheme Syllabus Paper Cambridge IGCSE – October/November 2015 0549 02 © Cambridge International Examinations 2015 19 (i) (खेल न Aदखाकर) केवल कठपुतली बना कर अपना गुज़र-बसर कर रहे हF [1] (ii) कलाकार0 ने नाच गाने व ढोल बजाने का काम शुH कर Aदया है [1] 20 (i) वे मानते / कहते हF Aक कठपुतली से उनके पूवJज0 क याद: जुड़ हुई हF [1] (ii) कठपुतली क कला को बचाने के िलए समुिचत ूयास नह ं Aकये जा रहे हF [1] [Total: 10]

What you needed in this session

Cambridge’s own grade thresholds for 2015 Oct/Nov, Paper 2 · Variant 1. 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