AKU-EB HSSC (Intermediate) Urdu Compulsory (XI-XII): syllabus, papers and marking

AKU-EB HSSC Urdu is 100 marks: 40 MCQs and a 60-mark constructed and extended response paper.

Urdu Compulsory HSSC Syllabus 2025 · Annual and September series · grades A++ to U (IBCC scale)

AKU-EB HSSC Urdu: where the marks go

AKU-EB HSSC Urdu Compulsory is a 100-mark qualification in one three-hour sitting per class. Paper I is 40 compulsory MCQs and Paper II is 60 marks of constructed and extended responses written in the lines of the booklet. Marks are shared between comprehension of prose and verse, grammar and composition, and answers are expected in the candidate's own words.

AdmitPortfolio builds Urdu papers to that structure. Paper I scores automatically; Paper II is marked for meaning, language and structure, with the rubric in Urdu and English notes for the marking points.

How we mark a real script

Paper structure and what we mark

PaperTimeMarksWeightQuestions
Paper I — Multiple Choice3 h (Papers I and II)4040%40 compulsory four-option MCQs on a separate answer sheet
Paper II — Constructed and Extended Response—6060%CRQs and ERQs written in the lines provided in the booklet

Syllabus outline

  1. Prose and verse comprehension
  2. Grammar and language
  3. Composition and writing tasks
  4. Constructed and extended responses written in the lines provided in the booklet

How each paper is marked here

Where AKU-EB HSSC Urdu candidates lose marks

  1. Explaining a passage by repeating it line by line — Passage and verse questions ask for the meaning in the candidate's own words. Word-for-word restatement scores little.
  2. Grammar items answered without the rule — Parts of speech, sentence analysis and idiom questions need the specific term or the correct usage, not a general guess.
  3. Letters, applications and essays with weak structure — A clear opening, a developed body and a close carry marks of their own, apart from correct language.
  4. Answers that outgrow the lines provided — The board directs answers into the space given in the booklet. Long, unfocused answers bury the points that earn marks.

Sample papers, mark schemes and marked reports for AKU-EB HSSC Urdu

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Questions teachers ask

How much of the paper is written?
Sixty of the 100 marks: constructed and extended responses in Paper II.
Is Pakistan Culture offered instead for foreign students?
The scheme allows Pakistan Culture in place of Urdu for foreign students, subject to the board’s approval. This page covers Urdu Compulsory.
Is this official AKU-EB marking?
No. Aga Khan University Examination Board marks the real exam. This is examiner-style marking of mocks and homework for AKU-EB HSSC Urdu. Only you see the marking, and you decide what reaches the student.
Do you reproduce past-paper questions?
No. Every XI-XII paper here is original and written to the urdu compulsory hssc syllabus 2025, in the same structure as the real papers shown above.
Which papers are marked?
None yet are marked question by question; Paper I are scored instantly. Practical exams sat at the centre are not marked here.
How is the next paper chosen?
From the marks a student lost: the concepts behind them are ranked by marks dropped, and the new paper weights those topics. It is the same syllabus and structure, with new questions.
When are the exams?
Annual and September series. Grades A++ to U (IBCC scale).

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