This is the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) Hindi supplementary reader for Class IX, कृतिका भाग 1 (Kritika Bhag 1), prescribed for Hindi Course 'A'. It is a Hindi medium (हिन्दी माध्यम) book — the complete content, all chapters and all exercises are written in Hindi in the Devanagari script. It is prescribed for CBSE schools and for state boards that follow the NCERT curriculum. Kritika Bhag 1 is the supplementary companion to क्षितिज भाग 1, the main Class 9 Hindi Course 'A' reader, and both are prescribed together for the full course. Where Kshitij is divided into short prose and poetry chapters with heavy language work, Kritika carries longer, complete pieces meant to be read whole — memoir, reportage, narrative essay and story. The prescribed set includes इस जल प्रलय में, मेरे संग की औरतें, रीढ़ की हड्डी and माटी वाली. The supplementary reader is where a student stops answering on paragraphs and starts answering on a whole text. The questions after each chapter ask for the writer's purpose, the significance of an episode, the situation a character is placed in, and a written response in the student's own words — they cannot be answered from a summary. रीढ़ की हड्डी in particular, a play about a family arranging a match for their educated daughter, is examined on what the piece is arguing rather than on what happens in it. Kritika Bhag 1 carries its own weightage in the Class 9 Hindi Course 'A' paper. Used alongside क्षितिज भाग 1, it completes the prescribed course. Key Features: Hindi medium book — complete content written in Hindi (Devanagari script) Published by NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) कृतिका भाग 1 — कक्षा 9 'अ' पाठ्यक्रम के लिए हिंदी की पूरक पाठ्यपुस्तक (Kritika Bhag 1, Hindi Course A) Prescribed for CBSE schools and state boards following the NCERT curriculum Companion volume to क्षितिज भाग 1, the main Class 9 Hindi Course 'A' reader Longer complete pieces — memoir, reportage, narrative essay and a play Includes इस जल प्रलय में — reportage of the Patna flood Includes मेरे संग की औरतें — memoir Includes रीढ़ की हड्डी — a play on education and marriage Includes माटी वाली — story Chapter-end questions on the writer's purpose, situation and significance Questions call for written response in the student's own words, not summary recall Carries its own weightage in the Class 9 Hindi Course 'A' paper Read alongside क्षितिज भाग 1 for the complete Class 9 Hindi course Standard NCERT text — the base book before any guide or question bank यह पुस्तक राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद (NCERT) द्वारा कक्षा 9 के हिंदी 'अ' पाठ्यक्रम हेतु निर्धारित पूरक पाठ्यपुस्तक कृतिका भाग 1 है। ध्यान दें: यह पुस्तक पूर्णतः हिन्दी भाषा एवं देवनागरी लिपि में है। यह मुख्य पुस्तक क्षितिज भाग 1 की सहयोगी पुस्तक है; सम्पूर्ण पाठ्यक्रम हेतु दोनों पुस्तकें निर्धारित हैं। इसमें अपेक्षाकृत लंबी एवं पूर्ण रचनाएँ सम्मिलित हैं — इस जल प्रलय में (रिपोर्ताज), मेरे संग की औरतें (संस्मरण), रीढ़ की हड्डी (एकांकी) तथा माटी वाली (कहानी)। पूरक पुस्तक के प्रश्न पाठ के अंश पर नहीं, अपितु सम्पूर्ण रचना के भाव, उद्देश्य एवं पात्रों की स्थिति पर आधारित होते हैं और उत्तर अपने शब्दों में अपेक्षित होते हैं — अतः इन्हें गाइड के सारांश से नहीं, मूल पुस्तक से पढ़ना आवश्यक है। कक्षा 9 हिंदी 'अ' के प्रश्न-पत्र में पूरक पुस्तक का निश्चित भारांक होता है।