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Key Facts: RS Mala Matura Exam

Experimental

Formal Status

Министарство просвјете и културе РС / RPZ RS

120 min

Time Per Subject Paper

RPZ RS — Стручно упутство

Examined Subjects

RPZ RS

0 KM

Examination Fee

RPZ RS

The Republika Srpska Mala Matura is an entity-wide Grade 9 external assessment run by RPZ RS in all public primary schools. It consists of two 120-minute papers — mother tongue and mathematics — sat on consecutive days from 10:00. It remains formally experimental: the Ministry renews RPZ RS's consent each year, there is no pass mark, and the result is not a condition for secondary-school enrolment. The official papers are written in Serbian or in the Language of the Bosniak People; this bank is an English-language MCQ study adaptation, not an official translation.

Sample RS Mala Matura Practice Questions

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1Which sound change occurs when the noun 'момак' shifts to 'момци' in the nominative plural?

A.Fleeting A (Непостојано А) and Sibilation (Сибиларизација)

B.Palatalization and Iotation

C.Voice assimilation only

D.Vocalization of L to O

Explanation: In 'момак' -> 'момци': (1) The vowel 'а' is lost in the plural stem (непостојано А: момак -> момк-); (2) Velar 'к' shifts to dental affricate 'ц' before inflectional 'и' (сибиларизација: к -> ц), yielding 'момци'.

2In the vocative singular form 'вуче' (from nominative 'вук'), which phonetic sound change has occurred?

A.Palatalization (Палатализација: к -> ч)

B.Sibilation (Сибиларизација: к -> ц)

C.Iotation (Јотовање)

D.Consonant loss (Губљење сугласника)

Explanation: Palatalization is the shift of velars к, г, х into postalveolars ч, ж, ш before front vocative ending 'е' (вук + е -> вуче, бог + е -> боже, дух + е -> душе).

3In which of the following words has voicing assimilation (једначење сугласника по звучности) taken place?

A.Слатки (from сладити / слад-ак)

B.Школски

C.Дрвени

D.Птица

Explanation: In 'слатки' (root слад- + -ки), voiced dental 'д' precedes voiceless velar 'к'. Under voicing assimilation, voiced 'д' unvoices to its voiceless pair 'т', resulting in 'слатки'.

4What grammatical case is used for direct addressing or calling out to someone (дозивање / обраћање)?

A.Вокатив (Vocative)

B.Номинатив (Nominative)

C.Акузатив (Accusative)

D.Инструментал (Instrumental)

Explanation: The Vocative (вокатив) is the independent addressing case in Serbian/BHS, set off in writing with commas (e.g., 'Добар дан, професоре!').

5Which verb form represents the Aorist tense (аорист) in: 'Он угледа птицу и потрча према дрвету'?

A.угледа and потрча

B.угледа only

C.потрча only

D.према дрвету

Explanation: Both 'угледа' and 'потрча' are perfective verbs conjugated in the 3rd person singular of the Aorist tense (прошло свршено вријеме), expressing dynamic, momentary past actions.

6Identify the type of subordinate clause in: 'Кад смо стигли на врх планине, сунце је већ залазило.'

A.Temporal clause (Временска реченица)

B.Causal clause (Узрочна реченица)

C.Concessive clause (Допусна реченица)

D.Conditional clause (Погодбена реченица)

Explanation: The subordinate clause 'Кад смо стигли на врх планине' answers 'Када?' (When?), indicating the time when the main action occurred (временска реченица).

7According to standard orthography (правопис), which of the following holiday names is written correctly?

A.Нова година

B.Нова Година

C.нова година

D.нова Година

Explanation: In names of holidays and festive days consisting of multiple words, only the first word is capitalized unless a subsequent word is an independent proper noun (e.g., 'Нова година', 'Дан државности').

8In Serbian epic folk poetry, which famous hero is depicted riding his piebald steed Šarac and wielding a heavy mace (топуз)?

A.Марко Краљевић (Prince Marko)

B.Милош Обилић

C.Цар Лазар

D.Бановић Страхиња

Explanation: Marko Kraljević is the central legendary hero of the cycle of Prince Marko, famously riding his faithful horse Šarac and drinking wine.

9Which poetic stylistic device opens with a question, gives a negative answer, and concludes with the true explanation (characteristic of folk ballads like Hasanaginica)?

A.Словенска антитеза (Slavic antithesis)

B.Градација (Gradation)

C.Оксиморон (Oxymoron)

D.Литота (Litotes)

Explanation: Slavic antithesis (словенска антитеза) is a three-part stylistic figure: question ('Шта се бјели у гори зеленој?'), negation ('Нит' је снијег, нит' су лабудови...'), and revelation ('Већ то бјели шатор аге Хасанаге').

10Which 19th-century language reformer standardized the Serbian Cyrillic alphabet around the phonetic principle 'Пиши као што говориш, а читај као што је написано'?

A.Вук Стефановић Караџић

B.Доситеј Обрадовић

C.Ђуро Даничић

D.Јован Стерија Поповић

Explanation: Vuk Stefanović Karadžić (1787–1864) reformed the Serbian alphabet, collected oral folk literature, and published the first modern Serbian dictionary (Српски рјечник, 1818).

About the RS Mala Matura Exam

The Mala matura (Мала матура) in Republika Srpska is the entity-wide standardized external assessment administered to all ninth-grade primary school pupils by the Републички педагошки завод Републике Српске (RPZ RS) in cooperation with the Ministarstvo prosvjete i kulture RS. Covering Mother Tongue (Српски језик or Језик бошњачког народа) and Mathematics, the assessment provides standardized diagnostic evaluation of cumulative primary education outcomes based on published Zbirke zadataka.

Assessment

Two standardized papers sat on consecutive days: mother tongue (Српски језик, or Језик бошњачког народа for pupils who study it) on the first day and Математика on the second. Scripts are coded and decoded centrally, and RPZ RS issues a Стручно упутство with separate instructions for testators, invigilators, marking commissions and appeals.

Time Limit

120 minutes per paper, both starting at 10:00

Passing Score

No pass mark and no enrolment consequence; the result is used for entity-level standards evaluation and formative school feedback

Exam Fee

0 KM (Републички педагошки завод Републике Српске (RPZ RS))

RS Mala Matura Exam Content Outline

1 of 2 papers

Српски језик / Језик бошњачког народа

Grammar, sound changes, morphology, syntax, orthography, literary theory, folk and artistic literature, and reading comprehension.

1 of 2 papers

Математика / Mathematics

Number operations, fractions, algebraic expressions, linear equations and inequalities, planar geometry, Pythagorean theorem, and solid geometry.

How to Pass the RS Mala Matura Exam

What You Need to Know

Passing score: No pass mark and no enrolment consequence; the result is used for entity-level standards evaluation and formative school feedback
Assessment: Two standardized papers sat on consecutive days: mother tongue (Српски језик, or Језик бошњачког народа for pupils who study it) on the first day and Математика on the second. Scripts are coded and decoded centrally, and RPZ RS issues a Стручно упутство with separate instructions for testators, invigilators, marking commissions and appeals.
Time limit: 120 minutes per paper, both starting at 10:00
Exam fee: 0 KM

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RS Mala Matura Study Tips from Top Performers

1Review the official Zbirke zadataka published by RPZ RS for Serbian Language and Mathematics.

2Practice multi-step algebraic word problems and geometric proof concepts involving triangles and circles.

3Focus on phonetics, case endings, and sentence clause analysis in the language section.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the status of the Mala matura in Republika Srpska?

The Mala matura is currently administered as an experimental external assessment ('eksperimentalna Mala matura') by RPZ RS. Results evaluate educational outcomes and guide formative feedback, but are not an eliminatory condition for secondary school admission.

What subjects are examined on the RS Mala matura?

Two papers: the mother tongue — Српски језик, or Језик бошњачког народа for pupils who study it — on the first day, and Математика on the second. Each paper starts at 10:00 and lasts 120 minutes. RPZ RS does not publish how many items each paper contains.

In what languages and scripts is the exam administered?

The official exam is administered in Serbian (using Cyrillic and Latin scripts) or the Language of the Bosniak People for pupils who study that curriculum. This practice bank provides an English-language MCQ study adaptation.