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Samas, Upsarg, Pratyay MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 9 Samas, Upsarg, Pratyay questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
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Q1At the primary level, which Sanskrit term is used for a compound word formed by joining two or more words?
Samas is the joining of two or more words to form a single compound word, such as राजपुत्र from राजन् and पुत्र. At the primary level, learners only recognise the term and a few familiar examples.
Q2Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) and pick the best option. (A): At the primary level, the word "रामलक्ष्मणौ" should be recognised as a dvandva samas. (R): Dvandva samas joins two nouns of equal status that would otherwise be linked by the word "and."
रामलक्ष्मणौ stands for रामः च लक्ष्मणः च — two names of equal status joined by an implicit "and." That fits the dvandva pattern at primary recognition level, and (R) gives exactly the defining property that supports (A).
Q3Consider the following statements about samas, upsarg and pratyay at the primary stage: (i) Samas joins two or more whole words into a single compound word. (ii) Upsarg comes before a root and changes its meaning. (iii) कृत् pratyay is added after a verbal root, while तद्धित pratyay is added after a noun or adjective. Which combination of the statements is correct?
All three are textbook-accurate at the primary recognition level. (i) names the working definition of samas; (ii) gives the position-and-effect rule for upsarg; (iii) draws the basic कृत् vs तद्धित line by attachment site (verbal root vs nominal base).
Q4Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) and pick the best option. (A): The Sanskrit word "पाठक" carries a tad-dhita pratyay. (R): A pratyay added after a verbal root such as पठ् to make an agent noun is classified as kṛt, not tad-dhita.
पाठक is built from the verbal root पठ् (to read) with the agent-marker pratyay "-अक." By the standard rule a pratyay attached directly to a verbal root is kṛt, so पाठक is a kṛt-formed word, not tad-dhita. Hence (A) is wrong while (R) is correct.
Q5Among the following Sanskrit words, which one is NOT formed by adding an upsarg to a root?
बालक is formed by adding the kṛt-style pratyay "-क" after the noun base बाल, not by attaching an upsarg before a root. The other three carry common upsargs: प्र in प्रहार, वि in विजय, अनु in अनुसार.
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6Match List I (Sanskrit word) with List II (kind of formation) and pick the right option. List I: (P) सुपुत्र, (Q) पीताम्बर, (R) माता-पिता, (S) राजपुत्र List II: (1) bahuvrihi samas, (2) tatpurusha samas, (3) dvandva samas, (4) karmadharaya samas
7Read the two statements about Sanskrit upsargs taught at the primary level and pick the right option. Statement I: "प्र" and "अनु" are listed among the most-used Sanskrit upsargs at the primary stage. Statement II: An upsarg is added after the root, like a suffix, to change its meaning.
8Read the assertion (A) and reason (R) and choose the best option. (A): The Sanskrit prefix "प्र" in "प्रहार" is called an upsarg. (R): An upsarg is a small word-part attached before a root that changes the meaning of the root.
9Identify the option that names the basic kind of samas in which the first member becomes the qualifier of the second, as in "नीलकमल" (blue lotus).