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sanskrit-gadyansh-padyansh-sa-l2 MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
Solve 10 sanskrit-gadyansh-padyansh-sa-l2 questions for RAS/RPSC preparation.
Practice questions
Q1Match each task with its correct description. 1. anvaya 2. śīrṣaka. Choose the correct order.
The pairing 'rebuilding verse into prose order; the title naming the central idea' is correct. Anvaya is the rebuilding of verse from metrical order into natural prose order, and a correct śīrṣaka must name the passage's central idea, never a vivid minor detail. The 'splitting sandhi words; one-word answer' pairing describes padaccheda and ekapadena, the 'moral of a verse; title naming a vivid detail' pairing swaps in bhāvārtha and the wrong-title trap, and the last pairing mismatches śīrṣaka with the one-word answer form.
Q2In an unseen Sanskrit prose passage, which single step should a candidate do first before answering any question?
Reading the whole passage once for gist is correct because the method begins with a gist read that establishes topic and tone before padaccheda, anvaya and kāraka mapping. Translating every word in printed order is the literal-pada trap, writing from memory of a similar passage confuses an unseen skill task with recall, and choosing a title before reading inverts the order since a correct śīrṣaka can only be chosen after the central idea is known.
Q3Read the statements. I. Anvaya is needed mainly for verse because metre, not meaning, sets verse word-order. II. Padaccheda is unnecessary once sandhi is present. Which is correct?
Only the first statement is correct. Verse word-order follows chandas, not sense, so anvaya is essential to recover meaning. The second statement is false because sandhi fuses words, which makes padaccheda more necessary, not unnecessary. Accepting both statements keeps that false sandhi claim, accepting only the second reverses the method, and rejecting both over-corrects by discarding the valid anvaya description.
Q4Passage: 'siṃhaḥ vane avasat.' The question is 'siṃhaḥ kutra avasat?'. Which full-sentence answer is correct?
The full sentence siṃhaḥ vane avasat is correct because a 'kutra' (where) question asks for the adhikaraṇa, expressed in saptamī as 'vane', returned inside a full sentence with the prathamā subject 'siṃhaḥ'. The siṃhaḥ vanam avasat answer uses dvitīyā 'vanam', the siṃhasya vane avasat answer wrongly makes the subject possessive, and the bare 'vane' gives only one word when a full sentence is required.
Q5A candidate must do padaccheda of 'sūryodaye' in an unseen passage. Which split is correct?
The split sūrya + udaye is correct because 'sūryodaye' is formed by guṇa sandhi of 'sūrya' (ending in a) and 'udaye' (the saptamī of udaya), where a + u becomes o. The sūryo + daye split breaks letters meaninglessly and leaves the non-word 'daye', the sūrya + āudaye split invents an absent long vowel, and the sūrya + udayaḥ split changes the case to prathamā, breaking the passage's saptamī form.
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6Read the statements about answering an unseen verse. I. Bhāvārtha of a nīti verse should state its lesson, not just narrate the event. II. The kartṛ is best found by first locating the finite verb. Which is correct?
7Assertion: A correct śīrṣaka for the 'udyamena' verse is 'the importance of effort', not 'the lion'. Reason: A title should name a passage's central idea, while the lion is only an illustration.
8While teaching Class 7, which sequencing decision best follows sound language-acquisition practice for unseen comprehension?
9Which is the strongest distractor design for an MCQ asking the meaning of a saptamī word in a passage?
10Verse: 'udyamena hi sidhyanti kāryāṇi na manorathaiḥ.' For the question 'kāryāṇi kena sidhyanti?', which answer is correct?