Class 10 Sanskrit prescribed text · Code 119 पठितावबोधनम् अभ्यास
Manika Part 2 · Section D · Questions 12–18 · 30 marks
How Section D is marked
Use the official sample paper alongside this guide. The table shows the 2026–27 exam distribution. Each section below includes a method and a short worked drill.
आधिकारिक प्रतिदर्श प्रश्नपत्र साथ रखें। हर प्रश्न का तरीका पढ़ें और उत्तर देखने से पहले छोटा अभ्यास स्वयं हल करें।
| Question | Task | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Prose comprehension | 5 |
| 13 | Verse comprehension | 5 |
| 14 | Drama comprehension | 5 |
| 15 | Form questions | 5 |
| 16 | Verse word order or meaning | 2 |
| 17 | Meaning in context | 4 |
| 18 | Complete the prescribed story | 4 |
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Prescribed lessons from Manika Part 2
- वाङ्मयं तपः
- नास्ति त्यागसमं सुखम्
- रमणीया हि सृष्टिरेषा
- अभ्यासवशगं मनः
- राष्ट्रं संरक्ष्यमेव हि
- साधुवृत्तिं समाचरेत्
- तिरुक्कुरल्-सूक्ति-सौरभम्
- सुस्वागतं भो! अरुणाचलेऽस्मिन्
- कालोऽहम्
The syllabus lists these lessons for internal assessment only: आज्ञा गुरूणां हि अविचारणीया · किं किम् उपादेयम्.
Question 12 · Prose comprehension (5 marks)
गद्यांशः
Attempt any two one-word and any two full-sentence questions. Choose one language group. Use the passage to find the needed word or clause.
In the sample paper. In the official prose extract, the question about where the character returned requires only the destination for a one-word answer.
Use the official Question 12 passage. Where did the character return? Give one word.
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स्वगृहम्
It names the destination, his own home.
What does बालकः mean in the passage?
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बालः
Knowing who speaks makes it easier to follow the change in the character’s thinking.
Question 13 · Verse comprehension (5 marks)
पद्यांशः
Identify the verb and the person described. Restore prose order before writing a full-sentence response.
In the sample paper. The first official verse asks about the impulse arising from desire and anger. Copy the relevant form when a one-word answer is required.
Use the first official Question 13 verse. What does the impulse arise from?
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कामात् क्रोधाच्च
The compound indicates the two sources, desire and anger.
Who can be happy according to that verse? Write a complete Sanskrit sentence.
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यः कामक्रोधयोः वेगं सोढुं शक्नोति स नरः सुखी भवति।
State the condition and the result, using both halves of the idea.
Question 14 · Drama comprehension (5 marks)
नाट्यांशः
Read speaker labels first. Follow what each speaker says, then answer from the extract rather than from general knowledge.
In the sample paper. In the Arunachal dialogue, Himanshu explains the name using a synonym for the sun. The grammatical form depends on what the question asks.
Use official Question 14. अरुणः कस्य पर्यायः? Answer in one word.
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सूर्यस्य
कस्य asks for the genitive, so keep सूर्यस्य.
In the same dialogue, identify the subject of स्पृशति.
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प्रकाशः
The light performs the action of touching the region.
Question 15 · Form questions (5 marks)
प्रश्ननिर्माणम्
Keep the person, tense and other parts of the sentence. Replace the target with the question word that matches its role.
In the sample paper. For a question asking what place someone enters, कुत्र may fit. For an accusative object, use the matching form of किम् where appropriate.
Form a question for शनिवासरे in सा शनिवासरे आगच्छति।
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सा कदा आगच्छति?
कदा asks when.
Form a question for पुस्तकानि in बालकः पुस्तकानि पठति।
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बालकः कानि पठति?
कानि is the neuter plural object form.
Form a question for उद्यानम् in छात्रा उद्यानं गच्छति।
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छात्रा कुत्र गच्छति?
कुत्र asks for the destination.
Form a question for शिक्षकः in शिक्षकः प्रश्नं पृच्छति।
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कः प्रश्नं पृच्छति?
कः replaces the masculine singular subject.
Form a question for बालकेन in गीतं बालकेन गीयते।
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गीतं केन गीयते?
केन retains the instrumental in the passive sentence.
Question 16 · Verse word order or meaning (2 marks)
अन्वयः अथवा भावार्थः
Choose one option and fill four blanks for half a mark each. Use the word bank and rewrite the completed answer.
In the sample paper. In the crow and swan verse, jewellery and a golden body do not turn a crow into a swan. Use that contrast to place the final word.
Complete the paraphrase. काकस्य (1) ___ सुवर्णमयं भवेत्। तस्य चञ्चौ (2) ___ स्यात्। पक्षेषु मणयः (3) ___ भवेयुः। तथापि स (4) ___ न भवति।
राजहंसः / ग्रथिताः / शरीरम् / रत्नम्
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१. शरीरम् · २. रत्नम् · ३. ग्रथिताः · ४. राजहंसः
Follow the description from body to beak to wings, then complete the contrast.
Question 17 · Meaning in context (4 marks)
प्रसङ्गानुसारम् अर्थचयनम्
Match each underlined word with its meaning in that sentence. Use the surrounding action to discard options from unrelated contexts.
In the sample paper. In the official story, the ram enters a place where food is prepared. That context tells you that महानसम् means kitchen.
In सेवकः महानसे भोजनं पचति।, what does महानसम् mean?
पाकशाला / पुस्तकालयः / उद्यानम् / हयशाला
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पाकशाला
Cooking is the clue.
In सा ग्रामं व्रजति।, what does व्रजति mean?
पठति / नमति / गच्छति / वदति
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गच्छति
The sentence gives a destination, the village.
Question 18 · Complete the prescribed story (4 marks)
पाठाधारित-कथापूर्तिः
Read the story from beginning to end before filling the blanks. Match the word to both the event and the required gender, number and case.
In the sample paper. In the official Shibi story, Indra appears as a person without sight to test the king. The king gives his eyes and later receives sight again.
Fill the blanks. शिविः (1) ___ आसीत्। स (2) ___ ददाति स्म। शक्रस्तं (3) ___ ऐच्छत्। अतः स (4) ___ रूपं धृतवान्। स राज्ञः सकाशात् (5) ___ अयाचत। राजा तस्मै स्वस्य (6) ___ अयच्छत्। शक्रो राज्ञः (7) ___ प्रसन्नोऽभवत्। सोऽन्ते राज्ञे (8) ___ अयच्छत्।
त्यागेन / नेत्रम् / राजा / दृष्टिम् / याचकस्य / दानं / नेत्रद्वयम् / परीक्षितुम्
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१. राजा · २. दानं · ३. परीक्षितुम् · ४. याचकस्य · ५. नेत्रम् · ६. नेत्रद्वयम् · ७. त्यागेन · ८. दृष्टिम्
Track the king’s generosity, the reason for the test, the visitor’s disguise, the request for one eye, the gift of both eyes and the restoration of sight.
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