Class 10 Sanskrit prescribed text · Code 122 पठितावबोधनम् अभ्यास
Shemushi 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 | 4 |
| 16 | Verse word order or meaning | 4 |
| 17 | Put events in order | 4 |
| 18 | Meaning in context | 3 |
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Prescribed lessons from Shemushi Part 2
- शुचिपर्यावरणम्
- बुद्धिर्बलवती सदा
- शिशुलालनम्
- जननी तुल्यवत्सला
- सुभाषितानि
- सौहार्दं प्रकृतेः शोभा
- विचित्रः साक्षी
- सूक्तयः
- अन्योक्तयः
Question 12 · Prose comprehension (5 marks)
गद्यांशः
Answer any two one-word questions and any two full-sentence questions. Then complete one of the two language groups. Keep the case ending that the question requires.
In the sample paper. In the official prose about the witness, the thief takes a box. For the one-word answer, retain the accusative ending instead of writing an entire sentence.
Use the official Question 12 passage. What did the thief take? Answer in one word.
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मञ्जूषाम्
The box is the object of the action, so retain the accusative.
In the same passage, what is the sense of अतिथिः?
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अभ्यागतः
The word identifies the visitor in the story.
Question 13 · Verse comprehension (5 marks)
पद्यांशः
Find the exact word for a one-word answer. For a full answer, turn the verse into ordinary word order and state the whole idea.
In the sample paper. The official extract compares anger to an enemy. Identify what the verse is comparing before choosing a synonym or writing a full response.
Use the first official verse in Question 13. Name the emotion it describes as an enemy.
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क्रोधः
The verse names anger as the force that harms a person.
Read the second official verse. What does the father give his son? Answer in a complete sentence.
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पिता पुत्राय विद्याधनं प्रयच्छति।
Keep the giver, the recipient and the gift in your sentence.
Question 14 · Drama comprehension (5 marks)
नाट्यांशः
Track who is speaking and who is addressed. Preserve the dual when the question refers to two characters.
In the sample paper. In the dialogue from शिशुलालनम्, the twins are Lava and Kusha. The first-person dual pronoun changes its reference with the speaker.
Use the official Question 14 dialogue. Write the names of the twins as one dual compound.
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लवकुशौ
The dual form names both brothers together.
Who is their teacher? Answer in a complete sentence.
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वाल्मीकिर्लवकुशयोर्गुरुरस्ति।
लवकुशयोः is genitive dual. The sentence names the teacher and both pupils.
Question 15 · Form questions (4 marks)
प्रश्ननिर्माणम्
Replace the targeted word with an interrogative that preserves its role. Read the new question to make sure the original word would answer it.
In the sample paper. If the target word is the object of प्रणमन्ति, the question word must remain an object. A feminine singular object calls for काम्.
Form a question for उद्याने in बालकाः उद्याने क्रीडन्ति।
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बालकाः कुत्र क्रीडन्ति?
कुत्र asks for the location.
Form a question for पुस्तकम् in बालकः पुस्तकं पठति।
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बालकः किं पठति?
किम् asks for the neuter object.
Form a question for सीता in सीता गीतं गायति।
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का गीतं गायति?
का is the feminine nominative singular question word.
Form a question for मित्रेण in रमा मित्रेण सह गच्छति।
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रमा केन सह गच्छति?
केन preserves the instrumental required by सह.
Question 16 · Verse word order or meaning (4 marks)
अन्वयः अथवा भावार्थः
Choose one option. In अन्वय, recover the grammatical links and prose order. In भावार्थ, express the verse’s idea. The sample paper has four blanks in either option.
In the sample paper. The बुद्धिर्बलवती सदा verse shows a woman escaping danger through her own intelligence. Identify who escaped, what she escaped from, and how.
Complete the prose order. सा (1) ___ स्वबुद्ध्या (2) ___ भयात् विमुक्ता। यः (3) ___ भवति, स भयात् (4) ___।
मुच्यते / भामिनी / बुद्धिमान् / व्याघ्रस्य
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१. भामिनी · २. व्याघ्रस्य · ३. बुद्धिमान् · ४. मुच्यते
भामिनी names the woman, and व्याघ्रस्य identifies the danger as the tiger’s. बुद्धिमान् describes the second subject, and मुच्यते completes the result.
Question 17 · Put events in order (4 marks)
घटनाक्रमानुसारं कथालेखनम्
Order the cause before the consequence and a question before its reply. Track which event must already have occurred.
In the sample paper. In जननी तुल्यवत्सला, the weak bull falls before Surabhi weeps. Indra asks why she is crying before she explains.
Order these eight events from the bull episode.
A · स तां रोदनस्य कारणमपृच्छत्। / B · ततः प्रचण्डा वृष्टिरभवत्। / C · श्रान्तो वृषभो भूमौ पपात। / D · कृषको दुर्बलं वृषभं चोदयति स्म। / E · इन्द्रस्तां रुदतीमपश्यत्। / F · पतितं पुत्रं दृष्ट्वा सुरभिरुरोद। / G · सा पुत्रस्य दुःखं न्यवेदयत्। / H · वृष्टेः कारणात् कृषको वृषभौ गृहमनयत्।
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D → C → F → E → A → G → B → H
The farmer drives the bull until it falls. Surabhi weeps, Indra sees her and asks why, and she explains. The rain leads the farmer to take both bulls home.
Question 18 · Meaning in context (3 marks)
प्रसङ्गानुकूलम् अर्थलेखनम्
Read the whole sentence. Choose the sense that fits the action, even when another option is associated with the word in a different setting.
In the sample paper. In the official paper, करी refers to a forest animal and means elephant. The sentence tells you which meaning to use.
In भृङ्गाः पुष्पाणि आश्रयन्ते।, choose the meaning of भृङ्गाः.
वृक्षाः / भ्रमराः / नद्यः / मेघाः
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भ्रमराः
The context is insects going to flowers.
In करी जले स्नाति।, choose the meaning of करी.
गजः / सिंहः / मीनः / काकः
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गजः
करी names an elephant in this context.
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