Class 8 Sanskrit Reading Comprehension अपठित गद्यांश

Read an original Sanskrit passage and practise one-word, full-sentence and vocabulary questions.

How to use this practice

Underline the verb and read the question word. का asks who, केन asks “with what” or “with whom”, and कुत्र asks where. For a full answer, include the subject and verb.

Practice and worked answers

ग्रामे एकं लघु पुस्तकालयगृहम् अस्ति। रविवासरे अमृता मित्रेण सह तत्र गच्छति। सा कथापुस्तकं चिनोति। तस्याः मित्रं चित्रपुस्तकं चिनोति। तौ गृहं गत्वा पुस्तकानि पठतः। अग्रिमे रविवासरे तौ पुस्तकानि प्रत्यर्पयतः।

  1. एकपदेन · का पुस्तकालयं गच्छति?

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    अमृता।

    The feminine subject appears in the second sentence.

  2. एकपदेन · अमृता केन सह गच्छति?

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    मित्रेण।

    सह takes instrumental मित्रेण.

  3. पूर्णवाक्येन · अमृता किं चिनोति?

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    अमृता कथापुस्तकं चिनोति।

    Keep both the object and verb.

  4. पूर्णवाक्येन · तौ कदा पुस्तकानि प्रत्यर्पयतः?

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    तौ अग्रिमे रविवासरे पुस्तकानि प्रत्यर्पयतः।

    अग्रिमे रविवासरे gives the precise time.

  5. Which word means “having gone”?

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    गत्वा।

    The action of going happens before the reading.

  6. Suggest a Sanskrit title for the passage.

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    ग्रामस्य पुस्तकालयः।

    The title identifies the main setting and activity.

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