ICSE Class 10 Sanskrit
Prepare for your board examination by checking your registered Sanskrit option and examination year, then practising the relevant question types.
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For Group I, combine language practice with work from the prescribed texts. For Group II, practise elementary grammar and unseen translation in both directions. Use your current examination-year syllabus to check the exact scope.
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- Group I practice paper with answers · Second Language
- Group II practice paper with answers · Classical Language
Group I · Sanskrit as a Second Language
Practise composition, letter writing, unseen comprehension and grammar alongside prescribed-text questions.
Group II · Sanskrit as a Classical Language
Practise elementary Sanskrit grammar and short unseen translation from English into Sanskrit and from Sanskrit into English.
Plan revision by your registered option
For Group I, alternate language work with a prescribed-text exercise. For Group II, alternate unseen translation in both directions with targeted grammar. For either option, keep an error log with the original sentence, your correction and the rule or meaning you missed.
Worked example
बालिकाभिः उद्याने पुष्पाणि दृष्टानि।
बालिकाभिः is instrumental plural and names the people who saw the flowers. उद्याने gives the location. पुष्पाणि and दृष्टानि agree in neuter plural. Literal translation: “The flowers were seen by the girls in the garden.” A natural translation is “The girls saw flowers in the garden.”
An original exam-practice passage
एकः छात्रः प्रतिदिनं संस्कृतं पठति। यदा सः कठिनं शब्दं पश्यति, तदा शब्दकोशं पश्यति। सः नूतनान् शब्दान् पुस्तिकायां लिखति।
How often does the student study Sanskrit?
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सः प्रतिदिनं संस्कृतं पठति।
What does he do when he sees a difficult word?
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सः शब्दकोशं पश्यति। He consults a dictionary.
Where does he record new words?
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सः नूतनान् शब्दान् पुस्तिकायां लिखति। पुस्तिकायाम् gives the location.
Independent practice
Try each question before opening its answer.
Translate “Two girls read a letter in the garden” into Sanskrit.
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बालिके उद्याने पत्रं पठतः। बालिके is nominative dual and पठतः agrees.
Split विद्यालयः and identify the boundary vowels.
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विद्या + आलयः. आ + आ gives आ.
Explain the agreement in नूतनान् शब्दान्.
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Both forms are masculine accusative plural. The adjective agrees with its noun.
Rewrite सः शब्दकोशं पश्यति about several boys.
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ते शब्दकोशं पश्यन्ति। The subject and verb become plural.
Apply what you learned
Group I practice: write a short note to a classmate explaining how you revise vocabulary. Include when you practise, the tool you use and one specific habit. Group II practice: translate the passage into English, then translate your English back without looking at the original. Check whether you kept the sequence “when … then”.
Quick revision
बालिका पत्रं लिखति।
Translate into English, then change the subject to “the girls”.
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The girl writes a letter. A plural rewrite is बालिकाः पत्रं लिखन्ति। The verb changes to match the plural subject.
विद्यालये छात्राः संस्कृतं पठन्ति।
Translate the sentence and explain the ending in विद्यालये.
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The students study Sanskrit at school. विद्यालये is a locative singular form and gives the place.
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