अपठित अवबोधनम्: Class 9 Sanskrit (शारदा) (CBSE) important questions and practice

Topics in this chapter

• Reading an unseen Sanskrit passage for gist
• One-word and one-sentence answers in Sanskrit (एकपदेन, पूर्णवाक्येन)
• Finding the suitable title (शीर्षकम्) for the passage
• Picking out nouns, pronouns, adjectives and verbs as asked
• Vocabulary: finding synonyms and opposites in the passage
• Identifying the karta and kriya of a sentence from the passage
• Question formation: which pada answers the given question

What examiners usually ask

• Read the passage and answer in one word (एकपदेन): कः वनं गच्छति?
• Answer in a complete Sanskrit sentence (पूर्णवाक्येन): बालकाः किं कुर्वन्ति?
• Write a suitable title for the passage in Sanskrit and give one reason for your choice
• From the passage pick the visheshana of 'बालकः' and the pratyaya-word for the given meaning

Exam tip

Underline all verbs in the passage first; most questions are answered by the sentence containing a matching verb, and the title should be a two or three word Sanskrit phrase taken from the passage's own words, which is what examiners accept most readily.

अपठित अवबोधनम् on other boards and exams

• CBSE Class 10 Sanskrit

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