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Question 101

Where is a human being safe?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 102

Where is the statement “Even the great may suffer a fall from a great height” found?

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Correct answer: (C) अभिज्ञानशाकुन्तले चतुर्थाङ्के

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Question 103

Where does the statement “Like grain, a mortal ripens; like grain, he is born again” occur?

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Correct answer: (B) In the Kathopanishad

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Question 104

Which boon of Nachiketas is referred to in the verse beginning “There is this doubt about a person after death…”?

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Correct answer: (A) Third

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Question 105

In which work does the verse beginning “Therefore, one should carefully examine…” occur?

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Correct answer: (C) In canto one of Kiratarjuniya

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Question 106

In this passage from Shivrajavijaya, what does the word “इनः” mean?

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Correct answer: (C) Master

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Question 107

Where does this quotation occur?

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Correct answer: (C) शिवराजविजये

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Question 108

In which Rigvedic hymn does the mantra “Be easy of access to us, Agni, like a father to his son…” occur?

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Correct answer: (A) Agni hymn

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Question 109

In which Rigvedic hymn does the mantra beginning “The resplendent face of the gods has risen…” occur?

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Correct answer: (C) Surya hymn

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Question 110

Where does the example “Even opposition from great people is preferable” occur?

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Correct answer: (A) In the advice of Shukanasa in Kadambari

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Question 111

Where does the line “A request is better fruitless when made to a worthy person than fulfilled by an inferior one” occur?

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Correct answer: (C) In the Purvamegha of Meghaduta

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Question 112

How will all countries be able to achieve prosperity in the field of knowledge and science?

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Correct answer: (A) Through friendship

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Question 113

Which is the correct grammatical derivation of “एतादृशः”?

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Correct answer: (C) एतद् + दृश् + कञ्

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Question 114

What kind of atmosphere exists in the world?

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Correct answer: (B) Unpeaceful

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Question 115

How do powerful countries behave toward weaker countries?

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Correct answer: (C) With hostility

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Question 116

Who helps in everyday life?

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Correct answer: (A) A friend

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Question 117

Where did the woodpecker take the sparrow?

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Correct answer: (B) To the fly

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Question 118

Who narrated the incident before Meghnada?

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Correct answer: (A) The sparrow and woodpecker

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Question 119

Who said, “Good lady, why are you lamenting?”

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 120

By whom was the sparrow’s offspring destroyed?

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Correct answer: (A) By the elephant

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Question 121

What does “विशीर्णानि” mean?

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Correct answer: (C) Destroyed

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Question 122

Who is referred to in the statement, “Those foreigners saying this had never even seen India”?

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Correct answer: (B) Karolina

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Question 123

Who criticises the people of India?

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Correct answer: (A) People living in European countries

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Question 124

From where can solutions to all the world’s problems be obtained?

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Correct answer: (C) From India

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Question 125

In this sentence, what is meant by “वृत्तपत्रादिषु”?

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Correct answer: (B) In newspapers and similar publications

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Question 126

What arose in Karolina’s mind after seeing India’s vastness?

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Correct answer: (B) Enthusiasm

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Question 127

According to the discussion of karakas, which rule governs the nominative case in “बहवः”?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 128

Which rule assigns the designation “karman” to a karaka not specified by distinctions such as apadana?

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Correct answer: (A) अकथितं च

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Question 129

According to the discussion of karakas, which of the following is correct?

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Correct answer: (A) ग्रामस्य दूरम्

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Question 130

Choose the correct pair from the following.

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Correct answer: (C) अहः च रात्रिः—अहोरात्रम्

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Question 131

Match the listed pratyaharas with their numbers of letters.

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 132

Match the pronoun forms with their corresponding pronouns.

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 133

Which of the following is a correct form of the root कृ (डुकृञ्, to do)?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 134

What is the second-person plural future form of the root दृश्?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 135

The form “श्रोत” belongs to which root, tense/mood and number?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 136

What is the accusative dual form of the word “वारि”?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 137

In which voice is the agent in the instrumental, the object in the nominative, and the verb agrees with the object?

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Correct answer: (A) Passive voice

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Question 138

What is the active-voice equivalent of “मया ऋग्वेदादिभाष्यभूमिका पठिता”?

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Correct answer: (A) अहं ऋग्वेदादिभाष्यभूमिकां पठितवान्।

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Question 139

Which figure of speech occurs in this verse?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 140

Which figure of speech occurs in this verse?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 141

Which metre is used in this verse?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 142

Which metre is used in this verse?

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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

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Question 143

What is the impersonal-voice form of “आप कहाँ ठहरते हैं?”

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Correct answer: (B) भवद्भिः कुत्र स्थीयते?

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Question 144

In which voice is only the third-person singular used in all lakaras?

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Correct answer: (A) Impersonal voice

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Question 145

Which numeral has the same forms in all three genders and is always plural?

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Correct answer: (A) पञ्चन्

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Question 146

Which of the following words is invariably plural?

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Correct answer: (C) नवन् (नव 79)

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Question 147

Which sutra assigns the designation “upasarga”?

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Correct answer: (C) उपसर्गाः क्रियायोगे

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Question 148

Which of the following has the designation “pada”?

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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above

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Question 149

Which sandhi occurs in the word “सच्चित्”?

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Correct answer: (B) Consonant sandhi

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Question 150

Which relation is expressed in “सर्वस्मिन्नात्मास्ति”?

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Correct answer: (A) अभिव्यापकः

1 marks · 2024 · Set E

TRE3 — Language General Studies And Sanskrit