Q1
Which is the correct sandhi-vichchhed of 'विद्यालय'?
- (1)विद्य + आलय
- (2)विद्या + लय
- (3)विद्या + आलय✓ Correct answer
- (4)विद + आलय
Answer: (3) विद्या + आलय
Explanation
विद्यालय = विद्या + आलय; आ + आ = आ, so it is दीर्घ sandhi.
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Q2
Which is the correct sandhi-vichchhed of 'जगन्नाथ'?
- (1)जगत् + नाथ✓ Correct answer
- (2)जग + न्नाथ
- (3)जगन् + नाथ
- (4)जगन्न + आथ
Answer: (1) जगत् + नाथ
Explanation
जगन्नाथ = जगत् + नाथ; त् followed by न becomes न् (vyanjan sandhi).
Q3
Which samas is found in 'यथाशक्ति'?
- (1)Tatpurush
- (2)Avyayibhav✓ Correct answer
- (3)Dvandva
- (4)Bahuvrihi
Answer: (2) Avyayibhav
Explanation
यथाशक्ति (शक्ति के अनुसार) begins with the indeclinable 'यथा', so it is Avyayibhav samas.
Q4
Which type of Tatpurush samas is 'राजपुत्र'?
- (1)Karma Tatpurush
- (2)Karan Tatpurush
- (3)Adhikaran Tatpurush
- (4)Sambandh Tatpurush✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) Sambandh Tatpurush
Explanation
राजपुत्र = राजा का पुत्र; the dropped case-marker 'का' shows Sambandh Tatpurush.
Q5
Which word is a synonym of 'कमल'?
- (1)जलद
- (2)जलधि
- (3)जलज✓ Correct answer
- (4)जलचर
Answer: (3) जलज
Explanation
जलज (born in water) means lotus; जलद is cloud, जलधि is ocean and जलचर is an aquatic creature.
Q6
What is the antonym of 'उत्कर्ष'?
- (1)निष्कर्ष
- (2)अपकर्ष✓ Correct answer
- (3)संघर्ष
- (4)आकर्षण
Answer: (2) अपकर्ष
Explanation
उत्कर्ष means rise/elevation; its standard antonym is अपकर्ष (decline).
Q7
What is the tadbhav form of the tatsam word 'हस्त'?
- (1)हाथ✓ Correct answer
- (2)हस्तक
- (3)हस्ती
- (4)हथेली
Answer: (1) हाथ
Explanation
The tadbhav form of हस्त is हाथ.
Q8
Which prefix (upsarg) is used in 'प्रत्येक'?
- (1)प्र
- (2)प्रत्
- (3)एक
- (4)प्रति✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) प्रति
Explanation
प्रत्येक = प्रति + एक (yan sandhi), so the prefix is 'प्रति'.
Q9
Which suffix (pratyay) is used in 'मिठास'?
- (1)आस✓ Correct answer
- (2)स
- (3)ठास
- (4)वास
Answer: (1) आस
Explanation
मिठास = मीठा + आस; the suffix 'आस' forms an abstract noun.
Q10
What is the meaning of the idiom 'आँख का तारा'?
- (1)To have an eye injury
- (2)A very clever person
- (3)Very dear✓ Correct answer
- (4)To look carefully
Answer: (3) Very dear
Explanation
'आँख का तारा' means someone who is extremely dear.
Q11
What does the proverb 'अधजल गगरी छलकत जाय' convey?
- (1)A person with plenty of wealth stays calm
- (2)Water should be saved
- (3)Hard work always pays
- (4)A person of little knowledge shows off a lot✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) A person of little knowledge shows off a lot
Explanation
A half-filled pot splashes: a person with little knowledge or means shows off the most.
Q12
Which sentence is correct?
- (1)कृपया मेरे घर पधारने की कृपा करें।
- (2)मेरे घर पधारने की कृपा करें।✓ Correct answer
- (3)कृपया मेरे घर पधारने की कृपा करिए।
- (4)मेरे घर कृपया पधारने की कृपा करें।
Answer: (2) मेरे घर पधारने की कृपा करें।
Explanation
Using both 'कृपया' and 'कृपा करें' is redundancy (punarukti); 'मेरे घर पधारने की कृपा करें' is correct.
Q13
Choose the correct sandhi-vichchhed of 'सूर्योदय'.
- (1)सूर्य + उदय✓ Correct answer
- (2)सूर्यो + दय
- (3)सूर्य + ओदय
- (4)सूर + उदय
Answer: (1) सूर्य + उदय
Explanation
सूर्योदय = सूर्य + उदय; अ + उ = ओ, so it is guna sandhi.
Q14
Which sandhi is found in 'इत्यादि'?
- (1)गुण संधि
- (2)यण संधि✓ Correct answer
- (3)वृद्धि संधि
- (4)दीर्घ संधि
Answer: (2) यण संधि
Explanation
इत्यादि = इति + आदि; इ followed by a dissimilar vowel becomes य्, so it is yan sandhi.
Q15
Which pair of word, sandhi-vichchhed and sandhi type is NOT correctly matched?
- (1)नयन – ने + अन – अयादि संधि
- (2)दिग्गज – दिक् + गज – व्यंजन संधि
- (3)महोत्सव – महा + उत्सव – दीर्घ संधि✓ Correct answer
- (4)निश्चल – निः + चल – विसर्ग संधि
Answer: (3) महोत्सव – महा + उत्सव – दीर्घ संधि
Explanation
महा + उत्सव: आ + उ = ओ, which is guna sandhi, not dirgha; the other three pairs are correct.
Q16
Which upsarg (prefix) is used in 'अत्यधिक'?
- (1)अ
- (2)अत्
- (3)अधि
- (4)अति✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) अति
Explanation
अत्यधिक = अति + अधिक (yan sandhi), so the prefix is 'अति'.
Q17
In which word is 'दुर्' used as an upsarg (prefix)?
- (1)दुर्गुण✓ Correct answer
- (2)दूरभाष
- (3)दुग्ध
- (4)दुकान
Answer: (1) दुर्गुण
Explanation
दुर्गुण = दुर् + गुण (bad quality); in the other words 'दु/दू' is part of the root word.
Q18
Which of the following words is formed with a krit pratyay (suffix added to a verb root)?
- (1)मानवता
- (2)लिखावट✓ Correct answer
- (3)बुढ़ापा
- (4)सुनहरा
Answer: (2) लिखावट
Explanation
लिखावट = लिख (verb root) + आवट, a krit pratyay; मानवता, बुढ़ापा and सुनहरा add taddhit suffixes to a noun or adjective.
Q19
Which word contains both an upsarg (prefix) and a pratyay (suffix)?
- (1)अपमान
- (2)सम्मान
- (3)अपमानित✓ Correct answer
- (4)मानवीय
Answer: (3) अपमानित
Explanation
अपमानित = अप (prefix) + मान + इत (suffix); अपमान and सम्मान have only a prefix and मानवीय only a suffix.
Q20
Which of the following is NOT a meaning of the anekarthi word 'कर'?
- (1)हाथ
- (2)किरण
- (3)टैक्स (शुल्क)
- (4)पैर✓ Correct answer
Answer: (4) पैर
Explanation
'कर' means hand, ray (of light), tax and also an elephant's trunk, but not foot.