PSEB SS Sanskrit case studies

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PSEB Sanskrit refers to the Sanskrit subject examinations offered within the school examination system of the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB), headquartered at Vidya Bhawan, Phase-8, SAS Nagar (Mohali), Punjab. The Board came into existence through a legislative enactment in November 1969 for the development and promotion of school education in the state of Punjab, and in 1987 the Vidhan Sabha amended the Board's Act to grant it autonomy. The PSEB SS Sanskrit case studies are 5 cases and about 3,601 words.

Moderating a sandhi key: guṇa, vṛddhi and the avagraha

At the Class 12 Sanskrit mock (PSEB pattern, 100 marks), Section A carries 20 marks for sandhi-viccheda. Forty-eight scripts are being moderated by two teachers, and three items from the same five-part question are in dispute.

812 words, about 4 min 2

Naming a compound by what it denotes, not by word order

Class 11 Sanskrit, second term. The samāsa question carries 12 marks: six compounds from the prescribed prose passage, 1 mark for the vigraha and 1 for the name.

701 words, about 4 min 3

Kāraka choices in a translation exercise: grammatical but wrong

Class 12 Sanskrit composition paper, 15 marks: ten short Hindi/Punjabi sentences to be turned into Sanskrit. The scheme gives 1 mark for a correct form and 1 for the right vibhakti, but lists no acceptable alternatives.

676 words, about 3 min 4

Scansion under dispute: a wrong key, a conjunct and a pāda-end

Class 12 annual examination, chandas question: 8 marks for scanning four pādas of a prescribed verse and naming the metre. The printed key says indravajrā.

713 words, about 4 min 5

Fixing an anuvāda rubric: gerundives, passive and the shared subject

Class 11 Sanskrit, translation section, 12 marks: four Sanskrit sentences from the prescribed prose to be rendered into Punjabi/Hindi, 3 marks each. The sentences are (i) मया ग्रामो न गन्तव्यः, (ii) तेन ग्रन्थः पठ्यते, (iii) भोजनं कृत्वा सः निद्रां गतः, (iv) शिष्येण गुरुः न विस्मर्तव्यः.

699 words, about 3 min