CBSE 2025 Sanskrit Question Paper for Class 10

About this paper

This is the CBSE Class 10 Sanskrit board paper from 2025, Q.P. code 52 (Series 1GEFH, Set 4). It carries 80 marks over three hours, plus 15 minutes to read, and has 18 compulsory questions in four sections. Khand Ka is an unseen passage for 10 marks, on paropkara, and includes the verse that helping others is punya and hurting others is papa. Khand Kha is 15 marks and includes a letter on the importance of discipline. Khand Ga is grammar for 25 marks. Khand Gha is literature for 30 marks, with prose, poetry and a drama extract. This copy has questions only.

Exam

CBSE Class 10

Subject

Sanskrit

Year

2025

Paper code

52

Maximum marks

80

Time allowed

3 hours

Questions

18

Pages

15

Answers included

No, questions only

Paper pattern

• Khand Ka — unseen passage

  10 marks

  Question 1, an unseen passage on paropkara

• Khand Kha — writing

  15 marks

  Questions 2–4, including a letter and a paragraph

• Khand Ga — grammar

  25 marks

  Questions 5–11, sandhi, samas, voice and related grammar

• Khand Gha — literature

  30 marks

  Questions 12–18, prose, poetry and a drama extract

Topics covered

• Unseen passage: paropkara
• Letter on discipline
• Grammar: sandhi, samas and voice
• Literature: prose, poetry and drama

Questions from this paper

1. Read the unseen passage on paropkara. It says trees do not eat their own fruit and rivers flow for others, and it ends with the verse that helping others is punya and hurting others is papa.
2. Write a letter to convey the importance of discipline.
3. Translate into Sanskrit, among other sentences: “Ve sab maidan mein khelne jaenge.”
4. A drama extract asks what the gardener did that made Surabhi address him.