List of top Questions asked in CUET (PG)

How many Artha-prakritis (elements of the plot/objective) are there in a Sanskrit drama?
In which play's benedictory verse (Mangalacharana) are the eight forms (Ashta-murti) of Lord Shiva described?
In which Alamkara (figure of speech) does 'Sambhavana' (probability/supposition) occur?
In poetry, what are considered to be like 'Hara' (necklaces or ornaments)?
How many Rupakas (major types of dramatic compositions) are there according to Sanskrit dramaturgy?
What kind of hero (Nayaka) is 'Rama' according to the classification in Sanskrit poetics?
In which Alamkara (figure of speech) is the production of an effect (Karya) without a cause (Hetu) mentioned?
'Karunadavapi rase jayate yatparam sukham' - What is the proof for the statement that supreme bliss is produced even in the Pathetic (Karuna) Rasa?
Who is the author of the verse: 'Vibhavanubhavena vyaktah sancharina tatha... rasatameti ratyadih sthayi bhavah sachetasaam'?
How many Rasas are recognized in Drama (Natya) according to classical tradition?
How many Gunas (literary excellences) are accepted by Vishvanatha in Sahityadarpana?
What are considered the 'Apakarshakas' (detractors or diminishers) of Rasa?
"Yatha atmanah shauryadayo bhavanti tathaiva angino rasasya bhavanti -" (Just as heroism and other qualities belong to the soul, similarly [blank] belong to the primary Rasa). Fill in the blank.
"Hariścandro ha vaidhāsa aikṣvāko rājā-aputro babhūva..." (King Harishchandra, son of Vedhas, of the line of Ikshvaku, was childless...). This opening line marks the beginning of the Shunahshepa legend in which part of the Aitareya Brahmana?
The Rigvedic verse "tvam-agne sa-prathā asi" (Thou, O Agni, art wide-extended) is quoted and explained in which specific chapter of the first Panchika of the Aitareya Brahmana?
What is 'Sanketa' (Convention/Signification) defined as in the context of Sahitya?
The literal or denoted meaning (Vachyartha) is understood through which power?
How many types of Word-powers (Shabda Shaktis) are there according to Sanskrit poetics?
According to the physiological and phonetic mappings in the Yajnavalkya Shiksha, what is the correct internal location where the 'Anudatta' (low accent) is perceived or produced within the body?
Match the fragments of the famous "Charaiveti" (Keep Moving) Gathas from the Aitareya Brahmana (7.15) in List I with their completions in List II:
List I (Gatha Start):
A. caran vai (The traveling man indeed...)
B. caran (Traveling...)
C. sūryasya (Of the Sun...)
D. śraman yo na (He who exerts and does not...)
List II (Completion/Keyword):
I. madhu vindati (finds honey)
II. paśya (behold)
III. svādumudumbaram (sweet fruit of the Udumbara)
IV. tandryate caraṃścaraiveti (grow weary; keep moving, keep moving!)
Match the ritual and numerical symbolism of the Aitareya Brahmana in List I with their correct ritual identifications in List II:
List I:
A. sa vā eṣa gāyatraiva (He is indeed Gayatri-natured)
B. caturviṃśatyakṣarā vai (Consisting of twenty-four syllables)
C. caturvimshtir-agniṣṭomasya (Twenty-four are of the Agnishtoma)
D. pañcadaśa prayāṇīye (Fifteen are in the initial offering)
List II:
I. stutaśastrāṇi (Chants and recitations)
II. gāyatrī (The Gayatri meter)
III. yad-agniṣṭomaḥ (Because it is the Agnishtoma)
IV. sāmidhenīranvāha (The fire-lighting verses recited)
Match the ritual content in List I with its correct location within the Aitareya Brahmana in List II:
List I (Topic/Statement):
A. "Agnirvai devanamamo vishnuh..." (Agni is the first, Vishnu the last)
B. Śunaḥśepākhyānam (The Shunahshepa Narrative)
C. Shodashi (The Sixteenth Sacrifice)
D. Ādityabhṛgvādīnām-utpattiḥ (Origin of Adityas and Bhrigus)
List II (Panchika):
I. Saptama-panchikāyām (Seventh)
II. Tritiya-panchikāyām (Third)
III. Prathama-panchikāyām (First)
IV. Chaturtha-panchikāyām (Fourth)
Select the correct multichoice technical statements regarding Rigvedic literature and phonetics:
A. "Ajyam vai devanam" (Ghee is indeed for the gods) is a sentence found in the Aitareya Brahmana.
B. According to the Aitareya Brahmana, the Agni-offering (Agneya) involves nine potsherds (navakapala).
C. The Rigveda Pratishakhya consists of twenty-five chapters (Patalas).
D. The Rigveda Pratishakhya consists of eighteen chapters (Patalas).
Arrange the following arguments of the 'Purva-paksha' (opponent's view) regarding the meaninglessness of mantras, as traditionally presented in Yaska's Nirukta (1.15):
A. vākyaniyamāt (Because of fixed word order)
B. tadarthaśāstrāt (Because of the Brahmana's instructions)
C. buddhiśāstrāt (Because of instructions on obvious things)
D. acetane'rthabandhanāt (Because of addressing inanimate things)
E. avidyamānavacanāt (Because of speaking of non-existent things)
Arrange the following philosophical inquiries from the Nasadiya Sukta (The Hymn of Creation, RV 10.129) in their correct thematic order:
A. pra vocat (Who could declare it?)
B. ka iha (Who here...)
C. ka ī dadarśa (Who indeed saw it?)
D. prathamasya-hnaḥ (Of the first day/origin)
E. ko asya veda (Who knows of this?)