UPHESC Assistant Professor Sanskrit 2025 · Shift 1

UPHESC Assistant Professor Sanskrit 16 Apr 2025 Shift 1 – Question Paper

100 questions · 200 marks · 120 minutes · +2 for a correct answer, no negative marking. Free PDF with answer key.

Paper pattern

Section	Questions	Marks
General Knowledge	30	60
Sanskrit	70	140

Q1.

In which style are the temples of Bhubaneshwar and Puri built ?

भुवनेश्वर तथा पुरी के मंदिर किस शैली में निर्मित हैं ?

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Concept: Odisha temples (Lingaraja, Jagannath, Konark) belong to the Kalinga sub-school of the North Indian Nagara style.

Nagara: curvilinear shikhara (rekha deul), no boundary-wall emphasis — found north of the Vindhyas and in Odisha.
Dravidian: pyramidal vimana and gopurams (Tamil Nadu); Vesara: mixed style of the Deccan (Chalukya/Hoysala).

Short trick: Odisha deul = rekha deul + jagamohana = Kalinga form of Nagara.

अवधारणा: ओडिशा के मंदिर (लिंगराज, जगन्नाथ, कोणार्क) उत्तर भारतीय नागर शैली की कलिंग उपशैली के हैं।

नागर: वक्ररेखीय शिखर (रेखा देउल) — विंध्य के उत्तर व ओडिशा में।
द्रविड़: पिरामिडनुमा विमान व गोपुरम (तमिलनाडु); वेसर: दक्कन की मिश्रित शैली (चालुक्य/होयसल)।

याद रखें: ओडिशा का देउल = नागर की कलिंग शैली।

UPHESC Assistant Professor SanskritGeneral KnowledgeTemple architecture

Q31.

ऋग्वेदस्य प्रथममण्डलस्य प्रथमसूक्तस्य देवताऽस्ति

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Concept: Rigveda 1.1 is addressed to Agni: agnimīḷe purohitaṃ… (seer Madhuchchhandas Vaishvamitra).

Agni opens the Rigveda as the divine priest (purohita) carrying offerings to the gods.
Indra has the most hymns (~250), but the very first hymn is to Agni.

Short trick: Ved begins with fire: “agnimīḷe” = first word of the Rigveda.

अवधारणा: ऋग्वेद 1.1 अग्नि-सूक्त है – “अग्निमीळे पुरोहितं यज्ञस्य देवमृत्विजम्” (ऋषि – मधुच्छन्दा वैश्वामित्र)।

याद रखें: “अग्निमीळे” – ऋग्वेद का पहला शब्द।

UPHESC Assistant Professor SanskritSanskritRigveda – first hymn