Maharashtra State Board HSC Sanskrit Syllabus 2024: Sanskrit is a classical and ancient language of India. It is said to belong to the Indo – Aryan or Indo Germanic family of languages which also includes Greek and Latin. As per the Indian tradition, Sanskrit has no beginning or end. It is an eternal and divine language that was first used in Vedas and then as means of expression and communication in other fields.
The subject code for Sanskrit language course in Maharashtra HSC is 33. In this article, we will provide Sanskrit syllabus by Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education for class 12 students in the academic year 2023-24.
The syllabus can also be downloaded from the link attached at the end of the syllabus content.
Maharashtra Board HSC Sanskrit Syllabus 2024 - Scheme of Evaluation
The scheme of evaluation for written test in Sanskrit:
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| UNIT | MARKS | |
| 1 | Prose | 30 |
| 2 | Poetry | 20 |
| 3 | Grammar | 15 |
| 4 | Writing | 10 |
| 5 | Rapid Reading | 5 |
| TOTAL | 80 |
The scheme of evaluation for oral test in Sanskrit:
| UNIT | MARKS | |
| 1 | Listening | 5 |
| 2 | Loud reading | 5 |
| 3 | Speaking | 5 |
| 4 | Conversation | 5 |
| TOTAL | 80 |
Maharashtra State Board HSC Sanskrit Syllabus 2023-24
1) Prose : Lesson ( about 300 lines)
2) Poetry : Lesson ( about 200 lines)
One lesson should comprised of following meters –
3) Rapid Reading - About 100 lines.
(One from prose and one from poetry)
4) Grammar As prescribed upto Std.XI
5) General information of Ved, Vedanga and texts on various Sciences
6) Composition
a) Translation of ten Sentences into Sanskrit
b) A gap story (about 20 gaps)
c) Short descriptive essay in Sanskrit about 10 sentences
7) Answer the questions on a given unseen Sanskrit Passage in the medium offered.
OR
Draw a tree diagram from the given data in Sanskrit.
8) Oral skills
Listening activities : develop the sub-skills of listening, provide practice in ear-training.
Loud-reading : following the features of loud reading, provide practice in loud-reading.
Speaking : creating confidence in speaking. Using narration and description.
Conversation : ability to converse confidently and effectively, provide practice in conversation.
Formal testing in oral skills will be administered.
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Sanskrit is one of the classical language courses offered by Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education. The senior secondary students also have the options to choose from Pali, Ardhamagadhi, Persian, Arabic and Avesta-Pahalavi.
All the best!
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