Thursday, December 2, 2010

UPSC : Civil Services Exam Paper Pattern (Urdu)

Note : Answers must be written in Urdu
Paper I
Section A
Development of Urdu Language
Development of Indo-Aryan: Old Indo-Aryan, Middle Indo Aryan and New Indo Aryan
Western Hindi and its dialects: Brij Bhasha, Khadi Boli, Haryanavi, Kannauji, Bundeli
Theories about the origin of Urdu Language
Dakhani Urdu: Origin and development, its significant linguistic features
Social and Cultural roots of Urdu language and its distinctive features: Script, Phonology, Morphology, Vocabulary
Section B
Genres and their development:
Poetry: Ghazal, Masnavi, Qasida, Marsia, Rubai, Jadid Nazm,
Prose: Novel, Short Story, Dastan, Drama, Inshaiya, Khutoot, Biography
Significant features of:
Deccani, Delhi and Lucknow schools
Sir Syed movement, Romantic Movement, Progressive movement, Modernism
Literary Criticism and its development with reference to Hali, Shibli Kaleemuddin Ahmad, Ehtisham Hussain, Ale-Ahmad Suroor
Essay writing (covering literary and imaginative topics)
Paper II
This paper will require first hand reading of the texts prescribed and will be designed to test the candidate's critical ability.
Section-A
Mir Amman Bagho: Babar
Ghalib: Intikhab-e-Khutoot-e Ghalib
Mohd. Husain: Nairang-e-Khayal Azad
Prem Chand: Godan
Rajendra Singh: Apne Dukh Mujhe Bedi Dedo
Abul Kalam Azad: Ghubar-e-Khatir
Section B
Mir: Intikhab-e-Kalam-e-Mir (Ed. Abdul Haq.)
Mir: Hasan Sahrul Bayan
Ghalib: Diwan-e-Ghalib
Iqbal: Bal-e-Jibrail
Firaq: Gul-e-Naghma
Faiz: Dast-e-Saba
Akhtruliman: Bint-e-Lamhat

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